Welcome to Episode 2.35 of The Eastern Border: "SPIEF 2026: We can. But why?"

While the Russian elite dine on 18,500-ruble elk lips at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum alongside Andrew Tate and Scott Ritter, the empire is bleeding out. Vladimir Putin accidentally admits his apocalyptic "Oreshnik" missile was intentionally tested on an empty shed. Ukrainian AI-guided drones have turned the R-280 land corridor into a 200km slaughterhouse, triggering a catastrophic fuel famine and rationing in Crimea. And to hide the smoke from their own citizens, Roskomnadzor's war on Cloudflare is accidentally bricking the Russian banking sector.

Join us from the GonzoLab as we dissect the Z-patriot meltdowns, the "Cheburnet" kill-switch, and the Kremlin's desperate pivot to a 20-year infinite war.

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