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Happy Anniversary to The Eastern Border! We are celebrating the madness of the post-Soviet space by watching the Russian Federation actively cannibalize its own economy in real-time
In this masterclass of imperial decay, we track the massive Ukrainian drone strikes turning Russian oil refineries into atmospheric fireballs, forcing the Kremlin to burn billions of rubles just to subsidize domestic gasoline. Meanwhile, the Central Bank is choking the civilian sector with 21.5% interest rates, military commissars are flying out of windows in Rostov, and the real estate market is being propped up by "coffin money" from the frontlines.
And if the physical collapse wasn't enough, there is the ideological rot: the state is prosecuting teenagers for insulting the Taliban, and we suffer through Vladimir Solovyov’s self-published, megalomaniacal fiction novel where he gives himself superpowers and teleportation. The simulation is crashing.
Donate to Ukraine, folks:
https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-eastern-border
Become our patron:
https://www.patreon.com/theeasternborder
Merch store + another option for memberships:
https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/
Follow what's going on here in the very border of Eastern Europe:
https://bsky.app/profile/theeasternborder.lv
Download all episodes for free on our website; pictures accompanying certain episodes can be found there as well!
http://theeasternborder.lv/
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
By Kristaps Andrejsons4.6
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Happy Anniversary to The Eastern Border! We are celebrating the madness of the post-Soviet space by watching the Russian Federation actively cannibalize its own economy in real-time
In this masterclass of imperial decay, we track the massive Ukrainian drone strikes turning Russian oil refineries into atmospheric fireballs, forcing the Kremlin to burn billions of rubles just to subsidize domestic gasoline. Meanwhile, the Central Bank is choking the civilian sector with 21.5% interest rates, military commissars are flying out of windows in Rostov, and the real estate market is being propped up by "coffin money" from the frontlines.
And if the physical collapse wasn't enough, there is the ideological rot: the state is prosecuting teenagers for insulting the Taliban, and we suffer through Vladimir Solovyov’s self-published, megalomaniacal fiction novel where he gives himself superpowers and teleportation. The simulation is crashing.
Donate to Ukraine, folks:
https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-eastern-border
Become our patron:
https://www.patreon.com/theeasternborder
Merch store + another option for memberships:
https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/
Follow what's going on here in the very border of Eastern Europe:
https://bsky.app/profile/theeasternborder.lv
Download all episodes for free on our website; pictures accompanying certain episodes can be found there as well!
http://theeasternborder.lv/
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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