Welcome back fellow cynics as your co-hosts Thomas Brancato and Jorge Shaft continue our weekly roundup series, Cynical Talk. This time around, Dr. Jozef Hrabina (Ph.D.) is invited to step in as co-host for a special Cynical Talk podcast. Jorge and Jozef discuss how the recent grain deal signed in Turkey, the global food supply crisis, the Russian economy post-USSR, Russian resurgentism, the souring of relations with the United States, the end of unipolarity, the impact of technological advances and the "Great Game" of diplomacy, the failure of maintaining the Warsaw Pact bloc, the legacy of 2014, a victory in Ukraine, and the rebuilding Russian military strength shape Russian grand strategy today. We hope you enjoy tuning in as much as we enjoy piecing these together! Drop us a comment anytime, anywhere.