Kremlin File

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What's Kremlin File about?

Hosted by renowned researcher and analyst Olga Lautman and analyst Monique Camarra, KREMLIN FILE examines Putin’s war on liberal democracy and the rise of authoritarianism across the globe.

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Kremlin File episodes:

05.16.2024
Kremlin File with InformNapalm's Artem Velichko--Russia's Imperial Designs
Olga and Mo are joined by Artem Velichko, investigator and translator for Ukraine’s investigation and research organisation, InformNapalm, to talk about Putin’s imperial designs, and how their latest investigation into INION has shed light on Russia’s future plans. InformNapalm...
05.11.2024
Kremlin File Week in Review May 10
Join Olga and Mo as they cover the most impactful Russian-related news stories affecting Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. Delve into the headlines often overlooked, which shed light on Russia's aggression, intelligence activities, assassinations, espionage and beyond. Check out Kremlin...
05.09.2024
Kremlin File with Nicki Kenyon: Hitting Russia Where it Hurts- Economic Warfare
Olga and Mo are joined by Nicki Kenyon, associate managing director of the Institute for Financial Integrity, to talk about the wide range of economic sanctions and other measures levied against Russia due to its war of aggression against Ukraine....
04.04.2024
Kremlin File with Eto Buziashvili: Unraveling Russia's Information Warfare
In this must-listen-to episode, Olga and Mo are joined by Eto Buziashvili for a deep dive into Russia's sophisticated information warfare operations/tactics and the profound implications for global democracy and security. They discuss the pivotal role played by Western propagandists...
03.29.2024
Kremlin File Week in Review Mar 29
Kremlin File’s Week in Review is out. It covers the most impactful Russian-related news stories affecting Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. Delve into the headlines often overlooked, which shed light on Russia's aggressions, intelligence activities, assassinations, espionage, and beyond. We...
03.27.2024
Kremlin File with Natia Seskuria (Part 2)
Olga and Mo are joined by Natia Seskuria, director of RISS, a think tank dedicated to defence and security issues, and in partnership with RUSI, in a two-part chat to talk about.... Learn more about Natia Seskuria, and her featured works...
03.23.2024
Kremlin File Week in Review Mar 22
Kremlin File’s Week in Review is out. It covers the most impactful Russian-related news stories affecting Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. Delve into the headlines often overlooked, which shed light on Russia's aggressions, intelligence activities, assassinations, espionage, and beyond. We...
03.20.2024
Kremlin File with Natia Seskuria (Part 1)
Olga and Mo are joined by Natia Seskuria, director of RISS, a think tank dedicated to defence and security issues, and in partnership with RUSI, in a two-part chat to talk about.... Learn more about Natia Seskuria, and her featured works...
03.16.2024
Kremlin File Week in Review: Mar 15
Kremlin File’s Week in Review covers the most impactful Russian-related news stories affecting Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. Delve into the headlines often overlooked, which shed light on Russia's aggressions, intelligence activities, assassinations, espionage, and beyond. Don't miss out on...
03.14.2024
Kremlin File: Unveiling Russia's Kremligarchs with Ilya Zaslavskiy (Part 2)
Join Olga and Mo as they explore the intricate world of Russian oligarchs, known as Kremligarchs, with special guest Ilya Zaslavskiy. Together, they delve into the influential role these figures play as the Kremlin's frontmen, shaping global affairs and executing...
03.11.2024
Kremlin File: Unveiling Russia's Kremligarchs with Ilya Zaslavskiy (Part 1)
Join Olga and Mo as they explore the intricate world of Russian oligarchs, known as Kremligarchs, with special guest Ilya Zaslavskiy. Together, they delve into the influential role these figures play as the Kremlin's frontmen, shaping global affairs and executing...
03.08.2024
Kremlin File Week in Review
Join Mo and Olga as they recap the most impactful Russian-related news stories affecting Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. Delve into the headlines often overlooked, which shed light on Russia's aggressions, intelligence activities, assassinations, espionage, and beyond. Don't miss out...
03.07.2024
Hybrid Wars and Proxy Players: Inside Russia's Covert Campaigns with Neil Barnett
Neil Barnett joins Olga and Mo to delve into the multifaceted challenges posed by Russia's aggressive tactics on the global stage, particularly focusing on its operations against NATO, support for far-right groups, and manipulation of proxies like Viktor Orban. We...
03.02.2024
Kremlin FIle: Week In Review
Join Mo and Olga as they recap the most impactful Russian-related news stories affecting Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. Delve into the headlines often overlooked, which shed light on Russia's aggressions, intelligence activities, assassinations, espionage, and beyond. Don't miss out...
02.29.2024
David Frum: Democracy Tested
Olga and Mo are joined by David Frum, senior editor at The Atlantic and author of "Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy" (HarperCollins, Jan. 2020), to delve into the intricate interplay between American politics and its ramifications on the global stage. Exploring...
02.24.2024
Kremlin FIle: Week In Review
Join Mo and Olga as they recap the most impactful Russian-related news stories affecting Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. Delve into the headlines often overlooked, which shed light on Russia's aggressions, intelligence activities, assassinations, espionage, and beyond. Don't miss out...
02.22.2024
Kremlin File meets Gaslit Nation
Kremlin File meets Gaslit Nation! Olga and Mo are joined by journalist, filmmaker, and activist, Andrea Chalupa, who is also the host of the famed podcast, Gaslit Nation. Current affairs in Russia's criminal war against Ukraine, developments in Russia, the U.S....
02.14.2024
Catching Up on Ukraine with Maria Avdeeva
Olga and Mo catch up with Ukraine with Maria Avdeeva, expert in security issues and strategic communications. Ukraine is fighting a war on various fronts, including every day governance and progressing towards accession to the EU. Maria talks about various...
11.16.2023
Ruslan Trad: Russia's Black Sea Strategy, Wagner and Imperialism
Olga and Mo are joined by Ruslan Trad, a Resident Fellow for Security Research at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), who specialises in Eurasia, Syria, conflicts, hybrid warfare, and mercenary groups. Russia’s war against Ukraine has many facets:...
11.09.2023
The New Age of Military Power- Russia & Ukraine- with Jahara 'FRANKY' Matisek
Olga & Mo are joined by Lt Col Jahara "FRANKY" Matisek to discuss the increasing and alarming utilization of asymmetric warfare by countries such as Russia, China, and Iran to destabilize Western democracies and key institutions, the transformation of warfare,...
11.02.2023
Ukraine, Putin’s Testing Ground
Olga and Mo are joined by Paul Niland and Daria Kaleniuk to continue their exploration of hybrid warfare. They discuss how Ukraine became the testing ground for Putin’s campaign against the west, only to emerge as the standard-bearer in the...
10.05.2023
David McCloskey: Russian Operations in Syria and the US
Olga and Mo are joined by David McCloskey, former CIA analyst and expert on the Middle East, author of Damascus Station and Moscow X to talk about Assad's regime in Syria, the protest movement there and how the Assad regime...
09.30.2023
Bonus Episode with Nathalie Vogel: What is happening in German Intelligence?
In this special Bonus Episode, Olga and Mo talked with Nathalie Vogel, Research Fellow at IWP's Centre for Intermarium Studies, about Russian active measures in Germany and how the BND is handling them. Nathalie also explained what challenges the BND...
09.27.2023
Nathalie Vogel: The Spies Inside- Russian networks and how they operate
Olga and Mo are joined by Nathalie Vogel--Research Fellow at the Institute of World Politics, at the Centre for Intermarium Studies--whose expertise regarding Russian networks is vital to understanding how they operate, who is involved, and what their strategic goals...
09.20.2023
Julia Davis and the Russian Propaganda Machine
Olga and Mo speak with Julia Davis, a Russian propaganda specialist and the woman behind the Russian Media Monitor about the machinery behind Russian propaganda and how it is disseminated to audiences in Russia and the West. We get the...
09.13.2023
Francis Farrell: Ukraine's Counteroffensive
Olga and Mo take an indepth view of Ukraine's counteroffensive with Francis Farrell, war reporter with The Kyiv Independent. We also touch on his investigation into Hungary's role in the POW exchange scandal, and what to watch for in the...
09.06.2023
Evelyn Farkas: The Geopolitical Implications of Russia's War and Why Ukraine Must Win
Olga and Mo speak with Evelyn Farkas about the greater geopolitical implications of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, and why sustained support for Ukraine's defense is vital to the United States, all members of NATO, and the international community. Evelyn...
09.01.2023
Russia's War Machine: How Russia evades sanctions with Denys Hutyk
Since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, it has faced unprecedented sanctions. Yet Russia has been able to obtain western military components and tech at pre-invasion levels. How is this possible? Which countries are assisting Russia in obtaining tech and...
08.24.2023
Russia's Brutal Failed War with David Kramer
Kremlin File kicks off season 3 with David Kramer as Mo and Olga discuss the state of Russia's brutal failed war, where Ukraine's allies stand, the signs of Russia's collapse, Wagner's failed coup, and more. Learn more about your ad...
10.06.2022
Ukraine Update (David Kramer)
Olga and Mo are back for season 3 of Kremlin File hosts with returning guest David Kramer for an update on Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
09.28.2022
BONUS - Eurofile on Brexit
Enjoy this week's episode of EUROFILE with our very own Monique Camarra and Scott Lucas for a deep dive on Brexit. Subscribe to EuroFile on Mo's substack: https://camarra.substack.com/ SCOTT LUCAS https://eaworldview.com/ Kremlin File Season 3 returning soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
09.15.2022
BONUS - EuroFile with Rula Jebreal
KF BONUS DROP - EuroFile with Rula Jebreal Enjoy this week's episode of EUROFILE with Monique Camarra and co-host Scott Lucas, who are joined by Rula Jebreal. Rula is a foreign policy analyst, journalist, novelist and screenwriter, who is now a visiting...
08.25.2022
BONUS - EuroFile with Marley Clements (QANON: Search for Q)
KF BONUS DROP - EuroFile with Marley Clements (QANON: Search for Q) Enjoy this week's episode of EUROFILE with Monique Camarra and co-host Scott Lucas, who are joined by Marley Clements to discuss her Vice TV series “QANON: The Search for...
08.18.2022
BONUS - EuroFile with Monique Camarra & Scott Lucas (Olga Tokariuk & Alexander Khara)
Enjoy this week's episode of EUROFILE with our very own Monique Camarra and her co-host Scott Lucas! Mo and Scott are joined by OLGA TOKARIUK & ALEXANDER KHARA on the ground in Ukraine. Subscribe to EuroFile on Mo's substack: https://camarra.substack.com/ SCOTT LUCAS...
08.11.2022
Syrian Playbook (Mouaz Moustafa & Michael Sawkiw)
Olga and Mo are joined by Syrian activist Mouaz Moustafa and Ukrainian activist Michael Sawkiw to discuss Russian war crimes. Mouaz Moustafa is currently the Executive Director for the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), Political Director of United for a Free...
08.04.2022
Russia’s campaign of genocide and war crimes (Oleksandra Matviichuk)
Olga and Mo are joined by Oleksandra Matviichuk - a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and civil society leader based in Kyiv. Oleksandra Matviichuk heads the non-profit organization The Center for Civil Liberties and is an active campaigner for democratic reforms in her country and the OSCE region. Twitter: https://twitter.com/avalaina Learn more about your...
07.28.2022
The CIA’s Hunt for a KGB Mole (Robert Baer)
Olga and Mo are joined by former CIA officer and New York Times bestselling author Robert Baer to discuss his most recent book, “The Fourth Man: The Hunt for a KGB Spy at the Top of the CIA and the...
07.21.2022
Freezing Putin (Bill Browder)
NORDPASS Sponsor Link: https://nordpass.com/kremlinfile Olga and Mo welcome back Bill Browder to catch us up on his new book, “Freeze Order,” and his ongoing battle for justice against the war criminal Vladimir Putin. FREEZE ORDER: https://www.amazon.com/Freezing-Order-Laundering-Surviving-Vladimir/dp/1982153288 Bill’s Twitter: @Billbrowder Bill’s Website: www.billbrowder.com Learn more about your ad...
07.14.2022
The Transnational Threat of Corruption (Paul Massaro)
Olga and Mo are joined by Paul Massaro, a senior policy advisor for the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Disclaimer: Paul Massaro serves on the staff of the U.S. Helsinki commission. The views expressed here are his own and...
07.13.2022
PODCAST PREVIEW: Who Killed Daphne?
When a car bomb kills Daphne Caruana Galizia on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Malta, the hunt for her killers exposes secrets with consequences that go far beyond its shores. In the aftermath of her death an international team of...
06.30.2022
Putin’s Troll Farms (Jessikka Aro)
Olga and Mo are joined by Jessikka Aro, Finnish journalist at @Yleisradio and author of “PUTIN’S TROLLS”. https://twitter.com/jessikkaaro https://www.amazon.com/Putins-Trolls-Frontlines-Russias-Information/dp/1632461293 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
06.23.2022
Insurrection & Conspiracy against the 2020 election (Frank Figliuzzi)
Frank Figliuzzi joins Olga and Mo to provide his analysis of the January 6th committee hearings. Frank Figliuzzi was the assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, where he served 25 years as a special agent and directed all espionage investigations across the...
06.16.2022
Russia's Weaponization of Hunger (Edward Lucas)
Olga and Mo welcome back Edward Lucas to discuss how Vladimir Putin weaponizes food shortages and hunger to leverage support against Ukraine. Edward Lucas is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). He was formerly a...
06.09.2022
Russia’s Weaponization of Energy (Benjamin Schmitt)
Olga and Mo are joined by Dr. Benjamin Schmitt to discuss the Kremlin’s weaponization of energy and the proper response from NATO. Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt is a former State Department official, Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA),...
06.02.2022
Best Of: Ukraine, Putin’s Testing Ground (Daria Kaleniuk & Paul Niland)
Originally aired September 2nd, 2021 Olga and Mo are joined by Paul Niland and Daria Kaleniuk to continue their exploration of hybrid warfare. They discuss how Ukraine became the testing ground for Putin’s campaign against the west, only to emerge as...
05.26.2022
Why Ukraine Must Win (David Kramer)
Olga and Mo are joined again by David Kramer as they consider the wider security and humanitarian implications should Russia's war of aggression continue and expand to other areas of the region, including Moldova, Transnistria, and Georgia. David J. Kramer...
05.19.2022
Russia’s failing military strategy (Alexander Vindman)
Olga and Mo are joined by retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman to discuss Ukraine as the defenders of democracy and Russia’s failing military strategy. As a child, Vindman was born to Jewish parents in Ukraine (former Soviet Ukraine) before emigrating...
05.12.2022
Will Putin go Nuclear? (Joe Cirincione)
Olga and Mo welcome on the pod a leading expert in nuclear conflict resolution, Joseph Cirincione. Most Americans have not thought much about doomsday weapons since the end of the Cold War, but now it’s time we all come to terms...
05.05.2022
The Threat to Russia’s NATO Neighbors (Daniel Fried)
Olga and Mo are joined by veteran diplomat and former ambassador of Poland, Daniel Fried, who currently serves as a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council. In the course of his forty-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Fried played a key role in...
04.28.2022
Why the war is bigger than Putin (Karine Orlova)
What do Russians think about Putin’s war? Karine Orlova returns to Kremlin File to discuss the sentiment inside Russia against Putin’s latest war crimes campaign. Karine Orlova is a Russian journalist in exile, former contributing writer for The American Interest magazine,...

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Kremlin File episodes:

Kremlin File with InformNapalm's Artem Velichko--Russia's Imperial Designs

Kremlin File Week in Review May 10

Kremlin File with Nicki Kenyon: Hitting Russia Where it Hurts- Economic Warfare

Kremlin File with Eto Buziashvili: Unraveling Russia's Information Warfare

Kremlin File Week in Review Mar 29

Kremlin File with Natia Seskuria (Part 2)

Kremlin File Week in Review Mar 22

Kremlin File with Natia Seskuria (Part 1)

Kremlin File Week in Review: Mar 15

Kremlin File: Unveiling Russia's Kremligarchs with Ilya Zaslavskiy (Part 2)

Kremlin File: Unveiling Russia's Kremligarchs with Ilya Zaslavskiy (Part 1)

Kremlin File Week in Review

Hybrid Wars and Proxy Players: Inside Russia's Covert Campaigns with Neil Barnett

Kremlin FIle: Week In Review

David Frum: Democracy Tested

Kremlin FIle: Week In Review

Kremlin File meets Gaslit Nation

Catching Up on Ukraine with Maria Avdeeva

Ruslan Trad: Russia's Black Sea Strategy, Wagner and Imperialism

The New Age of Military Power- Russia & Ukraine- with Jahara 'FRANKY' Matisek

Ukraine, Putin’s Testing Ground

David McCloskey: Russian Operations in Syria and the US

Bonus Episode with Nathalie Vogel: What is happening in German Intelligence?

Nathalie Vogel: The Spies Inside- Russian networks and how they operate

Julia Davis and the Russian Propaganda Machine

Francis Farrell: Ukraine's Counteroffensive

Evelyn Farkas: The Geopolitical Implications of Russia's War and Why Ukraine Must Win

Russia's War Machine: How Russia evades sanctions with Denys Hutyk

Russia's Brutal Failed War with David Kramer

Ukraine Update (David Kramer)

BONUS - Eurofile on Brexit

BONUS - EuroFile with Rula Jebreal

BONUS - EuroFile with Marley Clements (QANON: Search for Q)

BONUS - EuroFile with Monique Camarra & Scott Lucas (Olga Tokariuk & Alexander Khara)

Syrian Playbook (Mouaz Moustafa & Michael Sawkiw)

Russia’s campaign of genocide and war crimes (Oleksandra Matviichuk)

The CIA’s Hunt for a KGB Mole (Robert Baer)

Freezing Putin (Bill Browder)

The Transnational Threat of Corruption (Paul Massaro)

PODCAST PREVIEW: Who Killed Daphne?

Putin’s Troll Farms (Jessikka Aro)

Insurrection & Conspiracy against the 2020 election (Frank Figliuzzi)

Russia's Weaponization of Hunger (Edward Lucas)

Russia’s Weaponization of Energy (Benjamin Schmitt)

Best Of: Ukraine, Putin’s Testing Ground (Daria Kaleniuk & Paul Niland)

Why Ukraine Must Win (David Kramer)

Russia’s failing military strategy (Alexander Vindman)

Will Putin go Nuclear? (Joe Cirincione)

The Threat to Russia’s NATO Neighbors (Daniel Fried)

Why the war is bigger than Putin (Karine Orlova)

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