The Eastern Border

By Kristaps Andrejsons

Society & Culture History

What's The Eastern Border about?

A podcast about the politics and the history of the eastern Europe - including, but not limited to the current state of Russia, politics of the EU, history of the USSR and the region in general. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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War in Ukraine: Episode 193

11.26.2023

We have a special request here, as in Chechnya a friend of the show's brother is being persecuted. Russia's education system is, apparently, "being assaulted by the west" and GosDuma is trying to prevent kids from learning about the casualities ...

The Eastern Border episodes:

11.26.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 193 We have a special request here, as in Chechnya a friend of the show's brother is being persecuted. Russia's education system is, apparently, "being assaulted by the west" and GosDuma is trying to prevent kids from learning about the casualities ...
11.17.2023 Shame. Anger. Pain. To my great surprise, it turned out that the EU and some US companies have been selling precision machine tools for ammo production to Russia throughout the war. And they haven’t been sanctioned at all. (Warning: Episode contains a LOT ...
11.14.2023 Weird Conversations and Ambitious Men, part 2 Girkin's Memoires. Part 1 was published just before this, and is about Arestovich, don't miss!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.14.2023 Weird Conversations and Ambitious Men, part 1 Arestovich, his lies and ambitions. Girkin in part 2.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.12.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 192 What's it like to be recruited by the Wagner group? In an exclusive interview with one of my contacts in the military, they share their experiences about how the Wagner group recruiters used to work in NATO countries. Support this ...
11.07.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 191 Z channels fight amongst themselves, Russian mainstream media flirt with nukes, western reporters (yet again) misreport the situation on the fron lines. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10.31.2023 Pogroms in Russia Anti-semitism has now hit an all-time high in Russia, as there are now litreral pogroms happening – at the same time as HAMAS leadership is visiting and doing talks with Putin. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
10.24.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 189 I'm VERY dissappointed in how the western media cover important events lately. So there's a bit of complaining about that, but for the most part - news related to Ukraine war. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
10.19.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 188 ATACMS arrive in Ukraine, Putin remains clueless and Igor "Crybaby" Girkin writes about the situation in the middle east, while remaining in prison. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10.16.2023 Totally Legitimate Journalism, vol 2.0 Victor is back in Ukraine, with even more stories to tell - and an even more sober view on the war and the world than last time. Also a bit of global news. All the ways how you can find ...
10.15.2023 The value of a human life ft. Anthony from Ukraine without Hype Greetings, Comrades! This month is a bit more quiet as I'm working on more long-form episodes and a bigger news segment. But...what happened in Israel and the comments I heard struck me emotionally and made me ask - what, exactly, ...
10.09.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 187 Horrific events in Israel and any potential Russian ties and how it can affect the Ukraine war. Putin’s speech at the Valdai conference and a letter from Girkin which I had missed. Discord: https://discord.gg/zD5cntBG Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on ...
10.04.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 186 Russian propagandist calls to nuke...Russia. Also, Russian tank factory has the best tech support in existance, even responding to Ukrainian calls. Yeah, this episode is a bit insane. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.30.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 185 Situation on the front lines, Russia's next year budget and gasoline woes and Putin, after 25 years in power, learns 8th grade Economy lessons. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.26.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 183 We talk all about Ramzan Kadyrov's son Adam this time. The video of him, beating a detained person has shocked most of Russian society - and made people remember how his dad fixed MMA fights for kids for him. Our ...
09.23.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 182 Another missile strike on Sevastopol, Azerbaijan wins in Nagorno Karabakh and humiliates Russia, and we can rejoice, because Girkin's sent a new letter to the world via his lawyer. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/EgTdEfJ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. ...
09.20.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 181 The very quick and decisive war in Nagorno Karabakh and of course, Shrodinger's Kadyrov! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.19.2023 Delusions of Grandeur, part 2 Part 2 of our discussion with Alex from History Impossible. I have to admit, it got quite depressing at points...and mentally exhaused me quite a lot. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.17.2023 Delusions of Grandeur ft. Alex from History Impossible, part 1 Greetings, Comrades! I bring you the first part of my conversation with the friend of our show, Alexander from History Impossible podcast. By the end of this - which will show up more in part 2 - he got me ...
09.14.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 180 News about the most recent events, related to the war - besides the Sevastopol strike, which I posted about a bit earlier. The destruction of the S-400 will also come tomorrow, as this was recorded before that. Support this show ...
09.14.2023 War in Ukraine: Sevastopol missile attack How Ukraine managed to successfully attack the Russian navy in Sevastopol, what does this mean for the future, and why nobody's talking about the "red lines" anymore. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.09.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 178 Regional elections in Russia. Wagner Group prisoner convicts are returning home with expectable results. Meduza has interviewed mothers of Russian schoolkids about how they deal with propaganda. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.07.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 177 Identity polititics and Russia. How Putin destroys the common ties that bind the people together, causing long-term damage for short-term gain. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.06.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 176 News about the war in Ukraine. More weirdness from Russia, Ukraine's defence minister change and some success on the front lines. Discord: https://discord.gg/JRJRc6DN Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
09.04.2023 Breather Episode: Watch the Premier League Burn! Greetings, Comrades! Was asked to write an article, explaining why the top league in football is at it's worst shape, decided to turn it into a breather episode. If you have even the slighthest interest in sports, you should check ...
08.31.2023 Legitimate Western Journalists Co GmbH Greetings, Comrades! This is our conversation with Victor, as he's home now from Ukraine as well. We had some crazy adventures together, and then he had some on his own...and there's also a bit of news. Victor's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victor.nordland/ Victor's ...
08.29.2023 Tanks and Tank Accessories ft. Sean from Advent of Computing Greetings, Comrades! Today we are joined by our good friend Sean from the amazing Advent of Computing podcast, to discuss about how computers are integrated in modern weapons systems and, of course, how that might impact the ongoing conflict in ...
08.24.2023 Prigozhin's death. Part 2 - The full story I gathered everything that we know for sure and did some proper analysis on what happened, so here you go. Prigozhin's death with all the facts, possible versions of events and proper analysis. Better than what you'll get anywhere else. ...
08.23.2023 Prigozhin plane crash, part 1 Breaking, and as it happens. Verified data. Part 2, after more info is known. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08.21.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 175 First news episode with our new microphone. Russia says it doesn't need democracy, Z-patriots now seriously advocate for "finding out" stuff about NATO, and why the Luna-25 mission was such an epic failure and why it matters. Oh, and Wagner ...
08.16.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 174 News about the war. Situation on the front, the "meanwhile in Russia" segment, which contains a lot of human rights abuse, and also I got hacked yesterday. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08.15.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 173 Today I'm talking about my conversation with the Ukrainian officer, responsible for Russian PoW's in Zaporizhizye region, a bit on the other stuff that happened to me while I was over there, and respond to some things you asked about ...
08.13.2023 Navalny's Fear and Loathing This is the name that was chosen to be the title of Navalny's letter. The first one that he's posted via his team after the latest sentence of 19 years. The problem is - if you pick a title like ...
08.13.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 171 Greetings, Comrades! I'm back from Ukraine, there are things I need to catch up on, stuff happening, articles to write, and lots to talk about. For the next few days I'll be once again releasing episodes daily - otherwise we'll ...
08.08.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 170 Greetings from Krivy Rih! Recording in a cottage in Zelensky’s home city about the news related to the war. Our discord: https://discord.gg/f5NSrKH9 Victor’s youtube channel: https://youtu.be/YmdPUH8oeAY Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
08.05.2023 Night on The Transnistrian Border I think I just experienced the most Gonzo thing in my life. This...this was a hell of a night. We got arested by Ukrainian border guards on the Transnistrian border, due to an angry, drunk man, who was wearing nothing ...
08.02.2023 Ukraine perspectives ft. Mark from FrontierView Greetings, Comrades! Before I make a news episode (as there has been a lot of things going on) I’d like to give You my first interview from Kyiv, with an American enterpeneur Mark, who’s been helping Ukraine and is now ...
07.28.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 169 New instructions from Putin to propaganda which you'll hear on the paid media. Also, new mobilization laws, and western media being stupid about everything once again. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
07.22.2023 War in Ukraine: Girkin’s been arrested In this short episode, I explain what our best enemy, Igor Girkin is and why he’s been arrested. If you’ve listened to this show for any period of time, you’ll understand why I just had to. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. ...
07.20.2023 Russia's suicidal consciousness This started out as an investigation in some weirdness related to the Crimean bridge explosion. But, as it happens, when you go full research mode, and now I give you an episode that should outline the main societal disasters and ...
07.19.2023 Rules of Engagement ft. Andrew Heaton Greetings, Comrades! This episode (a very long one) is our conversation about dictatorships, Putin and the war with out dear friend Andrew from Political Orphanage podcast. This was done on our discord, as will be some future episodes, so please ...
07.14.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 166 I was peacefully working on my article about Soviet/Russian army Hazing traditions, and was about to go to sleep...but then, I read news so weird that...well...just had to share them with you. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See ...
07.12.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 165 News about the war in Ukraine. Girkin's getting into consipiracy theories, pro-war Z folks getting more dissappointed with Putin, criminalization of Russia increases. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
07.09.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 164 The "butthurt vatniks" edition. Seriously, today, somehow, all levels of Russians who can be seen in the public sphere, managed to cry and get hurt somehow. Official Kremlin, pro war Z-scumbags including Girkin and also the so called "liberal opposition" ...
07.06.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 163 News about the war - but as not that much has happened, I took some time to dig up the archives for some bit more philosophical articles and research on this war. There are nrumors out there again, about making ...
07.04.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 162 I’ve not only outlasted Wagner group, I’ve also outlasted Prigozhin’s troll farms. And…now there’s also nobody to feed students in Moscow schools. Oh, and….soryy about the sound here, my nose is completely clogged up. But, you know, Happiness is Mandatory! ...
06.29.2023 Housekeeping Episode As I had a day off, I had the time to answer some emails and also talk with people on discord. A few of these email questions were…hard hitting. Also, some plans about the future, thoughts about the war, and ...
06.27.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 161 Everything is a mess in Russia. Both on the front lines and off them. Meanwhile, our friends in the Club of Angry Patriots make bold political statements! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
06.26.2023 War perspectives with Oz Katerji Greetings, Comrades! The "coup" delayed this for a bit, but here you go. Oz is a friend of ours, he was there on the ground from the very first day the war started, and he's also covered war in Syria. ...
06.24.2023 Prigozhin…crisis? Eh. When Discord Fails. Because of how this ended up….we just recorded this on discord with Zack from When Diplomacy Fails and Alex from History Impossible…and I hope this ends up as an uneventful night. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...

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