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: Little Blue...

05.22.2023

Everything that I know so far about the events in Belogorsk oblast, and the reaction to them and what we should look out for. Will keep You updated, please, follow me on Twitter for real-time stuff. @torquemadastark Support this show ...

The Eastern Border episodes:

05.22.2023 War in Ukraine: Little Blue Men Everything that I know so far about the events in Belogorsk oblast, and the reaction to them and what we should look out for. Will keep You updated, please, follow me on Twitter for real-time stuff. @torquemadastark Support this show ...
05.22.2023 Trying not to explode ft. Dylan Burns As I'm making a news episode about the events in Belgorod oblast, I'd like to give you this interview with a colleague of mine, Dylan Burns - American journalist and streamer, who's in Ukraine currently and doing a great job ...
05.17.2023 Latvian presidental election ft. Juris Kaža Greetings, Comrades! I was busy with my Foreign Policy Magazine article (which can be found here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/16/russia-prisons-wagner-group-ukraine-crime-culture/ ) last week, so I didn't have enough time to focus fully on the podcast news. But a major event is about to ...
05.11.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 154 News about the war. Prigozhin's angering Kremlin, Zakhar Prilepin's not telling us the truth about his explosion and yet more counterattack rumors. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
05.04.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 153 Today is an extremely sad day for me. However. No matter what, Happiness is Mandatory. I bring you the news from Ukraine. Until the war ends. Information about the Ukraine counteroffensive from Prigozhin, Dmitry Medvedev and his nonsense, and new ...
04.30.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 152 Journalists from Вёрстка have created and finalized an in-depth investigation about how Putin first decided that he had issues with Ukraine and how this ties into with Viktor Medvedchuk…which, by the way, is often called “Putin’s Godfather”, and his childhood ...
04.27.2023 When Diplomacy Jails ft. Zack Twamley Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we are joined by Zack from When Diplomacy Fails podcast, to talk about how Girkin did (or did not) start the whole mess, make some predictions about the future, and discuss Irish politics a bit, ...
04.24.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 151 I'm hated by the Russian opposition, phone conversations that you have while the phone is tapped are considered public and everyone's on the edge about the counterattack. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
04.18.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 150 News about the war. Info about the situation on the front, Putin and Zelensky visit the front, more prisoner recruitment, Girkin has published the manifesto of his rag-tag angry patriot group, and an even more insane message from an even ...
04.16.2023 Prison culture 101 In this episode, I tried to make a basic overview of the post-Soviet prison culture, and how Putin relates to it and why you can't really be an expert of Russia if you don't understand it. It ended up being ...
04.14.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 148 I'm back on twitter! And people are helping me grow again! My tag is @torquemadastark, please join and tell others. About the news - in this episode, I look at the blatantly fascist, bordering on totalitarianism new conscription laws that ...
04.12.2023 Quality Socialism, only 4.99 a piece Greetings, Comrades! As I'm recoding my news episode now - and that's a difficult one - I'd like to present you our discussion with our friend Andrew Heaton from the Political Orphanage podcast and our recurring sidetracking expert, and current ...
04.07.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 147 Conflicts errupt in Russia among radical pro-war groups - Ramzan Kadyrov's Chechen thugs are in an open conflict with Girkin's buddies, the Russian ultranationalists. Normally, that would be the news - as it is big and important. This week, however, ...
04.03.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 146 Russian "war correspondent" has been blown up in St. Petersburg cafe, and who did it actually kind of doesn't matter. How it was done, and what such events mean for the country, now that's the important part. Oh, and Russian ...
03.31.2023 Navigating the minefield with Mitzi Perdue Greetings! Our guest in this episode was a businesswoman, philantropist, writer and Ukraine war volunteer, Mitzi Perdue - who is now organising a charity drive to ensure a landmine-free childhood for Ukraine. Enjoy! Link to where you too can support ...
03.29.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 145 In this episode, we finally have hard, documented proofs about how Russian propaganda creates fakes and I take a look at why exactly wagner group is more effective than the rest of the Russian army. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted ...
03.22.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 144 This episode is about war crimes. Italian newspaper, La Repubblica posted the materials, given to the inernational criminal court, by Italian investigators. I read those materials - and then the UN reports, that have been published previously and...well, on one ...
03.20.2023 Almost late night show with Karis Streips Greetings, Comrades! This time, I bring you an interview with one of Latvia's most prominent journalist and one of the most prominent LGBTQ+ commune people in Latvia, where we talk about the stupid side of Latvian politics, war, his experiences ...
03.18.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 143 News related to the war. Putin now has an arrest warrant on his head! And, apparently, his own propagandist wants to nuke him! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.12.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 142 News about the war. This time, a bit of philosophical musings about the end goals of the war, as I see them and an update about the most recent situation on the front lines. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on ...
03.07.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 141 News about the war. Death of Timofey Shadura, Ramzan Kadyrov's apparently ill but still loves horses, and seems that there has been a change of plans for Ukraine in Bakhmut. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
03.03.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 140 News about the war in Ukraine. Today we go to the border town of Bryansk, and deal with the story…whatever it actually was. Concerning one of the very few actual nazis on the Ukrainian side, who’s actually a Russian and ...
02.27.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 139 News about the war in Ukraine! More pointless meatgrinder on the Russian side, Russia also damages their own education system and just a SPLENDID and GLORIOUS sabotage action by Belarussian partisans. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
02.24.2023 War in Ukraine: Year One So, it’s been a year now. Every other news source will tell you about the tragic parts and all that, come, join me as I sit down (in massive amounts of pain tho) with a bottle of Jack Daniel’s and ...
02.23.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 137 News about the war in Ukraine. Prigozhin's causing a major rift inside of Russia, while a "famine of ammunition" causes massive damage to any offensive attempts of Putin's army. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
02.20.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 136 News about the war in Ukraine. Biden visits Kyiv, Girkin's showing some political ambition. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
02.16.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 135 You'll laugh, of course, but we have another "fell out of a window". Also, Putin's plans for the "heroes of Russia" - namely the anniversary of the war have been leaked. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
02.14.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 134 Situation on the front with Girkin’s view about the future – and news from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, post-Soviet countries with traditionally close ties to Russia, who are now experiencing difficulties. Uzbekistan – because Russia can’t (or won’t) help them anymore, ...
02.11.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 133 Things are getting hot on the front lines again, and Russian offense looks even worse than expected. Meanwhile, hackers leak the official list of words, which Putin finds offensive. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
02.08.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 132 It's been five years since I first mentioned Wagner group on my show, and it's a very special date for them - their first actual loss. A truly evil person also has died today, and we have our first reports ...
02.06.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 131 News about the war in Ukraine. More infighting in Russia, this time between Putin's "United Russia" party and what they call "turbopatriots", which is accompanied by a snail's pace in the front and more deaths of the mobilized. Also, some ...
02.02.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 130 News about the war in Ukraine. Girkin's feud with Prigozhin, how the chief of Wagner is losing influence and how his prisoner conscripts are abusing some newfound loopholes. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01.29.2023 Latvian-Tunisian Cultural Exchange with Laith from Social Streamers Greetigns, Comrades! This episode is a personal catharsis for me, because now and then I just want to have interesting people on my show and have a chat about them – it’s how I relax from all the war stuff. ...
01.27.2023 Happiness is Mandatory Don't have good news for you today, But at least some explanation so that you knew. Because obviously Kremlin shills found a new way to make my life worse. I must have hurt Wagner group and Prigozhin's ego REAL bad. ...
01.25.2023 Listed men. I had to lower the audio quality on this one, because acast only allows 150 mb's of upload size, Don't get angry. Because oh boy, where do I even start. Probably with the fact that this episode is so huge ...
01.20.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 129 News about the war. Arestovich resigns - and that's seen as a good thing by many Ukrainians, weird ads on Russian TV and some commentary by our best nemesis, Girkin. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
01.17.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 128 News about the war in Ukraine. What the Russian conquest of Soledar has revealed about the cracks in their military leadership, some more western misconceptions about Russia and one more story for the "only in Russia" segment. Support this show ...
01.08.2023 Last year in retrospect with Juris Kaža Greetings, Comrades! About a year ago (give or take a few days) the Latvian-American journalist Juris Kaža was on our show, and we talked about the possibility of war, how it would go and made some hopeful and not-so hopeful ...
01.05.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 127 News about the war in Ukraine. With a rant that takes up half of the episode, because Russian liberals are best at what they do again – doing nothing and trying to prove to everyone that they’re amazing. Support this ...
01.02.2023 War in Ukraine: Episode 126 News about the war. HIMARS strike in Makiivka and new instructions from kremlin handed out to Russian propagandists. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.30.2022 War in Ukraine: Episode 125 News about the war in Ukraine. Russian woes continue! Ammunition is scarce, morale is low...and people are going to prison.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.26.2022 War in Ukraine: Christmas edition Merry christmas, Comrades! It sure isn't happy for Russians, and in this episode, I loot at all the doom and gloom and talk about why.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.19.2022 War in Ukraine: Episode 123 News about the war. This time, weird stuff (as usual) happening in Russia, and pro-war Girkin's friends explaining why it'll be hard for Russia to defend against Ukraine's next large offensive. And please, help our US friends fighting in Ukraine ...
12.14.2022 War in Ukraine: Episode 122 News about the war. Yet more signs that Russian state is collapsing from within, as Putin's government is losing it's monopoly on legitimate violence. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
12.08.2022 Wagner Group: Mali, Lybia, Syria Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we look at the activities of the infamous PMC Wagner and how they operate in other theatres of war outside Ukraine. They're still very inhuman, and this episode was difficult to make. At any rate...here ...
12.07.2022 War in Ukraine: Episode 120 Girkin and Pals! Yeah, while my proper ep about Wagner group atrocities in Mali is being edited, just had to inform you that, as I call him on this ep, murder hobo adventurer Girkin is back in the information sphere! ...
12.06.2022 War in Ukraine: Episode 119 Back with the news about the war. This time, it's the weirdest, funniest story I've heard all war, yet another murder by Kadyrov's men and shenanigans concerning Russian opposition media and Latvian law. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. ...
11.26.2022 War in Ukraine: Episode 118 News concerning the war. This time, about how Russia's got declared a state sponsor of terrorism by Europarliament and the saddest, most miserable, most disgusting staged, faked, propaganda event Putin could ever muster. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. ...
11.19.2022 War in Ukraine: Episode 117 What we know about the Polish missile incident and two court decisions - with extremely interesting implications.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
11.14.2022 War in Ukraine: Episode 116 News about the war in Ukraine. This time, about life in liberated Kherson...and Wagner group does some truly evil acts. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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