The Eastern Border

Putin's finally running for re-election. Navalny's missing. Russia's turning into an even more totalitarian state. At least, we have another message from Girkin!

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By this point, you shouldn't be surprised that, of course, Putin and Russia, being close allies of Maduro, are also involved in this mess.

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Protests of mothers of the mobilized intensify in Russia. They've also released a manifesto. I asked Evita to give her perspective on the whole matter.

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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 as it seems to be bad for the morale. Also,  Putin gave a  dumb, nonsense speech.

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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 of swearwords)

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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.

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Z channels fight amongst themselves, Russian  mainstream media flirt with nukes, western reporters (yet again) misreport the situation on the fron lines.

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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.

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