The Eastern Border
autor: Kristaps Andrejsons
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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.
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- 3.12 51 Red Cards · 55 min · Sezon 12 Odcinek 3In Brazil, a youth football match ended with 51 red cards and a flying stretcher. In Russia, the whole team got sent off and the board still won't leave the stadium. This week…
- 3.11 YES, WE HAVE A ZHOPA · 55 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 11There is a moment in every dying empire when the people at the top stop trying to make the math work and the people at the bottom realize they are going to freeze in the dark…
- 3.10 Lurk More: A History of the Russian Internet · 2 godz. 26 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 10In 2005 the Russian-speaking internet was one of the freest, strangest and funniest places on the planet. Twenty years later, mobile internet inside Moscow’s Third Ring Road runs…
- 3.09 Somebody Else Will Do It For Us · 50 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 9This week the Russian Federation finally wrote down its grand strategy, and it took three men to do it. Dmitry Medvedev asked Donald Trump to have the CIA “correct the…
- 3.08 Not a fan, personally · 40 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 8On one night in October, Ukrainian drones hit the second city of the Russian Federation in five places at once - the oil terminal, the Ручьи depot behind its useless nets, an…
- 3.07 "A Dolboyob, But Ours!" · 51 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 7First of all, yes, I know the thumbnail is wrong, but I noticed that a bit too late, I hope you won't mind. The Russian empire has a peculiar talent for producing spectacles…
- 3.06 The Assembled Man: Life and crimes of Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin · 3 godz. 2 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 6In 2014, Igor Girkin crossed into Ukraine with 52 men and pulled the trigger on a continental war, convinced he was the reincarnation of a White Guard general destined to…
- 3.05 Virtual Zone of Our Control · 1 godz. 5 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 5Maxim Shevchenko gave the only operational definition of victory that functions inside Russia's neo-estate society: victory is whatever the President says it is, and everyone…
- 3.04 Who Pays for the War · 1 godz. 7 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 4Three hundred and fifty-five seats. Whatever that was, it certainly wasn't the end. It was just the beginning. Within days of the vote, the bill arrived. A stealth tariff pushes…
- 3.03 History of Non-Elections · 2 godz. 35 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 3Russia just held its State Duma elections. United Russia walked away with 355 of 450 seats, the largest faction in its history, on a result the Kremlin's own planners had…
- 3.02 Pre-Voting in a Non-Binding Pseudo-Referendum. Sort-of. · 1 godz. 2 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 2Welcome back to the Chornaya Zona. In Episode 3.02, we execute a surgical strike on the administrative rot surrounding the GosDura 2026 elections. The Russian state is currently…
- 3.01 Vranyo · 1 godz. 32 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 1The Russian state is not collapsing because of Western sanctions or NATO expansion. It is dying of a biological, bureaucratic pathogen it injected into its own bloodstream over a…
- 3.0 Hardcore Eastern Border (A Dan Carlin tribute) · 2 godz. 11 min · Sezon 3Season 3.0 of The Eastern Border begins here. Recorded 22 kilometers from the border of the Russian Federation, this is a 2-hour, 18-module geopolitical autopsy of an empire…
- 2.56 Rabid Dogs on a Broken Leash · 47 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 56Welcome back to the Chornaya Zona. The Kremlin’s summer offensive has collapsed into a mathematical nightmare, the demographic death spiral is accelerating, and the imperial…
- 2.55 They will hang me · 42 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 55CIA Director John Ratcliffe didn’t fly to Moscow to negotiate with diplomats—he flew in to hand the FSB a spreadsheet proving the Russian Empire is mathematically dead. In this…
- Dark Autumn 3 · 49 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 54Greetings, comrades! Welcome back to The Eastern Border for the definitive, third installment of the Dark Autumn series: The Latgalian Siege. Recorded straight from the…
- 2.53 TFUM · 43 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 53Time to put on our Wall Street suits and dive into the spreadsheets to calculate the TFUM: The Total F*cked Up Metric. The Russian Federation isn't a state anymore; it's a wildly…
- 2.52 Serfdom Forever! · 1 godz. 16 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 52Welcome to Serfdom Forever! The demographic hemorrhage has become so catastrophic that Moscow is now renting North Korean indentured servants to roll sushi in the suburbs, while…
- 2.51 The Pirate, the Piglet, and the Cartel · 48 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 51In this special 7,000+ word extended autopsy set to the aggressive thrash metal of golden-era Metallica, I dismantle the terminal rot, financial death spirals, and internal…
- 2.50 The 800,000 Ghosts · 44 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 50Welcome back to The Eastern Border. In Episode 2.50, we descend into the terminal madness of the Russian state apparatus. With the federal budget blowing through a staggering…
- 2.49 Crazy Vova's Superpower Emporium · 39 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 49Welcome back to The Eastern Border. I had a bit of a doozy with health, but we're back now! In Episode 2.49, we take a deep, unfiltered look into the structural collapse of the…
- 2.48 Dark Autumn for Russia 2 · 51 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 48Back in April, the white-paper dreamers in Washington told you the Russian state was a rational actor optimizing its war effort. We used the Ponyatiya analytics engine to predict…
- 2.47 I am a Bobbit Worm and I do "BLOOP" · 52 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 47Ukrainian deep-strike drones are acting as mechanical Bobbit worms—buried deep in the operational rear, snapping Russia’s supply chains in half. In Episode 2.47, we wade through…
- 2.46: National Peculiarities of Russian Freemasonry · 60 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 46When an empire starts running out of money, fuel, and soldiers, it doesn't apologize—it doubles down on esoteric cosplay and window-dressing. In this episode of The Eastern…
- 2.45: The Wildberries Extinction Event · 1 godz. 1 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 45Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has escalated into a systematic liquidation of Russia's deep-rear logistics. As multi-billion-ruble Wildberries and Ozon distribution hubs…
- 2.44 August Without an Emperor · 1 godz. 13 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 44August has always been a bad month for the Russian Empire. In this comprehensive Eastern European Gonzo brief, Kristaps Andrejsons rips through the sanitized corporate vranyo to…
- 2.43 ...but it sometimes rhymes · 60 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 43The software patches on the Kremlin’s digital autocracy have officially failed, and the nineteenth-century Tsarist operating system underneath is throwing rods in real time.In…
- 2.42 The Pantyhose Filter · 47 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 42Welcome back to the edge of the empire. In Episode 2.42, the grand illusion of the "Long War" officially crashes into a 69-hour line for gasoline. The balkanization of the…
- 2.41 All Hail Hypnotoad · 44 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 41The Russian state isn't just collapsing; it's being quietly appraised for a corporate buyout. In Episode 2.41, we dive into the terminal loop of the imperial engine. While…
- 2.40 Fraud Watch · 50 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 40Welcome back to the studio at the edge of the empire. Today, the institutional lying known as Vranyo has officially collided with a physical, unyielding brick wall. We have…
- 2.39 Vranyo for Dummies · 1 godz. 1 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 39The global gas station has run out of gas. In Episode 2.39 of The Eastern Border, we pull back the heavy curtain of "Vranyo"—the mandatory, systemic state lie—to audit the…
- The Eastern Border x Operator Starsky · 1 godz. 2 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 38Another of our collaboration episodes for the anniversary month! This time, with our good friend Operator Starsky! Trigger warning: There is mention of intimate activities with…
- 2.38 Existential Fanfiction · 52 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 38Happy Anniversary to The Eastern Border! We are celebrating the madness of the post-Soviet space by watching the Russian Federation actively cannibalize its own economy in…
- The Eastern Border x Advent of Computing · 1 godz. 28 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 38In our second anniversary episode, we chat with Sean from Advent of Computing about Russian internet blocks and much more! Car4Ukraine Eastern Border Summer Campaign!…
- Transnistria (and other things) with The Red Line · 1 godz. 49 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 37Here's the first one of our anniversary special episodes. This is a prolonged chat with Michael Hillard from The Red Line podcast. Donate to Car4Ukraine…
- 2.37 The Simulated Empire · 43 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 37Welcome to the absolute peak of the “Simulated Empire.” It is June 2026, and the Russian Federation has finally achieved the ultimate geopolitical breakthrough: it has…
- 2:26 This was supposed to be SPIEF 2 · 44 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 36The geopolitical abstract has officially broken down into physical, bleeding reality. Recorded live from Latgale, just 22 kilometers from the Russian border, host Kristaps…
- The Eastern Border x Decoding Trolls Car4Ukraine Fundraising Stream · 2 godz. 34 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 35In the honor of our 15th anniversary month, we'll be doing quite a bit of collaborations and other fun events. As the first among our guests we have @decodingtrolls - I forgot to…
- 2.35 SPIEF 2026: We can. But why? · 58 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 35Welcome to Episode 2.35 of The Eastern Border: "SPIEF 2026: We can. But why?" While the Russian elite dine on 18,500-ruble elk lips at the St. Petersburg International Economic…
- 2.34 The Clone Trap Is Burning! · 48 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 34Before we dive into the grim reality of the Russian collapse, a quick note on the channel art. I’ve been listening to your feedback regarding our AI thumbnails. The community…
- 2.33 Eastern Border Special: Illusionary Calories · 1 godz. 19 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 33We were tired of talking about depressing military losses and bureaucratic collapses, so today Evita and I decided to bring you a cheerful, lighthearted special about something…
- 2.32 Orthodox Armoured Polyethylene · 51 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 32The Russian state monopoly on violence is officially cracking. While the Kremlin legalises private corporate militaries for Gazprom and Rosatom to defend against systemic…
- 2.31 The Empire bleeds, part 2 · 56 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 31The illusion of the Russian war machine is shattering. In Part 2 of our deep dive into the May 2026 reality, we strip away the Ministry of Defense's daily copium to expose an…
- 2.30 The Empire Bleeds, Part 1 · 44 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 30In Part 1 of our massive 2.30 Double-Feature, we aren't looking at the frontlines—we are looking at the multi-organ failure of the Russian state. Terminal gangrene has set in…
- 2.29 Overdosing on Vranyo · 45 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 29Greetings, comrades, and welcome to The Eastern Border. Today, we are taking a long, hard look into the rotting, schizophrenic core of the Russian imperial delusion. The Kremlin…
- 2.28: Black Overlord · 49 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 28The Russian Federation has officially hit terminal velocity, and the Alpha-male imperial dream has been replaced by a desperate, hallucinating Cargo Cult. We dive into the…
- 2.27 Cuckoldry Day · 37 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 27Welcome to the 81st anniversary of Victory Day—the year the "Collector of Russian Lands" officially became a sub-letter of his own history. In this special episode of The Eastern…
- 2.26 The Great Mattress Raid · 37 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 26The global oil market has shifted, and the UAE just handed the Kremlin an armor-piercing reality check. In Episode 2.26, we document the final, terminal phase of the Russian "Big…
- 2.25 Dendro-Fecal Imperium · 50 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 25The Big Deal is dead. Welcome to the Dendro-Fecal Empire. While the Russian elites party in Dubai and the spreadsheet-watchers promise economic stability, the physical reality of…
- 2.24 The Black Rain · 50 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 24Today, we are opening the body bag and performing a brutal autopsy on the Russian state. We track the physical decay from the burning refineries in Tuapse and the chemical plants…
