The Eastern Border
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The Eastern Border
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...
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2.41 All Hail Hypnotoad
The 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 i...
2.40 Fraud Watch
Welcome back to the studio at the edge of the empire. Today, the institutional lying known as Vranyo has officially collided with a physical,...
2.39 Vranyo for Dummies
The 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 s...
The Eastern Border x Operator Starsky
Another of our collaboration episodes for the anniversary month! This time, with our good friend Operator Starsky!
Trigger warning: There is me...
2.38 Existential Fanfiction
Happy Anniversary to The Eastern Border! We are celebrating the madness of the post-Soviet space by watching the Russian Federation actively cannibali...
The Eastern Border x Advent of Computing
In our second anniversary episode, we chat with Sean from Advent of Computing about Russian internet blocks and much more!
Car4Ukraine Eastern B...
Transnistria (and other things) with The Red Line
Here's the first one of our anniversary special episodes. This is a prolonged chat with Michael Hillard from The Red Line podcast.
Donate to Car...
2.37 The Simulated Empire
Welcome to the absolute peak of the “Simulated Empire.”
It is June 2026, and the Russian Federation has finally achieved the ultimate geopolitic...
2:26 This was supposed to be SPIEF 2
The geopolitical abstract has officially broken down into physical, bleeding reality. Recorded live from Latgale, just 22 kilometers from the Russian...
The Eastern Border x Decoding Trolls Car4Ukraine Fundraising Stream
In 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 @...
2.35 SPIEF 2026: We can. But why?
Welcome 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. P...
2.34 The Clone Trap Is Burning!
Before 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 t...
2.33 Eastern Border Special: Illusionary Calories
We were tired of talking about depressing military losses and bureaucratic collapses, so today Evita and I decided to bring you a cheerful, lightheart...
2.32 Orthodox Armoured Polyethylene
The Russian state monopoly on violence is officially cracking. While the Kremlin legalises private corporate militaries for Gazprom and Rosatom to def...
2.31 The Empire bleeds, part 2
The 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 d...
2.30 The Empire Bleeds, Part 1
In 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. Term...
2.29 Overdosing on Vranyo
Greetings, comrades, and welcome to The Eastern Border. Today, we are taking a long, hard look into the rotting, schizophrenic core of the Russian imp...
2.28: Black Overlord
The Russian Federation has officially hit terminal velocity, and the Alpha-male imperial dream has been replaced by a desperate, hallucinating Cargo C...
2.27 Cuckoldry Day
Welcome 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 sp...
2.26 The Great Mattress Raid
The 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, termin...
2.25 Dendro-Fecal Imperium
The Big Deal is dead. Welcome to the Dendro-Fecal Empire. While the Russian elites party in Dubai and the spreadsheet-watchers promise economic stabil...
2.24 The Black Rain
Today, 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 Tu...
2.23 The Slow Freeze
Welcome back to The Eastern Border. While Western “Pink Pony” analysts look at top-line GDP numbers and declare the Russian war machine an unstoppable...
Dark Autumn for Russia
Comrades, welcome to a special audio-only broadcast of The Eastern Border. (Using the classic thumbnail to mark this one—we are stepping away from the...
2.22 The Terminal Matrix: 404 Empire Not Found
Welcome back to the nightmare, comrades. In this feature-length episode, we take a brutal, unsparing look under the hood of the Russian Federation’s t...
2.21 Zero Day At The Ivory Tower
Greetings, comrades! This...this was weird. Not enough space for the normal people version and for z3, you can find it at theeasternborder.lv
Pa...
2.20 The Asymmetrical Humiliation: Or Else, What?
Greetings, comrades! In Episode 2.20, we examine the sheer, terminal absurdity of the Russian Federation's bureaucratic collapse.
The geopolitic...
2.19 Planet of Pink Ponies
The digital iron curtain just fell. This week, we dive into the total communications blackout in Moscow and St. Petersburg as the Kremlin panics over...
2.18 Everything Must Go
The Russian state is no longer an empire; it is a bankrupt cartel running a terminal liquidation sale. In this episode, we wade into the absolute dark...
2.17 Relegation, Russian Style
The front office is panicking, the franchise player just demanded a trade, and the owner is literally burning down the stadium to pay the referees.
2.16 It's The Economy, Stupid!
"It’s the economy, stupid." The Russian Federation is in full rigor mortis.
In this massive, breaking-news episode of The Eastern Border, we con...
2.15 The Z-Files
Greetings, comrades, and welcome back to the bunker. Today, we’re broadcasting live from The Eagles—just 22 kilometers from the Russian border—and ste...
2.14 Zone of death, part 2
Welcome back to the bunker for the second half of our massive deep dive into the accelerating collapse of the Russian Federation. In Part 1, we covere...
Episode 2.14: The Zone of Death (Part 1)
Welcome back to the bunker. The bureaucratic backlog has cleared, and we are diving straight into the abyss. The Russian civilian economy has official...
2.13 The Axis Burns: F-35s in Tehran & Putin's 30 Trillion Ruble Crater
While the physical fires are kept burning with a metric ton of heating pellets here in the freezing Latvian buffer zone, the geopolitical cesspool has...
2.12 Elves are useless: An Official Apology to Sauron and all the Orcs of Mordor
Welcome to the geopolitical cesspool. Today, we are taking a hard look at the crumbling, jury-rigged mafia state operating just across the border, and...
2.11 System Failure: 4 years of Mafia State At War
Greetings, Comrades!
Four years ago, the Russian military establishment thought they were going to hold a victory parade in Kyiv within 72 hours...
2.10 Perestroika 2.0 & The Great Silence
The biological attack on the studio continues! With Kristaps completely out of commission battling a nasty flu and an eye infection, Evita takes the m...
2.9 Once Again About Cucumbers (and The Ghost Offensive)
Greetings, comrades! The "Voice of the Eastern Border" has temporarily fallen victim to a biological attack (the flu), so today, Evita is taking over...
2.8 How Starlink & Telegram Killed the Russian Front
Greetings, Comrades!
It finally happened. The "Second Army of the World" has achieved total independence from Western technology—by getting kick...