In Moscow's Shadows 55: Kazakhstan, through the Russian lens
A Russian-led force deploying into Kazakhstan has inevitably had some people talking invasion,...
In Moscow's Shadows 55: Kazakhstan, through the Russian lens
A Russian-led force deploying into Kazakhstan has inevitably had some people talking invasion,...
In Moscow's Shadows 57: Who's Trapping Whom on Ukraine, and some 2022 Predictions for Russia
I spin a post on the Nezygar Telegram channel out to explore the current uncertain state of play...
In Moscow's Shadows 58: Ukrainian thoughts, welcome to stagnation, and more 2022 predictions
With Schrodinger's War both imminent and unthinkable there is, to be blunt, only so much...
In Moscow's Shadows 59: Imagining a Ukrainian peace deal
It may well be, as US/UK leaders are saying, that it is too late, that Putin is determined to...
In Moscow's Shadows 60: Ukraine: Nuclear Options, National Morale, and How Kyiv Can Save Moscow
What can one say about the unfolding horror in Ukraine. In this podcast I alight on a few...
GRACE POD is back with a new series on the Book of Exodus. As the events of early 2022 unfold,...
In Moscow's Shadows 61: Ukraine: When Autocracy meets Technocracy - Putin's War, Info War, Spook War
Rather than try and follow the day-by-day, I tackle one of the tricky conundra: not just why the...
On this weeks podcast John and Shane explore an often over looked element to the Russian war...
A brief and thoroughly unedited look at four particular issues relating to Ukraine: - the...
रूस और यूक्रेन फ्रंट में एक सकारात्मक शुरुआत हुई है. रूस और यूक्रेन के बीच इस्तांबुल में शांति...
Putin's invasion: What, Why, and Where Next?
This week, we were joined by Peter Paine and and Kalina Damianova to discuss Russia's invasion of...
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In Moscow's Shadows 63: Terrible Crimes, Terrible Rulers, Terrible Dilemmas
Another brief and unedited podcast trying to track some of the latest Ukraine-related Russian...
This week, we had a chat about Putin's war crimes in Ukraine, the role of war crimes in...
In Moscow's Shadows 64: Dvornikov, Mishustin, Scenarios and Traitors - more about Ukraine
Who is General Dvornikov, the new Russian operational commander for the war in Ukraine? Will...
In Moscow's Shadows 65: Fabian Burkhardt on Russia's Elites, Coups and Rumours
For an experimental change in format, this episode is given over to a long conversation with...
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In Moscow's Shadows 66: Silovik, Nuclear, Criminal and Religious - a Choice of Victories
A week before Victory Day, I consider some different constituencies' notions of victories....
When are Russians really going to start feeling the pressure of the shooting war in Ukraine and...
In Moscow's Shadows 68: No, Russia isn't winning in Ukraine, and no, there's no coup imminent...
Good news and bad news? Anyway, in the first part I explore what's happening in the Donbas,...
In Moscow's Shadows 69: A Bargain-Basement Empire in the Offing, and Who Is Sergei Kirienko?
In the first part of this slightly rambling episode, I develop on a theme I covered for the...
Something of a magazine episode. In the first half I talk about my being banned from Russia...