
Alexander Etkind - Putin is Propelling Russia Backwards in a Self-Destructive Civilisational Decline
Russia is tearing itself away from modern civilization and its associated values, norms and comforts. Putin and his coterie of incompetent sycophants seem to be happily destroying the foundations of...
24 Maalis 20231h 1min

Ben Hodges - Now is Ukraine's Turn to Strike Back, but When, Where, and How Hard will they Strike?
Through the winter, Ukrainian and Western officials had warned Russia was preparing to launch a new offensive. Apparently, it was “mustering forces beyond the Urals”, according to General Valery Zal...
21 Maalis 202357min

Ian Garner - Generation Z - Russia’s Fascist Youth Movement Perpetuates the Idea of Eternal Tyranny
It’s my great pleasure to speak with Ian Garner today, on the terrifying topic of indoctrination ot Russia’s youth. We’ll be exploring themes covering in his forthcoming book: Z Generation: Into the...
21 Maalis 20231h

Yuri Felshtinsky - A Regime of Assassins - How the KGB/FSB Came to Dominate Power Vertical in Russia
The KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union. It emerged as a direct successor of preceding agencies such as the Cheka, GPU, OGPU, NKGB, NKVD and MGB, and was nominally attached to the ...
21 Maalis 20231h 4min

Anastasia Edel - Once Again Western World Entirely Failed to Predict or Understand Russia’s Actions.
GUEST: Anastasia Edel - writer and social historian. ---------- Until February 2022, the war in Ukraine could be dismissed by some as a “quarrel in a faraway country, between people of whom we know ...
21 Maalis 20231h 12min

Phumzile Van Damme - Digital Disinformation Undermines Global Democratic Processes and Institutions.
The rise of the internet in the 21st century has been accompanied by unprecedented levels of polarisation, division, and weaponised information. At the same time democracies around the world are bei...
20 Maalis 202353min

Oleksandra Tsekhanovska - Russia's Shifting Red Lines, Disinformation and the Politics of Terrorism.
Today I am discussing the mechanics and narratives of Russian hybrid information warfare with Oleksandra Tsekhanovska – revisiting themes we first discussed about 4 or 5 months ago. Ukraine remains ...
20 Maalis 202352min

David Satter - Failure to Memorialise the Victims of Stalin's Terror and its Terrible Consequences
WARNING - poor quality video quality - but audio and insights are great. Ukraine and Russia have arguably been very different for centuries, but in modern times the greatest split came when Ukraine...
20 Maalis 202343min






















