In Moscow's Shadows 115: Kadyrov and the Conflict Entrepreneurs
Is Kadyrov dying? If so, who might replace him - and what may this mean for Russia. If Chechnya again becomes unstable, will Putin be faced with a choice of losing in Ukraine or in Chechnya? In any c...
24 Sep 20231h 2min
In Moscow's Shadows 114: Six of the Best (?)
As a way of getting away from the perennial talk of Wagner and the Ukrainian counter-offensive, I look at current stories relating to six individuals - Dmitri Medvedev, Anton Siluanov, Sergei Suroviki...
10 Sep 202352min
In Moscow's Shadows 113: And Goodnight Wagner?
After looking at Prigozhin last time, this episode I focus on Wagner. Will it survive in Africa (I suspect not), what this may mean for Russia's Africa non-quite-a-strategy, and will we see a 'Wagneri...
3 Sep 202351min
In Moscow's Shadows 112: Goodbye Prigozhin
What can we say about the death of Prigozhin (beyond good riddance?). At the risk of overstating the case, I feel this is a watershed moment, and Putin's willingness to turn on his own, at the expense...
27 Aug 202346min
In Moscow's Shadows 111: A Nervous Kremlin and a Neglected Police Force
Marking the anniversary of the second day of the 1991 August Coup, the day when momentum began to shift away from the hardliners behind the seizure of power, a look at how the Putin regime - the spiri...
20 Aug 202358min
In Moscow's Shadows 110: Why Navalny Doesn't Hate The Goat
He may have just been sentenced to another 19 years, now in a 'special regime colony', but the indomitable Alexei Navalny has just produced a broadside against the 'reformists' of the 1990s - whom he ...
12 Aug 202355min
In Moscow's Shadows 109: A Tale of Two Last Wars, Afghanistan and Ukraine
Can one draw meaningful parallels between the Soviets' 1979-88 war in Afghanistan, and the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine? The wars may have been very different, but I would suggest there are ways in w...
26 Jul 202353min
In Moscow's Shadows 108: Where Have All The Generals Gone?
Is there a post-mutiny purge of the military going on? What can we learn from the apparent dismissal or detention of figures such as Generals Surovikin and Popov? And what does this mean about the pro...
16 Jul 202340min
