In Moscow's Shadows 134: Kaliningrad still at the Crossroads
Is the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad a dangerous Russian bastion threatening the West, a point of vulnerability for Moscow, or a potential point of reconnection with Europe? How about a mix of all th...
11 Feb 202454min
In Moscow's Shadows 133: Books on Russia, Books on Ukraine
As I'm travelling this weekend, this episode is a compilation of two sets of comparative book reviews already provided to my Patrons. First up, three recent books on Russia that, together, would make...
4 Feb 202450min
In Moscow's Shadows 132: A View from the Provinces
Barring particularly high-profile developments, we tend to look at Russia through the prism of Moscow (and maybe St Petersburg). How good a picture does this give us? To try and redress the balance, I...
28 Jan 202448min
In Moscow's Shadows 131: European Strategy and Vorobyov's Prospects
A podcast of two halves. First of all, I look at the dilemmas and limitations facing European (EU and UK) strategy over Ukraine. Why is it so hard? After the break, I consider another of the younger ...
21 Jan 20241h 8min
In Moscow's Shadows 130: Questions I Can't Answer
The essence of podcasting and punditry may be to peddle confident certainties, but often we don’t really know. So today I raise some important questions to which I really don’t know the answer, but wh...
14 Jan 202445min
In Moscow's Shadows 129: It's All About Putin's Eggs
Russia is still gripped by an egg crisis, after prices rose 46% last year. Now the security apparatus is investigating hoarding and profiteering, the Agriculture Ministry is talking price controls and...
7 Jan 202439min
In Moscow's Shadows 128: Politics, War and Lunacy - a look forward to 2024
Less whimsical than the last one, the final episode of 2023 looks ahead to the coming year: the candidates for the presidential elections, the prospects for the war, and - spinning off a deeply-bizar...
29 Des 202355min
In Moscow's Shadows 127: When Napoleon was Nuked and Other Russian Conspiracy Theories
Was Moscow nuked in 1812? Have a thousand years of history been made up to conceal the power of the 'Russian Horde'? Was Lenin a mushroom? Are reptiloids trying to subvert Russia with Satanism? Of cou...
23 Des 202355min
