Kremlin File

Olga and Mo are joined by retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman to discuss Ukraine as the defenders of democracy and Russia’s failing military strategy. As a child, Vindman was born to Jewish parents in Ukraine (former Soviet Ukraine) before emigrating to Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood. The former Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council found himself at the center of a firestorm for his decision to report the infamous phone call that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment. He was appointed as the Pritzker Military Foundation's first Pritzker Military Fellow. His memoir "Here, Right Matters: An American Story” is a must read. https://twitter.com/AVindman  https://alexandervindmanbook.com/  Sponsor link: https://athleticgreens.com/kremlinfile  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Mai 20221h 3min

Olga and Mo welcome on the pod a leading expert in nuclear conflict resolution, Joseph Cirincione. Most Americans have not thought much about doomsday weapons since the end of the Cold War, but now it’s time we all come to terms with the nuclear risks of Putin’s war in Ukraine. Joseph Cirincione is a distinguished fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington, D.C. He previously served for over 12 years as the president of the Ploughshares Fund with a focus on nuclear nonproliferation and conflict resolution.  https://twitter.com/Cirincione   https://responsiblestatecraft.org/author/jcirincione/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

12 Mai 202258min

Olga and Mo are joined by veteran diplomat and former ambassador of Poland, Daniel Fried, who currently serves as a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council.   In the course of his forty-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Fried played a key role in designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. As Special Assistant and NSC Senior Director for Presidents Clinton and Bush, Ambassador to Poland, and Assistant Secretary for Europe, he helped craft the policy of NATO enlargement to Central European nations and, in parallel, NATO-Russia relations. Twitter: @AmbDanFried  Sponsor Promotion: https://athleticgreens.com/kremlinfile  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Mai 202255min

What do Russians think about Putin’s war? Karine Orlova returns to Kremlin File to discuss the sentiment inside Russia against Putin’s latest war crimes campaign.  Karine Orlova is a Russian journalist in exile, former contributing writer for The American Interest magazine, former correspondent for Echo of Moscow, which was cut off air and shut down after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.  https://twitter.com/OrlovaKarine https://substack.com/profile/88924046-karineorlova  Sponsor Deal: https://athleticgreens.com/kremlinfile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28 Apr 202251min

Olga and Mo are joined by Andrei Soldatov, an investigative journalist and watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities. With Putin lashing out on the world stage and purging the ranks, Andrei shares his POV on Russia's failure in Ukraine and who is to blame. Andrei Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist, co-founder of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities. He’s been covering security services and terrorism since 1999. He is co-author with Irina Borogan of The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia’s Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB (PublicAffairs, 2010), The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries, and most recently, The Compatriots: The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia’s Exiles, Émigrés, and Agents Abroad. He is also a senior fellow at CEPA and contributes to the Moscow Times and various international publications. https://twitter.com/andreisoldatov https://cepa.org/our-people/andrei-soldatov/ https://agentura.ru/ *Sponsor Links* Athletic Greens (special offer): https://athleticgreens.com/kremlinfile  Jordan Harbinger Show: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Apr 20221h 1min

Inna Sovsun joins Olga and Mo to discuss how she and other MPs and Ukrainian citizens are facing the realities of Russia’s assault and war crimes. Inna is a Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, and she shares a very personal account from a position of leadership in a country under siege.  Athletic Greens (Promo Link): https://athleticgreens.com/kremlinfile Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/InnaSovsun  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14 Apr 20221h 1min

Olga and Mo are joined by Andrea Chalupa - a journalist, filmmaker, and co-host of the excellent podcast GASLIT NATION. Andrea is also a founder of DigitalMaidan, an online movement that made the Ukrainian protests the #1 trending topic on Twitter worldwide at a time when the mainstream media was obsessing over Justin Bieber’s arrest in Miami.  https://twitter.com/AndreaChalupa http://www.andreachalupa.com/ https://twitter.com/Gaslitnation  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7 Apr 202253min

Olga and Mo are joined by Kremlin File producer Jack Bryan to detail how Russia’s recently launched disinformation troll farm is targeting Ukraine and their place in Russian Hybrid warfare. For further reading, please check out co-host Olga Lautman’s substack article: https://olgalautman.substack.com/p/operation-cyber-front-z-russia-sets?s=r Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

31 Mar 202249min