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 Juli 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 Juli 202340min
In Moscow's Shadows 107: Where Are We Now On Prigozhin's Mutiny?
There still seems no escaping the fallout from Prigozhin's mutiny, whether we're talking about the fate of Wagner in Africa or those bizarre wig selfies. I take a series of questions from Oligarch/Het...
9 Juli 202356min
In Moscow's Shadows 106: The Spooky Side of Prigozhin's Mutiny
A shorter episode, because there is still so much about the causes, course and consequences of Prigozhin's mutiny that we still don't know. Instead, I focus in on the spook side: what were the FSB, FS...
2 Juli 202337min
In Moscow's Shadows 105: Prigozhin's Mutiny
Prigozhin's mutiny... or, 36 hours of what-the-hell? It's too close for a really judicious take on this weekend's hijinks, but first thoughts on why Prigozhin did it, what happened, and what this all ...
25 Juni 202350min
In Moscow's Shadows 104: Paranormal Putinism
After the usual quick run-through of war-related news, I consider the rise of mysticism and occultism not just in Putin's circle, but Russia as a whole. Tales of rituals in the Kremlin; the Communist ...
20 Juni 202346min
