The Eastern Border

Kristaps Andrejsons
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A podcast about the politics and the history of the eastern Europe - including, but not limited to the current state of Russia, politics of the EU, history of the USSR and the region in general. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 2.8 How Starlink & Telegram Killed the Russian Front

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    2.8 How Starlink & Telegram Killed the Russian Front

    Greetings, Comrades! It finally happened. The "Second Army of the World" has achieved total independence from Western technology—by getting kicked off the server. In this episode, we break down the "Double Tap" strike that has left the Russian military deaf, blind, and screaming into dead radios. First, SpaceX implemented the "White List" protocol, turning thousands of smuggled Starlink terminals into expensive paperweights and blinding Russian artillery. Then, in a moment of bureaucratic genius, Roskomnadzor decided to "slow down" Telegram to fight NATO narratives—accidentally crippling their own army's only functional command-and-control system. We dive deep into the chaos of the "Analog Gold Rush," where ancient Soviet field phones are trading for the price of used cars, and Baofeng radios are the new Bitcoin. We also cover the assassination of GRU General Alekseyev (the "Spies killing Spies" moment), the "Pink Pony" reality of Dmitry Peskov, and the terrifying return of the "Time of Troubles." The Red Lines have turned to Brown Lines. The subscription is cancelled. Happiness is Mandatory. In this episode: The Kill Switch: How the Starlink "White List" crashed the Grey Market. Friendly Fire: Why blocking Telegram is an act of self-sabotage. The Analog Gold Rush: Why a $20 radio now costs $300 in Donetsk. High Politics: The assassination of General Alekseyev. The "Sausage Butt" Theory: Confirmed. Support the Show & The Cause: Trucks, not telegrams. Help Car4Ukraine turn pickup trucks into mobile machine-gun nests and medevac units for the guys who actually have Starlink: 👉 https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-the-eastern-border Look good while watching the collapse. Get the official Eastern Border Merch (No VPN required): 👉 https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/en-eur Get the uncensored, un-slowed-down truth (and early access) on Patreon: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/c/TheEasternBorder #russia #starlink #telegram #ukrainewar #theeasternborder #gonzojournalism #Roskomnadzor #techwar Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min
  2. 2.7 The Butter Crisis & The Banana Fleet

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    2.7 The Butter Crisis & The Banana Fleet

    In this episode, we look at a Superpower that has forgotten to pay its internet bill. From the Baltic Sea—where the Russian Navy recently surrendered a ship to Estonian customs inspectors without firing a shot—to the "Digital Stalingrad" in the Donbas where soldiers are resorting to medieval torture just to unlock Starlink terminals, the collapse is becoming impossible to hide. We dive deep into the "Zombie Economy" where interest rates have hit 21%, citizens are stealing butter locked in security cases, and the new "Russian Dream" is modeled after North Korea. We also expose the "Photoshop Front," where propagandists are inventing fake magazine covers because reality has become too depressing to print. Finally, we analyze a bombshell report from Meduza proving that the decision to destroy Ukraine wasn't a reaction to NATO, but a premeditated plan from 2004, and end with philosopher Dmitry Bykov’s terrifying diagnosis of Russia’s "Anthropological Catastrophe." Topics Covered: The Banana Republic Fleet: How Estonian special forces raided a Russian ship (and the Z-bloggers lost their minds).The Black Sea Ghost Fleet: Why the "Naval Superpower" is hiding behind Turkish oil tankers.The Photoshop War: Debunking the fake covers of Libération and Le Parisien.Digital Cannibalism: The "White List" Starlink block and the horrific consequences for POWs.The Butter Crisis: Why dairy products now have anti-theft alarms.The "Onion Lord": How a German AfD politician used Belarusian slave labor.The Origin of the Lie: New evidence that the war was planned in 2013.The Verdict: Why the "Crab Bucket" ideology guarantees collapse. Help us get trucks to the front! https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-the-eastern-border Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    36 min
  3. 2.6 The price of Dirt

    30 JANV.

    2.6 The price of Dirt

    Greeting Comrades, and welcome to the frozen bunker in Ludza. In this episode, we aren't just analyzing the collapse of the Russian Empire; we are physically fighting General Winter. While the temperature hits -24°C outside my window, I had to turn a household Philips vacuum cleaner into a tactical flamethrower to save my heating system from exploding. Meanwhile, across the border, the "Energy Superpower" is burning down its own grid. We dive into the "Alpen Gold Index" (why cheap chocolate is now a luxury asset), the "Crypto-Khans" of Ingushetia destroying the power network to mine Bitcoin, and the horrifying new casualty figures—1.2 million dead and wounded—that the Kremlin is trying to hide. We also look at the "Virtual Reality" war where General Gerasimov captures fake cities, the 14-nation naval blockade that just bricked up Russia's "Window to Europe," and the surreal silence of Russian propaganda as a boy from Donetsk knocks Real Madrid out of the Champions League. IN THIS EPISODE: Operation Pilda Dragon: How I fixed a pellet boiler disaster with a vacuum cleaner and an inner tube.The 500-Ruble Chocolate: Varlamov, the "Tax Apocalypse," and the death of the middle class.The Meat Grinder: New data reveals 1.2 million Russian casualties and a terrifying 1:1 death ratio.The Tech Trap: Why Russian volunteers are crying about "Mavic Hunters" destroying their drones on Day 1.The Baltic Blockade: 14 nations declare the "Shadow Fleet" stateless. The window is closed.Sports Psy-Ops: Jose Mourinho, the Donetsk goalkeeper "Tolya" Trubin, and the erasure of Ukraine on Russian TV.The Final Betrayal: Trump orders an "Energy Truce," Putin obeys, and the Z-Patriots lose their minds. 🚨 SPECIAL EVENT: VICTOR'S DOCUMENTARY LIVESTREAM Join us this Sunday (Feb 1st) for the premiere of "Just A Million Different Craters"—a raw, intimate look at a volunteer garage in Kharkiv. ⏰ Time: 8:00 PM Riga / 7:00 PM CET 📺 Watch Here: https://youtube.com/live/Zu5kWuOYRoo?feature=share SUPPORT THE SHOW & THE CAUSE: 🚛 Car4Ukraine (Christmas Tree Trucks 2025): Help us buy pickups for the 93rd Brigade to evacuate the wounded. https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-the-eastern-border 🔥 Keep the Bunker Warm (Patreon): Support independent journalism and help me buy pellets (and a new vacuum filter). https://www.patreon.com/TheEasternBorder 👕 The Uniform (Merch): Get your "Fate/Stay Blyat" gear here. https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min
  4. 2.5 Fate/Stay Blyat. The Warlords of the Apocalypse.

    27 JANV.

    2.5 Fate/Stay Blyat. The Warlords of the Apocalypse.

    Greetings from Pilda, It is the coldest January in thirty years. Outside my window, the thermometer is dropping, and I have just finished hauling 150kg of heating pellets into the bunker. It is the perfect atmosphere for what we need to discuss today. For years, we have been documenting the slow, bureaucratic rot of the Russian Empire. We called it the “Rotting Cake”—a structure that looked impressive from the outside but was being eaten alive by corruption from within. Well, I have bad news. The cake is gone. The rats have finished it. We have now entered the Warlord Era. In this episode of The Eastern Border, we are no longer looking at a state. We are looking at a dark, geopolitical anime where the laws of physics and logic have been suspended. The “Vertical of Power” has collapsed into a collection of feudal tribes, each led by a warlord more insane than the last. The World Boss Wakes Up While the Kremlin was busy arguing about “traditional values,” the United States decided to play Grand Theft Auto. In the span of 48 hours, they kidnapped the President of Venezuela and announced plans to put a “Golden Dome” over a newly purchased Greenland. The “Multipolar World” is dead. The Sheriff is back in town, and he is drunk. The Grinch and the Cucumber Meanwhile, France—yes, France—has started seizing Russian oil tankers. Specifically, a tanker named “The Grinch” (you cannot make this up). The Russian response? Impotent rage on Telegram. Why? Because they can’t afford to fight back. The “Cucumber Index” has spiked 30% in three weeks. The economy is eating itself. The Spiritual Psychosis But the real horror is in the trenches. We read the diaries of soldiers who are trapped in the “Red Marker Trap”—dying in villages that their commanders have already marked as “captured” on the map. We meet the “Shashlik Commandos”—elite bureaucrats who go to the rear to eat barbecue and steal tractors. And we listen to the “Berserkers” like Yuri Yevich, who are now screaming that the war is actually against “Satanic Space Bears” and that the only solution is… ice axes. The State is dead. Long live the Tribe. In this episode: The Global Humiliation: From Maduro to the Grinch.The Techno-Rot: Why the “Toilet Warlords” can’t build drones but can brick your iPhone.The Meat Grinder: Strelkov’s letter from prison revealing that Putin has killed more men in one village than WWII.The Escape: Why the “Good Russians” are finding the doors to the West locked tight.Happiness is Mandatory. 🚚 Operation: Christmas Tree Trucks 2025 The holidays are over, but the winter is just starting. We are raising funds to buy pickup trucks for the 93rd Brigade. In the grey zone, a truck is the difference between life and death. Donate Here YouTube version is coming very soon – it takes a LONG time to upload now, because my webcam is better. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 min
  5. 2.4 When the War Goes Out of Fashion: Orthodox AI, Dead Economies & The German Hallucination

    24 JANV.

    2.4 When the War Goes Out of Fashion: Orthodox AI, Dead Economies & The German Hallucination

    Why did a German immigration officer deny asylum to a Russian torture victim by citing a press release from Sergei Shoigu? Why is the Russian Orthodox Church building an Artificial Intelligence to automate the writing of police denunciations? And why is Vladimir Putin personally designing a business plan for a single pie shop while the national gold reserves vanish? In this episode of The Eastern Border, we smash the glass of the "Republic of Fake." We travel from the heated offices of Berlin bureaucrats who have accepted the Kremlin’s lies as legal truth, to the frontlines where "Turbo-Patriots" are realizing that their holy war has become nothing more than an unfashionable subculture. We dig into the "Kickback Empire" where 50% of the imperial budget is stolen by handlers in Moscow, meet "Yura Unitaz"—the alleged toilet salesman in charge of Russia's drone war—and analyze the forensic data proving the Kadyrov regime is running on autopilot. The cake is rotting, friends. Don't eat it. IN THIS EPISODE: The Shoigu Precedent: How German bureaucracy was hacked by Russian apathy. The Mashenka Economy: The President, the Pie Shop, and the 1998 oil prices. Orthodox GPT: Outsourcing Judas to a server farm. The Kadyrov Glitch: Waze data, deleted Instagram posts, and the panic in Grozny. The Dead End: Why Russian nationalists admit "The SMO is out of fashion." SUPPORT THE FRONT LINE: Help our friends at Car4Ukraine turn civilian trucks into life-saving "Christmas Tree Trucks" for the defenders on the zero line: 👉 https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-the-eastern-border/ YouTube version for those who prefer to enjoy the show that way. There's (accidentally) my cat in the background: https://youtu.be/jYOmjHjrHeY Become our patron: https://www.patreon.com/theeasternborder Merch store + another option for memberships: https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/ Follow what's going on here in the very border of Eastern Europe: https://bsky.app/profile/theeasternborder.lv Download all episodes for free on our website; pictures accompanying certain episodes can be found there as well! http://theeasternborder.lv/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 min
  6. 2.3 The Republic of Fake

    21 JANV.

    2.3 The Republic of Fake

    From the frozen balconies of Rēzekne to the digital hallucinations of the Kremlin, the Russian Federation has become a "Republic of Fake." In this episode, I broadcast from Pilda—just 22km from the Russian border—to tear down the "digital wall" Putin has built. We expose the absurdity of a war where soldiers are forced to weld rusty pipes to Soviet vans while the Ministry of Defense spends billions on AI censorship tools. We analyze General Gerasimov’s "Potemkin JPEGs"—fake maps of captured villages that exist only in PowerPoint to please the Czar. And most importantly, we look at the fridge. With 35,000 restaurants closing in a year and economists advising Muscovites to buy wood-burning stoves for their skyscrapers, the "War Economy" is finally revealing its true cost: The stability of the grave. Help us send REAL trucks to the front: car4ukraine.com/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-the-eastern-border Become our patron: https://www.patreon.com/theeasternborder Merch store + another option for memberships: https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/ Follow what's going on here in the very border of Eastern Europe: https://bsky.app/profile/theeasternborder.lv Download all episodes for free on our website; pictures accompanying certain episodes can be found there as well! http://theeasternborder.lv/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 min
  7. Kadyrov saga: Proof that Adam Kadyrov's car crash did really happen and Kremlin's cover-up exposed.

    17 JANV.

    Kadyrov saga: Proof that Adam Kadyrov's car crash did really happen and Kremlin's cover-up exposed.

    The end of a twenty-year dictatorship didn’t come with a revolution. It came with the screech of tires at 5:00 PM on a Friday. While mainstream outlets are waiting for Kremlin press releases, we spent the night tracking the digital fallout of a catastrophic event in Chechnya. We know Ramzan Kadyrov is suffering from organ failure. We know his plan was to force his violent, 18-year-old son, Adam, onto the throne. Last night, that plan was smashed on the asphalt of Kishiev Avenue. In this expansive investigative report, we lay out the forensic evidence of the regime’s collapse: The Flight Logs: The midnight scramble of an elite “Flying ICU” (An-148) and Kadyrov’s private jet fleeing Grozny.The Fortress: How Strava heatmaps reveal the “digital cage” Kadyrov built around his palace long before the crash.The Cover-Up: The definitive proof. We caught the Russian authorities scrubbing their official maps (2GIS) at 4:00 AM, making the city look green and clear. But a simultaneous check of Waze revealed the truth: a massive, desperate blockade at the crash site that the censors couldn’t delete.The King is dying in Moscow. The Prince is broken. The throne in Grozny is vacant. This is the autopsy of a regime change. I really thing that you should be watching this in video format, but for those of you who prefer audio - well, who am I to stop you. But here's a YouTube link anyways: https://youtu.be/pKnOjkLu4a8 #TheEasternBorder #Kadyrov #Chechnya #Russia #OSINT #BreakingNews #InvestigativeJournalism Links: Help Ukraine win: car4ukraine.com/campaigns/christmas-tree-trucks-2025-the-eastern-border 🕵️‍♂️ Support independent investigations on Patreon: patreon.com/c/TheEasternBorder 👕 Wear the resistance: theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com #TheEasternBorder #kadyrov #chechnya #russia #osint #breakingnews #investigativejournalism #gonzojournalism Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    43 min
  8. 2.2 The Ice Age of the Z-Soul

    16 JANV.

    2.2 The Ice Age of the Z-Soul

    Video version on YouTube (with actual video this time - I fixed the lights) https://youtu.be/ArDauZSpDT8 In this episode of The Eastern Border, we strip away the propaganda and look directly into the terminal necrosis of the Z-Empire. The "Geopolitical Greatness" has peeled off like cheap wallpaper, revealing the rot underneath. The Economic Suicide Note We start with the panic in the Kremlin’s wallet. The US has seized a sixth Russian tanker, and the "Z-Patriots" are finally realizing that Donald Trump isn't their savior—he is their repo man. We read the latest dispatch from oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who has penned what amounts to a suicide note for the Russian economy. He calls it "Perestroika-2." He warns of mass bankruptcy by June. He confirms that the "Sovereignty" they fought for is just a clearance sale for China. The Phantom Airforce We listen to Vladimir Baglaev, a Cherepovets factory director who sounds less like a captain of industry and more like a nihilist philosopher. He breaks down the Kremlin’s plan to build "1,000 airplanes" by 2030 and reveals the funding gap is 99%. There are no planes. There are no machines. And, thanks to the war, there is no one left to build them. The Asylum of Lost Souls But if you think the economy is broken, wait until you see the minds. We tour the ideological asylum with Colonel Vladimir Kvachkov, the retired GRU officer who wants to combine the Gulag with the Monastery into a "Russian Christian Socialist State." And finally, we witness the ultimate collapse of meaning. Alexander Dugin—the "Brain of the State"—has identified the true metaphysical enemy of Russia. It is not NATO. It is not the West. It is Cheburashka. Dugin has declared a holy war against the Soviet cartoon character, identifying him as a "Demon of the Moon" and a symbol of liberal post-humanism. The pipes are bursting. The factories are silent. And the philosophers are hunting cartoons. This isn't strategy. It is entropy. And entropy is undefeated. Stay warm, stay hard, and keep your powder dry. Links mentioned in this episode: ❄️ Support the Show: Patreon🚚 Car4Ukraine (Real Trucks): Christmas Tree Trucks 2025 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    32 min
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A podcast about the politics and the history of the eastern Europe - including, but not limited to the current state of Russia, politics of the EU, history of the USSR and the region in general. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Créateur
    Kristaps Andrejsons
  • Années d’activité
    2015 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    693
  • Classement
    Contenu explicite
  • Copyright
    © Kristaps Andrejsons
  • Site Web de l’émission
    The Eastern Border

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