Russia, behind the headlines as well as in the shadows. This podcast is the audio counterpart to Mar
The Russian police are increasingly under pressure. The National Guard is getting into the mercenary
The easy cliche that the Ukraine conflict may become a 'forever war' is a convenient notio
Is Kadyrov dying? If so, who might replace him - and what may this mean for Russia. If Chechnya agai
As a way of getting away from the perennial talk of Wagner and the Ukrainian counter-offensive, I lo
After looking at Prigozhin last time, this episode I focus on Wagner. Will it survive in Africa (I s
What can we say about the death of Prigozhin (beyond good riddance?). At the risk of overstating the
Marking the anniversary of the second day of the 1991 August Coup, the day when momentum began to sh
He may have just been sentenced to another 19 years, now in a 'special regime colony', but
Can one draw meaningful parallels between the Soviets' 1979-88 war in Afghanistan, and the Krem
Is there a post-mutiny purge of the military going on? What can we learn from the apparent dismissal
There still seems no escaping the fallout from Prigozhin's mutiny, whether we're talking a
A shorter episode, because there is still so much about the causes, course and consequences of Prigo
Prigozhin's mutiny... or, 36 hours of what-the-hell? It's too close for a really judicious
After the usual quick run-through of war-related news, I consider the rise of mysticism and occultis
After the inevitable quick look at the Ukrainian counter-offensive (too little to say really about t
A spat between Wagner's Prigozhin and Chechnya's Kadyrov provides a good opportunity to lo
Bakhmut has (probably, kinda) fallen and Belgorod raided. The first is hardly a real defeat for Ukra
As a change from the usual, I look through the top six news items currently on the website of Rossii
It's an easy journalistic shorthand to hall Putin a new tsar (I've done it myself), but wh
News that gas corporation Gazprom appears to be sponsoring a mercenary unit in Ukraine prompts me to
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