Russia, behind the headlines as well as in the shadows. This podcast is the audio counterpart to Mar
I spin a post on the Nezygar Telegram channel out to explore the current uncertain state of play ove
One of the short bonuses provided to Patrons over the 2021-22 Christmas and New Year season, release
After the Blinken-Lavrov talks, a brief one-segment podcast with a few thoughts on the current state
A Russian-led force deploying into Kazakhstan has inevitably had some people talking invasion, some
To kick off the year, rather than making some grand predictions about Russia, instead I speculate as
A short, one-segment piece on Russia's proposed new treaties and how, despite what their deputy
Quite what is Russia's game plan over Ukraine? It seems hard to explain through common sense, s
Something of a miscellany. First of all, latest thoughts - that turn out to be disappointingly incon
In the first part, a little exploration of MID, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its decline - and y
While still processing a month spent in Russia, I feel that the uniting leitmotif is survivalism, th
A trip to Tula, 200km south of Moscow, provides a chance to mix a little history and travelogue with
Just back to Russia, my first trip since February 2020, and for this podcast I try something differe
Two quite big topics this episode. First of all, the restrictive new rules on 'Foreign Agent&ap
I confess at this stage I couldn't think of much to say about the Russian elections that wasn&a
A shorter episode that looks at a vicious criminal's end in a prison riot in Kamchatka, and aft
Sometimes it's worth digging into what look like less important stories, to see what lessons th
There may be a little schadenfreude as America abandons Afghanistan and the Taliban sweep into Kabul
Having long relied on it as a stalwart of the ‘systemic opposition’, the Kremlin now seems to be tre
