Russia Unfiltered

Russia Unfiltered is an English-language podcast recorded inside Russia and hosted by three Brits who call the country home. Each episode dives into life on the ground, from everyday culture and history to politics and global headlines, with first-hand insight you can only get from being inside the country.

Russia Unfiltered is a news podcast hosted by three Brits who call, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #19

  How the 1990s Created Putin’s Russia (with Dr. Jeff Hawn)

  May 6, 20261 hourS0

  <p>This week on Russia Unfiltered, Jonny Tickle, Jeremy Morris, and James Pearce are joined by their first ever guest: Dr. Jeff Hawn, research fellow in international history at the London School of Economics. Together, they dive deep into the political chaos of the 1990s and ask one of the biggest questions in modern Russian history: was Putin’s Russia inevitable?<br /><br />The conversation explores Boris Yeltsin’s presidency, the 1993 constitutional crisis, the collapse of Soviet institutions, and the failed attempt to build a law-based democratic state after the fall of the USSR. Jeff argues that Russia was not doom...

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  Episode #18

  Western Academia on Russia in 2026: War, Access and Activism

  Apr 9, 202656 minS0

  <p>This week on Russia Unfiltered, Jonny Tickle, Jeremy Morris and James Pearce take a closer look at the state of Russia-focused academia in the West.<br /></p><p>With Jeremy heading to the annual British Association for Slavic and Eastern European Studies (BASEES) conference, we use the moment to ask a bigger question: what has happened to the field since 2022? Four years into the war, access to Russia is limited, funding has shifted, and the balance between research and public commentary is changing.<br /></p><p>We discuss whether the discipline is now dominated by war-related topics, how trends...

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  Episode #17

  Mr. Nobody Against Putin: What the Oscar-Winning Film Gets Right (and Wrong)

  Apr 2, 202651 minS0

  <p>This week on Russia Unfiltered, Jonny Tickle, Jeremy Morris and James C Pearce take a deep dive into Mr. Nobody Against Putin — the Oscar-winning documentary that’s now been banned in Russia.<br /><br />The film follows a school employee who secretly filmed the gradual militarisation of a provincial Russian school. It’s been widely praised abroad, but it’s also sparked a wave of criticism from Russians, Ukrainians and filmmakers alike.<br /><br />In this episode, we go beyond the headlines and ask what the film actually shows. Is it an authentic window into life inside Russia, or a story...

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  Episode #16

  Is Moscow’s Internet Being Switched Off?

  Mar 18, 202655 minS0

  <p>James C Pearce, Jeremy Morris and Jonny Tickle examine the sudden mobile internet outages across central Moscow and what they reveal about how a hyper-digital city functions when connectivity breaks down. They discuss the practical consequences, from payments and taxis to everyday routines that now depend entirely on mobile data, and why even short disruptions expose deeper vulnerabilities in a system built on constant connectivity.</p><p>The conversation explores competing explanations, from security measures and infrastructure testing to a broader pattern of increasing control over digital space. They look at the logic behind restricting access not just to...

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  How Has Moscow Changed in 2026?

  Mar 17, 202637 minS0

  <p>Jonny Tickle is joined in person by Jeremy Morris for a rare walk-and-talk episode recorded in Moscow at the end of his research trip. They discuss first impressions from Moscow, Penza and St Petersburg, focusing on the small, everyday details that are easy to miss but reveal deeper economic and social shifts.</p><p>The conversation explores churn in the hospitality sector, labour shortages, changing migration patterns and the uneven realities of the war economy, from packed holiday weekends to empty midweek cafés. They compare Moscow with the regions, asking what you can only learn by being there, a...

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