The Eastern Border

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.

The Eastern Border is a news podcast hosted by Kristaps Andrejsons, with 743 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.

Kristaps Andrejsons hosts The Eastern Border, a news show with 743 episodes published.

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  Episode #53

  2.53 TFUM

  Aug 19, 202643 minS2

  Time to put on our Wall Street suits and dive into the spreadsheets to calculate the TFUM: The Total F*cked Up Metric. The Russian Federation isn't a state anymore; it's a wildly over-leveraged hedge fund/doomsday cult run by mobsters on ponyatiya, and the universe is finally issuing a margin call they cannot afford to pay. I track the systemic necrosis from the top down: the 21-billion-ruble daily hemorrhage of the federal budget, the purging of VEB's top economist for predicting a 1917-style collapse, and the staggering $15.2 billion capital flight currently draining the commercial banks. I dissect the 900-billion-ruble crater of the Wildberries logistics collapse, the resulting VTB debt bomb, and how the state is press-ganging desperate sellers into the meat grinder. Finally, a look across the border to contrast the mud of the trenches with the institutional delusion of the US military's new 80,000 PSI XM7 battle rifle. The age of the $500 kamikaze drone is here, but the Western military-industrial complex is still planning for an 800-meter duel that no longer exists. 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/ Car4Ukraine Eastern Border Summer Campaign! https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-eastern-border YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/WNbdi1zPVMk Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #52

  2.52 Serfdom Forever!

  Aug 17, 20261h 17mS2

  Welcome to Serfdom Forever! The demographic hemorrhage has become so catastrophic that Moscow is now renting North Korean indentured servants to roll sushi in the suburbs, while Russian Gen Z medical students actively reject the state's attempts to lock them into modern-day serfdom. I break down the institutional vranyo behind fabricated military interceptions, the multi-billion-ruble annihilation of the Wildberries logistics network, and the Arctic gas absurdity that has imported fuel sitting idle while the domestic economy burns. Meanwhile, the Z-patriot ecosystem is in full meltdown, finally realizing their "Good Tsar" is just a warden, and the last remnants of public politics have been purged over 1998 Microsoft Word fonts. The empire is rotting, and we have all the telemetry. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/ye_TRs4FD7I 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/ Car4Ukraine Eastern Border Summer Campaign! https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-eastern-border Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #51

  2.51 The Pirate, the Piglet, and the Cartel

  Aug 14, 202648 minS2

  In this special 7,000+ word extended autopsy set to the aggressive thrash metal of golden-era Metallica, I dismantle the terminal rot, financial death spirals, and internal cartel wars tearing the Russian Federation apart. From 20-kilometer hallucinations on Putin's desk maps and university trick-contracts sending medical students to the front, to 1,400km drone voids over Bashkortostan, the 6.5 trillion ruble deficit, and Tatiana Montyan's violent collision with her own FSB masters. We take an extensive deep-dive into the dynastic panic in Grozny, where Ramzan Kadyrov is hoarding a pristine 36,000-man Praetorian Guard for the upcoming North Caucasus war. Finally, we bring the hammer down with an unvarnished tribute to Anna Politkovskaya and Boris Nemtsov—the journalists and visionaries who saw the dragon in the room long before the world woke up. Car4Ukraine Eastern Border Summer Campaign! https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-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.

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  2.50 The 800,000 Ghosts

  Aug 12, 202644 min

  Welcome back to The Eastern Border. In Episode 2.50, we descend into the terminal madness of the Russian state apparatus. With the federal budget blowing through a staggering 5.73 trillion ruble ($70 billion) deficit in just six months and the Central Bank secretly dumping 85 tons of gold, the Kremlin is actively burning down its own foundations to keep the war machine running. We break down the systemic destruction of the Voronezh Wildberries hub, the expanding fuel blackouts in Sochi, and the pathetic frontline reality of the "Zebrovozy"—cargo-cult Kamaz trucks painted in zebra stripes in a desperate attempt to confuse 2K-resolution Ukrainian FPV drones at Malaya Tokmachka. Faced with a leaked quota to find 409,000 new recruits by year-end, the Ministry of Defense has set a trap, luring students into fake "Drone Force" desk jobs before throwing them into meat assaults, while Sergei Shoigu brokers a deal for 50,000 North Korean soldiers. Meanwhile, the political administration is in full-blown panic over a massive anti-war surge, purging the Yabloko party and weaponizing Kafkaesque copyright lawsuits over Microsoft fonts to sterilize the upcoming September elections. Finally, we explore the dark, apocalyptic theology of GRU Colonel Vladimir Kvachkov, whose demands for a 1-billion-man empire and draconian breeding taxes explain why standard cost-benefit analysis fails against Moscow. Plus, a global palette cleanser: FIFA President Gianni Infantino faces an unprecedented mutiny. Car4Ukraine Eastern Border Summer Campaign! https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-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.

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  Episode #49

  2.49 Crazy Vova's Superpower Emporium

  Aug 10, 202639 minS2

  Welcome back to The Eastern Border. I had a bit of a doozy with health, but we're back now! In Episode 2.49, we take a deep, unfiltered look into the structural collapse of the Russian Federation in August 2026. From municipal tap water in Tyumen that smells of sewage and cemetery runoff to the catastrophic logistics collapse after 20% of Wildberries' warehouse capacity went up in smoke, the math of vranyo is finally catching up with the Kremlin. We unpack Sberbank’s open refusal to bail out the Ministry of Finance's 8.6 trillion ruble budget deficit, the Euro-2 fuel epidemic destroying Russia’s fleet of modern Chinese imports, Maxim Kalashnikov’s realization of the "Arrow of Ahriman," and the 9-million-ruble birthday party at Balzi Rossi that shattered the last illusions of frontline unity. 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 Car4Ukraine Eastern Border Summer Campaign! https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-eastern-border Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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