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The Eastern Border

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Soviet Union and shaping current Russia and it’s Government and Ideologies. The government of the USSR. History of the Soviet rule. Laws, culture and everyday life of a Soviet citizen. What did they see? How did they get by? What did they go through? And what is left after the collapse of USSR?The other side of the cold war - talking about politics in the EU, history of the USSR and the Eastern European region in general. Mostly for Americans, who also happen to be history geeks. Also, we're all friends here, and have beer!

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Curonian

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Society

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Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

The Migthy Potato Awards…and also a bit about Venezuela and Vatniks 03.01.2026

Greetings, Comrades – the time for the Migthy Potato awards has come! So, join us for this (very unscripted) first episode of the year, where [...]

25.”Noble Knights” & Corruption : The Truth Behind Russia’s ’91-Drone Attack on Putin’s House’ Lie 30.12.2025

In this emergency news episode, I tear down the “Valdai Mirage.” I look at the physics that make their claim impossible, the massive bureaucratic screw-up [...]

24. The Race on Broken Legs: A Cunning Plan to Bankrupt the Empire 29.12.2025

While the Kremlin announces glorious victories, the true believers are writing the Empire’s obituary. Igor “Strelkov” Girkin writes from prison to expose the truth about [...]

Evita’s Christmas special: Entity known as “Kristaps” and it’s impact on regular human life. 25.12.2025

Hi there, comrades! Here comes the promised episode by Evita (you asked for it yourself, kapish?) where she trauma-dumps, jokes and talks about her past [...]

23. Hacked Hipsters, Vienna Cafes and Girkin’s Prophecy 23.12.2025

In this episode: the staggering hypocrisy of project leads who build “digital prisons” for Russians while living comfortably in Vienna, Austria. Also, from behind bars, [...]

How Prof. Lipsits tried to save the Soviet economy in just two days 14.12.2025

Today I’m back with an oldschool style episode, because I really needed a break from the news – so I give You the story of [...]

22. Fable of the Bridge 06.12.2025

The Russian army is not the mighty empire we’re told to fear. It is a rusted, bureaucratic black hole where reality is sacrificed for paperwork, [...]

21. Ministry of Silly Wars 28.11.2025

The “peace plan” continues dominating the news feed. In this episode I look at the Z-vatnik take on it, how Putin has reacted to that [...]

20. Trump doesn’t want you to know this simple trick: 28 simple steps to make everyone forget about the Epstein files 23.11.2025

Well, the one good thing to come out of this peace deal thing is that it’s yet another boost to European Union military efforts and [...]

19. Only Russophobes think that human life has any intrinsic value in Russia. 12.11.2025

I recently made an episode about the horrific fascist ideas of Alexander Kharichev, the “Civil War 2.0″one. However, according to Girkin’s buddies – club of [...]

18. The only thing more miserable than Igor Girkin is Russia’s economic situation. 07.11.2025

The news episode that I wanted to release before the glorious civil war article plopped up. We have a lot of Igor Girkin to catch [...]

17. Russian Civil War 2.0 is inevitable (and why it’s a good thing) 06.11.2025

A high-ranking Kremlin official Alexander Kharichev, chief of monitoring the social media in Russia, just wrote an article about the possibility of civil war in [...]

16. Vatniks discover the real Russia 30.10.2025

More detailed info about the ever-continuing meat assaults on the Russian side and also, the #1 event in the Z-vatnik space this week – yet [...]

15. Russia lacks brain, while the EU lacks a spine 25.10.2025

In this episode, I look at yet more Z-vatnik wankering about how shit the whole situation on the front is for them and compare it [...]

14. Russia is NOT winning the war 23.10.2025

Darryl Cooper from Martyrmade whom I owe a lot to, just released an episode where he claimed that Russia is winning this war. This is [...]

13. Groundbreaking innovations in corruption 21.10.2025

I had to channel my Gonzo style for this one again. You see, there was yet another article, that was just published in the west, [...]

12. Poverty, misery and other Z-vatnik hobbies 16.10.2025

In this episode, I want to bring you up to speed with the war-related events in the Z-sphere of idiocy. Vatniks are pissing their pants [...]

11. Latgale – Texas of Latvia 13.10.2025

As I’m moving, I thought it would be nice to give you a bit of a historical breather episode, explaining the peculiarities of the proud [...]

Juris Kaza and Baltic Security 30.09.2025

Earlier this month we had a conversation with a friend of our show, Latvian-American journalist Juris Kaža about the current security issues in the Baltics [...]

9. Jackpot! (at vatnik expense) 29.09.2025

Roman Alekhine caused a scandal in the Z-Vatnik blogosphere by (shockingly) getting exposed as totally corrupt – this has resulted to a series of events [...]

10. Distribution of Fail 20.09.2025

Due to the recent security breaches of Polish and Estonian airspace, Zapad 2025 military excercises by Russia and Belarus went somewhat unnoticed. And that’s a [...]

8. Rule by Asassination 15.09.2025

A few years ago, me and my dear friend Alex (of History Impossible fame) had a deep conversation about how we’re slowly moving to a [...]

7. This will have to do 10.09.2025

In this one, I explain some very important cultural aspects related to the war and the post-Soviet sphere, while covering all the bullshit related to [...]

6. Vatnik Tears: Deluxe Edition 31.08.2025

In this episode, by multiple requests, there’s a deluxe edition of vatnik tears – because I’ve seen Putin’s trolls becoming more active again lately, with [...]

Ukraine Focus: Interview with Brock D. Bierman 27.08.2025

Today I am joined by Brock D. Bierman to discuss his activities in helping Ukraine via the Ukraine Focus organisation – especially their latest project [...]

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