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I went on Quora to answer people's questions about the war in Ukraine. Some of them were meaningul, but...well, there's plenty of Putin's trolls to go around. Enjoy!
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Answering questions on Quora

Girkin remains in prison after his appeals, Macron sends instructors to Ukraine and insists that the west should allow their weapons to be used to strike Russia. In response, Russia saber rattlles with nukes again and forces schoolgirls to remove underwear in public, before a state exam. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

War in Ukraine: Episode 218

Today I am joined by a guest from the Canadian military who appproacheed me asking about whether or not I have made an episode about the most famous Russian invention of all time – the glorious AK. So easy to use, that a kid shoot one. And many do! A subject this iconic deserved a proper episode, and hopefully, we have delivered. Enoy! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The People's Gun

Greetings, Comrades! In this episode: Events on the front lines, Russia lies about their successes, Belousov unsurprisingly corrupt and dissappoints the pro-war people in Russia.  And here's the link to our merch store: https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

War in Ukraine: Episode 217

Belousov has replaced Shoigu as Russia's minister of defense - and for some reason, western media reports this as a threatening thing for Ukraine. In this episode I explain why they're mistaken, and how this proves that Putin's admitting that he no longer has endless money for the war effort. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theeasternborder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Venezuela/Guayana crisis

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