The Eastern Border
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!
The Eastern Border x Operator Starsky
Another of our collaboration episodes for the anniversary month! This time, with our good friend Operator Starsky! Trigger warning: There is mention of intimate activities [...]
2.38 Existential Fanfiction
Happy Anniversary to The Eastern Border! We are celebrating the madness of the post-Soviet space by watching the Russian Federation actively cannibalize its own economy [...]
The Eastern Border x Advent of Computing
In our second anniversary episode, we chat with Sean from Advent of Computing about Russian internet blocks and much more! Car4Ukraine Eastern Border Summer Campaign! [...]
Transnistria (and other things) with The Red Line
Here’s the first one of our anniversary special episodes. This is a prolonged chat with Michael Hillard from The Red Line podcast. Donate to Ukraine: [...]
2.37 The Simulated Empire
Welcome to the absolute peak of the “Simulated Empire.” It is June 2026, and the Russian Federation has finally achieved the ultimate geopolitical breakthrough: it [...]
2:26 This was supposed to be SPIEF 2
The geopolitical abstract has officially broken down into physical, bleeding reality. Recorded live from Latgale, just 22 kilometers from the Russian border, host Kristaps Andrejsons [...]
2.35 SPIEF 2026: We can. But why?
Welcome to Episode 2.35 of The Eastern Border: “SPIEF 2026: We can. But why?” While the Russian elite dine on 18,500-ruble elk lips at the [...]
2.34 The Clone Trap is Burning
Before we dive into the grim reality of the Russian collapse, a quick note on the channel art. I’ve been listening to your feedback regarding [...]
2.33 Eastern Border Special: Illusionary Calories
We were tired of talking about depressing military losses and bureaucratic collapses, so today Evita and I decided to bring you a cheerful, lighthearted special [...]
2.32 Orthodox Armoured Polyethylene
The Russian state monopoly on violence is officially cracking. While the Kremlin legalises private corporate militaries for Gazprom and Rosatom to defend against systemic Ukrainian [...]
2.31. The Empire Bleeds, part 2
The illusion of the Russian war machine is shattering. In Part 2 of our deep dive into the May 2026 reality, we strip away the [...]
2.30 The Empire Bleeds, Part 1
In Part 1 of our massive 2.30 Double-Feature, we aren’t looking at the frontlines—we are looking at the multi-organ failure of the Russian state. Terminal [...]
2.29 Overdosing on Vranyo
Greetings, comrades, and welcome to The Eastern Border. Today, we are taking a long, hard look into the rotting, schizophrenic core of the Russian imperial [...]
2.28: Black Overlord
The Russian Federation has officially hit terminal velocity, and the Alpha-male imperial dream has been replaced by a desperate, hallucinating Cargo Cult. We dive into [...]
2.27 Cuckoldry Day
Welcome to the 81st anniversary of Victory Day—the year the “Collector of Russian Lands” officially became a sub-letter of his own history. In this special [...]
2.26 The Great Mattress Raid
The global oil market has shifted, and the UAE just handed the Kremlin an armor-piercing reality check. In Episode 2.26, we document the final, terminal [...]
2.25 Dendro-Fecal Imperium
The Big Deal is dead. Welcome to the Dendro-Fecal Empire. While the Russian elites party in Dubai and the spreadsheet-watchers promise economic stability, the physical [...]
2.24 The Black Rain
Today, we are opening the body bag and performing a brutal autopsy on the Russian state. We track the physical decay from the burning refineries [...]
2.23 The Slow Freeze
Welcome back to The Eastern Border. While Western “Pink Pony” analysts look at top-line GDP numbers and declare the Russian war machine an unstoppable juggernaut, [...]
Dark Autumn for Russia
Comrades, welcome to a special audio-only broadcast of The Eastern Border. (Using the classic thumbnail to mark this one—we are stepping away from the daily [...]
2.22 The Terminal Matrix: 404 Empire Not Found
Welcome back to the nightmare, comrades. In this feature-length episode, we take a brutal, unsparing look under the hood of the Russian Federation’s terminal bureaucratic [...]
2.21 Zero Day At The Ivory Tower
Greetings, Comrades. I…I seriously do not even. You’ll listen to this, and you will think that I’m crazy, BUT…well, when I say, try running those [...]
2.20 The Asymmetrical Humiliation: Or Else, What?
Greetings, comrades! In Episode 2.20: The Asymmetrical Humiliation, we examine the sheer, terminal absurdity of the Russian Federation’s bureaucratic collapse.The geopolitical gravity has inverted: Armenian [...]
2.19 Planet of Pink Ponies
The digital iron curtain just fell. This week, we dive into the total communications blackout in Moscow and St. Petersburg as the Kremlin panics over [...]
2.18 Everything Must Go
The Russian state is no longer an empire; it is a bankrupt cartel running a terminal liquidation sale. In this episode, we wade into the [...]
2.17 Relegation, Russian Style
The front office is panicking, the franchise player just demanded a trade, and the owner is literally burning down the stadium to pay the referees. [...]
2.16 It’s The Economy, Stupid!
“It’s the economy, stupid.” The Russian Federation is in full rigor mortis. In this massive, breaking-news episode of The Eastern Border, we conduct a full [...]
2.15 The Z-Files
Greetings, comrades, and welcome back to the bunker. Today, we’re broadcasting live from The Eagles—just 22 kilometers from the Russian border—and stepping straight into the [...]
2.14 Zone of death, part 2
Welcome back to the bunker for the second half of our massive deep dive into the accelerating collapse of the Russian Federation. In Part 1, [...]
Episode 2.14: The Zone of Death (Part 1)
Welcome back to the bunker. The bureaucratic backlog has cleared, and we are diving straight into the abyss. The Russian civilian economy has officially entered [...]
2.13 The Axis Burns: F-35s in Tehran & Putin’s 30 Trillion Ruble Crater
While the physical fires are kept burning with a metric ton of heating pellets here in the freezing Latvian buffer zone, the geopolitical cesspool has [...]
2.12 Elves are useless: An Official Apology to Sauron and all the Orcs of Mordor
Welcome to the geopolitical cesspool. Today, we are taking a hard look at the crumbling, jury-rigged mafia state operating just across the border, and the [...]
2.11 System Failure: 4 years of Mafia State At War
Greetings, Comrades! Four years ago, the Russian military establishment thought they were going to hold a victory parade in Kyiv within 72 hours. Today, the [...]
2.10 Perestroika 2.0 & The Great Silence
The biological attack on the studio continues! With Kristaps completely out of commission battling a nasty flu and an eye infection, Evita takes the mic [...]
2.9 Once Again About Cucumbers (and The Ghost Offensive)
Greetings, comrades! The “Voice of the Eastern Border” has temporarily fallen victim to a biological attack (the flu), so today, Evita is taking over the [...]
2.8 How Starlink & Telegram Killed the Russian Front
Greetings, Comrades! It finally happened. The Russian army has achieved its long-awaited dream of total independence from Western technology—by getting kicked off the server. For [...]
2.7 The Butter Crisis & The Banana Fleet
In this episode, we look at a Superpower that has forgotten to pay its internet bill. From the Baltic Sea—where the Russian Navy recently surrendered [...]
2.6 The Price of Dirt
Greeting Comrades, and welcome to the frozen bunker in Ludza. In this episode, we aren’t just analyzing the collapse of the Russian Empire; we are [...]
2.5 Fate/Stay Blyat. The Warlords of the Apocalypse.
Greetings from Pilda, It is the coldest January in thirty years. Outside my window, the thermometer is dropping, and I have just finished hauling 150kg [...]
2.4 When the War Goes Out of Fashion: Orthodox AI, Dead Economies & The German Hallucination (Audio only)
Why did a German immigration officer deny asylum to a Russian torture victim by citing a press release from Sergei Shoigu? Why is the Russian [...]
