2.11 System Failure: 4 years of Mafia State At War
The Eastern Border
Kristaps Andrejsons
4.7 • 877 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
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 Russian state is deploying OMON riot police into the snowy woods of Moscow to arrest citizens for eating pancakes in folk costumes.
Welcome to the 4-year anniversary of the war. In today’s episode, we look at the total decay of the Russian mafia state. We dive into the Bakshevskaya Maslenitsa crackdown, the impending Telegram blockade, and why hardcore Z-propagandists are suddenly realizing that the Kremlin views them purely as livestock in a "quiet, clean cowshed." We also break down the terrifying reality of Putin’s "New Elite"—a system where military contracts act as universal indulgences for pedophiles, murderers, and corrupt officials. Finally, we look at the financial collapse of the home front: from 700-ruble chicken to the dark comedy of Russian phone scammers giving up because the population literally has no money left to steal. The empire isn't expanding; it is devouring itself.
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| 0:00.0 | Love this podcast. Support this show through the ACAST supporter feature. It's up to you how much you give and there's no regular commitment. Just click the link in the show description to support now. |
| 0:13.0 | Greetings comrades and welcome to another episode of the Eastern Border. I'm back today. Well, in the supervision of my medical officer. |
| 0:23.3 | Evita is sitting here. |
| 0:24.7 | To those of you watching on YouTube, you can see her. |
| 0:27.5 | She's not as tiny as she looks here. |
| 0:30.1 | She just, you know, I'm in the office chair and she's in the rocking chair, very relaxed in the background. |
| 0:36.3 | She's not that much tinier than I am. |
| 0:39.0 | Don't worry. |
| 0:40.1 | It's okay. |
| 0:42.4 | So, to those of those who missed me, well, you know, I'm back. |
| 0:46.5 | Evit will be on the show more often, but when she wants to be on the show, that is, |
| 0:51.2 | because she's still a bit shy about all this affair slightly. |
| 0:56.0 | And if our cat, our dog wanders into the picture, or if you hear some strange sounds, that would be the cat and the dog. |
| 1:02.0 | They are very active right now, so, you know, it might be, um, might be a bit difficult to keep them, keep them chained up somewhere, and we don't want to do that. |
| 1:12.8 | We like our animals. |
| 1:15.4 | But today, I wanted to do this as a kind of a special episode, because we have reached a |
| 1:20.0 | grim bloody milestone. |
| 1:22.8 | It's the 24th of February, 2026. |
| 1:25.3 | Four years. |
| 1:27.3 | Four full years since the Second Army of the world |
| 1:29.8 | packed their freshly pressed dress uniforms into the trunks of their armored personal carriers, |
| 1:35.3 | completely convinced the world that they would be holding a victory parade on Kreschaitik within 72 hours. |
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