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The Eastern Border

War in Ukraine: Episode 22

The Eastern Border

Kristaps Andrejsons

Cold War, Gonzo, War, Documentary, Ukraine, Russia, Politics, Soviet, Society & Culture, History, Ussr, News

4.6851 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Daily news digest about the war in Ukraine. Russia’s economic voes just get worse by the day. And there are some interesting political developments too.

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0:00.0

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0:02.0

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0:05.4

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0:09.1

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0:13.1

Greetings, comrades, and welcome to the eastern border.

0:16.7

As the Putin's biography episode is in process, but I still have to keep up with all the news here.

0:24.9

And answer some important questions that are going on everywhere, especially since some people who apparently heard me on Daryl's show for the first time ever.

0:34.7

Yeah, you know, I read some Facebook comments and there are people who are just

0:39.0

shocked, just suddenly super shocked when I claim that Putin really doesn't care about the

0:45.7

well-being of Russian people and that he basically just cares about himself and his clique.

0:52.3

That apparently is extremely shocking to quite a few people,

0:56.0

which makes me feel surprised because that is, I think,

0:59.3

one of the least controversial things that I've said on this episode

1:02.5

and these shows in general,

1:05.3

because, yeah, if you go back to my past shows

1:09.0

about how everything has been going on so far and how

1:13.8

Russian economy works, yeah, you'll notice that Putin's government has been just busy,

1:21.8

busy basically destroying Russian economy and oppressing Russian people.

1:26.4

Also, it's one of the reasons why this war isn't going

1:29.9

so well for Russia since, well, if they had been competent and, well, would have spent less

1:37.7

time stealing from their own country, then sadly Ukraine would have fallen by now, but it hasn't.

1:48.0

But to answer some questions, first of all, about the no-fly zone. I did a little digging or whatever, and the problem is that it just wouldn't be as effective, really.

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