In Moscow's Shadows 19: The Navalny Hit (after the Bellingcat/Insider report)
An impressively detailed investigation by Bellingcat and The Insider meticulously details the...
In Moscow's Shadows 19: The Navalny Hit (after the Bellingcat/Insider report)
An impressively detailed investigation by Bellingcat and The Insider meticulously details the...
More on the Navalny case, the story that keeps unfolding, following the publication of his...
In Moscow's Shadows Cellcast: 18 January 2021: What does the Kremlin do with Navalny?
Another short 'cellcast', though given its timeliness, going public straightaway. In this...
In Moscow's Shadows 22: The Morning After A Hot Day in Russia
Yesterday saw major protests all across Russia, a genuine success for Team Navalny. But now what?...
It's a deliberately provocative title, I know, but how might the 'Navalny effect' impact late...
In Moscow's Shadows 24: Scenarios for Russia after Navalny, and Dzerzhinsky vs Nevsky [reloaded]
With Navalny in prison, the opposition mobilising, and the state cracking down, what will happen...
In Moscow\'s Shadows 27: Men and Force and Forceful Language
Who are the main 'siloviki' or 'men of force,' the heads of Russia's...
In Moscow\'s Shadows 28: The LDPR: Paralunatic Wing of United Russia
Rumours that Zhirinovsky is going to step down from leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party...
In Moscow\'s Shadows 29: Is Russia Declining, and Is Putin\'s Handsome?
Why is there this talk of Russia as a 'declining power' - and is it true? I'd...
In Moscow's Shadows 31: Navalny, Patrushev, Orban, and more
From why the Kremlin fears Navalny to what Patrushev believes and whether Hungary is a Russian...
In Moscow's Shadows 31: Navalny, Patrushev, Orban, and more [RELOADED]
A mysterious glitch silenced the first, Navalny-related part of this podcast. This has now been...
In Moscow's Shadows 32: Victory Day and Memory Politics, and the Kremlin in WW2
Today (9 May) is Victory Day, and the sad truth is that this also inevitably means claims and...
In Moscow's Shadows 33: The Russian Orthodox Church PLC; and No Country For Old Securocrats
Is the Russian Orthodox Church a spiritual community, a political institution, or a business...
In Moscow's Shadows 27: Men of Force and Forceful Language
Who are the main 'siloviki' or 'men of force,' the heads of Russia's...
In Moscow's Shadows 34: Belarus, of course
A spur-of-the-moment, off-the-top-of-my-head take on what's going (wr)on(g) in Belarus: the...
Four words that we don't ever want to hear, but words that will be heard by a lot of people who...
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In Moscow's Shadows 36: Good News/Bad News: The Geneva Summit and Coronavirus on the Rise
The Geneva Summit: frankly, as good as one could expect, with Biden offering a shrewd carrot and...
The main reasons for the annual ritual of Putin's Direct Line phone-in encounter with the...
In Moscow's Shadows 38: The topic I never thought I'd address: Sport
A brief, single-segment podcast on the distinctive roles of sport for today's Kremlin. Not a...
Another short, single-segment episode, this time looking at 'On the Historical Unity of...