Atheism's Problem of Moral Freedom
With boundless freedom comes boundless tyranny. These are the words of Berdyaev summarising the...
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Podcasts de Russia
In Moscow's Shadows 35: Crackdown, Belarus, HMS Defender and the Putin-Biden Summit
A bit of a grab-bag: what to make of the continuing crackdown in Russia, is there scope to...
In Moscow's Shadows 43: Poklonskaya, Ethnic Rumbles and Naryshkin's Claims to be Putin's Mate
Sometimes it's worth digging into what look like less important stories, to see what lessons...
In Moscow's Shadows 46: New 'Foreign Agent' restrictions and 'Hybrid Warfare'
Two quite big topics this episode. First of all, the restrictive new rules on 'Foreign...
In Moscow's Shadows 51: Ukraine, Prisons, Legitimacy and Lombards...
Something of a miscellany. First of all, latest thoughts - that turn out to be disappointingly...
In Moscow's Shadows 52: Nightmares before Christmas? Ukraine and the Russian underworld
Quite what is Russia's game plan over Ukraine? It seems hard to explain through common...
In Moscow's Shadows 53: Trick or Treaties - Russia's proposals to 'resolve' the current crisis
A short, one-segment piece on Russia's proposed new treaties and how, despite what their...
In Moscow's Shadows 54: Naughty or Nice? What 2022 May Hold For Russia's Rulers
To kick off the year, rather than making some grand predictions about Russia, instead I speculate...
In Moscow's Shadows 55: Kazakhstan, through the Russian lens
A Russian-led force deploying into Kazakhstan has inevitably had some people talking invasion,...
In Moscow's Shadows 57: Who's Trapping Whom on Ukraine, and some 2022 Predictions for Russia
I spin a post on the Nezygar Telegram channel out to explore the current uncertain state of play...
In Moscow's Shadows 60: Ukraine: Nuclear Options, National Morale, and How Kyiv Can Save Moscow
What can one say about the unfolding horror in Ukraine. In this podcast I alight on a few...
Episode 106: Episode Preview - Ep. 81 - Russia
Here's what you're not being told about the Russia-Ukraine situation...
Is Russia losing the information war?
Since Vladimir Putin’s bizarre televised address announcing a ‘military operation’, the...
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I am not really sure what this message is specifically about, seriously, sometimes that happens.
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#67 Resilience: Keep Cool and DIY
ShowNotes, Video Exclusive and Performance at Official Showpage:...
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In Moscow's Shadows 68: No, Russia isn't winning in Ukraine, and no, there's no coup imminent...
Good news and bad news? Anyway, in the first part I explore what's happening in the Donbas,...
In Moscow's Shadows 72: A Tale of Two Colonels, Strelkov and Putin
I look at the career of Igor Girkin, better known as Strelkov, the ultra-nationalist who has...
The final batch of patrons' and listeners' questions answered - sometimes better than...
21 - Why is Kazakhstan Nearly Doubling its Military Budget?
This week we take a look at the Kazakh state clawing millions back from associates of former...
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