Best Generaals Podcasts (2024)

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461. Generaal Dick Berlijn - Focusing on Defensive Strategies Alone will Likely Lengthen Duration of War. 52:05

21h ago52:05

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NATO offers Ukraine a bridge to membership, but has not closed the sky, and from the evidence of Monday’s attack on a children’s cancer hospital, has not d=deterred Putin’s aggression in any way. ----------General Dick Lodewijk Berlijn is a retired Royal Netherlands Air Force four-star general, who served as Chief of Defence Staff of the Netherland…

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463. The Implication for Ukraine of a Victory for Donald Trump in the November 2024 Presidential Election 55:49

1h ago55:49

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Scott Lucas https://x.com/ScottLucas_EAScott Lucas is a political analyst with more than 30 years’ experience including a wide range of interests from academic expertise to journalism, and public media, as well as digital engagement. Scott is a regular contributor to international TV, radio, and digital outlets. He is a Professor at the Clinton Ins…

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Silicon Bites - #52 - Russia Targets Children's Cancer Hospital Intending to Cause Death and Misery. 46:17

34m ago46:17

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Edition No52 | 13-07-2024This episode examines the deliberate targeting of a children's cancer hospital in Kyiv, one of the largest in Europe. The immediate consequences were devestating, but the longer-term ones may be even worse. Does our lack of a forceful response give Russia a green-light for genocide on an unparalleled scale in Ukraine? ~~~~~…

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458. Oleksandr Musienko - Putin is Escalating the War to Impose an Unjust Peace on Ukraine @UNITED24media 51:01

21m ago51:01

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Oleksandr Musienko is a military and political expert, political and legal adviser, and head of the Centre for Military-Law Research. He is a United24 Media ambassador and hosts his own very popular military analytical channel on YouTube in the Ukrainian language.----------Interview created in partnership with United24 MediaUNITED24 Media is an Eng…

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459. David Satter - Only the Victory of Ukraine and Return of its Sovereign Territories can End the War. 53:29

2d ago53:29

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David Satter is a journalist and historian with unique insights into how the deformation and repression of the past, is having terrible consequences for present day Russia. David has written extensively about Russia and the Soviet Union, especially the decline and fall of the USSR and rise of post-Soviet Russia. David Satter became the first Americ…

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460. Mick Ryan - To Avoid Ukrainian Defeat by a Thousand Cuts the NATO Strategy Needs to Radically Change 39:19

3d ago39:19

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Barely a week goes by without things occurring that would have been inconceivable three years ago. Russian territory being hit by American made munitions, history’s most substantial sanctions in place against Russia, a near coup against the Kremlin, and Putin going cap-in-hand to Kim-Jong-Un to prop up his ailing military. What more can happen befo…

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453. Batu Kutelia - State Capture of Georgia and its Political Institutions by Russia is Nearly Complete. 50:28

4d ago50:28

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Batu Kutelia has over a decade of experience in international relations, and currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is a former Ambassador to the USA and former Head of Georgia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. He is a member of the board at the Atlantic Council of Georgia and Professor at the Alte University…

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Silicon Bites - Episode #51 - Far from Causing the War, NATO's Failure to Deter has Enabled Russia. 47:04

5d ago47:04

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Edition No51 | 08-07-2024~~~~~SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain~~~~~NEWS SOURCES: KYIV INDEPENDENThttps://kyivindependent.com/trump-reportedly-considering-making-deal-with-putin-to-foreclose-nato-ukraine-accession-officials-tell-politico/https://kyivindependent.com/nato-plans-to-es…

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457. Jon Sweet & Mark Toth - Ukraine has been Treated by History as a 'Corridor' and Pawn without Agency. 1:00:01

6d ago1:00:01

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Is Ukraine too corrupt to join NATO? Escalation management still holds sway. ----------Jon Sweet is an accomplished intelligence professional who served for 30 years within the Defence and Intelligence sector as an U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer. He is now a freelance author, contributor and columnist for The Hill, The Messenger, Washingto…

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456. Cormac Smith - Negotiations for Putin only Provide a Pause for him to Rearm and Attack Uraine Again. 57:50

6d ago57:50

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Cormac Smith has worked in Public Relations and Corporate Communications for over three decades. Before moving into the government sector in 2000 I spent most of the 1990’s managing media relations in the pharmaceutical industry. He has held several senior communication management positions in local government, and Whitehall departments, but in 201…

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455. Philip Ingram - Putin is Making Little Headway in his War, but does he Understand he's now Losing? 54:43

8d ago54:43

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Philip Ingram is a journalist and consultant who has built on a long and senior military career as an intelligence, counterintelligence, security officer, and planner. Philip has extensive business experience, especially in steel manufacturing, and has set up companies from scratch, merged companies, taken over companies post sale assets. He also h…

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450. Terron Sims - Trump's Plan for Ukraine and NATO is Becoming Clearer, and it's Not Good for Freedom. 48:49

9d ago48:49

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Whatever mistakes he has made in the war Vladimir Putin has retained the Escalation Initiative, always proving he can push the war to a new level of brutality, with the Western allies constantly playing catch-up, and in many ways placing restrictions and delays on Ukraine in terms of how it fights back. What are the implications of this dynamic for…

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452. Tom Keatinge - Sanctions are one of the Best Levers Over Russian Illegality - If we Apply them Fully 46:46

10d ago46:46

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Tom Keatinge is the founding Director of the Centre for Finance & Security (CFS) at RUSI. According to The Economist, Tom Keatinge is one of a small group of '‘White collar vigilantes and poachers-turned-gamekeepers’. Tom’s research focuses on matters at the intersection of finance and security, including the use of finance as a tool of intelligenc…

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Pre-election Conversation: "Ukraine must win" - Held 28th June at Ukrainian Cultural Centre, London. 1:15:30

10d ago1:15:30

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Ukraine Must Win: pre-election panel conversation with the participation of: - Edward Lucas- Paul Mason - Macer Giffordand moderated by Jonathan Fink (Silicon Curtain)----------Organiser: SupportUkraine.UK (Instagram @supportukraine.uk). Thanks to the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (AUGB) London Branch for hosting the event.All funds ra…

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Pre-election Event Audience Q&A: "Ukraine must win" - 28th June at Ukrainian Cultural Centre, London 40:11

11d ago40:11

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Ukraine Must Win: pre-election panel event - Audience Q&A - with the participation of: - Edward Lucas - Paul Mason - Macer Gifford and moderated by Jonathan Fink (Silicon Curtain) ---------- Organiser: SupportUkraine.UK (Instagram @supportukraine.uk). Thanks to the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (AUGB) London Branch for hosting the even…

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451. Sir Richard Shirreff - Escalation is Putin's Default Strategy; Might that be Driving us Towards WW3? 54:52

14d ago54:52

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Barely a week goes by without things occurring that would have been inconceivable three years ago. Russian territory being hit by American made munitions, history’s most substantial sanctions in place against Russia, a near coup against the Kremlin, and Putin going cap-in-hand to Kim-Jong-Un to prop up his ailing military. What more can happen befo…

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449. Steven Moore - All Outcomes from the Election Pose Risks, but what are the Main Existential Threats? 47:10

14d ago47:10

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Whatever mistakes he has made in the war Vladimir Putin has retained the Escalation Initiative, always proving he can push the war to a new level of brutality, with the Western allies always playing catch-up, any in many ways placing restrictions and delays on Ukraine in terms of how it fights back. What are the implications of this dynamic for the…

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448. Benjamin Tallis - Estonian PM Kallas and 'Russia Hawk' Set to be EU's Next Top Diplomat 41:55

16d ago41:55

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Dr Benjamin Tallis is a research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations. He runs the project “Action Group Zeitenwende” on the transformation of Germany’s security and foreign policy, and where he hosts the podcast "Berlin Inside Out". He previously worked for the EU on security missions in Ukraine and the Balkans and was policy officer …

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Silicon Bites - Episode #50 - Putin's Little Helpers and the Spreaders of Myths, Lies and Deceptions 48:49

17d ago48:49

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Edition No50 | 26-06-2024~~~~~SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain~~~~~NEWS SOURCES: KYIV INDEPENDENThttps://kyivindependent.com/washington-post-new-data-shows-large-suspected-north-korean-munitions-transfers-to-russia/https://kyivindependent.com/russias-su-57-hype-versus-reality/http…

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447. Beverly Ochieng - One Year on from Prighozhin’s Mutiny, Wagner is Deeply Embedded in Africa's Sahel. 47:55

18d ago47:55

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It’s been a year since Prighozhin’s mutiny and 10 months since his death, or murder, as some believe it to be. Today we will be asking how this has affected Wagner’s operations in Africa. ---------Beverly Ochieng is an experienced journalist and commentator on socio-political, economic and security developments in Sub-Saharan Africa. She analyses p…

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445. Kevin Leach - Russia did not Invest the Culture Wars, but Ruthlessly Exploits them to Divide Enemies 1:10:49

19d ago1:10:49

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Kevin Leach is the main director for Sabre Training Advisory Group, a professional military training non-profit. Their aim is to give Ukrainian defenders the skills to come home alive. Kevin is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, with a long history of working in Ukraine and in military affairs. He served as a sergeant from 2008-2018, specialising in …

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446. Ivana Stradner - Putin's Desire for Further Territorial Conquests is Unlikely to Stop Unless Stopped 43:06

21d ago43:06

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Dr Ivana Stradner is a Research Fellow at The Foundation for Defence of Democracies (FDD) a non-partisan institution focusing on national security and foreign policy. She is a Special Correspondent @KyivPost and expert on Russia’s information security. Ivana has been published in many academic journals and the media, including The Washington Post, …

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444. @AnnafromUkraine and @ATPGeo - Putin's Bogus Peace Ultimatum - Why Russia is not Serious about Peace 1:24:02

22d ago1:24:02

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GUESTS: Anna from Ukraine - Anna Danylchuk and Jonathan MS Pearce----------Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna Danylchuk aims to tell the truth about Ukraine and Russia’s war and cut through the noise and propaganda. Anna is passionate about the beauty and i…

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Silicon Bites #49 - Extension of Financial Sanctions & Secondary sanctions Hit Russian Economy Hard. 39:22

23d ago39:22

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Edition No49 | 20-06-2024~~~~~SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain~~~~~NEWS SOURCES: KYIV INDEPENDENThttps://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-over-80-states-organizations-sign-peace-summits-joint-communique/https://kyivindependent.com/everyone-knows-putins-proposals-for-peace-in…

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443. Mark Galeotti - The Fall, Rise & Fall of One of the Most Dangerous Warlords in Russia and the World. 1:07:17

24d ago1:07:17

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GUEST: Mark Galeotti - historian, author, security expert and academic. ----------Yevgeny Prigozhin emerged as one of the most dangerous warlords in the world and as one of Vladimir Putin's chief rivals in Russia's tumultuous political climate, exiled after leading Wagner's attempted coup and killed in a mysterious plane crash. But what is the trut…

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442. Oleksandr Musienko - Collapse of Russian Army and New Ukrainian Counter-Offensive Can't be Ruled Out 49:30

25d ago49:30

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Oleksandr Musienko is a military and political expert, political and legal adviser, and head of the Centre for Military-Law Research. He is a United24 Media ambassador and hosts his own very popular military analytical channel on YouTube in the Ukrainian language. ----------Interview created in partnership with United24 MediaUNITED24 Media is an En…

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441. Konstantin Samoilov - US Secondary Sanctions Hit Russian Economy Hard and May Affect Military Production 37:58

28d ago37:58

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Monthly conversation with Konstantin Samoilov of the @INSIDERUSSIA channel. US expands Russia secondary sanctions, prohibits supply of IT services, extends export controls, and designates over 300 targets.----------Welcome to our monthly conversation with Konstantin, who is one of the most respected voices on YouTube about what is happening Inside …

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439. Aliide Naylor - The Baltics are Vital Democracies that Border a Revanchist Russia Ruled by a Tyrant. 34:39

28d ago34:39

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Aliide Naylor is a British journalist, author, and editor who has specialised in Russia and frontline European nations since 2011. Her freelance reportage has been published by a variety of outlets, including Vice, The Times, the Guardian, Tortoise, POLITICO Europe, and many more. Whilst she has extensive experience working on Russia, Europe, and i…

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440. Dimko Zhluktenko - Tech Entrepreneurs are Helping Accelerate the Military Tech Revolution in Ukraine 41:00

1M ago41:00

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An ordinary Ukrainian trying to help his country. He runs Dzyga's Paw to purchase tech equipment for 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Defenders. He is a former software engineer, in civilian life. ----------LINKS:https://dzygaspaw.com/galka-uas-to-14th-regimenthttps://dzygaspaw.com/supporthttps://www.patreon.com/dimkohttps://x.com/dim0kq----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:h…

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434. Maksym Kononenko - Ukraine Pushes for a Just, Sustainable and Equitable Peace to End Russia's War. 48:58

1M ago48:58

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Today I’m speaking with the Ambassador of Ukraine to Estonia, His Excellency Maksym Kononenko. The Ambassador is preparing for the upcoming Global Peace Summit in Switzerland on June 15-16. And this interview is part of an effort to draw the attention of the global public to topics relating to creating a sustainable and secure peace in Ukraine, and…

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438. Taras Zhovtenko - Unpacking the Authoritarian Toolkit of Propaganda that Russia Exports to the World 35:57

1M ago35:57

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Disinformation continues to be a threat to Ukrainian sovereignty and is also targeted at Western democracies and allies of Ukraine. Around the world aggressive information warfare threatens information security and social stability, especially in states which Russia seeks to destabilise or coerce into supporting it. As we saw in the 2016 US electio…

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437. Ecocide Campaign - On this day in 2023 Russia Committed Ecocide when it Destroyed the Kakhovka Dam 24:11

1M ago24:11

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IN MEMORY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF KAKHOVKA DAMFriends and fellow activists, This is vitally important, and unfortunately has not received nearly enough media attention, either at the time the crime was committed by Russia, or subsequently. Ecocide needs to be designated a war crime. We must remember Kakhovka. Please share this around your networks to…

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Silicon Bites #48 - Pressure Building to Prosecute Putin's Genocidal Propagandists from Russian TV. 51:56

1M ago51:56

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Edition No48 | 09-06-2024~~~~~SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain~~~~~NEWS SOURCES: KYIV INDEPENDENThttps://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-tells-french-parliament-russia/https://kyivindependent.com/biden-warns-putin-is-not-going-to-stop-at-ukraine/https://kyivindependent.com/hur-ukrain…

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436. Olena Tregub - Are Allies Finally Starting to Back Ukraine to Win not Merely to Survive the Invasion 48:57

1M ago48:57

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Olena Tregub is a Ukrainian expert in policy analysis, policy design and reform implementation, with a special focus on corruption prevention in economic and security sectors. Since 2017 Olena has been Secretary General of NAKO (the Independent Defence Anti-Corruption Committee) – an international oversight body created by Transparency Internationa…

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435. Michael Andersen & Brian Bonner - Two Grumpy Old Men Fighting the Disinformation War for Ukraine. 32:58

1M ago32:58

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Today I am speaking with "Two Grumpy Old Men”, Michael Andersen and Brian Bonner who seasoned Ukraine watchers and have teamed up to create a video and Substack blog "Two Grumpy Old Men On Ukraine." They focus on Ukraine, and issues in related parts of thew world since both have lived and worked in many countries. They write, run Q&As, create video…

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433. Joseph Lindsley - Ukraine is Showing NATO how to do NATO, in Defending the Bleeding Edge of Freedom. 59:33

1M ago59:33

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Joe Lindsley is a traveller and a writer, and American reporting on Chicago's WGN Radio from Ukraine each and every weekday of Russia's full-scale war. He once was protégé to Fox News founder Roger Ailes, but Lindsley escaped that frenzied world where power mattered more than truth. He came to Lviv for a Ukrainian Catholic University journalism con…

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432. Kevin Leach - Canadian Instructor Training Ukraine's Assault Troops How to Come Back from War Alive. 1:06:34

1M ago1:06:34

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Kevin Leach is the main director for Sabre Training Advisory Group, a professional military training non-profit. Their aim is to give Ukrainian defenders the skills to come home alive. Kevin is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, with a long history of working in Ukraine and in military affairs. He served as a sergeant from 2008-2018, specialising in …

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431. Anna Danylchuk - US Does not Want Ukraine to Lose, but Absurdly, Neither Does it Want Russia to Lose 50:57

1M ago50:57

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GUEST: Anna from Ukraine - Anna Danylchuk----------Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna Danylchuk aims to tell the truth about Ukraine and Russia’s war and cut through the noise and propaganda. Anna is passionate about the beauty and independence of her count…

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Silicon Bites #47 - Tax Hikes are Now Being Used to Scrape Together Cash to Fund Putin's Idiotic War 42:55

1M ago42:55

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Edition No47 | 03-06-2024~~~~~SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain~~~~~NEWS SOURCES: KYIV INDEPENDENThttps://kyivindependent.com/russian-troop-losses-hit-record-monthly-high-in-may-ukraine-claims/https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-zelensky-urges-us-to-allow-ukraine-to-stri…

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419. Alexander Etkind - Curse of the Petrostate - What is Connection Between Oil, War, and Climate Crisis 54:30

1M ago54:30

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What is the connection between oil, war, and climate crisis? In a long article “Oil, climate and war: The curse of the petrostate”, Alexander Etkind explores the tendency of authoritarian petrostates, such as Russia and Iran, to launch wars and downplay climate change. ----------SPEAKER:Alexander Etkind is a historian and cultural scientist. Alexan…

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430. Garry Kasparov - US and German Micromanaging of How Ukraine Conducts the War Risks Failure & Defeat. 1:00:53

1M ago1:00:53

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The ascension of Vladimir Putin - a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB - to the presidency of Russia in 1999 was a strong signal that the country was headed away from democracy. In the intervening years Putin has grown not only into a dictator but an international threat, but for too long the US and the world's other leading powers have continued…

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429. Galina Ackerman - Putin Appears to be a Badly Programmed Set of Autocratic Responses and Aggressions 47:49

2M ago47:49

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Galina Ackerman is Editor in Chief at Desk Russia, and is a French writer, historian, journalist, translator, and researcher at the University of Caen, specializing in Ukraine and Post-Soviet states. She was also a translator for the Russian journalist murdered by the Putin regime, Anna Politkovskaya. Galia was born into a Russian Jewish family and…

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426. Lubomyr Luciuk - Secrets from the Archives of Stalin's Soviet Counter-Insurgency Ukraine Operations. 1:06:53

2M ago1:06:53

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Perhaps the most perverse Russian invasion narrative, is that Ukraine is not old, and is not distinct from Russia in any case. But Ukraine is not just a footnote to Russian imperial history. As a nation, it is old, different, and diverse. Just as it went unrecognised by Russia, it has not been understood or recognised by the outside world either, f…

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428. Robin Horsfall - Putin Won't Stop Attacking Ukraine and Testing Europe Until he's Stopped by Force. 51:11

2M ago51:11

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GUEST: Robin Horsfall, soldier, writer, campaigner and keynote speaker.----------The war in Ukraine continues despite a lack of media interest. Russian forces have made repeated assaults along the Donbas front and attempted an offensive towards Kharkiv. Perhaps Putin wanted some kind of victory, no matter how insignificant, before the Victory Parad…

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424. Christopher Forsbäck - If we Want Ukraine to Survive, it Must be Allowed to Strike Russia Back Hard. 41:25

2M ago41:25

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Christopher 'Swede' Forsbäck is Swedish volunteer and was wounded in the line of duty serving with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for w…

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Silicon Bites #46 - Purge of Russian Army Begins - Ruthless Requisitioning for Putin’s Criminal War. 45:58

2M ago45:58

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Edition No46 | 27-05-2024~~~~~SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain~~~~~NEWS SOURCES: KYIV INDEPENDENThttps://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-syrskyi/https://kyivindependent.com/explainer-russias-most-recent-offensive-into-kharkiv-oblast/https://kyivindependent.com/russian-missi…

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425. Jon Sweet and Mark Toth - Washington Must Now Greenlight the Use of US-made Weapons to Strike Russia 57:50

2M ago57:50

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Ukraine needs a game-changer. In fact, it needs two, argue Jon Sweet & Mark Toth in their latest article in The Hill. The first is Washington’s unequivocal greenlight to use US made weapons, and other western equipment, to strike Russian troops staging along its borders — especially those near the Kharkiv Oblast. Russia is using this US restriction…

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427. Operator Starsky - Will Moscow's Purges of the Military Improve their Competence or Help Ukraine Win 44:22

2M ago44:22

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Today I’m speaking with Operator Starsky, a Ukrainian National Guardian, blogger, and inspiration for everyone who is following the war, and supporting a Ukrainian victory. He has created one of the most popular and original YouTube channels dedicated to the international community. I’m not sure you need an introduction – I’m sure most people watch…

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422. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld - Russia has Become a Malign Genocidal Entity and its Collapse Should be Welcomed 17:40

2M ago17:40

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Harvard’s Lawrence Tribe has forcefully remarked, “there can be no justification for halfway measures, let alone for doing nothing while Ukraine is destroyed. Inaction is an illusion: it would represent a cowardly decision to appease and to encourage further aggression around the world.” Similarly, 80 years ago, FDR warned, “The only limit to our r…

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423. Konstantin Samoilov - Is the appointment of Belousov Putin's Greatest Mistake so Far? 46:55

2M ago46:55

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Welcome to our monthly conversation with Konstantin, who is one of the most respected voices on YouTube about what is happening Inside Russia. Konstantin Samoilov is a well-known YouTuber whose channel ‘Inside Russia’ comments insightfully on Russia’s decent into authoritarianism over the last few years. But now, like many others, he’s outside Russ…

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