The 9 Best In Moscow's Shadows Podcast Episodes
1) In Moscow's Shadows 166: Raider Nation, a quick news round-up
I still haven't decided how/if to continue with these mid-week quickfire podcasts picking up on some news stories that catch my eye, but in the meantime, there's a divorce/business shootout in Moscow,...Show More
2) In Moscow's Shadows 164: From Ballots to Babies, a quick news round-up
As promised, a quickfire interim episode covering some of the past week's stories, from drones over Moscow and reactions to the US presidential debate to regional elections and planning for babies...T...Show More
In Moscow's Shadows 164: From Ballots to Babies, a quick news round-up
25:36 | Sep 12th, 2024
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3) In Moscow's Shadows 163: The Importance of Optimism (even when it comes to Russia)
I spin off two recent books, Elena Kostychenko's, I Love Russia. Reporting from a lost country and Sergei Medvedev's A War Made in Russia, both of which are excellent in their own terms, but also demo...Show More
4) In Moscow's Shadows 162: Lavrov's (Living) Obituary
Empty rumours of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's death on the internet yesterday, got me thinking about his shrinking role, and the twilight of Russia's technocrats. Besides, he is already po...Show More
5) In Moscow's Shadows 161: What's Going On in Russian Prisons?
After another armed hostage taking by inmates (and bloody response), I consider what’s going on in Russia’s prisons, and what it may tell us about what’s happening in Russia as a whole. And in the las...Show More
6) In Moscow's Shadows 160: Kursk as Political Actor and Allegory
As Ukraine's Kursk incursion rumbles on, what does it tell us about the political processes in Russia behind the warfighting? From how Russians really aren't apathetic and however low their expectatio...Show More
7) In Moscow's Shadows 159: The Kursk Incursion
I had hoped to not have to record a podcast this weekend, but life does enjoy its little pranks. A slightly shorter than usual episode on Ukraine's unexpected, unfolding and unpredictable move into Ru...Show More
8) In Moscow's Shadows 158: A Hectic Week in Russia
Where to start? The prisoner exchange and subsequent furore over released dissidents' statements? More arrests of senior military figures? The bizarre shenanigans over a controversial merger in Russia...Show More
9) In Moscow's Shadows 157: No Crime and Much Punishment: the Gershkovich Case and recent books on Russia's prisons
With Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years on what I consider wholly spurious espionage charges (and I explain why I think this), it's a suitable moment first to consider...Show More
10) In Moscow's Shadows 215: A Tale of Two Coups
The 1991 August Coup and the 1993 October Coup are oddities, at once still very current in Russia, yet also veiled in myth and self-deception. Why? I'll argue is that together, they inadvertently pave...Show More