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 Russian online business? Wagner's heavy losses in Mali? I try tackling them all.NB: Updated 5 August to reflect Ilya Yashin's subsequent further comments on the war.The BNE Intellinews article I mentioned is here.The podcast's corporate partner and sponsor is Conducttr, which provides software for innovative and immersive crisis exercises in hybrid warfare, counter-terrorism, civil affairs and similar…
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