The Eastern Border

Welcome back to The Eastern Border.

I had a bit of a doozy with health, but we're back now!

In Episode 2.49, we take a deep, unfiltered look into the structural collapse of the Russian Federation in August 2026. From municipal tap water in Tyumen that smells of sewage and cemetery runoff to the catastrophic logistics collapse after 20% of Wildberries' warehouse ca...

Back in April, the white-paper dreamers in Washington told you the Russian state was a rational actor optimizing its war effort. We used the Ponyatiya analytics engine to predict an August logistical meltdown and a regional liquidity freeze. Tomorrow is August, and the Wildberries hubs, energy refineries, and regional budgets are burning on schedule.

Ukrainian deep-strike drones are acting as mechanical Bobbit worms—buried deep in the operational rear, snapping Russia’s supply chains in half. In Episode 2.47, we wade through the ashes of burning logistics hubs, examine the return of Soviet-style digital price-fixing, and dissect the escalating panic inside the Kremlin elite.

From 154 destroyed energy nodes in...

When an empire starts running out of money, fuel, and soldiers, it doesn't apologize—it doubles down on esoteric cosplay and window-dressing.

In this episode of The Eastern Border, Kristaps Andrejsons takes you deep into the eschatological psych ward of the Russian Federation. We trace the absurd journey from political technologists opening an "SVO Vetera...

Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has escalated into a systematic liquidation of Russia's deep-rear logistics. As multi-billion-ruble Wildberries and Ozon distribution hubs burn from Krasnodar to St. Petersburg, the illusion of "business as usual" for the Russian middle class has officially gone up in smoke.

Meanwhile, frontline Russian troops are facing severe ...