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The episode analyzes the decline of the Russian Empire through various systemic crises.

August has always been a bad month for the Russian Empire. In this comprehensive Eastern European Gonzo brief, Kristaps Andrejsons rips through the sanitized corporate vranyo to document the real-time death rattle of a late-stage totalitarian regime. The deep rear is officially on fire. Tonight, we analyze the absolute, terminal architecture of the "Unholy Trinity" bringing down the Kremlin's vertical: a catastrophic, systemic fuel apocalypse ( The Fuel-Energy Tsushima ), a bleeding 8-trillion-ruble budgetary black hole, and the total unmasking of the empire's most expensive regional praetorian, Ramzan Kadyrov. From ordinary serfs weaponizing highway blockades over Euro-3 diluted naphtha to billionaire Duma deputies awarding themselves multi-million ruble bonuses to "correct social injustice"—the unwritten imperial contract is dead. The master check is bouncing. Grab your jerrycans and pull the plug on the rig. Become our patron: https://www.patreon.com/theeasternborder Merch store + another option for memberships: https://theeasternborder-shop.fourthwall.com/ Follow what's going on here in the very border of Eastern Europe: https://bsky.app/profile/theeasternborder.lv Download…

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