I've invited three bazed Americans who either live in Russia or go back and forth. They shared their experience of getting a visa, overcoming logistical and bureaucratic hurdles, acing FSB intervie...
2025-09-22 15:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Our resident China expert @CarlZha swung by the RWA studios again to share some Eastern wisdom with us. What just happened in Tianjin and Beijing? Why is Nepal suddenly on fire? Is China going to u...
2025-09-12 20:24:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Recorded a parasocial episode with Amerikanets, mysterious yet excellent poster. We talked about cultivating your inner Serb, how Siberians get one-shotted by weird American religious cults, and wh...
2025-09-01 18:57:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies for the voice, the summer flu got me, but I'd never leave you without your dose of RWA NEWS. The Amerikanets interview drops later this week.
In this episode, we examine the Ukrain...
00:00:00 - Intro. Slice of life
00:05:25 - Alaska meetup
00:13:45 - On Azeri-Armenian 'peace' & Zangezur corridor
00:30:00 - Russia vs Azerbaijan cold war
00:38:15 - Ukr...
2025-08-13 19:34:34 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you join the Russian army, gain citizenship, avoid eternal contracts, and stay out of storm units?
In this episode, we speak with Kelt, a Scottish volunteer from the Pyatnashka Brigade...
2025-07-31 18:39:22 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro. Tsar days
00:03:00 - Bad censorship & Anarchic nature of Russians
00:10:50 - On LUCAS/Geran/Shahed
00:20:30 - Russiagate & Israel lobby
00:24:45 - ...
2025-07-22 18:39:33 +0000 UTC View Post00:02:40 - What happened with the Azeris. Mafia, lobby, crackdowns
00:36:20 - Demographic trouble? Where's our data
00:41:20 - We are not forcing children to learn "Ukrainian" anymore!...
2025-07-08 18:52:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Kirill shares his impressions from St. Pete. We unpack the aftermath of the 12-day Iran-Israel war, look at how the US is quietly edging back into Ukraine, and explore how Ukraine is gamifying dron...
2025-06-29 19:57:19 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Russia-Iran relations, tiny recap
00:19:00 - Nuclear question
00:22:00 - 2025 Israeli-Iran conflict
00:37:00 - Unqualified speculations on Iran
00:50:30 - US canc...
2025-06-19 21:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Listen to the entire series:
The Chechen Wars. Part I: Prologue
2025-06-10 19:02:56 +0000 UTC
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The First Chechen War began with the dysfunctional Yeltsin government promising a tidy "restoration of constitutional order". What they delivered was a mechanized pilgrimage to slaughter: military ...
2025-06-01 20:17:53 +0000 UTC View Post
00:01:30 - Istanbul talks: recap
00:09:45 - Blood Libel
00:24:00 - Assassination of Kireev
00:35:10 - Ukraine's Nuclear gamble
00:39:15 - Estonian tanker incident
00:4...
2025-05-20 14:42:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Toy boats downing jets. Burlesque diplomacy. VICTORY DAY SOON. US quagmire in Yemen. Nikolai inexplicably goes on a rant about the Khazars. Frontline update. What are Russian veterans' benefits lik...
2025-05-05 20:05:17 +0000 UTC View Post
We chatted with the most popular Russian-American travel blogger. There's a video version, that will be available in parts on our X soon enough.
Our guest: 2025-05-01 20:25:23 +0000 UTC
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Happy Easter, friends! We're back in business, now Kirill has a Joe Rogan mic.
00:01:20 - Drink question
00:02:47 - Nikolay's Moscow impression
00:06:17 - Russia's based liberals
00...
The incorrigible Balkan war criminal, world-famous international layabout and occasional cigarette smuggler Niccolo Saldo has swung by the RWA studios once again.
We talked about European rea...
2025-04-02 20:34:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Audio quality is subpar, will be better next time.
We start with a light-hearted topic about presidents doing drugs, then move on to Ice Hockey diplomacy between Putin and Trump, and end wit...
RWA is now 100% based in Russia. It's a funny story...
We talked about Kirill's secretive-triumphant return to the Motherland, The Pipeline Operation operation and the insane "ceasefire" prop...
2025-03-14 17:43:30 +0000 UTC View Post
The Mob meeting turned violent, shots were fired. Did Zelensky embarrass himself and what does this mean for the future of US-Russia negotiations?
We discuss the big topic of the day, the Tr...
Aaand we're back. Re-learning how to podcast :)
00:00:00 — APOLOGY and US-Russia talks
00:07:00 — Russian demographic problems: birthrates, immigration, Islam
00:19:00 — Du...
2025-02-24 22:05:10 +0000 UTC View Post
By the late 80s, the winding down of Soviet repressions breathed new life into Chechen separatism. They remained in the shadows, hiding behind clubs and movements, and timed their strike exceedingl...
2025-01-21 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's talk about ethnic lobby groups in Russia and how their interests clash and affect the country's politics. You may have heard about the tragic Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crash. What does ...
2025-01-11 23:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - On the failed Ukrainian Kursk offensive
00:13:30 - SITREP. Kurakhovo and Toretsk conquered
00:21:30 - Deepstate & Greenland
00:26:15 - Lost Russian Nordic clay
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A short lecture on the history of the Russian North Caucasus, with a focus on the Chechen people. We cover the basics, starting from the earliest recorded history up until the dissolution of the So...
2025-01-04 18:44:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear friends,
Nikolay and Kirill here.
We would like to wish you all the best in 2025! Thank you for your support and interest in our work. RWA remains a small miracle in itself, allowi...
2024-12-31 12:41:15 +0000 UTC View Post
It has been a tough month. Happy upcoming Christmas!
00:02:00 - Assassinations of Kirillov and Shatsky in Moscow
00:12:54 - SBU vs FSB
00:23:00 - On Putin's Direct Line
00:...
2024-12-23 20:46:41 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - What happened since our last convo
00:05:45 - What is the Donbass like nowadays?
00:13:00 - Russell "Texas" Bentley and the Volunteer Ethos
00:32:00 - More on the Donbass; Russi...
The Syrian Arab Republic is no more. Bashar al-Assad has left the country. How did this happen, and why? What does the future of Syria look like now, and what about the Russian military bases? Let'...
2024-12-10 18:06:10 +0000 UTC View Post