2.43 ...but it sometimes rhymes

The Eastern Border by Kristaps Andrejsons

Jul 8, 202659:30Society & Culture

The software patches on the Kremlin’s digital autocracy have officially failed, and the nineteenth-century Tsarist operating system underneath is throwing rods in real time.In this massive, deep-dive episode of The Easte...

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