Tag: Kremlin

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Guest:

• Dr. Andrei Tsygankov

Topics:

• Defining the “Canceling Russia” phenomenon
• The “cancel Russia” lobby
• Containment shifts to coercive transformation
• Russian Orthodox Church as battleground
• Kremlin “towers” and civilizational logic

Episode 514 | Recorded: February 4, 2026

#CancelingRussia #RussianForeignPolicy #UkraineWar #StateCivilization #TowersOfTheKremlin #RussianOrthodoxChurch

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Guest:

• Pietro Shakarian

Topics:

• Research journey, archives Moscow and Yerevan
• Mikoyan’s vision of confederation for the USSR
• Artsakh’s status within Soviet constraints
• De-Stalinization and Armenia’s cultural thaw
• Mikoyan’s stance toward the Armenian Church

Episode 480 | Recorded on October 18, 2025

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Guest:

• Dr. Pietro Shakarian

Topics:

• An Armenian in St. Petersburg, Russia
• Russian Perceptions and Outlook on the War in Ukraine
• Perceptions of Armenia and Artsakh in Russia
• World Events that might Affect Outcome of the War in Ukraine
• Where do Armenia and Artsakh Figure in a New World Order?

Episode 303 | Recorded: January 22, 2024

Guest:

• Anna Abrahamian

Topics:

• The Wagner Group
• Special Ops in Russia
• Over at The Ministry of Defense
• A White Russian
• On The Western Front
• Are We Done Yet?
• Parallels with 2016 in Armenia?
• PMCs in Armenia?

Episode 265 | Recorded: June 30, 2023

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Guest:

• Pietro Shakarian

Topics:

• The Life and Times of Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan

Episode 28 | Recorded on December 3, 2020