Angeblich Spion: Flüchtling Jan Berdnik und die Angst der Schweiz

Jan Berdnik flüchtet nach dem Prager Frühling aus der Tschechoslowakei in die Schweiz. Hier wird er zwar aufgenommen. Aber wegen Spionage-Verdacht wird er auch intensiv überwacht. Das ist seine Geschichte.

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I don’t often pause @MarkGaleotti’s #InMoscowsShadows podcast and stop listening, but this week I felt I had to. I couldn’t listen to a minute more of the preview of his new book on Prigozhin. Because 5 minutes in I was so hooked I didn’t want more spoilers and bought the audio book right away!! Fantastic narration and very very interesting. Really well written. Go buy #Downfall, everyone!
In Moscow's Shadows 132: A View from the Provinces - In Moscow's Shadows

Barring particularly high-profile developments, we tend to look at Russia through the prism of Moscow (and maybe St Petersburg). How good a picture does this give us? To try and redress the balance, I use a recent Association D'Est report on 'Gras...

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Just realised I haven't finished listening to today's episode of #MarkGaleotti's #InMoscowsShadows #podcast. It is on the future of #WagnerGroup. So now I will. 🎧️

Always a good thing to listen to #MarkGaleotti's #InMoscowsShadows #podcast. Today's episode no. 112 is especially interesting in his analysis on you-know-whose death and the implications he assumes.
Spoiler: This might finally be a turning point in the career of a certain former deputy mayor.

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In Moscow's Shadows

Russia, behind the headlines as well as in the shadows. This podcast is the audio counterpart to Mark Galeotti's blog of the same name, a place where "one of the most informed and provocative voices on modern Russia", can talk about Russia histori...

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