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Silicon Curtain

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/siliconcurtain/subscribe A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias. 1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media,

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00:14:08

Putin Ghosting Iran What Happened?! Is Russia Worst...

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2026/03/02

Silicon Bites Ep294 | 2026-03-01 | Russia is the best ally, until things get real, and a response is requested. Is Putin ‘ghosting’ the Iranian regime, and reneging on mutual security commitments? What is the value of an alliances when one side weasels out in the moment of dire need? And are the U.S. and Russia vying to see who can be the very worst of allies within their circle of ‘partners’? Russia seeming to dump Iran also brings up the question of whether security guarantees mean anything at all

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00:17:10

Trump's Lawless War on IRAN - Ignites Flames of...

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2026/02/28

2026-02-28 | UPDATES #141 | War Without the Vote: US–Israel strikes on Iran, the law they skipped, and the Ukraine knock-on effects. It’s Saturday 28 February 2026 and the U.S. is at war with Iran. It finally happened. The United States has launched strikes on Iran alongside Israel — and the White House is calling this “major combat operations.” Is this an unambiguous declaration of war, or something more akin to the Russian phrase SVO “special military operation?”Here’s the issue: this is an act

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00:10:03

948. Russia Can be Defeated - Unmanned Systems...

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2026/02/28

Gen. David H. Petraeus is a retired four-star general and former Director of the CIA (2011–2012). In uniform, he led multiple high-profile commands, including the Iraq “surge”, U.S. Central Command, and the NATO/coalition mission in Afghanistan. After government service, he moved into the private sector and is currently Chair of the KKR Global Institute. In the last two years, Petraeus has been one of the most persistent establishment voices arguing the West should increase support for Ukraine

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00:38:58

972. Year 5 of Full-Scale War - Ukraine is Winning...

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2026/02/28

Livestream with Yuri RashkinLINKS:https://rashkinreport.substack.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/rashkin-report/id1183073638----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------Silicon Curtain is a part of the Christmas Tree Trucks 2025 campaign - an ambitious fundraiser led by a group of our wonderful team of information warriors raising

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00:52:16

966. West Must Stop Enabling and Excusing Russian...

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2026/02/27

David Satter is a journalist and historian with unique insights into how the deformation and repression of the past, is having terrible consequences for present day Russia. David has written extensively about Russia and the Soviet Union, especially the decline and fall of the USSR and rise of post-Soviet Russia. David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War in December 2013. This was perhaps not a surprising move, given that his books have covered

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00:37:08

969. Future of Warfare & Defense Tech Roadshow with...

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2026/02/26

Artem Moroz is a Ukrainian defense innovation and investment ecosystem specialist best known publicly for his leadership work inside BRAVE1, Ukraine’s state-backed defence-tech cluster. He is BRAVE1’s head of investor relations and a senior figure working on partnerships and international cooperation. Moroz has been a visible spokesperson for BRAVE1’s international outreach — most notably Ukraine’s “Test in Ukraine” initiative (a framework for foreign manufacturers to trial systems with Ukrainian

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00:17:29

967. In 5th Year of War - Putin Is Running Out of Men...

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2026/02/26

Jason Jay Smart is a political adviser who has lived and worked in Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Latin America. Due to his work with the democratic opposition to Vladimir Putin, Smart was made persona non grata for life by Russia in 2010. Jason is a Special Correspondent at the Kyiv Post. It’s the state of US support for Ukraine that we will discuss today.----------LINKS:https://jasonjaysmart.com/ https://www.kyivpost.com/authors/5

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00:34:05

970. Wake Up Call - We're In a Hybrid World War with...

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2026/02/26

Cormac Smith has worked in Public Relations and Corporate Communications for over three decades. In 2016 he traveled to Ukraine to take up a special appointment as the ‘Strategic Communication Advisor’ to Pavlo Klimkin, then the Foreign Minister of Ukraine. He was attached to the British Embassy in Kyiv but was embedded in Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the first foreigner to hold such a position. While in Kyiv, he also advised and provided training for five other government ministries and

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00:11:23

UNFRIENDLY Action - Druzhba Pipeline Burns in...

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2026/02/26

Silicon Bites Ep293 | 2026-02-25 | Druzhba on Fire: Ukraine’s drones, Orbán’s veto, Fico’s power cut — and Europe’s energy solidarity stress-test. I love the smell of burning Russian oil in the morning – it smells, like… VICTORY! You may have seen the videos of the burning installation? Absolutely spectacular. A fireball in Tatarstan — more than a thousand kilometers from the Ukrainian border — and suddenly Hungary and Slovakia are threatening to hold up EU sanctions and attempting to take Ukraine’s

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00:13:10

Russia is LOSING the Drone War - Ceding Advantage in...

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2026/02/26

2026-02-23 | UPDATES #140 | The Kill Zone — how the drone war is rewriting strategy in Ukraine. Based on an original text from The Financial Times – “Inside the ‘kill zone’”, how drones are reshaping Ukraine’s frontline — and the future of warfare by Christopher Miller in Kyiv and Chris Campbell, Peter Andringa and Sam Joiner in London. Structure: Two acts —I. The battlefield revolutionII. The strategic consequencesFor most of modern history, war meant manoeuvre — tanks advance, infantry holds

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02:18:02

971. UNBELIEVABLE! - 4 Years of War in Europe -...

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2026/02/25

Livestream with Jonathan MS Pearce and friends. Fundraising for equipment through Dzyga's Paw, and trucks for Car4Ukraine.Donate to help out:https://dzygaspaw.com/projectshttps://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaigns----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------A REQUEST FOR HELP!I'm heading back to Kyiv this week, to film, do research and

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00:12:20

Putin's Economy is WRECKED - And in a Doom Loop /...

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2026/02/25

2026-02-17 | UPDATES #134 | Russia’s Economy Enters the “Death Zone”. Russia’s war economy hasn’t “collapsed”. It’s done something worse. It has climbed into what mountaineers call the death zone — that altitude where the body survives by consuming itself. (X (formerly Twitter))Here’s the key question: if Vladimir Putin chooses more war, what breaks first? If he chooses to pause the war, what breaks immediately? Because Russia is now in a trap where every option has a cost to Russia’s future — and

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00:13:36

Why They KILLED Alexei Navalny With THIS Rare Poison!

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2026/02/24

Silicon Bites Ep286 | 2026-02-16 | Britain and four European allies now say Alexei Navalny wasn’t just ‘mistreated’ in prison — he was poisoned with a rare neurotoxin linked to poison dart frogs. Finally, they’re naming it. Some of us always believe he was deliberately killed, but would not have expected that such a rare, expensive and theatrical poison would have been used. It seems that the cruelty and callousness of Moscow is matched by its penchant for theatrical murder. On 14 February 2026, the

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00:10:07

Russia Losing More Soldiers Monthly Than it's...

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2026/02/24

2026-02-16 | UPDATES #133 | Russian losses now outpacing recruitment (again) — and why Moscow is leaning harder on foreign fighters. The military math in Moscow does not add up – the tally between bodies in, bodies out. The difference between vodka fueled recruits and sunflower fodder. And for a war being fought at drone-speed and trench-distances, that’s arithmetic Putin can’t spin. Multiple streams of reporting and official claims over the last week — capped by fresh remarks out of Munich — point

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00:38:02

968. All Empires Die - The Russian Imperial Project...

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2026/02/24

Today I’m speaking with Operator Starsky, a former Ukrainian National Guardian, blogger, and inspiration for everyone who is following the war, and supporting a Ukrainian victory. He has created one of the most popular and original YouTube channels dedicated to the international community. I’m not sure you need an introduction – I’m sure most people watching this channel will have seen your videos

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00:42:38

964. This War Has Broken Russia - Its Eventual...

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2026/02/24

Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna Danylchuk aims to tell the truth about Ukraine and Russia’s war and cut through the noise and propaganda. Anna is passionate about the beauty and independence of her country, and communicates this powerfully in her videos, in a clear and honest way.----------LINKS: @AnnafromUkraine https://www.buymeacoffee.com/annafromukraineMy interview with Anna in Lviv - hosted on

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00:07:00

Russia's Economy Is Eating Itself ALIVE! Russia is...

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2026/02/24

Silicon Bites Ep292 | 2026-02-23 | Russia is closed for business — the war economy that is devouring its own future. Russian opposition economist Vladimir Milov says Russia’s economy now runs on one fuel: state war spending. Businesses can’t invest, workers are disappearing, interest rates crush enterprise — and the Kremlin doesn’t seem to care. The result? A country technically functioning, but economically shutting down, abandoning the core tenets of a market economy, and shedding all vestiges of

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00:08:42

How Putin's Killed Russia's Future - A Leader and...

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2026/02/24

2026-02-23 | UPDATES #139 | March 2014. Moscow. The world still pretends Crimea is a “local crisis.” Diplomats still talk about “off-ramps.” European politicians still think sanctions might gently persuade the Kremlin back to reality.And on a cold street in the Russian capital — something extraordinary happens. Thousands gather for the March of Peace. One of the speakers is a former Deputy Prime Minister — not a dissident outsider, not an exile, not a nationalist firebrand.A man who helped build

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00:52:05

965. Putin's 'Forever War' Makes Elites Act Like It's...

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2026/02/23

Welcome to our monthly conversation with Konstantin, who is one of the most respected voices on YouTube about what is happening Inside Russia. Konstantin Samoilov is a well-known YouTuber whose channel ‘Inside Russia’ comments insightfully on Russia’s decent into authoritarianism over the last few years. But now, like many others, he’s outside Russia, with no idea of when he can return there. ----------LINKS: @INSIDERUSSIA https://www.patreon.com/insiderussiaINSIDE RUSSIA is a source of current news

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00:11:54

Russia's FATE SEALED - Based on What Putin is Doing NOW!

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2026/02/22

Silicon Bites Ep291 | 2026-02-22 | Russia will disappear. Its population consumed by imperial lust and pointless aggression. Compliance to a dictator that expends their lives senselessly and without care. Putin may be prepping a new mobilisation and the further hardening of the police state and repression. In this episode we cover the evidence of what Moscow is doing now, and what it may be planning and the stakes if Putin does choose to mobilise. The social, demographic and strategic consequences

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