A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Bear Market Brief Podcast
A nation must think before it acts.
Bear Market Brief Podcast
The Bear Market Brief (BMB) podcast explores politics, economics, and their intersection in Russia, Ukraine, and the post-Soviet space. Subscribe here
Ukraine is Game to You?
BMB Ukraine editors Fabrice Deprez and Eilish Hart drop by to tackle how Zelensky is doing, what is going on ...
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Politics for Profit
In this week’s episode, Chris and Stephanie speak with David Szakonyi about his new book “Politics for Profit: Business, Elections, ...
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Krai and Punishment
What’s eating Khabarovsk Krai? Kirill Shamiev helps us explore mass protest after the arrest of its governor on suspiciously ...
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The Fiscal Fortress
FPRI Eurasia Director Chris Miller talks with BMB Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Petrella about COVID in Russia, the government’s economic ...
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Popular/Populist: Is Putin a Populist?
Brian Taylor joins for the conclusion of the Popular/Populist series. We evaluate what populism even means, and whether Putin ...
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Popular/Populist: Is Putin Popular?
Yana Govokhovskaia joins for the first part of a two part series where we tackle a key question: is Putin ...
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We Can Defense If We Want To
Michael Kofman joins in a foray into all things Russian military....
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Comrade COVID
Eurasia Director Chris Miller and BMB Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Petrella talk COVID-19 in Moscow and the regions, the outlook for Russia’s ...
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Macro Polo
Ivan Tkachev joins to help us explore a big question: how has Russia’s economy actually been doing the past ...
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Brent Out of Shape
Rauf Mammadov joins Aaron to chat about global oil markets, Russia’s goals in the Middle East, and some Siberian geology. ...
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