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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-world-leaders-need-to-know-about-russia--6823623</link><description><![CDATA[Discover how authoritarian regimes twist history, power, and culture to survive, and what their tricks mean for us today. Each video reveals hidden mechanisms of control, shown through Russia’s past and present yet reaching far beyond its borders. <br /><br />I’m Elvira Bary, an author born in the USSR. I draw on lived experience, research, and cultural insight to decode how strongmen build systems, justify lies, and keep entire nations in line. Russia is the clearest example, but the lessons apply to every authoritarian society. <br /><br />This podcast is about more than politics. It’s about the instincts and survival codes that make people accept abuse, obey power, and even defend their own chains. Once you see these patterns, you can spot them anywhere: in your country, community, and your workplace. <br /><br />New podcasts every Wednesday and Sunday. <br /><br /><br />Video Episodes (at 7 days early) on my YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a>]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/6823623/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Society &amp; Culture</category><copyright>Copyright Elvira Bary</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg</url><title>What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-world-leaders-need-to-know-about-russia--6823623</link></image><lastBuildDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:24:06 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Elvira Bary</itunes:name><itunes:email>contactelvirabary@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Explore how authoritarian regimes rewrite history, control culture, and cling to power. Russia is the case study - but the patterns are global and deeply human.

I’m Elvira Bary, an author born in the USSR. I draw on lived experience, research, and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Discover how authoritarian regimes twist history, power, and culture to survive, and what their tricks mean for us today. Each video reveals hidden mechanisms of control, shown through Russia’s past and present yet reaching far beyond its borders. <br /><br />I’m Elvira Bary, an author born in the USSR. I draw on lived experience, research, and cultural insight to decode how strongmen build systems, justify lies, and keep entire nations in line. Russia is the clearest example, but the lessons apply to every authoritarian society. <br /><br />This podcast is about more than politics. It’s about the instincts and survival codes that make people accept abuse, obey power, and even defend their own chains. Once you see these patterns, you can spot them anywhere: in your country, community, and your workplace. <br /><br />New podcasts every Wednesday and Sunday. <br /><br /><br />Video Episodes (at 7 days early) on my YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:category text="News"><itunes:category text="Politics"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="History"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>01c35c80-bf64-555b-b759-da19e2aeec22</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Russia’s Currency Trap: The Cold Truth Behind the Strong Ruble</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-currency-trap-the-cold-truth-behind-the-strong-ruble--75569164</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why Russia’s surprisingly strong ruble is not necessarily proof of economic health or failed sanctions. The currency is being supported by weaker imports, capital controls, restricted access to foreign assets, continued export revenues, and policies designed to prevent another financial panic. But that stability carries a price: exporters earn fewer rubles, oil revenues weaken, high interest rates suppress investment, and the Kremlin faces an increasingly difficult budget problem. This video follows the money to show how Russia’s currency strength can become a trap — and why finance may eventually become one of the weakest points in Putin’s system.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">683c5daf-71a4-4db8-80f1-00d592acb1ea</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75569164/apo9432160049.mp3" length="22578864" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1ed2e26a-8661-49f4-94d7-7df1e5b633a9/1ed2e26a-8661-49f4-94d7-7df1e5b633a9.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1ed2e26a-8661-49f4-94d7-7df1e5b633a9/1ed2e26a-8661-49f4-94d7-7df1e5b633a9.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1ed2e26a-8661-49f4-94d7-7df1e5b633a9/1ed2e26a-8661-49f4-94d7-7df1e5b633a9.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why Russia’s surprisingly strong ruble is not necessarily proof of economic health or failed sanctions. The currency is being supported by weaker imports, capital controls, restricted access to foreign assets,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why Russia’s surprisingly strong ruble is not necessarily proof of economic health or failed sanctions. The currency is being supported by weaker imports, capital controls, restricted access to foreign assets, continued export revenues, and policies designed to prevent another financial panic. But that stability carries a price: exporters earn fewer rubles, oil revenues weaken, high interest rates suppress investment, and the Kremlin faces an increasingly difficult budget problem. This video follows the money to show how Russia’s currency strength can become a trap — and why finance may eventually become one of the weakest points in Putin’s system.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1407</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f42862ad833339bf6b3be454e4cfb92e.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>88</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Brewing Resistance in Moscow: What Secret Protest Looks Like in Today’s Russia</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/brewing-resistance-in-moscow-what-secret-protest-looks-like-in-today-s-russia--75464055</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary looks beneath Russia’s strangely quiet political surface and asks what resistance actually looks like when open protest can mean prison. From anti-war voting signals and cultural backlash to quiet refusal, political apathy, and the moment when armed institutions may stop obeying orders, this video explores the hidden forms of dissent that are easy to miss from the outside. 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From anti-war voting signals and cultural backlash to quiet refusal, political...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary looks beneath Russia’s strangely quiet political surface and asks what resistance actually looks like when open protest can mean prison. From anti-war voting signals and cultural backlash to quiet refusal, political apathy, and the moment when armed institutions may stop obeying orders, this video explores the hidden forms of dissent that are easy to miss from the outside. 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Soldiers use it to pay debts, renovate homes, buy cars, and support their families—but the money also gets swallowed by front-line expenses, commanders, corruption, scammers, criminal networks, and a consumer boom increasingly dependent on imported goods. 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Soldiers use it to pay debts, renovate homes, buy cars, and support their families—but the money also gets swallowed by front-line expenses,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary follows Russia’s war money from the moment it lands in a recruit’s bank account. Soldiers use it to pay debts, renovate homes, buy cars, and support their families—but the money also gets swallowed by front-line expenses, commanders, corruption, scammers, criminal networks, and a consumer boom increasingly dependent on imported goods. 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For years, the Kremlin’s central argument has been that Russia may advance slowly, but time is on its side and victory is inevitable. Then Ukrainian forces pushed Russian troops back across more than 200 square kilometers in an area Moscow believed it had under control. 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For years, the Kremlin’s central argument has been that Russia may advance slowly, but time is on its side and victory is...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary examines why Ukraine’s counterattack near Lyman matters far beyond the territory it recovered. For years, the Kremlin’s central argument has been that Russia may advance slowly, but time is on its side and victory is inevitable. Then Ukrainian forces pushed Russian troops back across more than 200 square kilometers in an area Moscow believed it had under control. 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After Russia occupied Crimea in 2014, Ukrainian ownership was buried under a new paper world of Russian registries, forced documents, “nationalization,” citizenship rules, and “ownerless” property claims. Homes, land plots, vineyards, hotels, businesses, and seaside apartments could be seized, auctioned, reassigned, or sold to new owners. 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After Russia occupied Crimea in 2014, Ukrainian ownership was buried under a new paper world...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why Crimea is not only a military problem, a diplomatic problem, or a question of borders — it is also a property war. After Russia occupied Crimea in 2014, Ukrainian ownership was buried under a new paper world of Russian registries, forced documents, “nationalization,” citizenship rules, and “ownerless” property claims. Homes, land plots, vineyards, hotels, businesses, and seaside apartments could be seized, auctioned, reassigned, or sold to new owners. 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Ukraine has already built thousands of cases, international courts have issued warrants, and senior Russian commanders increasingly face risks even inside Russia. From the bombing linked by Russian military bloggers to General Alexander Chayko’s birthday gathering, to the long pursuit of Nazi fugitives after World War II, this video looks at how justice can arrive years or even decades later. 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Ukraine has already built thousands of cases, international courts have issued...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary examines what may eventually happen to Russian officers accused of war crimes in Ukraine—and why Kremlin protection may not last forever. Ukraine has already built thousands of cases, international courts have issued warrants, and senior Russian commanders increasingly face risks even inside Russia. From the bombing linked by Russian military bloggers to General Alexander Chayko’s birthday gathering, to the long pursuit of Nazi fugitives after World War II, this video looks at how justice can arrive years or even decades later. 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In this episode, Elvira Bary looks beyond the victory parade and asks what Russia would actually inherit from success: a damaged relationship with Europe, a wartime economy that cannot simply switch back to normal, costly occupied territories, a powerful security apparatus searching for new enemies, and a political system that would learn one dangerous lesson—that aggression works. Putin’s supporters imagine victory bringing prosperity, respect, security, and renewed greatness. 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In this episode, Elvira Bary looks beyond the victory parade and asks what Russia would actually inherit from success: a damaged relationship with Europe, a wartime economy that cannot simply...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What happens if the war in Ukraine ends on Putin’s terms? In this episode, Elvira Bary looks beyond the victory parade and asks what Russia would actually inherit from success: a damaged relationship with Europe, a wartime economy that cannot simply switch back to normal, costly occupied territories, a powerful security apparatus searching for new enemies, and a political system that would learn one dangerous lesson—that aggression works. Putin’s supporters imagine victory bringing prosperity, respect, security, and renewed greatness. 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In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why bribery, kickbacks, stolen budgets, and political protection are not accidental flaws in Putin’s Russia but essential tools of control. From zanos, otkat,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why does corruption survive every Kremlin crackdown? In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why bribery, kickbacks, stolen budgets, and political protection are not accidental flaws in Putin’s Russia but essential tools of control. From zanos, otkat, and raspil to state megaprojects, propaganda films, protected business clans, and selective prosecutions, the system rewards loyalty while making every official and oligarch dependent on protection from above. Putin does not merely rule over Russia’s corruption machine. He acts as its guarantor, deciding who may profit, who remains protected, and who suddenly becomes a criminal. 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The Cold Reality of Russia’s Disposable Army in Ukraine</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-is-fighting-putin-s-war-the-cold-reality-of-russia-s-disposable-army-in-ukraine--74939078</link><description><![CDATA[Who is actually fighting Putin’s war in Ukraine? In this episode, Elvira Bary follows the fictional but thoroughly documented journey of Sergei, an ordinary Russian man drawn into the army by debt, shame, family obligations, and a signing bonus larger than anything he could earn at home. He believes he is accepting a one-year contract and a safer job as a driver. Instead, he enters a system that can change his assignment, deny him medical care, extort money for survival, and keep him in uniform indefinitely. 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In this episode, Elvira Bary follows the fictional but thoroughly documented journey of Sergei, an ordinary Russian man drawn into the army by debt, shame, family obligations, and a signing bonus larger...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Who is actually fighting Putin’s war in Ukraine? In this episode, Elvira Bary follows the fictional but thoroughly documented journey of Sergei, an ordinary Russian man drawn into the army by debt, shame, family obligations, and a signing bonus larger than anything he could earn at home. He believes he is accepting a one-year contract and a safer job as a driver. Instead, he enters a system that can change his assignment, deny him medical care, extort money for survival, and keep him in uniform indefinitely. 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In this episode, Elvira Bary examines where responsibility truly begins under dictatorship. She distinguishes between propagandists, officials, informers, soldiers, passive supporters, frightened citizens, political prisoners, and people who simply tried to survive. The video explores why Russians did not revolt, how authoritarian systems destroy political agency, when silence becomes complicity, and why blaming an entire nation can allow the most guilty people to disappear into the crowd. 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In this episode, Elvira Bary examines where responsibility truly begins under dictatorship. She...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[When Russia wages war against Ukraine, the question of collective guilt becomes unavoidable: why did 140 million people fail to stop Vladimir Putin? In this episode, Elvira Bary examines where responsibility truly begins under dictatorship. She distinguishes between propagandists, officials, informers, soldiers, passive supporters, frightened citizens, political prisoners, and people who simply tried to survive. The video explores why Russians did not revolt, how authoritarian systems destroy political agency, when silence becomes complicity, and why blaming an entire nation can allow the most guilty people to disappear into the crowd. 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In this video, Elvira Bary explains...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The North Caucasus may look stable, but beneath the surface lie memories of conquest, ethnic rivalries, unresolved territorial disputes, armed networks, and political bargains that depend on Moscow’s money and fear. In this video, Elvira Bary explains how Russia conquered the region, how Stalin’s deportations reshaped it, why Putin governs Chechnya through Ramzan Kadyrov, and what could happen if the Kremlin becomes too weak to maintain control. 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In this video, Elvira Bary explains how political connections created the Russian oligarchs, why their wealth never became independent...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia’s billionaires own factories, banks, yachts, and villas—but that does not mean they control Vladimir Putin. In this video, Elvira Bary explains how political connections created the Russian oligarchs, why their wealth never became independent power, and how Putin forced them to choose between obedience and destruction. Western sanctions damaged their fortunes, but they also closed many escape routes and made Russia’s richest men even more dependent on the Kremlin. The oligarchs believed money would protect them from the state. 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Outside Russia, the gopnik is often treated as a meme: tracksuits, sunflower seeds, squatting, crude slang. But inside Russia, this culture meant intimidation, humiliation, loyalty to the gang, contempt for weakness, and the belief that force decides everything. 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Outside Russia, the gopnik is often treated as a meme: tracksuits,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains how Russia’s gopnik culture moved from apartment-block courtyards into business, law enforcement, government, propaganda, and the Kremlin itself. Outside Russia, the gopnik is often treated as a meme: tracksuits, sunflower seeds, squatting, crude slang. But inside Russia, this culture meant intimidation, humiliation, loyalty to the gang, contempt for weakness, and the belief that force decides everything. 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Russia has a constitution, courts, prosecutors, regulations, stamps, permits, and endless paperwork — but when real power enters the room, the law often becomes flexible. This video traces that habit from tsarist autocracy and noble privilege to corrupt bureaucracy, broken imperial reforms, Soviet paper rights, and the post-Soviet bargain that turned modern laws into scenery for informal power. The question is not whether Russia has laws. It has too many. The question is whether law can ever become strong enough to protect ordinary people from those above them.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">7286ae69-634d-47ec-aedd-d4fd1b6a84a4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74334338/apo9493022869.mp3" length="22780265" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8c9e766c-1cbd-4bc0-9738-cef3bdd9dd83/8c9e766c-1cbd-4bc0-9738-cef3bdd9dd83.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8c9e766c-1cbd-4bc0-9738-cef3bdd9dd83/8c9e766c-1cbd-4bc0-9738-cef3bdd9dd83.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8c9e766c-1cbd-4bc0-9738-cef3bdd9dd83/8c9e766c-1cbd-4bc0-9738-cef3bdd9dd83.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why so many Russians fear punishment but do not truly respect the law. Russia has a constitution, courts, prosecutors, regulations, stamps, permits, and endless paperwork — but when real power enters the room, the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why so many Russians fear punishment but do not truly respect the law. Russia has a constitution, courts, prosecutors, regulations, stamps, permits, and endless paperwork — but when real power enters the room, the law often becomes flexible. This video traces that habit from tsarist autocracy and noble privilege to corrupt bureaucracy, broken imperial reforms, Soviet paper rights, and the post-Soviet bargain that turned modern laws into scenery for informal power. The question is not whether Russia has laws. It has too many. 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Ukrainian defenders may break after years of service, exhaustion, bad commanders, untreated wounds, and no clear rotation. Russian soldiers face a darker trap: mobilization, forced contracts, pressure from commanders, punishment that sends them back to the front, and a state that treats them as bodies to be returned to war. 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Ukrainian defenders may break after years of service, exhaustion, bad commanders,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why thousands of soldiers are fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war — and why desertion means very different things on each side. Ukrainian defenders may break after years of service, exhaustion, bad commanders, untreated wounds, and no clear rotation. Russian soldiers face a darker trap: mobilization, forced contracts, pressure from commanders, punishment that sends them back to the front, and a state that treats them as bodies to be returned to war. 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From Soviet displays of fake glory to Putin’s rewritten war goals, from “gestures of goodwill” to “temporary difficulties,” Russia has learned to survive by renaming defeat, shortages, explosions, and disaster. But denial has a cost. 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From Soviet displays of fake glory to Putin’s rewritten war goals, from “gestures of goodwill” to “temporary difficulties,” Russia has learned to survive by renaming defeat, shortages, explosions, and disaster. But denial has a cost. 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The answer is not patriotism, strategy, or faith in victory. It is fear. Russia’s elites live inside a system of protection, clans, stolen money, selective law, and dependence on Putin as the ultimate guarantor. Continuing the war is dangerous, but ending it could become an audit: who stole, who lied, who failed, who sent men to die, and who will be sacrificed when the next ruler needs scapegoats. 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The answer is not patriotism, strategy, or faith in victory. It is fear. Russia’s elites live...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary looks at Russia’s ruling class and asks why the people at the top do not stop a war that is clearly damaging their own country. The answer is not patriotism, strategy, or faith in victory. It is fear. Russia’s elites live inside a system of protection, clans, stolen money, selective law, and dependence on Putin as the ultimate guarantor. Continuing the war is dangerous, but ending it could become an audit: who stole, who lied, who failed, who sent men to die, and who will be sacrificed when the next ruler needs scapegoats. 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In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why Russia’s largest online marketplace matters far beyond retail, how one warehouse fire can destroy the working capital of thousands of businesses, and why Putin’s preference for monopolies created dangerous national chokepoints. The damage can spread from sellers and workers into banks, tax revenue, logistics, and eventually the state budget. Ukraine may not need to destroy Russia’s entire economy. 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In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why Russia’s largest online marketplace matters far beyond retail, how one...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ukraine’s strikes on Wildberries logistics centers may represent a new phase of the war against Russia’s economic infrastructure. In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why Russia’s largest online marketplace matters far beyond retail, how one warehouse fire can destroy the working capital of thousands of businesses, and why Putin’s preference for monopolies created dangerous national chokepoints. The damage can spread from sellers and workers into banks, tax revenue, logistics, and eventually the state budget. Ukraine may not need to destroy Russia’s entire economy. 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Russia has powerful air-defense systems, but it does not have a cheap, dense, flexible, trusted anti-drone network across its enormous territory. Ukraine’s drone campaign exposes not only gaps in Russian radar, missiles, electronic warfare, and mobile fire groups, but also the deeper weakness of Putin’s system: fear, hesitation, bureaucracy, bad reporting, and officials who protect themselves before they protect the country. A real fortress needs working systems. 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Russia has powerful air-defense systems, but it does not have a cheap,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why Russia cannot stop Ukrainian drones from reaching refineries, fuel depots, airfields, and military infrastructure deep inside the country. Russia has powerful air-defense systems, but it does not have a cheap, dense, flexible, trusted anti-drone network across its enormous territory. Ukraine’s drone campaign exposes not only gaps in Russian radar, missiles, electronic warfare, and mobile fire groups, but also the deeper weakness of Putin’s system: fear, hesitation, bureaucracy, bad reporting, and officials who protect themselves before they protect the country. A real fortress needs working systems. 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Russia likes to present itself as a food-security fortress, but modern farming depends on diesel, credit, transport, spare parts, seeds, storage, and timing. When Ukrainian drones hit refineries and the military gets priority, farmers may be left waiting for fuel just as the harvest window opens. 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Russia likes to present itself as a food-security fortress, but modern farming depends on diesel, credit, transport,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains how Russia’s fuel crisis is beginning to threaten agriculture, food prices, and rural life. Russia likes to present itself as a food-security fortress, but modern farming depends on diesel, credit, transport, spare parts, seeds, storage, and timing. When Ukrainian drones hit refineries and the military gets priority, farmers may be left waiting for fuel just as the harvest window opens. 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As Ukrainian drones hit refineries, fuel shortages spread, mobilization wounds Russian families, and the war enters ordinary life, many Russians do not demand peace. Instead, they demand revenge, strikes on Kyiv, or even nuclear escalation. 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As Ukrainian drones hit refineries, fuel shortages spread, mobilization wounds Russian families, and the war enters ordinary life, many Russians do not demand peace. Instead, they demand revenge, strikes on Kyiv, or even nuclear escalation. 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When millions of veterans come home, the state must turn fighters back into citizens — with jobs, treatment, housing, status, and a believable civilian future. The United States did this after World War II through the GI Bill. Germany absorbed defeated men through work, reconstruction, and silence. Ukraine is trying to reintegrate defenders while the war is still ongoing. But Putin’s Russia faces a darker challenge: poor recruits, prison soldiers, trauma, resentment, propaganda, broken institutions, and a state that cannot admit its “heroes” may also become a threat. If Russia fails, the war may not end. 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When millions of veterans come home, the state must turn fighters back into citizens — with jobs,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why the return of Putin’s soldiers from Ukraine may become one of Russia’s most dangerous postwar problems. When millions of veterans come home, the state must turn fighters back into citizens — with jobs, treatment, housing, status, and a believable civilian future. The United States did this after World War II through the GI Bill. Germany absorbed defeated men through work, reconstruction, and silence. Ukraine is trying to reintegrate defenders while the war is still ongoing. But Putin’s Russia faces a darker challenge: poor recruits, prison soldiers, trauma, resentment, propaganda, broken institutions, and a state that cannot admit its “heroes” may also become a threat. If Russia fails, the war may not end. 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Russian anti-Western paranoia did not appear out of nowhere. It draws on real historical wounds, NATO expansion, nuclear insecurity, fear of national collapse, memories of the 1990s, colonial history, and the myth that the West has always hated Russia. But propaganda takes those fears, twists them, and uses them to justify obedience, censorship, war, and dictatorship. 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Russian anti-Western paranoia did not appear out of nowhere. It draws on real historical...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why many Russians fear and distrust the West — and how Putin’s regime turns those fears into a powerful tool of control. Russian anti-Western paranoia did not appear out of nowhere. It draws on real historical wounds, NATO expansion, nuclear insecurity, fear of national collapse, memories of the 1990s, colonial history, and the myth that the West has always hated Russia. But propaganda takes those fears, twists them, and uses them to justify obedience, censorship, war, and dictatorship. 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Some left in the first shock of February 2022; others ran during the mobilization panic when the war came for them personally. They scattered across Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Serbia, Europe, Israel, Dubai, Portugal, and the United States — but escape was never simple. 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Some left in the first shock of February 2022; others ran during the mobilization panic when the war came for them...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary looks at what happened to the Russians who opposed Putin’s war and fled after the invasion of Ukraine. Some left in the first shock of February 2022; others ran during the mobilization panic when the war came for them personally. They scattered across Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Serbia, Europe, Israel, Dubai, Portugal, and the United States — but escape was never simple. 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Russia has oil in the ground, but oil is not gasoline in the tank. Between the Siberian well and the Russian driver lies a fragile chain of refineries, pipelines, railways, depots, trucks, spare parts, software, subsidies, and political decisions. 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Russia has oil...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains how one of the world’s biggest oil exporters ended up facing gasoline lines, diesel shortages, empty pumps, scarce fuel canisters, and growing pressure on farmers, drivers, businesses, and the army. Russia has oil in the ground, but oil is not gasoline in the tank. Between the Siberian well and the Russian driver lies a fragile chain of refineries, pipelines, railways, depots, trucks, spare parts, software, subsidies, and political decisions. 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Russia did not only lose soldiers, money, and military prestige. Ordinary Russians lost access to the world, normal travel, foreign media, familiar brands, reliable routes, working bank cards abroad, affordable credit, European energy markets, arms customers, and the educated people who could have built the country’s future. The Kremlin calls this sovereignty, resilience, and import substitution. 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Russia did not only lose soldiers, money, and military prestige. Ordinary Russians lost access to the world, normal travel,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary audits what Russians actually lost after four years of Putin’s full-scale war against Ukraine. Russia did not only lose soldiers, money, and military prestige. Ordinary Russians lost access to the world, normal travel, foreign media, familiar brands, reliable routes, working bank cards abroad, affordable credit, European energy markets, arms customers, and the educated people who could have built the country’s future. The Kremlin calls this sovereignty, resilience, and import substitution. 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Replacing Putin alone will not solve the problem if the same autocratic machinery remains: centralized money, caste privileges, state monopolies, censorship, controlled courts, obedient media, and security agencies built to protect the throne. Real reform would require redistributing power, money, information, and violence away from Moscow and away from the next “tsar.” This is not a fantasy about a kinder ruler. 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Replacing Putin alone will not solve the problem if the same...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary asks whether Russia can actually become a normal country — one that does not attack its neighbors, worship empire, or depend on the moods of a single ruler. Replacing Putin alone will not solve the problem if the same autocratic machinery remains: centralized money, caste privileges, state monopolies, censorship, controlled courts, obedient media, and security agencies built to protect the throne. Real reform would require redistributing power, money, information, and violence away from Moscow and away from the next “tsar.” This is not a fantasy about a kinder ruler. 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The Z-community imagined Kyiv falling, Ukraine collapsing, the West retreating, and Russia rising as an empire again. Instead, they now see drone attacks, fake frontline reports, shrinking definitions of victory, vulnerable supply routes, frightened war correspondents, and intellectuals quietly lowering expectations. 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The Z-community imagined Kyiv falling, Ukraine collapsing, the West...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary looks inside Russia’s pro-war camp and asks what happens when the loudest supporters of Putin’s war stop believing in the victory they were promised. The Z-community imagined Kyiv falling, Ukraine collapsing, the West retreating, and Russia rising as an empire again. Instead, they now see drone attacks, fake frontline reports, shrinking definitions of victory, vulnerable supply routes, frightened war correspondents, and intellectuals quietly lowering expectations. 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Crimea was Putin’s great imperial trophy in 2014, a symbol of restored Russian power, Soviet nostalgia, Sevastopol, naval glory, and the myth that borders could be changed by force. But the war in Ukraine has turned that trophy into a burden: a militarized peninsula dependent on fragile supply routes, filled with stolen property, displaced people, new Russian settlers, exposed logistics, fuel shortages, and legal questions no simple deal can erase. This is why Crimea is no longer just a prize. 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Crimea was Putin’s great imperial trophy in 2014, a symbol of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why Crimea matters so deeply to both Russia and Ukraine — and why the peninsula has become one of the hardest problems in any future peace settlement. Crimea was Putin’s great imperial trophy in 2014, a symbol of restored Russian power, Soviet nostalgia, Sevastopol, naval glory, and the myth that borders could be changed by force. But the war in Ukraine has turned that trophy into a burden: a militarized peninsula dependent on fragile supply routes, filled with stolen property, displaced people, new Russian settlers, exposed logistics, fuel shortages, and legal questions no simple deal can erase. This is why Crimea is no longer just a prize. 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Russia’s dictatorship works through caste, dependence, fear, corruption, and negative selection: the loyal are rewarded, the competent are pushed out, and public agreement becomes a password for safety. 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Russia’s dictatorship works through...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why many average Russians choose to “believe” tyrants like Putin — not because they are uniquely brainwashed, but because the system trains belief into a survival strategy. Russia’s dictatorship works through caste, dependence, fear, corruption, and negative selection: the loyal are rewarded, the competent are pushed out, and public agreement becomes a password for safety. 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Germany’s defeat produced the “stab-in-the-back” myth, a comforting lie that protected national pride and helped open the road to Hitler. Post-war Russia may face a similar trap: wounded imperial pride, propaganda, censorship, veterans trained in violence, and a public tempted to believe not “we were wrong,” but “we were betrayed.” The challenge for the West is not appeasement, but helping create a path to Russian dignity without empire and without revenge.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">79976a49-14e3-4fe4-bddb-af66c72c63fc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72622220/apo2526272710.mp3" length="22670378" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/16b045e7-e061-424a-a81c-b30b14c94022/16b045e7-e061-424a-a81c-b30b14c94022.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/16b045e7-e061-424a-a81c-b30b14c94022/16b045e7-e061-424a-a81c-b30b14c94022.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/16b045e7-e061-424a-a81c-b30b14c94022/16b045e7-e061-424a-a81c-b30b14c94022.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Elvira Bary compares post-war Russia with Germany after the First World War and asks a dangerous question: what happens to a country that expected victory but receives humiliation, economic stress, dead soldiers, angry veterans, and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary compares post-war Russia with Germany after the First World War and asks a dangerous question: what happens to a country that expected victory but receives humiliation, economic stress, dead soldiers, angry veterans, and no satisfying triumph? Germany’s defeat produced the “stab-in-the-back” myth, a comforting lie that protected national pride and helped open the road to Hitler. Post-war Russia may face a similar trap: wounded imperial pride, propaganda, censorship, veterans trained in violence, and a public tempted to believe not “we were wrong,” but “we were betrayed.” The challenge for the West is not appeasement, but helping create a path to Russian dignity without empire and without revenge.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1413</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3fe0a8486504f635e32cf91433d17bea.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>58</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Moscow Burning: When the War in Ukraine Came Home to Russia</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/moscow-burning-when-the-war-in-ukraine-came-home-to-russia--72603063</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains what happens when a war that Russia tried to keep distant finally comes home. For years, Putin’s regime worked to make ordinary Russians feel that the invasion of Ukraine was somewhere far away, safely outside their daily lives. But Ukrainian drone strikes, burning factories, airport chaos, fuel shortages, collapsing businesses, broken air defenses, and official silence are exposing something far more dangerous than military failure: state dysfunction. 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For years, Putin’s regime worked to make ordinary Russians feel that the invasion of Ukraine was somewhere far away, safely outside...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains what happens when a war that Russia tried to keep distant finally comes home. For years, Putin’s regime worked to make ordinary Russians feel that the invasion of Ukraine was somewhere far away, safely outside their daily lives. But Ukrainian drone strikes, burning factories, airport chaos, fuel shortages, collapsing businesses, broken air defenses, and official silence are exposing something far more dangerous than military failure: state dysfunction. 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These pro-war Telegram voices believed the invasion would make them part of a new patriotic elite, but the reality is turning darker: Ukrainian drones are exposing Russian weakness, official frontline reports no longer match what they see, mobilization no longer looks like a solution, nuclear fantasies reveal desperation, and the Kremlin may eventually use these same “patriots” as scapegoats. 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In this episode, Elvira Bary looks inside the world of Russia’s Z-bloggers — the most loyal and aggressive public supporters of the Russian army and its war...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉Grab your own EWIN gaming chair and save 30% with code "Elvira" here: https://tidd.ly/3WAfxcu<br />In this episode, Elvira Bary looks inside the world of Russia’s Z-bloggers — the most loyal and aggressive public supporters of the Russian army and its war in Ukraine. These pro-war Telegram voices believed the invasion would make them part of a new patriotic elite, but the reality is turning darker: Ukrainian drones are exposing Russian weakness, official frontline reports no longer match what they see, mobilization no longer looks like a solution, nuclear fantasies reveal desperation, and the Kremlin may eventually use these same “patriots” as scapegoats. 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Putin’s war was sold as a shared national mission — our boys, our front, our fight, our future. But more and more...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explores one of the quietest but most dangerous shifts inside Russia: the death of emotional ownership. Putin’s war was sold as a shared national mission — our boys, our front, our fight, our future. But more and more Russians now support the war publicly while privately wanting it to end, avoiding the word “war,” distancing themselves from responsibility, and watching daily life shrink under repression, isolation, and digital control. The regime still has police, prisons, propaganda, and violence. 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The Kremlin does not need people to believe one perfect lie. It only needs them to accept two dangerous ideas: everyone lies, and the West lies more beautifully. From Bucha and Mariupol to Iraq, Libya, and Yugoslavia, Russian propaganda turns Western hypocrisy into a shield for Russian crimes. 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The Kremlin does not need people to believe one perfect lie. It only needs them to accept two dangerous...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains how Putin’s propaganda convinced many Russians that the West is the one living inside a media hallucination. The Kremlin does not need people to believe one perfect lie. It only needs them to accept two dangerous ideas: everyone lies, and the West lies more beautifully. From Bucha and Mariupol to Iraq, Libya, and Yugoslavia, Russian propaganda turns Western hypocrisy into a shield for Russian crimes. 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The answer lies not in mysticism, but in structure. A mafia system monopolizes power, property, information, violence, and even the right to succeed. From Muscovy’s survival economy to modern Putinism, this video traces how Russia built a cage where protection replaces law, favor replaces merit, private wealth exists only by permission, and every path to survival leads back to the boss. 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The answer lies not in mysticism, but in structure. A mafia system monopolizes power, property, information,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary asks a blunt question: is Russia actually a giant mafia extortion racket wearing the costume of a state? The answer lies not in mysticism, but in structure. A mafia system monopolizes power, property, information, violence, and even the right to succeed. From Muscovy’s survival economy to modern Putinism, this video traces how Russia built a cage where protection replaces law, favor replaces merit, private wealth exists only by permission, and every path to survival leads back to the boss. 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Kyiv did not fall, Ukraine still stands, and Russia has paid a staggering price — but...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down how the Kremlin may try to sell defeat as victory if the war in Ukraine ends without the triumph Putin promised. Kyiv did not fall, Ukraine still stands, and Russia has paid a staggering price — but authoritarian regimes cannot simply admit failure. So the target shifts from Ukraine to “the collective West,” exhausted people are offered peace as the ruler’s gift, ultrapatriots are rebranded as extremists, veterans are absorbed into controlled channels, and scraps of conquest are turned into symbols of greatness. 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For years, many Russians were trained to treat the war as something distant: a “special military operation” happening somewhere else, to someone else. But when explosions reach the capital, the old bargain begins to crack. 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For years, many Russians were trained to treat the war as something distant: a “special military operation”...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why recent drone attacks on Moscow and the Moscow region changed the emotional reality inside Russia. For years, many Russians were trained to treat the war as something distant: a “special military operation” happening somewhere else, to someone else. But when explosions reach the capital, the old bargain begins to crack. If Putin’s system promised protection in exchange for obedience, what happens when the war comes home — and frightened citizens start asking why Father failed to keep the house safe?<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1369</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/bd6b58a1d03b6a800ddf64c98501efff.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>51</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Secret World of Russia's War Widows: Why They Still Believe in Putin</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-world-of-russia-s-war-widows-why-they-still-believe-in-putin--72191551</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary goes inside the hidden world of Russian contract soldiers’ wives, mothers, and widows — women who search Telegram for missing men, fight through paperwork, fear sealed zinc coffins, and still often defend the war that destroyed their families. This is not simply a story about propaganda. It is about poverty, status, grief, money, heroism, and the unbearable need to believe that a loved one did not die for nothing. The coffin should break the myth. 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This is not simply a story about propaganda. It is about poverty, status, grief, money, heroism, and the unbearable need to believe that a loved one did not die for nothing. The coffin should break the myth. 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Russia entered the war with the old imperial logic: more men, more tanks, more artillery, more mass. But Ukraine showed that the future of war belongs less to sheer size and more to adaptation, drones, visibility, distributed production, fast repair, and resilient societies. 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Russia entered the war with the old imperial logic: more men, more tanks, more artillery, more mass. But Ukraine showed that the future of war belongs...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary looks at the war in Ukraine as a turning point in military history. Russia entered the war with the old imperial logic: more men, more tanks, more artillery, more mass. But Ukraine showed that the future of war belongs less to sheer size and more to adaptation, drones, visibility, distributed production, fast repair, and resilient societies. 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This is not a new Soviet bloc or a partnership of equals. It is an asymmetrical bargain in which China gains leverage while Russia loses options: markets, machines, technology, energy routes, and political room to maneuver. 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This is not a new Soviet bloc or a partnership of equals. It is an asymmetrical bargain in which China gains leverage while...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down the real Russia-China relationship behind the red carpets and “friendship” speeches. This is not a new Soviet bloc or a partnership of equals. It is an asymmetrical bargain in which China gains leverage while Russia loses options: markets, machines, technology, energy routes, and political room to maneuver. 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A ceasefire may bring relief, but it will not erase the habits, incentives, and damage the war has created. Ukraine may read the outcome as survival and statehood, while Russia faces humiliation, demobilized veterans, a warped war economy, shrinking civilian life, and people who gained money, status, and purpose from violence. 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A ceasefire may bring relief, but it will not erase the habits, incentives, and damage the war has created. Ukraine may...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary looks beyond the battlefield and asks what happens when the war in Ukraine finally slows or stops. A ceasefire may bring relief, but it will not erase the habits, incentives, and damage the war has created. Ukraine may read the outcome as survival and statehood, while Russia faces humiliation, demobilized veterans, a warped war economy, shrinking civilian life, and people who gained money, status, and purpose from violence. 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In this episode, author Elvira Bary breaks down the extraction logic: how the state sits on economic choke points, uses “technical” money changes to drain purchasing power, turns default into policy, and normalizes coercion as “participation.” From early monetary shocks to Soviet-era bonds and Torgsin-style gold extraction, to late-Soviet and post-Soviet reforms that erased savings, the pattern repeats: protect the gatekeeper and push the losses downward. 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In this episode, author Elvira Bary breaks down the extraction logic: how the state sits on economic choke points, uses...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia doesn’t behave like a modern state of citizens—it behaves like an internal empire that colonizes its own population. In this episode, author Elvira Bary breaks down the extraction logic: how the state sits on economic choke points, uses “technical” money changes to drain purchasing power, turns default into policy, and normalizes coercion as “participation.” From early monetary shocks to Soviet-era bonds and Torgsin-style gold extraction, to late-Soviet and post-Soviet reforms that erased savings, the pattern repeats: protect the gatekeeper and push the losses downward. 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The fear is not always love for Putin or blind propaganda. It is fear of chaos, fear of patron networks collapsing, fear of losing protection, status, income, and national identity. 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The fear is not always love for Putin or blind propaganda. It is fear of chaos, fear of patron...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why life without Putin terrifies many Russians, including educated people who can see the damage his rule has done. The fear is not always love for Putin or blind propaganda. It is fear of chaos, fear of patron networks collapsing, fear of losing protection, status, income, and national identity. 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The Kremlin is not financing the war in Ukraine from some secret treasure chest—it is funding it by making ordinary Russians poorer: through food inflation, shrinking savings, pressure on private business, stalled construction, damaged export infrastructure, and a civilian economy slowly hollowed out to keep the military machine moving. 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The Kremlin is not financing the war in Ukraine from some secret treasure chest—it is funding it by making ordinary Russians poorer: through food inflation,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, author Elvira Bary breaks down the hidden war tax inside Putin’s Russia. The Kremlin is not financing the war in Ukraine from some secret treasure chest—it is funding it by making ordinary Russians poorer: through food inflation, shrinking savings, pressure on private business, stalled construction, damaged export infrastructure, and a civilian economy slowly hollowed out to keep the military machine moving. 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This is not only a battlefield story. It is a story of a country changing its internal operating system: a war economy feeding on civilian life, privilege narrowing around force, property turning into a lease from the Kremlin, daily life absorbing the front, and rule by emergency replacing predictability. 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This is not only a battlefield story. It is a story of a country changing its internal operating system: a war...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary argues that four years of war in Ukraine have produced Russia’s third great rupture in just over a century. This is not only a battlefield story. It is a story of a country changing its internal operating system: a war economy feeding on civilian life, privilege narrowing around force, property turning into a lease from the Kremlin, daily life absorbing the front, and rule by emergency replacing predictability. 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We follow the labor shortage through the people quietly holding Russia together: women pushed into “male” jobs, grandmothers who never really retire, migrant workers the regime teaches society to resent, and even imported authoritarian labor from North Korea. This is not just a demographic story. 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We follow the labor...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, author Elvira Bary looks behind Russia’s macho state mythology and asks a blunt question: if so many men are gone—killed, wounded, mobilized, drunk, aging out, or fleeing—who is actually running the country now? We follow the labor shortage through the people quietly holding Russia together: women pushed into “male” jobs, grandmothers who never really retire, migrant workers the regime teaches society to resent, and even imported authoritarian labor from North Korea. This is not just a demographic story. 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Viktor Orbán was not just another European leader. For years, he served as one of the Kremlin’s most useful voices inside the EU and NATO—slowing support for...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explains why Hungary’s election mattered far beyond Budapest. Viktor Orbán was not just another European leader. For years, he served as one of the Kremlin’s most useful voices inside the EU and NATO—slowing support for Ukraine, defending Russian energy ties, and helping Moscow sell the story that Europe was divided and Putin still had friends in the West. 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But in this episode, Elvira Bary shows why that first impression is misleading. Higher prices do not help much if export infrastructure is damaged, extra revenue does not improve normal life for Russians, and a crisis inside Iran weakens one of Russia’s most important military and political partners. 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But in this episode, Elvira Bary shows why that first impression is misleading....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[At first glance, war in Iran seems like good news for Moscow: oil prices rise, the world looks away from Ukraine, and Russian propaganda gets fresh anti-Western material. But in this episode, Elvira Bary shows why that first impression is misleading. Higher prices do not help much if export infrastructure is damaged, extra revenue does not improve normal life for Russians, and a crisis inside Iran weakens one of Russia’s most important military and political partners. 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Russia cannot defeat the United States or the wider West in a fair military contest, so it shifts the battlefield inward—into algorithms, influence operations, propaganda laundering, sabotage, corruption, and emotional exhaustion. We trace why authoritarian regimes treat free speech and open platforms as vulnerabilities, why America remains the central target, and why the goal is not conquest but paralysis. 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Russia cannot defeat the United States or the wider West in a fair military contest, so...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, author Elvira Bary explains the only war Putin can realistically win: not a tank war, but a war against democratic attention, trust, and cohesion. Russia cannot defeat the United States or the wider West in a fair military contest, so it shifts the battlefield inward—into algorithms, influence operations, propaganda laundering, sabotage, corruption, and emotional exhaustion. We trace why authoritarian regimes treat free speech and open platforms as vulnerabilities, why America remains the central target, and why the goal is not conquest but paralysis. 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From American-built factories and copied bombers to post-Soviet digital infrastructure and today’s AI race, the story is not one of proud self-reliance but of borrowed strength repurposed for coercion. 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From American-built factories and copied...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, author Elvira Bary traces a long and uncomfortable pattern: when the Soviet or Russian system hit a wall, it repeatedly reached to the West for machines, engineers, designs, code, and know-how. From American-built factories and copied bombers to post-Soviet digital infrastructure and today’s AI race, the story is not one of proud self-reliance but of borrowed strength repurposed for coercion. This is the technology trap: how freer societies keep handing tools to authoritarian power—and how those tools come back sharpened.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1388</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5032a7fb698423eeea0083974810763f.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>38</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Soviet Trap: Why China is Making Moscow’s Fatal Mistake</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/soviet-trap-why-china-is-making-moscow-s-fatal-mistake--71275997</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode, author Elvira Bary argues that modern China is less a futuristic exception than a familiar authoritarian pattern—one the Soviet Union already ran to exhaustion. We trace the legitimacy trap that forces rulers to constantly perform success, the fake numbers that rise through frightened bureaucracies, the preference for loyalty over brains, the seductive theater of megaprojects, the costly foreign client networks that mimic old Soviet habits, the offshore escape routes globalization gave corrupt elites, and the final turn toward external danger when growth slows. The question is not whether China looks strong. 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We trace the legitimacy trap that forces rulers to constantly perform...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, author Elvira Bary argues that modern China is less a futuristic exception than a familiar authoritarian pattern—one the Soviet Union already ran to exhaustion. We trace the legitimacy trap that forces rulers to constantly perform success, the fake numbers that rise through frightened bureaucracies, the preference for loyalty over brains, the seductive theater of megaprojects, the costly foreign client networks that mimic old Soviet habits, the offshore escape routes globalization gave corrupt elites, and the final turn toward external danger when growth slows. The question is not whether China looks strong. 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In this episode, author Elvira Bary breaks down the mechanism: how the Kremlin uses Orthodoxy as a political asset, why Russian rulers never tolerate an independent church, how “faith” becomes a loyalty system in uniform, and how the Ukraine split proved power matters more than theology. This isn’t a holy war. 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In this episode, author Elvira Bary breaks down the mechanism: how the Kremlin uses...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many outsiders read Putin’s religious imagery as conviction: candles, icons, priests, “traditional values.” But in Russia, religion survives on the state’s terms. In this episode, author Elvira Bary breaks down the mechanism: how the Kremlin uses Orthodoxy as a political asset, why Russian rulers never tolerate an independent church, how “faith” becomes a loyalty system in uniform, and how the Ukraine split proved power matters more than theology. This isn’t a holy war. 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Shaped by hunger, Orthodox suspicion of pleasure, and a Soviet system that trained people to endure, obey, and function, this mindset still lives in everyday habits—food as love and status, beauty as class signal, sex as taboo, self-care as shame, sport as recruitment, and hygiene as ritual under scarcity. 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Shaped by hunger, Orthodox suspicion of pleasure, and a Soviet system...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Elvira Bary explores a deep cultural pattern many outsiders miss: in Russia, the human body has long been treated less as a private home than as a public resource. Shaped by hunger, Orthodox suspicion of pleasure, and a Soviet system that trained people to endure, obey, and function, this mindset still lives in everyday habits—food as love and status, beauty as class signal, sex as taboo, self-care as shame, sport as recruitment, and hygiene as ritual under scarcity. 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Gamer reflexes—fine motor control, screen tracking, split-second correction—become battlefield currency, shrinking the distance between a bedroom and the front line. We trace the pipeline: state-funded “patriotic” games that smuggle ideology, recruiters hunting in global gaming spaces, children pushed through cute “education” into dual-use drone skills, and the Soviet logic underneath it all—catch them young, normalize service, convert talent into war work. This isn’t about blaming games. 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Gamer reflexes—fine motor control, screen tracking, split-second correction—become battlefield currency,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, author Elvira Bary shows how Putin’s Russia treats gaming culture as a recruitment and training ecosystem for a drone war. Gamer reflexes—fine motor control, screen tracking, split-second correction—become battlefield currency, shrinking the distance between a bedroom and the front line. We trace the pipeline: state-funded “patriotic” games that smuggle ideology, recruiters hunting in global gaming spaces, children pushed through cute “education” into dual-use drone skills, and the Soviet logic underneath it all—catch them young, normalize service, convert talent into war work. This isn’t about blaming games. It’s about how an authoritarian state captures attention, skills, and youth.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1311</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/daa823e90a0ccdb8ac4dc7e47bdff73f.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>34</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia Had Everything. Here's How Putin Wasted It All</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-had-everything-here-s-how-putin-wasted-it-all--70979570</link><description><![CDATA[Russia entered the 2000s with rare great-power assets: resources, scale, scientific legacy, and global leverage. In this episode, author Elvira Bary explains how Putin’s system has steadily dismantled those advantages—turning the economy into a rent pipe, hollowing out military readiness through a long furnace-war, deepening tech dependence behind “import substitution,” driving out talent and throttling ambition at home, swapping influence networks for isolation, and collapsing soft power into fear and toxicity. The result is a country that can still look strong on television while its real foundations weaken. Great powers think in decades. 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In this episode, author Elvira Bary explains how Putin’s system has steadily dismantled those advantages—turning the economy into a rent...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia entered the 2000s with rare great-power assets: resources, scale, scientific legacy, and global leverage. In this episode, author Elvira Bary explains how Putin’s system has steadily dismantled those advantages—turning the economy into a rent pipe, hollowing out military readiness through a long furnace-war, deepening tech dependence behind “import substitution,” driving out talent and throttling ambition at home, swapping influence networks for isolation, and collapsing soft power into fear and toxicity. The result is a country that can still look strong on television while its real foundations weaken. Great powers think in decades. 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In this episode, author Elvira Bary explains “safe anger”: the redirected outrage that lands on permitted targets—minor scandals, celebrities, migrants, broken apps, “the West”—while the real source of pain stays untouchable. You’ll see the rules that make a target “safe,” meet the real average Russian living inside this pressure cooker, and learn how transfer of responsibility to a “solver” at the top traps society in scapegoats and postponement instead of action.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">78d2204a-7f40-4c0a-92e7-32b524302198</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70933861/apo6495347137.mp3" length="21581585" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/57d2f108-5eb8-4e51-a258-e60d2b021a4d/57d2f108-5eb8-4e51-a258-e60d2b021a4d.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/57d2f108-5eb8-4e51-a258-e60d2b021a4d/57d2f108-5eb8-4e51-a258-e60d2b021a4d.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/57d2f108-5eb8-4e51-a258-e60d2b021a4d/57d2f108-5eb8-4e51-a258-e60d2b021a4d.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>After years of war, sanctions, and losses, Russia is saturated with rage—but most of it can’t be aimed at the state without consequences. In this episode, author Elvira Bary explains “safe anger”: the redirected outrage that lands on permitted...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[After years of war, sanctions, and losses, Russia is saturated with rage—but most of it can’t be aimed at the state without consequences. In this episode, author Elvira Bary explains “safe anger”: the redirected outrage that lands on permitted targets—minor scandals, celebrities, migrants, broken apps, “the West”—while the real source of pain stays untouchable. You’ll see the rules that make a target “safe,” meet the real average Russian living inside this pressure cooker, and learn how transfer of responsibility to a “solver” at the top traps society in scapegoats and postponement instead of action.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1345</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/01a569e7eb4874d239af957d66051df4.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>32</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The “Good Tsar” Trap: Why Russians Never Blame Putin</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-good-tsar-trap-why-russians-never-blame-putin--70875725</link><description><![CDATA[Why does Russia keep the supreme leader “clean” while dumping every failure onto ministers, mayors, and faceless чиновники? In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down the Good Tsar Trap, an old mental model where the ruler is imagined as holy and distant, while the boyars below “sabotage” his will. You’ll see how the vertical of power turns state failure into a loyalty ritual, why Russians appeal to the president to fix local disasters, how scapegoats are sacrificed to protect the center, and why fear of chaos makes a bad Tsar feel safer than no Tsar at all. Once you recognize this pattern, Putin’s untouchable image stops looking mysterious and starts looking engineered.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">5e70f9b6-f9e2-42b8-96bd-96857590fa56</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70875725/apo1396775556.mp3" length="24524756" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ebe2210c-b243-4db4-b18f-3b69fd18f62f/ebe2210c-b243-4db4-b18f-3b69fd18f62f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ebe2210c-b243-4db4-b18f-3b69fd18f62f/ebe2210c-b243-4db4-b18f-3b69fd18f62f.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ebe2210c-b243-4db4-b18f-3b69fd18f62f/ebe2210c-b243-4db4-b18f-3b69fd18f62f.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why does Russia keep the supreme leader “clean” while dumping every failure onto ministers, mayors, and faceless чиновники? In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down the Good Tsar Trap, an old mental model where the ruler is imagined as holy and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why does Russia keep the supreme leader “clean” while dumping every failure onto ministers, mayors, and faceless чиновники? In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down the Good Tsar Trap, an old mental model where the ruler is imagined as holy and distant, while the boyars below “sabotage” his will. You’ll see how the vertical of power turns state failure into a loyalty ritual, why Russians appeal to the president to fix local disasters, how scapegoats are sacrificed to protect the center, and why fear of chaos makes a bad Tsar feel safer than no Tsar at all. Once you recognize this pattern, Putin’s untouchable image stops looking mysterious and starts looking engineered.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1747</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0435a25e2ef38bc213c476b7e1b4804c.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>31</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Putin's Russia: What Losing Your Freedom Actually Looks Like</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-putin-s-russia-what-losing-your-freedom-actually-looks-like--70814398</link><description><![CDATA[Dictatorship can look “normal” until you trace what it quietly removes. In this episode, author Elvira Bary walks through what losing freedom actually looks like inside Putin’s Russia: how speech is chilled through labels and punishment, how the state builds an internet kill switch, why social platforms get purged, why Telegram became both a war nerve and a threat, how shortages and “parallel imports” create a two-tier society, how elections turn into ballots without choices, and why the regime keeps certain escape hatches open on purpose. This is a map of the slow, deliberate process by which a society is trained into obedience—without one dramatic day that announces it.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">5a03dc19-9d7a-4140-821d-c153ef143991</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70814398/apo8143135963.mp3" length="27051819" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2455bffc-b0da-49ca-8388-37869e510dfd/2455bffc-b0da-49ca-8388-37869e510dfd.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2455bffc-b0da-49ca-8388-37869e510dfd/2455bffc-b0da-49ca-8388-37869e510dfd.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2455bffc-b0da-49ca-8388-37869e510dfd/2455bffc-b0da-49ca-8388-37869e510dfd.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dictatorship can look “normal” until you trace what it quietly removes. In this episode, author Elvira Bary walks through what losing freedom actually looks like inside Putin’s Russia: how speech is chilled through labels and punishment, how the state...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dictatorship can look “normal” until you trace what it quietly removes. In this episode, author Elvira Bary walks through what losing freedom actually looks like inside Putin’s Russia: how speech is chilled through labels and punishment, how the state builds an internet kill switch, why social platforms get purged, why Telegram became both a war nerve and a threat, how shortages and “parallel imports” create a two-tier society, how elections turn into ballots without choices, and why the regime keeps certain escape hatches open on purpose. This is a map of the slow, deliberate process by which a society is trained into obedience—without one dramatic day that announces it.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1686</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b0a156b389197eebdf1d2266bd151eaf.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>30</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>So, You Want a Russian Wife? (See These 12 Types You’re Likely to Meet)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/so-you-want-a-russian-wife-see-these-12-types-you-re-likely-to-meet--70724857</link><description><![CDATA[If you say “I want a Russian wife,” you’re usually buying a fantasy bundle, not choosing a person. In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down 12 common types you’re likely to meet—from the Queen and the Intelligent Lady to the Homemaker, the Climber, the Refugee of Chaos, and the Loyal Traditionalist. For each type, you’ll learn what she actually wants, what she genuinely offers, the hidden risks, and what kind of man she can live with without slowly starting to hate him. The point isn’t to stereotype women—it’s to help you stop guessing, stop projecting, and make a choice with open eyes.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Find Out Your Own Archetype Here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/quiz/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/quiz/</a>👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a7a8d1e4-01b1-4453-83d4-3ff415b48bbb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70724857/apo9718986856.mp3" length="25215735" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/fefcdb01-bdef-433e-9f11-9ca2721d9b43/fefcdb01-bdef-433e-9f11-9ca2721d9b43.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/fefcdb01-bdef-433e-9f11-9ca2721d9b43/fefcdb01-bdef-433e-9f11-9ca2721d9b43.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/fefcdb01-bdef-433e-9f11-9ca2721d9b43/fefcdb01-bdef-433e-9f11-9ca2721d9b43.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>If you say “I want a Russian wife,” you’re usually buying a fantasy bundle, not choosing a person. In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down 12 common types you’re likely to meet—from the Queen and the Intelligent Lady to the Homemaker, the Climber,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[If you say “I want a Russian wife,” you’re usually buying a fantasy bundle, not choosing a person. In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down 12 common types you’re likely to meet—from the Queen and the Intelligent Lady to the Homemaker, the Climber, the Refugee of Chaos, and the Loyal Traditionalist. For each type, you’ll learn what she actually wants, what she genuinely offers, the hidden risks, and what kind of man she can live with without slowly starting to hate him. The point isn’t to stereotype women—it’s to help you stop guessing, stop projecting, and make a choice with open eyes.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Find Out Your Own Archetype Here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/quiz/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/quiz/</a>👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1572</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e9c16c46c61cb9ec63d81e5d1c77fc25.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>29</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Iran Crisis is a Symptom: What’s Actually Driving Global Chaos?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-iran-crisis-is-a-symptom-what-s-actually-driving-global-chaos--70647428</link><description><![CDATA[In this video, Elvira Bary breaks down why the world feels unhinged—and what’s actually driving it beneath the headlines. You’ll see how the postwar moral bargain shaped alliances, why mass migration became the “solution” to inequality, how environment and networks quietly replaced merit, why moral language stayed while moral behavior faded, and why millions who feel locked out of the successful world are turning to nationalism for dignity. 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You’ll see how the postwar moral bargain shaped alliances, why mass migration became the “solution” to inequality, how...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this video, Elvira Bary breaks down why the world feels unhinged—and what’s actually driving it beneath the headlines. You’ll see how the postwar moral bargain shaped alliances, why mass migration became the “solution” to inequality, how environment and networks quietly replaced merit, why moral language stayed while moral behavior faded, and why millions who feel locked out of the successful world are turning to nationalism for dignity. 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Why do people sacrifice comfort for pride? Why do politicians sell “future glory” to win loyalty? Why do nations chase status even when it destroys them? Storr explains humans as ultra-cooperative “great apes” driven by two core needs—connection and status—and how status games operate at both the individual and collective level, from elections and propaganda to identity, migration, and war. If you want a clearer map of what’s really driving modern chaos beneath the headlines, this is it.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">d2d843f3-505f-4d1c-94d2-9935e07c2208</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70631833/apo2106370229.mp3" length="42640051" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/51226396-f42a-4c0d-ac4f-d3205a168d2c/51226396-f42a-4c0d-ac4f-d3205a168d2c.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/51226396-f42a-4c0d-ac4f-d3205a168d2c/51226396-f42a-4c0d-ac4f-d3205a168d2c.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/51226396-f42a-4c0d-ac4f-d3205a168d2c/51226396-f42a-4c0d-ac4f-d3205a168d2c.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this conversation, Elvira Bary speaks with award-winning writer and journalist Will Storr, author of The Status Game, about the invisible force shaping human behavior. Why do people sacrifice comfort for pride? Why do politicians sell “future...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this conversation, Elvira Bary speaks with award-winning writer and journalist Will Storr, author of The Status Game, about the invisible force shaping human behavior. Why do people sacrifice comfort for pride? Why do politicians sell “future glory” to win loyalty? Why do nations chase status even when it destroys them? Storr explains humans as ultra-cooperative “great apes” driven by two core needs—connection and status—and how status games operate at both the individual and collective level, from elections and propaganda to identity, migration, and war. If you want a clearer map of what’s really driving modern chaos beneath the headlines, this is it.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2661</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3f7f3bd267c0df75c7f64278bb185541.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>27</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Epstein Scandal Isn't What You Think It Is! It’s about "Blat"...</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-epstein-scandal-isn-t-what-you-think-it-is-it-s-about-blat--70603127</link><description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes were real, and the victims deserve justice. But if we stop at the lurid details, we miss the mechanism that made it possible. In this episode, Elvira Bary explains blat—a Soviet-style operating system where formal rules exist on paper, while real power moves through favors, fixers, and mutual compromise. We’ll look at why “forbidden zones” form inside weakening institutions, what Epstein actually sold to powerful people, and how a society quietly slides from law into a backstage system where exemptions become the true status symbol.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">d091b9ef-9c9c-4628-9acc-5484b52ef3ab</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70603127/apo9822315611.mp3" length="23694355" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/14920e11-5873-4cd3-80be-6b0588a6022c/14920e11-5873-4cd3-80be-6b0588a6022c.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/14920e11-5873-4cd3-80be-6b0588a6022c/14920e11-5873-4cd3-80be-6b0588a6022c.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/14920e11-5873-4cd3-80be-6b0588a6022c/14920e11-5873-4cd3-80be-6b0588a6022c.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes were real, and the victims deserve justice. But if we stop at the lurid details, we miss the mechanism that made it possible. In this episode, Elvira Bary explains blat—a Soviet-style operating system where formal rules exist...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes were real, and the victims deserve justice. But if we stop at the lurid details, we miss the mechanism that made it possible. In this episode, Elvira Bary explains blat—a Soviet-style operating system where formal rules exist on paper, while real power moves through favors, fixers, and mutual compromise. We’ll look at why “forbidden zones” form inside weakening institutions, what Epstein actually sold to powerful people, and how a society quietly slides from law into a backstage system where exemptions become the true status symbol.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1477</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0228d1a671cc30df6430c2a78c5a4eed.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>26</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Russians Lie to Your Face (And Expect You to Know It)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-russians-lie-to-your-face-and-expect-you-to-know-it--70538755</link><description><![CDATA[In “Why Russians Lie to Your Face (And Expect You to Know It),” author Elvira Bary explains why “truth” in Russia often depends on who’s in the room. This isn’t just propaganda—it’s a survival skill shaped by hierarchy, fear, and audience-based speech. You’ll learn the everyday system of “multiple truths,” why boss-approved reality matters more than facts, how “truth for outsiders” is manufactured, what the powerful sell to the powerless, and how even close friendships require careful bending of reality. By the end, you’ll know how to decode these lies without getting emotionally pulled into them—and why Russians often assume you already understand the game.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">793d03dc-f6a5-4deb-bc5c-2c76cf484dda</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70538755/apo3920221840.mp3" length="23552645" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4ffc7eb8-a8c3-4ede-b9f6-b86cb2db6af0/4ffc7eb8-a8c3-4ede-b9f6-b86cb2db6af0.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4ffc7eb8-a8c3-4ede-b9f6-b86cb2db6af0/4ffc7eb8-a8c3-4ede-b9f6-b86cb2db6af0.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/4ffc7eb8-a8c3-4ede-b9f6-b86cb2db6af0/4ffc7eb8-a8c3-4ede-b9f6-b86cb2db6af0.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In “Why Russians Lie to Your Face (And Expect You to Know It),” author Elvira Bary explains why “truth” in Russia often depends on who’s in the room. This isn’t just propaganda—it’s a survival skill shaped by hierarchy, fear, and audience-based...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In “Why Russians Lie to Your Face (And Expect You to Know It),” author Elvira Bary explains why “truth” in Russia often depends on who’s in the room. This isn’t just propaganda—it’s a survival skill shaped by hierarchy, fear, and audience-based speech. You’ll learn the everyday system of “multiple truths,” why boss-approved reality matters more than facts, how “truth for outsiders” is manufactured, what the powerful sell to the powerless, and how even close friendships require careful bending of reality. By the end, you’ll know how to decode these lies without getting emotionally pulled into them—and why Russians often assume you already understand the game.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1468</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b95d080469b3d29e95de326381cb9e2d.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>25</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>bonus</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>If Russia Wins: What Happens to the People in Ukraine?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-russia-wins-what-happens-to-the-people-in-ukraine--70515187</link><description><![CDATA[What happens to ordinary people when an occupation becomes a “victory”? In this episode, author and narrator Elvira Bary breaks down what Russian rule looks like in places it already controls—and what that reveals about the future if Russia wins in Ukraine. We walk through Crimea as a showcase, the “old” Donbas model, the brutal post-2022 occupations, and the grim mechanics that follow: filtration, forced passports, property seizures, coerced schooling, and a security state that grows by feeding on fear. This is not about slogans. It’s about how occupation works—day by day—and why the real battlefield is often paperwork, compliance, and silence.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6f99f8d9-3839-412b-af95-0aa7f873b7c7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70515187/apo7018086187.mp3" length="35048606" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a0179663-b7ee-467f-ba2e-0b309781f7a4/a0179663-b7ee-467f-ba2e-0b309781f7a4.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a0179663-b7ee-467f-ba2e-0b309781f7a4/a0179663-b7ee-467f-ba2e-0b309781f7a4.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a0179663-b7ee-467f-ba2e-0b309781f7a4/a0179663-b7ee-467f-ba2e-0b309781f7a4.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What happens to ordinary people when an occupation becomes a “victory”? In this episode, author and narrator Elvira Bary breaks down what Russian rule looks like in places it already controls—and what that reveals about the future if Russia wins in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What happens to ordinary people when an occupation becomes a “victory”? In this episode, author and narrator Elvira Bary breaks down what Russian rule looks like in places it already controls—and what that reveals about the future if Russia wins in Ukraine. We walk through Crimea as a showcase, the “old” Donbas model, the brutal post-2022 occupations, and the grim mechanics that follow: filtration, forced passports, property seizures, coerced schooling, and a security state that grows by feeding on fear. This is not about slogans. It’s about how occupation works—day by day—and why the real battlefield is often paperwork, compliance, and silence.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2186</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/be4b487f7e956f4d259e9546643c47fc.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>24</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>If Russia Vanishes Tomorrow: Who Starves, Who Freezes, Who Wins?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-russia-vanishes-tomorrow-who-starves-who-freezes-who-wins--70447498</link><description><![CDATA[Russia’s “doomsday button” is mostly a myth, but the shock is real. In this video, Elvira Bary maps what Russia actually exports, what happens if oil and gas flows seize up, how grain and fertilizer disruptions hit food prices with a delay, where factories choke on metals like nickel and palladium, why nuclear fuel services are an awkward bottleneck, and how trade reroutes through shadow logistics instead of stopping cleanly. 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In this video, Elvira Bary maps what Russia actually exports, what happens if oil and gas flows seize up, how grain and fertilizer disruptions hit food prices with a delay, where...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia’s “doomsday button” is mostly a myth, but the shock is real. In this video, Elvira Bary maps what Russia actually exports, what happens if oil and gas flows seize up, how grain and fertilizer disruptions hit food prices with a delay, where factories choke on metals like nickel and palladium, why nuclear fuel services are an awkward bottleneck, and how trade reroutes through shadow logistics instead of stopping cleanly. By the end, you’ll see the likely winners and losers — and why a full shutdown hurts Russia as much as anyone.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1569</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b1d7fcffcc1a36965ac1f6448e14bee7.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>23</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Putin’s Arctic Plan: The Real Reason Greenland is in Danger</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/putin-s-arctic-plan-the-real-reason-greenland-is-in-danger--70376663</link><description><![CDATA[Greenland is back in the headlines—but the real story is the Arctic itself: a strategic arena where shipping routes, resources, and missile geometry collide. In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down Putin’s Arctic strategy, why the Northern Sea Route is still a mirage for global trade, how Russia is militarizing the high north, and why talk of “controlling Greenland” can create the exact kind of division Moscow wants. If you want to understand why countries are willing to risk confrontation at the top of the map, this is the deep dive.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">7b63d5c4-4ecf-4af3-8669-740292836a21</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70376663/apo7829620512.mp3" length="26154460" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/2nzF8GHgWnNDGGSn1b6yH0/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Greenland is back in the headlines—but the real story is the Arctic itself: a strategic arena where shipping routes, resources, and missile geometry collide. In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down Putin’s Arctic strategy, why the Northern Sea Route...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Greenland is back in the headlines—but the real story is the Arctic itself: a strategic arena where shipping routes, resources, and missile geometry collide. In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down Putin’s Arctic strategy, why the Northern Sea Route is still a mirage for global trade, how Russia is militarizing the high north, and why talk of “controlling Greenland” can create the exact kind of division Moscow wants. If you want to understand why countries are willing to risk confrontation at the top of the map, this is the deep dive.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1630</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2d2af3b3ff68e452b4197dfb84869310.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>22</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Putin's Gamble: $17 Billion Trap in America's Backyard</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/putin-s-gamble-17-billion-trap-in-america-s-backyard--70340625</link><description><![CDATA[Maduro’s arrest didn’t just shake Caracas—it exposed a weak point in Moscow’s foreign policy. In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down why Putin invested so heavily in Venezuela, how oil and arms deals were meant to buy influence in America’s backyard, and how sanctions evasion routes turned Venezuela into a risky “back door” for the Kremlin. We’ll also look at the narco-shadow hanging over the regime, what happens when a “strategic asset” suddenly collapses, and why Venezuela may be the clearest warning sign yet that Putin’s model of buying leverage through fragile dictatorships is aging fast.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">c4d66dc4-343a-4d2a-828b-ebfb9ae118d9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70340625/apo5001197981.mp3" length="22435867" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/1CwYLZM3tuL0l2eHHkD1iS/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Maduro’s arrest didn’t just shake Caracas—it exposed a weak point in Moscow’s foreign policy. In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down why Putin invested so heavily in Venezuela, how oil and arms deals were meant to buy influence in America’s...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Maduro’s arrest didn’t just shake Caracas—it exposed a weak point in Moscow’s foreign policy. In this episode, Elvira Bary breaks down why Putin invested so heavily in Venezuela, how oil and arms deals were meant to buy influence in America’s backyard, and how sanctions evasion routes turned Venezuela into a risky “back door” for the Kremlin. We’ll also look at the narco-shadow hanging over the regime, what happens when a “strategic asset” suddenly collapses, and why Venezuela may be the clearest warning sign yet that Putin’s model of buying leverage through fragile dictatorships is aging fast.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1398</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/26163d0a8ca5f4165b5c65a97f81ed6a.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>21</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia’s Oil Trap: Why Putin Can’t Afford His Own War</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-oil-trap-why-putin-can-t-afford-his-own-war--70281143</link><description><![CDATA[Russia’s “doomsday button” is mostly a myth, but the shock is real. In this video, Elvira Bary maps what Russia actually exports, what happens if oil and gas flows seize up, how grain and fertilizer disruptions hit food prices with a delay, where factories choke on metals like nickel and palladium, why nuclear fuel services are an awkward bottleneck, and how trade reroutes through shadow logistics instead of stopping cleanly. By the end, you’ll see the likely winners and losers — and why a full shutdown hurts Russia as much as anyone.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">e85c2001-96de-4571-8492-f6a2e7c2599f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70281143/apo2015264911.mp3" length="23780858" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4UBjGVL7xL0BnSXskbkTL7/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia’s “doomsday button” is mostly a myth, but the shock is real. In this video, Elvira Bary maps what Russia actually exports, what happens if oil and gas flows seize up, how grain and fertilizer disruptions hit food prices with a delay, where...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia’s “doomsday button” is mostly a myth, but the shock is real. In this video, Elvira Bary maps what Russia actually exports, what happens if oil and gas flows seize up, how grain and fertilizer disruptions hit food prices with a delay, where factories choke on metals like nickel and palladium, why nuclear fuel services are an awkward bottleneck, and how trade reroutes through shadow logistics instead of stopping cleanly. By the end, you’ll see the likely winners and losers — and why a full shutdown hurts Russia as much as anyone.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1482</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/89f5524ab704b97d07eaae7eafbaafba.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>20</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russian Dictator Trap: Why Russia Always Ends Up With a Tzar</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-dictator-trap-why-russia-always-ends-up-with-a-tzar--70213595</link><description><![CDATA[Why does Russia circle back to one-man rule again and again—across monarchs, commissars, and presidents? This video breaks the myth of “national character” and looks at mechanics: how concentrated wealth, bottleneck control, elite dependence, weaponized law, and fear-based patronage can reproduce a tsar even when a country imitates democratic rituals. You’ll see how power becomes property, how castes form around access, why politics turns into survival behavior for ordinary people, and why the system keeps “resetting” toward authoritarianism unless the underlying incentives change.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">31880d3e-6309-48dd-bf09-ca70680bf37f</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70213595/apo5969541646.mp3" length="17467165" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3XUvPcSRFxwaaslvYeiV7t/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why does Russia circle back to one-man rule again and again—across monarchs, commissars, and presidents? This video breaks the myth of “national character” and looks at mechanics: how concentrated wealth, bottleneck control, elite dependence,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why does Russia circle back to one-man rule again and again—across monarchs, commissars, and presidents? This video breaks the myth of “national character” and looks at mechanics: how concentrated wealth, bottleneck control, elite dependence, weaponized law, and fear-based patronage can reproduce a tsar even when a country imitates democratic rituals. You’ll see how power becomes property, how castes form around access, why politics turns into survival behavior for ordinary people, and why the system keeps “resetting” toward authoritarianism unless the underlying incentives change.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1087</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8e730fd4e92ad59f91bc3ccf9f58ed22.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>19</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia’s Worst Case Scenario: It’s Not a Breakup</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-worst-case-scenario-it-s-not-a-breakup--70182901</link><description><![CDATA[Russia’s “collapse” won’t look like a clean breakup — it will look like a state that stops working.<br />When people picture Russia’s worst-case scenario, they imagine a neat breakup into new states, like the USSR. In this video, I argue the darker outcome is messier: Russia remains “officially” intact, but the center stops functioning — salaries go unpaid, regions improvise, violence becomes a service, and new local bosses compete for money and force. I walk through how autocracies shred talent, why a Smuta-style collapse is more likely than a clean divorce, who rises first when Moscow weakens, what daily life looks like when institutions fail, and what kind of outside “rescue” may arrive — with strings attached. Then we end with the hard question: what rules and institutions would actually make a future Russia governable.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia’s Worst Case Scenario02:32 The Talent Shredder8:08 The Smuta Trap11:52 New Bosses Rise15:07 Life Without Center19:05 The Violence Market22:30 The Rescue with Strings25:45 Rules That Heal<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">83d9d7b1-87a2-49ab-b252-07a6306e8f3a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70182901/apo9164129244.mp3" length="29763500" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/5sUNOKwI29IahL3Iy6tc8I/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia’s “collapse” won’t look like a clean breakup — it will look like a state that stops working.
When people picture Russia’s worst-case scenario, they imagine a neat breakup into new states, like the USSR. In this video, I argue the darker outcome...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia’s “collapse” won’t look like a clean breakup — it will look like a state that stops working.<br />When people picture Russia’s worst-case scenario, they imagine a neat breakup into new states, like the USSR. In this video, I argue the darker outcome is messier: Russia remains “officially” intact, but the center stops functioning — salaries go unpaid, regions improvise, violence becomes a service, and new local bosses compete for money and force. I walk through how autocracies shred talent, why a Smuta-style collapse is more likely than a clean divorce, who rises first when Moscow weakens, what daily life looks like when institutions fail, and what kind of outside “rescue” may arrive — with strings attached. Then we end with the hard question: what rules and institutions would actually make a future Russia governable.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia’s Worst Case Scenario02:32 The Talent Shredder8:08 The Smuta Trap11:52 New Bosses Rise15:07 Life Without Center19:05 The Violence Market22:30 The Rescue with Strings25:45 Rules That Heal<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1856</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5cf60ba1c912a13fe5d024172bbf4803.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>18</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Missile Crisis 2.0? The Truth About Russia’s Return to Cuba</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/missile-crisis-2-0-the-truth-about-russia-s-return-to-cuba--70138894</link><description><![CDATA[Russia is back in Cuba. Here’s why it matters - and what Trump might do next. Cuba is trending again for a reason. In this episode, Elvira Bary explains what Moscow actually wants from Havana in 2026, why it’s nothing like 1962, and why fuel—not missiles—is the real pressure point now. We’ll trace how Soviet subsidies built the regime, how Cuba was used as a proxy force abroad, what happened after the USSR collapsed, how Venezuela’s oil became Cuba’s lifeline, and why Russia’s recent naval signals are about leverage, optics, and distraction—not a repeat of the Cold War.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Missile Crisis 2.0? The Truth About Russia’s Return to Cuba02:30 Missiles Near Miami05:33 Subsidies Building Havana08:03 Fists for Hire11:32 When Subsidies Died14:42 Fuel Is Politics19:08 Leverage, Not Love22:19 Tomahawks and Signals25:16 The Collapsing Club<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">da6a86c8-19eb-409d-a874-0d8c49fc6ba1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70138894/apo2292437754.mp3" length="28204535" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/7h1qpzF26DLxtv1ukUY6Tk/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia is back in Cuba. Here’s why it matters - and what Trump might do next. Cuba is trending again for a reason. In this episode, Elvira Bary explains what Moscow actually wants from Havana in 2026, why it’s nothing like 1962, and why fuel—not...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia is back in Cuba. Here’s why it matters - and what Trump might do next. Cuba is trending again for a reason. In this episode, Elvira Bary explains what Moscow actually wants from Havana in 2026, why it’s nothing like 1962, and why fuel—not missiles—is the real pressure point now. We’ll trace how Soviet subsidies built the regime, how Cuba was used as a proxy force abroad, what happened after the USSR collapsed, how Venezuela’s oil became Cuba’s lifeline, and why Russia’s recent naval signals are about leverage, optics, and distraction—not a repeat of the Cold War.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Missile Crisis 2.0? The Truth About Russia’s Return to Cuba02:30 Missiles Near Miami05:33 Subsidies Building Havana08:03 Fists for Hire11:32 When Subsidies Died14:42 Fuel Is Politics19:08 Leverage, Not Love22:19 Tomahawks and Signals25:16 The Collapsing Club<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1758</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/84088bfcb3ecb75043f5ebadfc1c8f84.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>17</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia’s Secret Mindset: Why Russians Don’t Think Like You</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-secret-mindset-why-russians-don-t-think-like-you--70070698</link><description><![CDATA[Why do Russians seem so contradictory to Western eyes—proud and defeated, loyal and cynical, obedient yet endlessly inventive? This video argues that what looks like “Russian mentality” is often a survival language: habits formed under fear, instability, and arbitrary power. Elvira Bary breaks down the hidden logic behind status as protection, loopholes as life skills, the state as “armor,” political apathy, loyalty theater, and the swing between superiority and shame. Once you see the pattern, Russia stops looking unpredictable—and starts looking brutally consistent.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia’s Secret Mindset01:54 The Social Costume06:23 Scheming as a Life Skill08:44 State as Armor13:08 Political Apathy18:23 Loyalty Theater23:51 The Self-Worth Split26:39 Survival Mode<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">b9aa1584-8989-43cd-bef6-0d872e0d1621</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70070698/apo8467668108.mp3" length="29471785" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3XEcwtsn2407kkdYFqTPsq/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why do Russians seem so contradictory to Western eyes—proud and defeated, loyal and cynical, obedient yet endlessly inventive? This video argues that what looks like “Russian mentality” is often a survival language: habits formed under fear,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why do Russians seem so contradictory to Western eyes—proud and defeated, loyal and cynical, obedient yet endlessly inventive? This video argues that what looks like “Russian mentality” is often a survival language: habits formed under fear, instability, and arbitrary power. Elvira Bary breaks down the hidden logic behind status as protection, loopholes as life skills, the state as “armor,” political apathy, loyalty theater, and the swing between superiority and shame. Once you see the pattern, Russia stops looking unpredictable—and starts looking brutally consistent.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia’s Secret Mindset01:54 The Social Costume06:23 Scheming as a Life Skill08:44 State as Armor13:08 Political Apathy18:23 Loyalty Theater23:51 The Self-Worth Split26:39 Survival Mode<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1838</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8680410e4a17f3815f8ee1ebc26cef03.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>16</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>New Russian “Insane” Laws That Make Russia Into One Giant Prison</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-russian-insane-laws-that-make-russia-into-one-giant-prison--70052147</link><description><![CDATA[Russia’s strangest laws aren’t jokes - they’re weapons. In this video, Elvira Bary unpacks how the Kremlin uses bizarre, ambiguous, and deliberately absurd legislation to control private life, criminalize dissent, chain careers to the state, punish curiosity, and protect one man’s grip on power. From anti-LGBT crackdowns and treason expansions to censorship, forced loyalty, and laws that turn memes into crimes, this is the hidden architecture of fear that keeps an entire nation silent. If you want a clear, independent look at how these laws really work, and what they mean for Russia’s future - this deep dive will walk you through every layer.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia's “Insane” Laws Kremlin Uses To Silence an Entire Nation02:22 Policing Love and Family Relationships05:53 Owning Your Career08:42 Criminalizing Thoughts13:35 Any Protest Is Treason17:02 Citizenship for Mercenaries20:05 People As New Oil22:56 The Eternal President Project<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">0fb64f58-5f0a-4228-a0ee-8c408bd0df27</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70052147/apo5312994464.mp3" length="26060414" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3NqltEqkAxiVluA0P9ZfhT/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia’s strangest laws aren’t jokes - they’re weapons. In this video, Elvira Bary unpacks how the Kremlin uses bizarre, ambiguous, and deliberately absurd legislation to control private life, criminalize dissent, chain careers to the state, punish...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia’s strangest laws aren’t jokes - they’re weapons. In this video, Elvira Bary unpacks how the Kremlin uses bizarre, ambiguous, and deliberately absurd legislation to control private life, criminalize dissent, chain careers to the state, punish curiosity, and protect one man’s grip on power. From anti-LGBT crackdowns and treason expansions to censorship, forced loyalty, and laws that turn memes into crimes, this is the hidden architecture of fear that keeps an entire nation silent. If you want a clear, independent look at how these laws really work, and what they mean for Russia’s future - this deep dive will walk you through every layer.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia's “Insane” Laws Kremlin Uses To Silence an Entire Nation02:22 Policing Love and Family Relationships05:53 Owning Your Career08:42 Criminalizing Thoughts13:35 Any Protest Is Treason17:02 Citizenship for Mercenaries20:05 People As New Oil22:56 The Eternal President Project<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1624</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e4c1e7f5a34fef50b8694a6763050d47.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russian Nuclear Bluff: What If Putin Presses the Button?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russian-nuclear-bluff-what-if-putin-presses-the-button--69991424</link><description><![CDATA[The fear is always the same: what if Putin uses nuclear weapons? But the Kremlin’s nuclear talk isn’t just about war—it’s about control. This video breaks down how nuclear threats shape Western policy, why Cold War childhood fears still influence leaders today, and how Soviet propaganda flipped the same terror onto Americans. Most importantly, it explains the myth of the “red button”: nuclear launch is a chain of people, procedures, and incentives—where self-preservation matters as much as ideology. You’ll also walk through the worst-case scenario step by step, separating what’s technically possible from what’s politically likely, and why Russia’s nuclear posture functions as a bluff designed to freeze decision-making.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russian Nuclear Bluff06:05 Policy of Fear09:09 The Childhood Trauma12:10 Flipping the Story14:56 The Button Is People17:52 They Love Their Life21:01 Even If He Orders It<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2294dcfd-432f-4d08-93c0-68a3f1102eb8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69991424/apo2408799677.mp3" length="22205979" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4SSqhZ4N3nlIGrbFmqEGko/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The fear is always the same: what if Putin uses nuclear weapons? But the Kremlin’s nuclear talk isn’t just about war—it’s about control. This video breaks down how nuclear threats shape Western policy, why Cold War childhood fears still influence...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The fear is always the same: what if Putin uses nuclear weapons? But the Kremlin’s nuclear talk isn’t just about war—it’s about control. This video breaks down how nuclear threats shape Western policy, why Cold War childhood fears still influence leaders today, and how Soviet propaganda flipped the same terror onto Americans. Most importantly, it explains the myth of the “red button”: nuclear launch is a chain of people, procedures, and incentives—where self-preservation matters as much as ideology. You’ll also walk through the worst-case scenario step by step, separating what’s technically possible from what’s politically likely, and why Russia’s nuclear posture functions as a bluff designed to freeze decision-making.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russian Nuclear Bluff06:05 Policy of Fear09:09 The Childhood Trauma12:10 Flipping the Story14:56 The Button Is People17:52 They Love Their Life21:01 Even If He Orders It<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1384</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e7ba5007b8a5b8addad0f8e14e23cd39.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Venezuela's Maduro Is Gone. Who Is Left Standing With Putin?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/venezuela-s-maduro-is-gone-who-is-left-standing-with-putin--69876287</link><description><![CDATA[Putin still has friends - but they’re expensive, unstable, and quietly looking for the exit. Maduro is gone - and in Moscow, the panic is real. In this video, Elvira Bary maps the shrinking circle of states still willing to stand beside Putin, and what those “friendships” are actually made of: fear, weapons, discounts, votes, banking channels, and pure transaction. We’ll break down the loyal vassal Belarus, the arms pipelines from Iran and North Korea, the lopsided dependency on China, the pragmatic middlemen like Turkey and the UAE, and the partners who play neutral-for-profit. The conclusion is simple: Putin isn’t building a coalition — he’s renting one. And in 2026, the price of that rent keeps rising.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Who Is Left Standing With Putin?02:10 The Loyal Vassal07:06 Arms Dealers10:56 A Friend Too Big16:30 Pragmatic Middlemen19:17 Transactional Partners22:05 Who’s Left Standing<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">1dbbe1d9-5046-41c5-a0c7-c1ac11e85f49</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69876287/apo2527098501.mp3" length="25853934" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/0KOjRZi25VpeBpViqdTIlj/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Putin still has friends - but they’re expensive, unstable, and quietly looking for the exit. Maduro is gone - and in Moscow, the panic is real. In this video, Elvira Bary maps the shrinking circle of states still willing to stand beside Putin, and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Putin still has friends - but they’re expensive, unstable, and quietly looking for the exit. Maduro is gone - and in Moscow, the panic is real. In this video, Elvira Bary maps the shrinking circle of states still willing to stand beside Putin, and what those “friendships” are actually made of: fear, weapons, discounts, votes, banking channels, and pure transaction. We’ll break down the loyal vassal Belarus, the arms pipelines from Iran and North Korea, the lopsided dependency on China, the pragmatic middlemen like Turkey and the UAE, and the partners who play neutral-for-profit. The conclusion is simple: Putin isn’t building a coalition — he’s renting one. And in 2026, the price of that rent keeps rising.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Who Is Left Standing With Putin?02:10 The Loyal Vassal07:06 Arms Dealers10:56 A Friend Too Big16:30 Pragmatic Middlemen19:17 Transactional Partners22:05 Who’s Left Standing<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1612</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/49df9abdacac3d12f0f08319bda40d52.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why the Kremlin is Terrified of Migrants: The Secret Threat No One Talks About</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-the-kremlin-is-terrified-of-migrants-the-secret-threat-no-one-talks-about--69848197</link><description><![CDATA[Why Putin fears migrants - and why their future could reshape Russia more than any war. Migration has shaped Russia for centuries - building cities, fueling industries, and holding the country together through war and collapse. But today, migrants have become the one force the Kremlin cannot control, and the one fear Putin cannot openly admit. In this video, we explore why migrants from Central Asia and beyond have become essential to Russia’s economy, why they face constant harassment from police and politicians, and how their rising visibility threatens the foundations of Putin’s system. From post-Soviet demographic collapse to forced labor in drone factories, this is the story of the hidden crisis shaping Russia’s future - and the quiet danger the Kremlin hopes you never notice.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why the Kremlin is Terrified of Migrants01:59 Building by Moving07:20 After the Breakup15:25 Central Asian Lifeline22:44 The New Migrants<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">4d6c95c3-5133-4d72-ad16-d6b29b9219c6</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69848197/apo5150394467.mp3" length="25822623" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4hqlJtjZ6W5m7npq8GVmxg/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Putin fears migrants - and why their future could reshape Russia more than any war. Migration has shaped Russia for centuries - building cities, fueling industries, and holding the country together through war and collapse. But today, migrants...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Putin fears migrants - and why their future could reshape Russia more than any war. Migration has shaped Russia for centuries - building cities, fueling industries, and holding the country together through war and collapse. But today, migrants have become the one force the Kremlin cannot control, and the one fear Putin cannot openly admit. In this video, we explore why migrants from Central Asia and beyond have become essential to Russia’s economy, why they face constant harassment from police and politicians, and how their rising visibility threatens the foundations of Putin’s system. From post-Soviet demographic collapse to forced labor in drone factories, this is the story of the hidden crisis shaping Russia’s future - and the quiet danger the Kremlin hopes you never notice.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why the Kremlin is Terrified of Migrants01:59 Building by Moving07:20 After the Breakup15:25 Central Asian Lifeline22:44 The New Migrants<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1610</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c025778c7b661f1df9804c150dba78f2.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Return of the Snitch: Why Russians Are Reporting Their Neighbors</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-return-of-the-snitch-why-russians-are-reporting-their-neighbors--69793200</link><description><![CDATA[Why Russians are reporting neighbors again - and what this reveals about modern Russia. Why has denunciation - the act of reporting neighbors, coworkers, even family, returned in modern Russia? In this episode, Elvira Bary examines the historical roots of snitching, the psychological forces behind it, and the political system that now rewards it. From Stalin-era terror to today’s “professional informants,” denunciations reveal how fear shapes society, how authoritarian regimes maintain control, and why this culture is resurfacing as the war in Ukraine reshapes life inside Russia. This is the hidden mechanism powering repression - and a warning for any society that begins to normalize suspicion.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2fcacb62-0ad7-4ea0-9b56-178fdd542a75</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69793200/apo3153749822.mp3" length="12061715" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/2ZmmwKuuTjZiu019N1dy3y/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Russians are reporting neighbors again - and what this reveals about modern Russia. Why has denunciation - the act of reporting neighbors, coworkers, even family, returned in modern Russia? In this episode, Elvira Bary examines the historical...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Russians are reporting neighbors again - and what this reveals about modern Russia. Why has denunciation - the act of reporting neighbors, coworkers, even family, returned in modern Russia? In this episode, Elvira Bary examines the historical roots of snitching, the psychological forces behind it, and the political system that now rewards it. From Stalin-era terror to today’s “professional informants,” denunciations reveal how fear shapes society, how authoritarian regimes maintain control, and why this culture is resurfacing as the war in Ukraine reshapes life inside Russia. This is the hidden mechanism powering repression - and a warning for any society that begins to normalize suspicion.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>750</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f1a0cb4a265d9d97532b9d32f10cd008.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>What's Behind Russia's Lie About the 'Decadent West'?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-s-behind-russia-s-lie-about-the-decadent-west--69726338</link><description><![CDATA[Why Russia calls the West “decadent” — and why this lie still shapes a nation’s soul. For centuries, Russia has defined itself not by what it is, but by what it is not. From tsars to Putin, its leaders have painted the West as “decadent,” godless, and doomed — a moral contrast that justifies repression, poverty, and war as signs of spiritual superiority. In this video, Elvira Bary explores how the myth of the “Decadent West” became Russia’s most enduring illusion — the lie that excuses everything. Along the way, she reveals how moral inversion, projection, and fear sustain this worldview, and why millions still cling to it today.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 What's Behind Russia's Lie About the 'Decadent West'?03:17 The Crooked Mirror10:07 The Architecture of the Myth 20:11 Moral Inversion23:40 The Longevity of the Lie<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">90025c76-a91e-4a0d-919e-17b0e65d1544</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69726338/apo1567119321.mp3" length="27327226" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/73ww8TkrFp3fcUwLKUoTdn/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Russia calls the West “decadent” — and why this lie still shapes a nation’s soul. For centuries, Russia has defined itself not by what it is, but by what it is not. From tsars to Putin, its leaders have painted the West as “decadent,” godless, and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Russia calls the West “decadent” — and why this lie still shapes a nation’s soul. For centuries, Russia has defined itself not by what it is, but by what it is not. From tsars to Putin, its leaders have painted the West as “decadent,” godless, and doomed — a moral contrast that justifies repression, poverty, and war as signs of spiritual superiority. In this video, Elvira Bary explores how the myth of the “Decadent West” became Russia’s most enduring illusion — the lie that excuses everything. Along the way, she reveals how moral inversion, projection, and fear sustain this worldview, and why millions still cling to it today.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 What's Behind Russia's Lie About the 'Decadent West'?03:17 The Crooked Mirror10:07 The Architecture of the Myth 20:11 Moral Inversion23:40 The Longevity of the Lie<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1704</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6b74d0d5541984724665dbd0223a4cb1.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Putin's Failed Tech: Why Russia Can’t Build Anything Anymore</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-putin-s-failed-tech-why-russia-can-t-build-anything-anymore--69702729</link><description><![CDATA[Russia once built Sputnik. Now it strips washing machines for chips. Here is what went wrong.<br />When you see rockets on TV and “miracle” Russian robots on parade, it’s easy to think the old Soviet tech power is still alive. In this video, I peel back the facade and show how Putin’s Russia hollowed out its own science: from once self-sufficient industries to an import-addicted petrostate, from vanishing Soviet engineers to a massive brain drain, from corrupt defense “wonder weapons” to fake microchips and stunt robots. If you want to understand why a country that launched the first satellite now scavenges parts from fridges and washing machines, and what that means for the future of Russian power, this deep dive is for you.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">7965dfec-9b53-4176-8dab-c6c9f1debbd3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69702729/apo2852015787.mp3" length="27441775" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/6fy5HH9aFPVRJCLzceN1jW/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia once built Sputnik. Now it strips washing machines for chips. Here is what went wrong.
When you see rockets on TV and “miracle” Russian robots on parade, it’s easy to think the old Soviet tech power is still alive. In this video, I peel back...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia once built Sputnik. Now it strips washing machines for chips. Here is what went wrong.<br />When you see rockets on TV and “miracle” Russian robots on parade, it’s easy to think the old Soviet tech power is still alive. In this video, I peel back the facade and show how Putin’s Russia hollowed out its own science: from once self-sufficient industries to an import-addicted petrostate, from vanishing Soviet engineers to a massive brain drain, from corrupt defense “wonder weapons” to fake microchips and stunt robots. If you want to understand why a country that launched the first satellite now scavenges parts from fridges and washing machines, and what that means for the future of Russian power, this deep dive is for you.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1711</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f53c5aa51f3b39e0869ec784cc9e3aff.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside 'House Putin': The Feudal System in Russia No One Talks About</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-house-putin-the-feudal-system-in-russia-no-one-talks-about--69653960</link><description><![CDATA[This video takes you inside the secretive clan system that rules modern Russia — a feudal power structure built not on laws or institutions, but on bloodlines, favors, marriages, and silent loyalties. <br />From the rise of “House Putin” to the security clans guarding the throne, from regional dynasties to wives and ex-wives holding hidden fortunes, this deep dive reveals how Russia functions as a family kingdom disguised as a republic. And most importantly, we’ll explore why this system is cracking under its own weight. If you want to understand the true architecture of power behind today’s Russia, this is the map no one else will show you.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">cd177564-f846-4e0b-a16d-6ec80fb07bba</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69653960/apo3638652778.mp3" length="25001314" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/65fP9zz1Zjz4DG4jqeVZav/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>This video takes you inside the secretive clan system that rules modern Russia — a feudal power structure built not on laws or institutions, but on bloodlines, favors, marriages, and silent loyalties. 
From the rise of “House Putin” to the security...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This video takes you inside the secretive clan system that rules modern Russia — a feudal power structure built not on laws or institutions, but on bloodlines, favors, marriages, and silent loyalties. <br />From the rise of “House Putin” to the security clans guarding the throne, from regional dynasties to wives and ex-wives holding hidden fortunes, this deep dive reveals how Russia functions as a family kingdom disguised as a republic. And most importantly, we’ll explore why this system is cracking under its own weight. If you want to understand the true architecture of power behind today’s Russia, this is the map no one else will show you.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Buy Me A Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Donate with PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 My books on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/465Co4Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/465Co4Q⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1558</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ccae3832473859c1c46baaac9ce72ff8.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Putin’s Hit List: Which Countries Is Russia Targeting Next?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/putin-s-hit-list-which-countries-is-russia-targeting-next--69584245</link><description><![CDATA[What happens after the war in Ukraine ends? In this video, Elvira Bary explains why Putin’s regime cannot survive without the appearance of constant strength - making new conflict not a possibility but an expectation. Through an analysis of the Kremlin’s strategic storytelling, political constraints, and opportunistic pressure points, this episode examines potential targets: the Baltic states, Moldova, Central Asia, and Europe’s critical infrastructure. It also explores how hybrid warfare, covert sabotage, and non-military influence campaigns offer the Kremlin cheaper, lower-risk ways to project power. Understanding these scenarios reveals the structural logic behind authoritarian expansion and the risks facing Europe in the years ahead.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Putin’s Hit List: Which Countries Is Russia Targeting Next?02:53 Victory at Any Cost06:15 Choosing His Prey08:40 Risky Bet11:42 Shelved Leverage15:41 Turn Around 18:57 A Smarter Option<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠</a>👉<a href="https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/⁠⁠</a>👉<a href="https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">faf3efbd-cc12-44bb-bb26-0e1e035ad3ef</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69584245/apo9067295486.mp3" length="24425348" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/1qHI3zzujMSamtxSz2Xp2Z/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What happens after the war in Ukraine ends? In this video, Elvira Bary explains why Putin’s regime cannot survive without the appearance of constant strength - making new conflict not a possibility but an expectation. Through an analysis of the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What happens after the war in Ukraine ends? In this video, Elvira Bary explains why Putin’s regime cannot survive without the appearance of constant strength - making new conflict not a possibility but an expectation. Through an analysis of the Kremlin’s strategic storytelling, political constraints, and opportunistic pressure points, this episode examines potential targets: the Baltic states, Moldova, Central Asia, and Europe’s critical infrastructure. It also explores how hybrid warfare, covert sabotage, and non-military influence campaigns offer the Kremlin cheaper, lower-risk ways to project power. Understanding these scenarios reveals the structural logic behind authoritarian expansion and the risks facing Europe in the years ahead.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Putin’s Hit List: Which Countries Is Russia Targeting Next?02:53 Victory at Any Cost06:15 Choosing His Prey08:40 Risky Bet11:42 Shelved Leverage15:41 Turn Around 18:57 A Smarter Option<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠</a>👉<a href="https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/⁠⁠</a>👉<a href="https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1522</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/58526047c805d2390ed77680a64f1381.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>What Do Russians Really Think About Greenland Takeover?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-do-russians-really-think-about-greenland-takeover--69574819</link><description><![CDATA[Greenland is suddenly a global flashpoint - and inside Russia, the reaction is not Cold War panic, but applause, sarcasm, and memes. <br />In this episode, Elvira Bary walks you through how the Kremlin uses the Greenland drama as useful chaos to weaken Europe, how the Z-patriot crowd turns it into moral cover for Ukraine, why opposition voices see an alarming mirror of Putin-style tactics, and how ordinary Russians are already placing kitchen-table bets on “how” and “when” a takeover could happen. It’s less outrage, more fatalism—and that shift is the real warning.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 What Do Russians Really Think About Greenland Takeover?01:44 Useful Chaos04:55 Warmonger Chorus07:06 Voice of Conscience08:52 Kitchen-Table Bets<br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">058bca4d-fc7d-4c7b-9c00-dd2ceff3993b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69574819/apo9839594870.mp3" length="12293657" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/1XbF8FDDJCMN3qYfkB7Wf8/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Greenland is suddenly a global flashpoint - and inside Russia, the reaction is not Cold War panic, but applause, sarcasm, and memes. 
In this episode, Elvira Bary walks you through how the Kremlin uses the Greenland drama as useful chaos to weaken...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Greenland is suddenly a global flashpoint - and inside Russia, the reaction is not Cold War panic, but applause, sarcasm, and memes. <br />In this episode, Elvira Bary walks you through how the Kremlin uses the Greenland drama as useful chaos to weaken Europe, how the Z-patriot crowd turns it into moral cover for Ukraine, why opposition voices see an alarming mirror of Putin-style tactics, and how ordinary Russians are already placing kitchen-table bets on “how” and “when” a takeover could happen. It’s less outrage, more fatalism—and that shift is the real warning.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 What Do Russians Really Think About Greenland Takeover?01:44 Useful Chaos04:55 Warmonger Chorus07:06 Voice of Conscience08:52 Kitchen-Table Bets<br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>764</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/762d56ee7a38c9e70b14c427187b17a2.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Putin Fears His Own Generals More Than NATO</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-putin-fears-his-own-generals-more-than-nato--69563465</link><description><![CDATA[Why does Russia avoid celebrating living generals while Ukraine turns its commanders into national symbols? In this video, Elvira Bary uncovers the deeper truth: Putin fears his own military leaders more than he fears NATO. From photo-op commanders to exiled war heroes, from Prigozhin’s mutiny to purged officers, this investigation reveals how the Kremlin suppresses anyone who grows too popular, too competent, or too independent. Discover why Russia’s system treats every potential hero as a future threat — and what this means for the future of the war, the regime, and the country itself.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Putin Fears His Own Generals More Than NATO02:30 War Makes Politicians04:57 Putin’s Monopoly on Glory 09:39 Photo-Op Commanders13:22 When Generals Shine Too Bright19:58 Fearing His Own<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a>👉<a href="https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/</a>👉<a href="https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">4314d08d-2b87-4d72-8e54-b76ba31aca66</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69563465/apo3303196258.mp3" length="24477569" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3q6Cpje6FzWHe7Fh3eYjPW/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why does Russia avoid celebrating living generals while Ukraine turns its commanders into national symbols? In this video, Elvira Bary uncovers the deeper truth: Putin fears his own military leaders more than he fears NATO. From photo-op commanders to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why does Russia avoid celebrating living generals while Ukraine turns its commanders into national symbols? In this video, Elvira Bary uncovers the deeper truth: Putin fears his own military leaders more than he fears NATO. From photo-op commanders to exiled war heroes, from Prigozhin’s mutiny to purged officers, this investigation reveals how the Kremlin suppresses anyone who grows too popular, too competent, or too independent. Discover why Russia’s system treats every potential hero as a future threat — and what this means for the future of the war, the regime, and the country itself.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Putin Fears His Own Generals More Than NATO02:30 War Makes Politicians04:57 Putin’s Monopoly on Glory 09:39 Photo-Op Commanders13:22 When Generals Shine Too Bright19:58 Fearing His Own<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a>👉<a href="https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/</a>👉<a href="https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1526</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/92aaa5b98fad13396c8d31881800db3e.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia 2035: The Harsh Future Even Putin Can't Stop</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-2035-the-harsh-future-even-putin-can-t-stop--69535771</link><description><![CDATA[What will Russia look like in 2035? In this video, Elvira Bary unpacks the powerful forces shaping Russia’s next decade — from demographic collapse and brain drain to economic decline, global distrust, and China’s shifting expectations. Instead of predicting the future, she maps the real constraints that will define it, and the competing dreams of elites, ordinary citizens, reformers, and foreign powers. If you want to understand the harsh future Russia is drifting toward, and why even Putin can’t stop it - this is the video to watch.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia 2035: The Harsh Future Even Putin Can't Stop02:34 What a Future is Made Of11:32 The Dream of the Imperialists 14:36 The Dream of the Survivors18:27 The Dream of the Reformers21:26 The World Without Trust25:39 The Chinese Lens<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a>👉 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/</a>👉 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">01f75556-78a9-4b8e-b202-dc6e3d8a008d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69535771/apo2266717257.mp3" length="28917557" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/2TQkSRg5TDAsaas7kVg58w/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What will Russia look like in 2035? In this video, Elvira Bary unpacks the powerful forces shaping Russia’s next decade — from demographic collapse and brain drain to economic decline, global distrust, and China’s shifting expectations. Instead of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What will Russia look like in 2035? In this video, Elvira Bary unpacks the powerful forces shaping Russia’s next decade — from demographic collapse and brain drain to economic decline, global distrust, and China’s shifting expectations. Instead of predicting the future, she maps the real constraints that will define it, and the competing dreams of elites, ordinary citizens, reformers, and foreign powers. If you want to understand the harsh future Russia is drifting toward, and why even Putin can’t stop it - this is the video to watch.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia 2035: The Harsh Future Even Putin Can't Stop02:34 What a Future is Made Of11:32 The Dream of the Imperialists 14:36 The Dream of the Survivors18:27 The Dream of the Reformers21:26 The World Without Trust25:39 The Chinese Lens<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a>👉 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.facebook.com/baryelvira/</a>👉 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.instagram.com/elvira.bary/</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1803</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/55ddd3249a218ed647cb1e3eb12e7f4f.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>2026 Warning: When Leaders Choose Status Over Reality, Everyone Pays</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/2026-warning-when-leaders-choose-status-over-reality-everyone-pays--69499500</link><description><![CDATA[Most 2026 forecasts obsess over interest rates and AI. Useful—but incomplete. Because the real driver of the next year isn’t technology or spreadsheets. It’s power psychology: leaders who start living inside a self-made reality, treating image as truth and status as survival. In this big-picture geopolitical breakdown, Elvira Bary maps the deeper forces shaping 2026: the instinct trap that elevates “strong leaders,” the rise of narrative over facts, the dangerous logic of status games, and the coming fight over who gets protected first when resources feel scarce. If you want to understand what will shape the headlines before they happen—this is the video.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 2026 Warning03:05 The Instinct Trap06:49 The Age of Self-Made Reality10:59 The Status Trap15:01 Resource Distribution<br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">789ca1de-ecb1-4616-8c62-59d112a09244</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69499500/416152655_44100_2_339e14d48b5dd.mp3" length="22553076" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/0rwHdOj3LuJtzFj5h4eHdK/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Most 2026 forecasts obsess over interest rates and AI. Useful—but incomplete. Because the real driver of the next year isn’t technology or spreadsheets. It’s power psychology: leaders who start living inside a self-made reality, treating image as...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Most 2026 forecasts obsess over interest rates and AI. Useful—but incomplete. Because the real driver of the next year isn’t technology or spreadsheets. It’s power psychology: leaders who start living inside a self-made reality, treating image as truth and status as survival. In this big-picture geopolitical breakdown, Elvira Bary maps the deeper forces shaping 2026: the instinct trap that elevates “strong leaders,” the rise of narrative over facts, the dangerous logic of status games, and the coming fight over who gets protected first when resources feel scarce. If you want to understand what will shape the headlines before they happen—this is the video.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 2026 Warning03:05 The Instinct Trap06:49 The Age of Self-Made Reality10:59 The Status Trap15:01 Resource Distribution<br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1410</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4793afa9db2a199c1b0d9bce883ad1fc.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Putin's Final Plan: Partition of Ukraine</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/putin-s-final-plan-partition-of-ukraine--69392469</link><description><![CDATA[Putin can’t win militarily—so he’s trying to erase Ukraine. Here’s his final plan to partition it.<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why is Putin embracing a so-called “peace plan” that dismantles Ukraine rather than ending the war? In this video, Elvira Bary examines the Kremlin’s shift from battlefield conquest to political erasure, the ideological roots behind denying Ukraine’s existence, the Western actors unintentionally enabling Moscow’s strategy, and the dangerous global consequences if Ukraine is carved apart. This is the deeper story behind Putin’s last strategy—one that could reshape Europe’s security and the future of international norms.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Putin's Final Plan: Partition of Ukraine01:56 Putin’s Dead End05:29 Erasing a Country10:00 Trump’s Peace15:43 Their Slice of the Pie19:54 If Partition Happens<br /><br />👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>or👉Donate via PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">134f8cd9-6a1b-46ed-bd5e-461d772c9de0</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69392469/415050486_44100_2_00da45f35f08c.mp3" length="23832031" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4IRI8L4XSv4YjiaeoCu8oW/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Putin can’t win militarily—so he’s trying to erase Ukraine. Here’s his final plan to partition it.

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👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Putin can’t win militarily—so he’s trying to erase Ukraine. Here’s his final plan to partition it.<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why is Putin embracing a so-called “peace plan” that dismantles Ukraine rather than ending the war? In this video, Elvira Bary examines the Kremlin’s shift from battlefield conquest to political erasure, the ideological roots behind denying Ukraine’s existence, the Western actors unintentionally enabling Moscow’s strategy, and the dangerous global consequences if Ukraine is carved apart. This is the deeper story behind Putin’s last strategy—one that could reshape Europe’s security and the future of international norms.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Putin's Final Plan: Partition of Ukraine01:56 Putin’s Dead End05:29 Erasing a Country10:00 Trump’s Peace15:43 Their Slice of the Pie19:54 If Partition Happens<br /><br />👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>or👉Donate via PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1490</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b221e9e93cd368a757d97fed885ad8f4.jpg"/><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Russia Loves Death More Than Life: Inside Russia’s Death Cult</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-russia-loves-death-more-than-life-inside-russia-s-death-cult--69299695</link><description><![CDATA[Inside Russia’s death cult and why the Kremlin still treats dying as a national duty.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Russia’s relationship with death is unlike anything in the West. In this video, I trace how centuries of serfdom, Orthodox martyrdom, Soviet hero worship, and today’s propaganda fused into a “death cult” that still shapes Russian politics and the war in Ukraine. From children raised on stories of glorious sacrifice, to schools once again teaching boys to die for the state, to the quiet anger of widows and mothers left behind, we’ll explore why death is treated as sacred capital — and what happens when a country built on sacrifice runs out of people to lose.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Inside Russia’s Death Cult03:17 The Origins of the Death Cult12:15 The Soviet Reinvention of Sacrifice19:35 The Modern Revival: How Schools Teach Death Again23:21 Those Who Are Left Behind29:26 The Real Consequences<br />👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠</a>or👉Donate via PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠</a><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">c2ddcaf4-c86d-4fd5-95fb-a135cb6838d9</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69299695/415049849_44100_2_505078cdbb0c3.mp3" length="31454771" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3aEkJ2Cz2gg8WxC594Cjna/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Inside Russia’s death cult and why the Kremlin still treats dying as a national duty.
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👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inside Russia’s death cult and why the Kremlin still treats dying as a national duty.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Russia’s relationship with death is unlike anything in the West. In this video, I trace how centuries of serfdom, Orthodox martyrdom, Soviet hero worship, and today’s propaganda fused into a “death cult” that still shapes Russian politics and the war in Ukraine. From children raised on stories of glorious sacrifice, to schools once again teaching boys to die for the state, to the quiet anger of widows and mothers left behind, we’ll explore why death is treated as sacred capital — and what happens when a country built on sacrifice runs out of people to lose.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Inside Russia’s Death Cult03:17 The Origins of the Death Cult12:15 The Soviet Reinvention of Sacrifice19:35 The Modern Revival: How Schools Teach Death Again23:21 Those Who Are Left Behind29:26 The Real Consequences<br />👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠⁠</a>or👉Donate via PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠⁠</a><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1966</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7db9f202bd4e91dfb0c5c30a42d1c637.jpg"/><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Dead, Jailed, or Fake: The Truth About Putin’s Opposition in Russia</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/dead-jailed-or-fake-the-truth-about-putin-s-opposition-in-russia--69231576</link><description><![CDATA[Why Russia has no real opposition left — and what it means for its future.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />In today’s Russia, opposition isn’t just silenced — it’s erased. Elections are theater, dissent is criminalized, and truth itself has gone underground. In this video, Elvira Bary explores why real political opposition no longer exists under Putin — from fake parties to exiled journalists — and what kind of leadership might one day replace the collapsing system. Drawing on history, personal insight, and Russia’s moral crisis, she asks a question every society must face: what happens when a nation loses its conscience?<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Theater of Lies: How Putin Fakes Democracy in Russia02:58 The Official (Fake) Opposition08:55 Aleksei Navalny14:11 Thought Leaders and “Foreign Agents”18:01 War Supporters20:52 The Opposition That Has a Chance<br />👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠</a>or👉Donate via PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠</a><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a2246d69-8c1c-484c-845d-a3f29fd9420b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69231576/415048750_44100_2_d47effbe92858.mp3" length="25459564" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/7fYyTwSPTo8t7CA3EtiuDr/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Russia has no real opposition left — and what it means for its future.
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👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Russia has no real opposition left — and what it means for its future.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />In today’s Russia, opposition isn’t just silenced — it’s erased. Elections are theater, dissent is criminalized, and truth itself has gone underground. In this video, Elvira Bary explores why real political opposition no longer exists under Putin — from fake parties to exiled journalists — and what kind of leadership might one day replace the collapsing system. Drawing on history, personal insight, and Russia’s moral crisis, she asks a question every society must face: what happens when a nation loses its conscience?<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Theater of Lies: How Putin Fakes Democracy in Russia02:58 The Official (Fake) Opposition08:55 Aleksei Navalny14:11 Thought Leaders and “Foreign Agents”18:01 War Supporters20:52 The Opposition That Has a Chance<br />👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠⁠</a>or👉Donate via PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠⁠</a><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1592</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a9e4d94a8027f40ce27c400008ef1009.jpg"/><itunes:episode>77</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Ukraine Broke Free, But Russia &amp; Belarus Stayed in Chains</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-ukraine-broke-free-but-russia-belarus-stayed-in-chains--69198698</link><description><![CDATA[Why Ukraine kept democracy alive while Russia and Belarus slid into dictatorship.<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Why did three nations with the same Soviet past choose such different futures? In this video, Elvira Bary breaks down why democracy survived in Ukraine but collapsed in Russia and Belarus. This is not a story about “national character.” It’s a story about money, security forces, national myths, and the political deals each country made after 1991. From oil wealth that fuels autocracy to competing oligarch clans, from captured courts to volunteer networks that became an “other army” in Ukraine — this deep-dive reveals the real forces shaping Eastern Europe today.<br /><br />Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Democracy Failed in Russia and Belarus - but Survived in Ukraine<br />02:05 How Oil Kills Democracy<br />06:53 Empire or Europe<br />10:54 Vertical or Chaos<br />14:58 The Guns at Service<br />19:02 Friends or Foes<br />23:29 Who Owns the Square<br />26:59 Russia’s Last Democratic Window<br /><br />👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠</a><br />or<br />👉Donate via PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">971d1407-b4fc-48e0-95b4-82f2b04b59b3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69198698/414471783_44100_2_42f3493d6e351.mp3" length="29430177" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/776c144f-2c59-431c-a0ef-619e5e404874/776c144f-2c59-431c-a0ef-619e5e404874.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/776c144f-2c59-431c-a0ef-619e5e404874/776c144f-2c59-431c-a0ef-619e5e404874.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/776c144f-2c59-431c-a0ef-619e5e404874/776c144f-2c59-431c-a0ef-619e5e404874.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Ukraine kept democracy alive while Russia and Belarus slid into dictatorship.

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👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Ukraine kept democracy alive while Russia and Belarus slid into dictatorship.<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Why did three nations with the same Soviet past choose such different futures? In this video, Elvira Bary breaks down why democracy survived in Ukraine but collapsed in Russia and Belarus. This is not a story about “national character.” It’s a story about money, security forces, national myths, and the political deals each country made after 1991. From oil wealth that fuels autocracy to competing oligarch clans, from captured courts to volunteer networks that became an “other army” in Ukraine — this deep-dive reveals the real forces shaping Eastern Europe today.<br /><br />Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Democracy Failed in Russia and Belarus - but Survived in Ukraine<br />02:05 How Oil Kills Democracy<br />06:53 Empire or Europe<br />10:54 Vertical or Chaos<br />14:58 The Guns at Service<br />19:02 Friends or Foes<br />23:29 Who Owns the Square<br />26:59 Russia’s Last Democratic Window<br /><br />👉Support this channel with Buy Me a Coffee: <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary⁠</a><br />or<br />👉Donate via PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A⁠</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1840</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>belarus,democracy,dictatorship,invasion,putin,russia,russian,ukraine,war</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d5d731c3a8667e04a0ea5d88ab2bd7ed.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>76</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Black Magic of the Kremlin: Who Putin Really Listens To</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-black-magic-of-the-kremlin-who-putin-really-listens-to--69158551</link><description><![CDATA[Inside the strange world where Putin’s Russia runs not on logic—but on superstition and fate.<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Most analyses of Russia focus on politics or war—but beneath both lies something deeper: belief. In this video, Elvira Bary explores how superstition, mysticism, and magical thinking became part of Russia’s operating system—from pagan rituals and Rasputin’s court to Soviet ideology and the modern Kremlin’s obsession with luck, curses, and “enemy sorcery.” Discover why this mindset shapes decisions at every level of power, and what it reveals about a nation where faith and fear still outweigh reason.<br /><br />Chapters: <br />00:00 The Black Magic of the Kremlin: Who Putin Really Listens To<br />02:53 Official Religion and Traditional Beliefs<br />07:23 The Rise of Mysticism<br />12:46 The Mystics of the Soviet Era<br />16:27 The Superstition Boom in the Post-Soviet Years<br />21:37 Modern Magical Thinking<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">4fd4de9b-7697-4f1f-a609-8effb0325fd3</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69158551/414470037_44100_2_f26be5f70af05.mp3" length="27375489" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/7cHyrLpHqLsjOhH3yNXeU7/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Inside the strange world where Putin’s Russia runs not on logic—but on superstition and fate.

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👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inside the strange world where Putin’s Russia runs not on logic—but on superstition and fate.<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Most analyses of Russia focus on politics or war—but beneath both lies something deeper: belief. In this video, Elvira Bary explores how superstition, mysticism, and magical thinking became part of Russia’s operating system—from pagan rituals and Rasputin’s court to Soviet ideology and the modern Kremlin’s obsession with luck, curses, and “enemy sorcery.” Discover why this mindset shapes decisions at every level of power, and what it reveals about a nation where faith and fear still outweigh reason.<br /><br />Chapters: <br />00:00 The Black Magic of the Kremlin: Who Putin Really Listens To<br />02:53 Official Religion and Traditional Beliefs<br />07:23 The Rise of Mysticism<br />12:46 The Mystics of the Soviet Era<br />16:27 The Superstition Boom in the Post-Soviet Years<br />21:37 Modern Magical Thinking<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1711</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2827e7df09fabe25e8df999b9210fc9c.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>75</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How Russia's Ghost Fleet is Keeping Putin’s War in Ukraine Alive</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-russia-s-ghost-fleet-is-keeping-putin-s-war-in-ukraine-alive--69102107</link><description><![CDATA[Russia’s hidden oil fleet: the secret pipeline turning crude into blood for Putin’s war.<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />How does Putin keep funding his war in Ukraine despite the toughest sanctions in modern history? In this video, Elvira Bary reveals the shadow fleet - a covert network of tankers and offshore schemes that turn Russian oil into blood money. Built in secret and sailing under false flags, this ghost fleet bypasses Western restrictions and keeps the Kremlin’s war chest full. Through the lens of her upcoming novel The Snow Queen’s Spring, Elvira traces how corruption, fear, and deception form the real engine behind Russia’s war, and what the West can still do to stop it.<br /><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 How Russia's Ghost Fleet is Keeping Putin’s War in Ukraine Alive<br />02:40 The Art of Deception — How Russia’s culture of scheming became its greatest weapon.<br />06:35 The Sanctions — What the West tried to do, and where it went wrong.<br />12:21 The Birth of the Shadow Fleet — How the operation was built in record time.<br />15:09 The Vanishing Act — How Russian oil “disappears” on paper and resurfaces in other ports.<br />19:07 The Cops Closing In — How the West is finally learning to fight back.<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">8f4890b3-105d-4715-8dcc-d95ca37322ee</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69102107/414248445_44100_2_d398b39ef8f63.mp3" length="23166640" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/6h1Kno65CFoQ5kUY3hYzA1/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia’s hidden oil fleet: the secret pipeline turning crude into blood for Putin’s war.

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👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia’s hidden oil fleet: the secret pipeline turning crude into blood for Putin’s war.<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />How does Putin keep funding his war in Ukraine despite the toughest sanctions in modern history? In this video, Elvira Bary reveals the shadow fleet - a covert network of tankers and offshore schemes that turn Russian oil into blood money. Built in secret and sailing under false flags, this ghost fleet bypasses Western restrictions and keeps the Kremlin’s war chest full. Through the lens of her upcoming novel The Snow Queen’s Spring, Elvira traces how corruption, fear, and deception form the real engine behind Russia’s war, and what the West can still do to stop it.<br /><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 How Russia's Ghost Fleet is Keeping Putin’s War in Ukraine Alive<br />02:40 The Art of Deception — How Russia’s culture of scheming became its greatest weapon.<br />06:35 The Sanctions — What the West tried to do, and where it went wrong.<br />12:21 The Birth of the Shadow Fleet — How the operation was built in record time.<br />15:09 The Vanishing Act — How Russian oil “disappears” on paper and resurfaces in other ports.<br />19:07 The Cops Closing In — How the West is finally learning to fight back.<br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠</a><br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1448</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/595c941a2619a0924bc8d63c53e97c9e.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>74</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Great Fake: Why Russia is Crumbling Behind the Facade</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-fake-why-russia-is-crumbling-behind-the-facade--69044283</link><description><![CDATA[Russia looks strong. Putin looks untouchable. I’ll show you why that “strength” is staged.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Authoritarian power always sells itself as efficient, ruthless, unstoppable. Skyscrapers in months. Enemies crushed overnight. Glorious parades and endless missiles. But much of what looks like strength in Putin’s Russia is theater — an expensive illusion meant to scare outsiders and keep citizens obedient. In this video, I’ll break down how fake power is manufactured, why corrupt systems choose spectacle over progress, how that lie spreads to the West, and why regimes built on fear always rot from within. We’ll also talk about the one force that dictators can’t control: educated minds. Stay to the end, because I’m going to ask you something important.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 The Great Fake: Why Russia is Crumbling Behind the Facade02:43 The Illusion of Triumph10:34 The Logic of Pretending16:59 The Art of Deception24:07 The Inevitable<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2e1fd478-1667-47a3-b01d-d2c7c121c046</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044283/414248460_44100_2_8c7aa9b9cc0dd.mp3" length="29417638" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4Mv9s9mpuNmDc4spnVSuKB/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia looks strong. Putin looks untouchable. I’ll show you why that “strength” is staged.
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👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia looks strong. Putin looks untouchable. I’ll show you why that “strength” is staged.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Authoritarian power always sells itself as efficient, ruthless, unstoppable. Skyscrapers in months. Enemies crushed overnight. Glorious parades and endless missiles. But much of what looks like strength in Putin’s Russia is theater — an expensive illusion meant to scare outsiders and keep citizens obedient. In this video, I’ll break down how fake power is manufactured, why corrupt systems choose spectacle over progress, how that lie spreads to the West, and why regimes built on fear always rot from within. We’ll also talk about the one force that dictators can’t control: educated minds. Stay to the end, because I’m going to ask you something important.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 The Great Fake: Why Russia is Crumbling Behind the Facade02:43 The Illusion of Triumph10:34 The Logic of Pretending16:59 The Art of Deception24:07 The Inevitable<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1839</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8d8ee80b1c9e759e21e875789da7b302.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>73</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Putin Can’t Stop: The Lie Keeping Russia Fighting in Ukraine</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-putin-can-t-stop-the-lie-keeping-russia-fighting-in-ukraine--69044301</link><description><![CDATA[Why Putin can’t stop the war — and why peace is more dangerous to his regime than defeat.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why does Russia keep fighting a war it can’t win, can’t afford, and can’t walk away from? In this video, Elvira Bary dives into the hidden logic of the Kremlin — the fear, the internal rivalries, the lies, and the survival instincts that keep this war alive long after strategy stopped making sense. We’ll explore why negotiations are impossible, why peace is more dangerous for Putin than defeat, why Russian elites stay silent, and why ordinary people once supported a catastrophe that offers them nothing. This is the political psychology of the Kremlin — stripped of myths, illusions, and propaganda.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Putin Can’t Stop: The Lie Keeping Russia Fighting in Ukraine01:38 Why Negotiations Are Impossible Right Now06:53 What the Kremlin Truly Wants13:41 Why Ordinary Russians Supported the War21:56 The Silence of the Elites<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">388ae917-6202-43c2-a7f3-34d1ab2ba44c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044301/413883156_44100_2_3fe38f2ea58b1.mp3" length="26292557" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4xkurEc1nnzv4HjI2xjDAp/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Putin can’t stop the war — and why peace is more dangerous to his regime than defeat.
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👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Putin can’t stop the war — and why peace is more dangerous to his regime than defeat.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why does Russia keep fighting a war it can’t win, can’t afford, and can’t walk away from? In this video, Elvira Bary dives into the hidden logic of the Kremlin — the fear, the internal rivalries, the lies, and the survival instincts that keep this war alive long after strategy stopped making sense. We’ll explore why negotiations are impossible, why peace is more dangerous for Putin than defeat, why Russian elites stay silent, and why ordinary people once supported a catastrophe that offers them nothing. This is the political psychology of the Kremlin — stripped of myths, illusions, and propaganda.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Putin Can’t Stop: The Lie Keeping Russia Fighting in Ukraine01:38 Why Negotiations Are Impossible Right Now06:53 What the Kremlin Truly Wants13:41 Why Ordinary Russians Supported the War21:56 The Silence of the Elites<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1644</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e45d6f01e330195cf39d1294db7c72c2.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>72</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside the Mind of Putin's Supporters: Why They Think The West Is Collapsing</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-the-mind-of-putin-s-supporters-why-they-think-the-west-is-collapsing--69044284</link><description><![CDATA[Inside the minds of Putin’s supporters — the seductive dream shaping Russia’s future.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />What do Putin’s supporters really believe about the future of the world — and Russia’s place in it? In this video, Elvira Bary takes you inside Russia’s parallel reality, where the West is collapsing, China is rising, and Russia sees itself as the last stronghold of moral order. Through real conversations and psychological insight, she explores how this dream of empire transforms fear into faith — and why it may ultimately destroy the nation it claims to save. Join Elvira for an unflinching look at the vision of the world that drives Putin’s supporters — and the heavy price of believing in it.<br />Video Chapters:<br />00:00 Inside the Mind of Putin's Supporters02:15 The End of the Old World 07:19 The New Order 11:49 The Globalist Conspiracy 16:34 Predictions of the Future22:16 The Price of the Dream <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a2a2f1f3-70e0-455e-a9e4-4133efc0970b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044284/413793057_44100_2_017443ad48ef5.mp3" length="27604531" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/5GvOEU7dm0hedjP6mHFgoy/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Inside the minds of Putin’s supporters — the seductive dream shaping Russia’s future.
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What do Putin’s supporters really believe about the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inside the minds of Putin’s supporters — the seductive dream shaping Russia’s future.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />What do Putin’s supporters really believe about the future of the world — and Russia’s place in it? In this video, Elvira Bary takes you inside Russia’s parallel reality, where the West is collapsing, China is rising, and Russia sees itself as the last stronghold of moral order. Through real conversations and psychological insight, she explores how this dream of empire transforms fear into faith — and why it may ultimately destroy the nation it claims to save. Join Elvira for an unflinching look at the vision of the world that drives Putin’s supporters — and the heavy price of believing in it.<br />Video Chapters:<br />00:00 Inside the Mind of Putin's Supporters02:15 The End of the Old World 07:19 The New Order 11:49 The Globalist Conspiracy 16:34 Predictions of the Future22:16 The Price of the Dream <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1726</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/098ea59225521ff74e28f10eee953f9b.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>71</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Machines Hunting People: The Terrifying New Reality in Ukraine</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/machines-hunting-people-the-terrifying-new-reality-in-ukraine--69044290</link><description><![CDATA[Killer drones now shape Russia’s war in Ukraine. Here’s the terrifying future they reveal.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Age of Killer Drones: Inside Russia’s War in Ukraine02:26 A Fundamental Shift05:52 The Arms Race11:02 A Drone Day14:44 From Factory to Frontline19:54 The Coming Drone Threat<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6d7d0279-d2f0-4148-9c9a-03d0874b3b0c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044290/413342359_44100_2_2a19a9f73f9e9.mp3" length="26371133" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/2ZrvSEaHssI5DRFsVqrCRJ/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Killer drones now shape Russia’s war in Ukraine. Here’s the terrifying future they reveal.
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00:00 The Age of Killer...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Killer drones now shape Russia’s war in Ukraine. Here’s the terrifying future they reveal.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Age of Killer Drones: Inside Russia’s War in Ukraine02:26 A Fundamental Shift05:52 The Arms Race11:02 A Drone Day14:44 From Factory to Frontline19:54 The Coming Drone Threat<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1649</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b4adbc933baff1a584199eec98c4f16c.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>70</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Secret Key to Decoding Elites Who Rule the World: America, Europe, China, Russia</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-key-to-decoding-elites-who-rule-the-world-america-europe-china-russia--69044305</link><description><![CDATA[The secret code of elites—America, Europe, China, Russia. Who rules your world?<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />Video Chapters:<br />00:00 The Secret Key to Decoding Those Who Rule Your World01:49 What Does It Mean to Be an Elite07:14 American Elites11:04 European Elites14:33 Chinese Elites22:05 Russian Elites29:11 Why Elites Cannot Cooperate<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">28b37897-fc87-43c6-8360-cc4702ffc269</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044305/413341142_44100_2_115056f096a92.mp3" length="32088815" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/587njIgAa5wH9VbZlxaEtJ/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The secret code of elites—America, Europe, China, Russia. Who rules your world?
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00:00 The Secret Key to Decoding Those...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The secret code of elites—America, Europe, China, Russia. Who rules your world?<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />Video Chapters:<br />00:00 The Secret Key to Decoding Those Who Rule Your World01:49 What Does It Mean to Be an Elite07:14 American Elites11:04 European Elites14:33 Chinese Elites22:05 Russian Elites29:11 Why Elites Cannot Cooperate<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2006</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/40ed4c11319e7716b69981d5a9b4f6f8.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>69</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Great Rot: How Russia’s Economy Is Cracking Beneath The Surface</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-rot-how-russia-s-economy-is-cracking-beneath-the-surface--69044313</link><description><![CDATA[Inside Russia’s collapsing economy - the truth the Kremlin can’t afford to show.JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />Video Chapters:<br />00:00 How Russia’s Economy Is Cracking Beneath The Surface01:48 Energy Sector07:16 Transport &amp; Logistics11:45 Industry &amp; Manufacturing16:32 Agriculture &amp; Construction21:14 Finance &amp; Banking<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">7fcf76e8-4a82-460a-83fc-4cf8032a642c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044313/413340065_44100_2_0044a7c3546b9.mp3" length="27703169" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4P3e4GyIEZxA4aLYpEYsU8/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Inside Russia’s collapsing economy - the truth the Kremlin can’t afford to show.JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/
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00:00 How Russia’s Economy Is Cracking...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inside Russia’s collapsing economy - the truth the Kremlin can’t afford to show.JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />Video Chapters:<br />00:00 How Russia’s Economy Is Cracking Beneath The Surface01:48 Energy Sector07:16 Transport &amp; Logistics11:45 Industry &amp; Manufacturing16:32 Agriculture &amp; Construction21:14 Finance &amp; Banking<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1732</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6e33003b20461e6b362a4a4a126875b5.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>68</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia's Jewish History They Don't Teach in School</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-jewish-history-they-don-t-teach-in-school--69044285</link><description><![CDATA[They helped build Russia, then were blamed for its fall. This is their forgotten story.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />For centuries, Jews in Russia rose against staggering odds, becoming doctors, artists, revolutionaries, and political leaders despite brutal discrimination and systemic oppression. But every time the system cracked, they were the first to be scapegoated. In this video, author Elvira Bary, born in the USSR, unpacks the complex, haunting, and often buried history of Jews in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union—from the Pale of Settlement and tsarist pogroms to Stalinist repression and forced emigration. It’s a story of brilliance, betrayal, and erasure. Don't miss it.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 How a Persecuted Minority Shaped Russian History—and Became its Favorite Scapegoat00:44 How The Jews Ended Up in Russia01:59 The Origins of Russian Anti-Semitism09:03 The Jews and The Bolshevik Revolution13:42 Stalinist Purges and WWII 16:13 After The War18:23 Exodus<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a6cad9ec-8da3-4e0a-8797-8ab5d7b5a88e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044285/412556395_44100_2_4c1a3cd05ea96.mp3" length="21778180" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/5RYOpX1jCBigy6bnUuZjKh/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>They helped build Russia, then were blamed for its fall. This is their forgotten story.
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For centuries, Jews in Russia rose against...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[They helped build Russia, then were blamed for its fall. This is their forgotten story.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />For centuries, Jews in Russia rose against staggering odds, becoming doctors, artists, revolutionaries, and political leaders despite brutal discrimination and systemic oppression. But every time the system cracked, they were the first to be scapegoated. In this video, author Elvira Bary, born in the USSR, unpacks the complex, haunting, and often buried history of Jews in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union—from the Pale of Settlement and tsarist pogroms to Stalinist repression and forced emigration. It’s a story of brilliance, betrayal, and erasure. Don't miss it.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 How a Persecuted Minority Shaped Russian History—and Became its Favorite Scapegoat00:44 How The Jews Ended Up in Russia01:59 The Origins of Russian Anti-Semitism09:03 The Jews and The Bolshevik Revolution13:42 Stalinist Purges and WWII 16:13 After The War18:23 Exodus<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1362</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>67</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>9 Global Changes Transforming Russia Forever</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/9-global-changes-transforming-russia-forever--69044286</link><description><![CDATA[9 global trends are reshaping Russia—and the world. You won’t believe #3.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />We live in a world more connected than ever before—where ideas, fears, and chaos now spread faster than facts. But how a country absorbs these global shifts depends on what’s already broken inside. Today, we’ll uncover 9 global trends—shaping the future of every nation—that are hitting Russia especially hard. From identity crises to information wars, from dying communities to rising authoritarianism—these aren’t just headlines. They’re pressure points.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Nine Global Trends00:50 Trend 1: A Crisis of Male Identity04:35 Trend 2: The World of Post-Truth06:43 Trend 3: The Destruction of Traditional Hierarchies10:06 Trend 4: The Rise of Technocratic Power14:51 Trend 5: Sympathy as a Weapon17:31 Trend 6: The Authoritarian Turn21:02 Trend 7: Disruption of Life's Chronology24:11 Trend 8: Escapism26:35 Trend 9: The Impact of Technology<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">03d86170-1173-41b3-bea0-fcee099a358a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044286/412556250_44100_2_161cbc1a2ddfa.mp3" length="28418715" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/1BvPVs3xfEOm0ZawokP7cN/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>9 global trends are reshaping Russia—and the world. You won’t believe #3.
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We live in a world more connected than ever before—where ideas,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[9 global trends are reshaping Russia—and the world. You won’t believe #3.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />We live in a world more connected than ever before—where ideas, fears, and chaos now spread faster than facts. But how a country absorbs these global shifts depends on what’s already broken inside. Today, we’ll uncover 9 global trends—shaping the future of every nation—that are hitting Russia especially hard. From identity crises to information wars, from dying communities to rising authoritarianism—these aren’t just headlines. They’re pressure points.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Nine Global Trends00:50 Trend 1: A Crisis of Male Identity04:35 Trend 2: The World of Post-Truth06:43 Trend 3: The Destruction of Traditional Hierarchies10:06 Trend 4: The Rise of Technocratic Power14:51 Trend 5: Sympathy as a Weapon17:31 Trend 6: The Authoritarian Turn21:02 Trend 7: Disruption of Life's Chronology24:11 Trend 8: Escapism26:35 Trend 9: The Impact of Technology<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1777</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5678aee2019682e58234b2d16708cc8a.jpg"/><itunes:episode>65</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How Russia Lost Its Mind — and Its Moral Compass</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-russia-lost-its-mind-and-its-moral-compass--69044288</link><description><![CDATA[What happens when a nation confuses loyalty with love—and loses its moral compass?<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this video, Elvira Bary explores how Russia’s identity became entangled with one man - Vladimir Putin - and how that illusion destroyed the nation’s ability to tell right from wrong. Drawing on personal experience and her new novel The Snow Queen’s Spring, she examines the psychology of belonging, the burden of shame, and what it truly means to love your country. When patriotism becomes obedience, a nation loses not just its freedom, but its soul.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 How Russia Lost Its Mind — and Its Moral Compass01:12 The Madness of the Motherland03:37 The Weight of Denial06:30 Shame and Anger09:05 Manufactured Patriotism13:45 Rethinking Home<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">4d10ff22-54d8-4693-8764-61068e277a60</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044288/412555584_44100_2_f7cf7be0d616b.mp3" length="17513324" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/03PrDNoxXgHsVPpxGUR5eK/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What happens when a nation confuses loyalty with love—and loses its moral compass?
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👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What happens when a nation confuses loyalty with love—and loses its moral compass?<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this video, Elvira Bary explores how Russia’s identity became entangled with one man - Vladimir Putin - and how that illusion destroyed the nation’s ability to tell right from wrong. Drawing on personal experience and her new novel The Snow Queen’s Spring, she examines the psychology of belonging, the burden of shame, and what it truly means to love your country. When patriotism becomes obedience, a nation loses not just its freedom, but its soul.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 How Russia Lost Its Mind — and Its Moral Compass01:12 The Madness of the Motherland03:37 The Weight of Denial06:30 Shame and Anger09:05 Manufactured Patriotism13:45 Rethinking Home<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1095</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/db0af43ce08f4ce6fe55c605a20818a7.jpg"/><itunes:episode>64</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>What Russians Secretly Think About Other Nationalities</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-russians-secretly-think-about-other-nationalities--69044294</link><description><![CDATA[Why do Russian kids grow up fearing outsiders? The shocking truth behind ethnic stereotypes.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />I grew up in Soviet Russia, in a city literally named "Bitter," and that's exactly how life felt beneath the glittering surface of state propaganda. On posters, we were a family of nations united by unbreakable bonds—but in reality, the cracks ran deep. From Gypsies to Caucasians, Ukrainians to Central Asian migrants, stereotypes shaped our views, fueling tensions that continue today. Join me, Elvira Bary, as I share powerful stories from my childhood, revealing the hidden prejudices that define Russia’s past and present.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 What Russians Secretly Think About Other Nationalities01:01 The Gypsies05:19 Caucasians11:53 Ukrainians and Belarusians14:04 Minority Nations17:46 Migrants from Central Asia19:54 A Role Reversal<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">42c9fd41-6243-4b8d-bf36-93b974cd2022</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044294/412555998_44100_2_a7f83f2d68f0c.mp3" length="20925543" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/2wkBBcsBImzylAIxUj67SP/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why do Russian kids grow up fearing outsiders? The shocking truth behind ethnic stereotypes.
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I grew up in Soviet Russia, in a city literally...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why do Russian kids grow up fearing outsiders? The shocking truth behind ethnic stereotypes.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />I grew up in Soviet Russia, in a city literally named "Bitter," and that's exactly how life felt beneath the glittering surface of state propaganda. On posters, we were a family of nations united by unbreakable bonds—but in reality, the cracks ran deep. From Gypsies to Caucasians, Ukrainians to Central Asian migrants, stereotypes shaped our views, fueling tensions that continue today. Join me, Elvira Bary, as I share powerful stories from my childhood, revealing the hidden prejudices that define Russia’s past and present.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 What Russians Secretly Think About Other Nationalities01:01 The Gypsies05:19 Caucasians11:53 Ukrainians and Belarusians14:04 Minority Nations17:46 Migrants from Central Asia19:54 A Role Reversal<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1308</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a3595f89fa926531b2562468255d9ddf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>63</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How Russia’s War Broke My Life — and Built My YouTube Channel</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-russia-s-war-broke-my-life-and-built-my-youtube-channel--69044287</link><description><![CDATA[A war destroyed my old life—and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />When Russia invaded Ukraine, my entire world collapsed—my publisher cut ties, my students turned away, and I was left with nothing but shame, illness, and silence. Out of that wreckage, I built this channel. In one year, I went from fifty subscribers to a hundred thousand, from being “the traitor” to being a storyteller for truth. This is not a story about algorithms or fame. It’s about how war can strip you bare—and how you can still rebuild meaning, one video, one voice, one listener at a time.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6fafc647-8ca5-47a6-8298-d51c65ca3e5b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044287/412554973_44100_2_23334532a7d2d.mp3" length="22364577" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/2344JNbqXYCT7GHEcqu2In/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>A war destroyed my old life—and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began
JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/
👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A war destroyed my old life—and gave me a new voice. This is how my YouTube journey began<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />When Russia invaded Ukraine, my entire world collapsed—my publisher cut ties, my students turned away, and I was left with nothing but shame, illness, and silence. Out of that wreckage, I built this channel. In one year, I went from fifty subscribers to a hundred thousand, from being “the traitor” to being a storyteller for truth. This is not a story about algorithms or fame. It’s about how war can strip you bare—and how you can still rebuild meaning, one video, one voice, one listener at a time.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1398</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/faf86dea694eb6b026df74f087ce6941.jpg"/><itunes:episode>62</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>What’s Fueling Russia’s Ethnic Tensions? The Shocking Truth</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-s-fueling-russia-s-ethnic-tensions-the-shocking-truth--69044320</link><description><![CDATA[Russia's "unity" is a lie. Discover the truth behind its hidden ethnic conflicts and tensions.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Everything you've heard about Russia's "brotherhood of nations" is a carefully constructed myth. Behind the patriotic posters and slogans lies a harsh reality of suppression, forced Russification, and hidden tensions among more than 100 ethnic groups. Join me, Elvira Bary, an author born in the USSR, as we uncover the unsettling truth about how Russia maintains its fragile unity—revealing a complex web of propaganda, cultural erasure, and resistance that continues to shape the country's turbulent identity today.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia’s Myth of Unity00:59 The Basics of Ideology03:45 The Expansion of the Russian Empire06:52 Forced Russification as a Tool of Control10:48 The Resistance12:42 The Pale of Settlement15:03 National Policy in the USSR18:24 The Illusion of Unity19:31 Chauvinism21:53 A Glimpse into Russian History<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">01db778d-cde9-4a2b-bc96-82ec5e285eb5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044320/412555919_44100_2_c38035de3c8e8.mp3" length="22387146" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3XAWGYaUq3VRQbFdw0chdl/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia's "unity" is a lie. Discover the truth behind its hidden ethnic conflicts and tensions.
👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
Everything you've heard about Russia's...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia's "unity" is a lie. Discover the truth behind its hidden ethnic conflicts and tensions.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Everything you've heard about Russia's "brotherhood of nations" is a carefully constructed myth. Behind the patriotic posters and slogans lies a harsh reality of suppression, forced Russification, and hidden tensions among more than 100 ethnic groups. Join me, Elvira Bary, an author born in the USSR, as we uncover the unsettling truth about how Russia maintains its fragile unity—revealing a complex web of propaganda, cultural erasure, and resistance that continues to shape the country's turbulent identity today.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia’s Myth of Unity00:59 The Basics of Ideology03:45 The Expansion of the Russian Empire06:52 Forced Russification as a Tool of Control10:48 The Resistance12:42 The Pale of Settlement15:03 National Policy in the USSR18:24 The Illusion of Unity19:31 Chauvinism21:53 A Glimpse into Russian History<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1400</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8a3f919979fe333341000476db3da861.jpg"/><itunes:episode>61</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia’s Democracy: Who Killed It? (Hint: It wasn't Putin!)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-democracy-who-killed-it-hint-it-wasn-t-putin--69044304</link><description><![CDATA[Putin didn't end Russia's democracy—but you'll never guess who did!<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this video, I explore Russia's missed opportunity for democracy and its descent into authoritarianism. From the collapse of the USSR to the rise of Vladimir Putin, I discuss how historical events shaped Russia’s current political landscape. We’ll dive into the role of Russia’s elites, the merging of business, politics, and crime, and how resentment and a lack of democratic understanding led to the rise of a corrupt regime. I also touch on what could have been done differently by the West to help foster democracy in Russia.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Russia Missed Its Chance for Democratization00:40 How We Viewed Democracy06:11 The People in Power10:40 The Redistribution of Property16:50 Why Did the Elite Support Dictatorship?19:40 The Merging of Business, Power, and Crime24:11 Resentment and Missed Opportunities26:25 What Could Have Been Done Differently?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">033d68ea-5988-4d80-88b4-db7a0a26ca40</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044304/412111511_44100_2_b192a700b4f77.mp3" length="30732955" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Putin didn't end Russia's democracy—but you'll never guess who did!
👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
In this video, I explore Russia's missed opportunity for democracy and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Putin didn't end Russia's democracy—but you'll never guess who did!<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this video, I explore Russia's missed opportunity for democracy and its descent into authoritarianism. From the collapse of the USSR to the rise of Vladimir Putin, I discuss how historical events shaped Russia’s current political landscape. We’ll dive into the role of Russia’s elites, the merging of business, politics, and crime, and how resentment and a lack of democratic understanding led to the rise of a corrupt regime. I also touch on what could have been done differently by the West to help foster democracy in Russia.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Russia Missed Its Chance for Democratization00:40 How We Viewed Democracy06:11 The People in Power10:40 The Redistribution of Property16:50 Why Did the Elite Support Dictatorship?19:40 The Merging of Business, Power, and Crime24:11 Resentment and Missed Opportunities26:25 What Could Have Been Done Differently?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1921</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/400fdd9326776dcebfafb63103130f89.jpg"/><itunes:episode>60</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Secret History That Explains Modern Russia</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-history-that-explains-modern-russia--69044307</link><description><![CDATA[Russia’s forgotten origin story explains everything from Putin to politics—this will change how you see it.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />What if everything you thought you knew about Russia was missing its most important piece? In this video, I reveal the secret history that shaped modern Russia—a forgotten legacy rooted not in the East or West, but in the long-lost Byzantine Empire. From politics and religion to power and identity, Russia’s true cultural origins have been erased from national memory. This isn’t just about history—it’s about understanding why Russia behaves the way it does today. Once you uncover this lost foundation, modern Russia will never look the same.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">d00ad4c7-a444-4059-b7b8-387a9f3d4749</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044307/412111608_44100_2_363e8e4209a58.mp3" length="11556152" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/1HBzi0Nra6JYmF63430DX6/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia’s forgotten origin story explains everything from Putin to politics—this will change how you see it.
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What if everything you thought...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia’s forgotten origin story explains everything from Putin to politics—this will change how you see it.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />What if everything you thought you knew about Russia was missing its most important piece? In this video, I reveal the secret history that shaped modern Russia—a forgotten legacy rooted not in the East or West, but in the long-lost Byzantine Empire. From politics and religion to power and identity, Russia’s true cultural origins have been erased from national memory. This isn’t just about history—it’s about understanding why Russia behaves the way it does today. Once you uncover this lost foundation, modern Russia will never look the same.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>723</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/52e3cc6441d7d9120e920136a5ae1fd5.jpg"/><itunes:episode>59</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Putin’s Russia: Sliding into the Belarus Nightmare</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/putin-s-russia-sliding-into-the-belarus-nightmare--69044292</link><description><![CDATA[Putin’s plan exposed: Is Russia doomed to repeat Belarus’ collapse into decay?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this video, we explore the future of Russia and its parallels with Belarus under authoritarian rule. We discuss how Lukashenko's regime has led to economic stagnation, a shrinking population, and widespread disillusionment. Drawing comparisons between Belarus and Russia, we examine the role of elites, the suppression of culture, and the stifling of individual freedoms. Discover how authoritarianism, though seemingly stable, leads to the erosion of societal vitality and how these trends could affect Russia in the future.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Predicting the Future of Russia01:11 Basic Facts About Belarus03:02 Why Dictatorship Thrives in Belarus05:10 How the Belarusian People Live08:14 The Dictator12:44 The Struggle for Belarusian Identity16:48 The Danger of Education19:15 The Police State22:18 The Desperate Fight for Freedom25:00 The Stolen Future<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">f069a0eb-fa85-42d3-9915-f885f4e232f4</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044292/412111370_44100_2_8dfefc0cb4bf6.mp3" length="27417285" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/6khdMRoh0ObAlQUPX9YiME/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Putin’s plan exposed: Is Russia doomed to repeat Belarus’ collapse into decay?
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In this video, we explore the future of Russia and its...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Putin’s plan exposed: Is Russia doomed to repeat Belarus’ collapse into decay?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this video, we explore the future of Russia and its parallels with Belarus under authoritarian rule. We discuss how Lukashenko's regime has led to economic stagnation, a shrinking population, and widespread disillusionment. Drawing comparisons between Belarus and Russia, we examine the role of elites, the suppression of culture, and the stifling of individual freedoms. Discover how authoritarianism, though seemingly stable, leads to the erosion of societal vitality and how these trends could affect Russia in the future.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Predicting the Future of Russia01:11 Basic Facts About Belarus03:02 Why Dictatorship Thrives in Belarus05:10 How the Belarusian People Live08:14 The Dictator12:44 The Struggle for Belarusian Identity16:48 The Danger of Education19:15 The Police State22:18 The Desperate Fight for Freedom25:00 The Stolen Future<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1714</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cd0d70298a08239c6d97e32cc8701e76.jpg"/><itunes:episode>58</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Dark Truth Behind Russia's Endless Wars</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dark-truth-behind-russia-s-endless-wars--69044299</link><description><![CDATA[Russia has been at war for centuries—but why? These 5 reasons explain its endless conflicts.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why has Russia been at war for centuries? Is aggression a Russian trait, or is there a deeper logic behind it? In this video, we break down five key reasons that have driven Russia into conflict time and time again—from the fight for resources and geopolitical survival to personal ambitions and messianic ideology. Understanding Russia means understanding its past, its leadership, and the forces shaping its actions today.<br />Video Chapters:<br />00:00 Why Are Russians So Aggressive?00:46 The Pursuit of Resources05:11 Suppressing Political Opponents09:11 Overcoming Geographic Barriers10:48 Messianic Mission14:47 Personal Motives15:49 Can Russia Live in Peace With Its Neighbors?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">141d6b98-6af8-4c30-8bc1-921931e513a7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044299/412111265_44100_2_e727f0afdf7eb.mp3" length="20288573" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/2O0Pr2FmBUujAdtb6FybOG/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia has been at war for centuries—but why? These 5 reasons explain its endless conflicts.
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Why has Russia been at war for centuries? Is...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia has been at war for centuries—but why? These 5 reasons explain its endless conflicts.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why has Russia been at war for centuries? Is aggression a Russian trait, or is there a deeper logic behind it? In this video, we break down five key reasons that have driven Russia into conflict time and time again—from the fight for resources and geopolitical survival to personal ambitions and messianic ideology. Understanding Russia means understanding its past, its leadership, and the forces shaping its actions today.<br />Video Chapters:<br />00:00 Why Are Russians So Aggressive?00:46 The Pursuit of Resources05:11 Suppressing Political Opponents09:11 Overcoming Geographic Barriers10:48 Messianic Mission14:47 Personal Motives15:49 Can Russia Live in Peace With Its Neighbors?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1269</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>57</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How Russia Turned Lenin Into a God (The Shocking Truth)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-russia-turned-lenin-into-a-god-the-shocking-truth--69044310</link><description><![CDATA[Discover how Bolshevism secretly became Russia’s biggest religion—once you see it, it's obvious.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Bolshevism wasn’t just a political ideology—it was a full-blown religion. In the Soviet Union, Lenin became a messiah, Marx a prophet, and the Communist Party replaced the church. Rituals, saints, martyrdom, and apocalyptic prophecies all shaped Soviet life, transforming politics into spiritual devotion. This video explores the hidden religious foundations of communism, revealing how Bolshevik leaders borrowed from Christianity to inspire millions. If you want to truly understand Russia’s past—and how it influences its present—you must first understand the religious nature of Soviet communism.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Bolshevism is a Religious Sect01:09 The Religious Roots of Bolshevism02:49 Missionary Spirit of Bolshevism06:13 The Role of Mass Movement08:19 A Changing Society: The Decline of Idealism<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8f4786-4ae5-4069-bce0-0b05016175be</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044310/412111557_44100_2_7bb21817a1a9.mp3" length="10068635" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/6qiOlUVzDI6rAO9hF19IiH/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Discover how Bolshevism secretly became Russia’s biggest religion—once you see it, it's obvious.
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Bolshevism wasn’t just a political...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Discover how Bolshevism secretly became Russia’s biggest religion—once you see it, it's obvious.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Bolshevism wasn’t just a political ideology—it was a full-blown religion. In the Soviet Union, Lenin became a messiah, Marx a prophet, and the Communist Party replaced the church. Rituals, saints, martyrdom, and apocalyptic prophecies all shaped Soviet life, transforming politics into spiritual devotion. This video explores the hidden religious foundations of communism, revealing how Bolshevik leaders borrowed from Christianity to inspire millions. If you want to truly understand Russia’s past—and how it influences its present—you must first understand the religious nature of Soviet communism.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Bolshevism is a Religious Sect01:09 The Religious Roots of Bolshevism02:49 Missionary Spirit of Bolshevism06:13 The Role of Mass Movement08:19 A Changing Society: The Decline of Idealism<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>630</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/39f629efa1fa7bb4b3e2fce232674158.jpg"/><itunes:episode>56</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How Russia Outsmarted Sanctions - And Why It Won’t Last Forever</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-russia-outsmarted-sanctions-and-why-it-won-t-last-forever--69044300</link><description><![CDATA[How Russia’s shadow economy keeps the war machine alive - and why it’s doomed to fail.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Russia’s economy shouldn’t be standing - yet it is. Behind sanctions, embargoes, and bans lies a hidden system of smuggling, ghost companies, and shadow routes that keep Putin’s war machine running. In this video, Elvira Bary exposes how the Kremlin turned lawbreaking into policy, how sanctions created a new black-market elite, and why this survival game cannot last forever. Based on her research for the upcoming novel The Snow Queen’s Spring, this investigation reveals how deception became Russia’s most valuable export - and its most dangerous weakness.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Keywords Here02:43 Russia’s Exit from the Global Legal Order06:56 Why Sanctions Often Fail 11:41 The Shadow Web: How Russians Outsmart Sanctions19:02 The End of the Westphalian World <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">199b7118-442b-44a0-be2a-368286dd5274</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044300/412099055_44100_2_1f723da1fb25f.mp3" length="22726529" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/0gipftGmFlG7IRiWaCGRcG/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>How Russia’s shadow economy keeps the war machine alive - and why it’s doomed to fail.
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Russia’s economy shouldn’t be standing - yet it is....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[How Russia’s shadow economy keeps the war machine alive - and why it’s doomed to fail.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Russia’s economy shouldn’t be standing - yet it is. Behind sanctions, embargoes, and bans lies a hidden system of smuggling, ghost companies, and shadow routes that keep Putin’s war machine running. In this video, Elvira Bary exposes how the Kremlin turned lawbreaking into policy, how sanctions created a new black-market elite, and why this survival game cannot last forever. Based on her research for the upcoming novel The Snow Queen’s Spring, this investigation reveals how deception became Russia’s most valuable export - and its most dangerous weakness.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Keywords Here02:43 Russia’s Exit from the Global Legal Order06:56 Why Sanctions Often Fail 11:41 The Shadow Web: How Russians Outsmart Sanctions19:02 The End of the Westphalian World <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1421</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e062ca29f077de6444217c5726e57639.jpg"/><itunes:episode>55</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Love–Hate Story of America and Russia You’ve Never Been Told</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-love-hate-story-of-america-and-russia-you-ve-never-been-told--69044322</link><description><![CDATA[The untold saga of America and Russia—admiration, betrayal, and rivalry like a family feud.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Are America and Russia destined to be eternal enemies? Not quite. Their story is far stranger: a love–hate relationship stretching from Alaska to the Cold War, from famine relief to cyber warfare. It is a saga of admiration and betrayal, rivalry and reluctant cooperation—like two powerful personalities locked in a stormy relationship that refuses to end. In this video, Elvira Bary traces the arc of this tangled history, showing how pride, recognition, and fear—not destiny—explain why America and Russia keep colliding.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Love–Hate Story of America and Russia02:24 Countries as Personalities08:46 Inspirers and Competitors14:28 Unexpected Allies, Bitter Rivals22:26 The Love Affair That Went Wrong<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">8c611abe-6840-463f-8a4c-711778312dd1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044322/410623129_44100_2_f5da9853492b9.mp3" length="30552397" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/5oxj7NT8SX8YmKIjiRmOwT/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The untold saga of America and Russia—admiration, betrayal, and rivalry like a family feud.
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Are America and Russia destined to be eternal...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The untold saga of America and Russia—admiration, betrayal, and rivalry like a family feud.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Are America and Russia destined to be eternal enemies? Not quite. Their story is far stranger: a love–hate relationship stretching from Alaska to the Cold War, from famine relief to cyber warfare. It is a saga of admiration and betrayal, rivalry and reluctant cooperation—like two powerful personalities locked in a stormy relationship that refuses to end. In this video, Elvira Bary traces the arc of this tangled history, showing how pride, recognition, and fear—not destiny—explain why America and Russia keep colliding.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Love–Hate Story of America and Russia02:24 Countries as Personalities08:46 Inspirers and Competitors14:28 Unexpected Allies, Bitter Rivals22:26 The Love Affair That Went Wrong<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1910</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5b28b281bce56267f6d5650ae78d5755.jpg"/><itunes:episode>54</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Dark Psychology That Turned Russia Toward War</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-dark-psychology-that-turned-russia-toward-war--69044315</link><description><![CDATA[A writer confronts the dark psychology that turned her homeland toward war.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why did millions of ordinary people — who once feared war — begin to cheer for it? In this personal and psychological deep dive, Elvira Bary explores how fear, frustration, and misplaced anger transformed Russian society. This video is the second in a new series inspired by her upcoming novel about the war in Ukraine — a story of denial, rage, and painful recognition.<br /><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Dark Psychology That Turned Russia Toward War01:22 The Generation That Feared War05:04 The Frustrated Classes10:28 The Courage to Look Inward<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">4b5b52ff-69f6-4e42-adef-f7bf776ab34b</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044315/410453496_44100_2_1c2fbf3468391.mp3" length="12365321" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/42p37aQciEyc94PeDa7tpe/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>A writer confronts the dark psychology that turned her homeland toward war.
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👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A writer confronts the dark psychology that turned her homeland toward war.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why did millions of ordinary people — who once feared war — begin to cheer for it? In this personal and psychological deep dive, Elvira Bary explores how fear, frustration, and misplaced anger transformed Russian society. This video is the second in a new series inspired by her upcoming novel about the war in Ukraine — a story of denial, rage, and painful recognition.<br /><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Dark Psychology That Turned Russia Toward War01:22 The Generation That Feared War05:04 The Frustrated Classes10:28 The Courage to Look Inward<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/⁠</a><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>773</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e25c25f4137c87faa906afe9aa16ac70.jpg"/><itunes:episode>53</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Real Roots of the Russia–Ukraine War No One Talks About</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-real-roots-of-the-russia-ukraine-war-no-one-talks-about--69044343</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Grab your own EWIN gaming chair and save 30% with code "Elvira" here: <a href="https://tidd.ly/3WAfxcu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tidd.ly/3WAfxcu</a><br />They didn’t “suddenly” become enemies. Russia and Ukraine were shaped by different masters, laws, and survival strategies—and that split never healed. This video follows the long arc: Kyivan Rus, the Mongol and Polish–Lithuanian pulls, the Cossack frontier’s free code, imperial erasure, the Holodomor, Soviet rewrites, and the post-1991 energy trap that warped politics on both sides. We examine Crimea, Donbas, sanctions, and propaganda - and why 2022 exposed a century of illusions. The result isn’t a prediction but a framework: this war is a fight over identity, memory, and who gets to define reality.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Real Roots of the Russia05:12 One Root, Two Worlds09:11 The Cossack Frontier14:08 The Empire and Its Crown Jewel22:03 The New State Hooked on Energy29:11 The War of Mistakes<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">516ed966-15d3-4346-988f-f1af19bb9ff7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 03:22:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044343/410242978_44100_2_d38e5f4caa989.mp3" length="33700466" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/0m1GqX49g7NUQ0bSBGdd26/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Grab your own EWIN gaming chair and save 30% with code "Elvira" here: https://tidd.ly/3WAfxcu
They didn’t “suddenly” become enemies. Russia and Ukraine were shaped by different masters, laws, and survival strategies—and that split never healed. This...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Grab your own EWIN gaming chair and save 30% with code "Elvira" here: <a href="https://tidd.ly/3WAfxcu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tidd.ly/3WAfxcu</a><br />They didn’t “suddenly” become enemies. Russia and Ukraine were shaped by different masters, laws, and survival strategies—and that split never healed. This video follows the long arc: Kyivan Rus, the Mongol and Polish–Lithuanian pulls, the Cossack frontier’s free code, imperial erasure, the Holodomor, Soviet rewrites, and the post-1991 energy trap that warped politics on both sides. We examine Crimea, Donbas, sanctions, and propaganda - and why 2022 exposed a century of illusions. The result isn’t a prediction but a framework: this war is a fight over identity, memory, and who gets to define reality.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Real Roots of the Russia05:12 One Root, Two Worlds09:11 The Cossack Frontier14:08 The Empire and Its Crown Jewel22:03 The New State Hooked on Energy29:11 The War of Mistakes<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2107</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7ad8a1b1254394fe1bd69d35780dd4fd.jpg"/><itunes:episode>52</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Brutality Is Normal in Russia - And What It Reveals About Us All</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-brutality-is-normal-in-russia-and-what-it-reveals-about-us-all--69044289</link><description><![CDATA[Why cruelty feels normal in Russia — and what it reveals about human nature itself.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />Why do Russians tolerate such brutality — from torture to mass bombings — as if human lives were scraps of paper? This video explores why cruelty has become normalized in Russia, but also why violence has been the rule, not the exception, throughout human history. From dehumanization and conformity to the psychology of dominance, we’ll uncover how brutality takes root, why propaganda sustains it, and what it reveals about all of us.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Brutality Is Normal in Russia02:28 The Human Side of Brutality07:44 How to Dehumanize a Neighbor14:19 Brutality as Conformity18:35 The Game of Dominance and Status<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2811baa0-dc84-4928-87b2-b813bd658a06</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044289/410005056_44100_2_455dcf39c8d1a.mp3" length="26504462" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/6E07xIjhEBIwKizXzFY4K6/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why cruelty feels normal in Russia — and what it reveals about human nature itself.
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Why do Russians tolerate such brutality — from...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why cruelty feels normal in Russia — and what it reveals about human nature itself.<br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />Why do Russians tolerate such brutality — from torture to mass bombings — as if human lives were scraps of paper? This video explores why cruelty has become normalized in Russia, but also why violence has been the rule, not the exception, throughout human history. From dehumanization and conformity to the psychology of dominance, we’ll uncover how brutality takes root, why propaganda sustains it, and what it reveals about all of us.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Brutality Is Normal in Russia02:28 The Human Side of Brutality07:44 How to Dehumanize a Neighbor14:19 Brutality as Conformity18:35 The Game of Dominance and Status<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1657</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d4c383afda4b2d701c6c0f45f3c8e9f5.jpg"/><itunes:episode>51</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Who Comes After Putin? Russia’s Unwritten Succession Code</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/who-comes-after-putin-russia-s-unwritten-succession-code--69044314</link><description><![CDATA[Who inherits Putin’s throne when even his children can’t?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />What happens after Putin? In this video, Elvira Bary takes you inside Russia’s real-life Game of Thrones, uncovering why Putin’s dynasty ends with him. From the Soviet Union’s modernist dreams to today’s neo-feudal Russia, we’ll explore why dictators rarely pass power to their children, the chaos any successor will inherit, and Putin’s own obsession with immortality. Meet the flawed pretenders to the throne and see why Russia’s future may be more fragile, and dangerous, than it looks.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Putin’s Children Can’t Be His Successors02:26 The Modernist Project of the Bolsheviks04:56 The New Middle Ages8:13 The Problem of Succession13:57 The Problem Kingdom18:25 Putin and Immortality22:08 The Pretenders to the Throne<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">1a6cfcb8-16a7-4054-a257-40d266cbf69a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044314/409808501_44100_2_fcb5f65695569.mp3" length="28533654" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4w5N6Pc1ieqXTkkePcm4cy/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Who inherits Putin’s throne when even his children can’t?
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What happens after Putin? In this video, Elvira Bary takes you inside Russia’s...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Who inherits Putin’s throne when even his children can’t?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />What happens after Putin? In this video, Elvira Bary takes you inside Russia’s real-life Game of Thrones, uncovering why Putin’s dynasty ends with him. From the Soviet Union’s modernist dreams to today’s neo-feudal Russia, we’ll explore why dictators rarely pass power to their children, the chaos any successor will inherit, and Putin’s own obsession with immortality. Meet the flawed pretenders to the throne and see why Russia’s future may be more fragile, and dangerous, than it looks.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Putin’s Children Can’t Be His Successors02:26 The Modernist Project of the Bolsheviks04:56 The New Middle Ages8:13 The Problem of Succession13:57 The Problem Kingdom18:25 Putin and Immortality22:08 The Pretenders to the Throne<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1784</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/bf62387369bd3f6d5a5a7bb328e131a3.jpg"/><itunes:episode>50</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>What the War in Ukraine Taught Me About Being Russian</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-the-war-in-ukraine-taught-me-about-being-russian--69044342</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />When Russia invaded Ukraine, I lost my readers, my career, and my voice. Today, I’m finding it again. This video is deeply personal- it’s about what the war in Ukraine taught me about being Russian. About fear, silence, and the unbearable truth of watching people who look just like us destroy each other. I’ll tell you what broke me, what healed me, and why I chose to speak out when staying silent would’ve been easier. This is not politics—it’s a confession.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">efa507c5-9d40-4e30-90d3-9bfa9e1b714b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:38:48 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044342/409648528_44100_2_35451f9db743b.mp3" length="7979675" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/32jHc7b3WKzmUTG2FtbxF9/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/
When Russia invaded Ukraine, I lost my readers, my career, and my voice. Today, I’m finding it again. This video is deeply personal- it’s about what the war in...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br />When Russia invaded Ukraine, I lost my readers, my career, and my voice. Today, I’m finding it again. This video is deeply personal- it’s about what the war in Ukraine taught me about being Russian. About fear, silence, and the unbearable truth of watching people who look just like us destroy each other. I’ll tell you what broke me, what healed me, and why I chose to speak out when staying silent would’ve been easier. This is not politics—it’s a confession.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>499</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ffc43fac808c7683a13a3886e384ed5d.jpg"/><itunes:episode>49</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Russia’s Culture of Lies and Cheats</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-russia-s-culture-of-lies-and-cheats--69044324</link><description><![CDATA[Why lies became Russia’s survival code—and why it matters for the rest of us.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why do Russians lie and cheat so much? From broken contracts to fake patriotism, today’s Russia runs on deception—but the roots go much deeper. In this video, I trace how ancient tribal survival codes evolved into a culture of lies that poisons modern politics and daily life. This is not just about Russia—it’s a warning about what happens when power relies on deceit instead of trust.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Lies Became Russia’s Survival Code02:02 Where the Culture of Lies Comes From05:03 Lie # 1 - Fake Patriotism08:27 Lie # 2 - Fake Greatness15:45 Lie # 3 - Fake Hopelessness20:33 The Weapon of the Weak<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a151586f-4098-44de-84f6-c74181cfd975</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044324/409560994_44100_2_2cf0bb79f007d.mp3" length="24438908" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/17o0XanuUtNc4yvHecOYQD/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why lies became Russia’s survival code—and why it matters for the rest of us.
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Why do Russians lie and cheat so much? From broken contracts...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why lies became Russia’s survival code—and why it matters for the rest of us.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why do Russians lie and cheat so much? From broken contracts to fake patriotism, today’s Russia runs on deception—but the roots go much deeper. In this video, I trace how ancient tribal survival codes evolved into a culture of lies that poisons modern politics and daily life. This is not just about Russia—it’s a warning about what happens when power relies on deceit instead of trust.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Why Lies Became Russia’s Survival Code02:02 Where the Culture of Lies Comes From05:03 Lie # 1 - Fake Patriotism08:27 Lie # 2 - Fake Greatness15:45 Lie # 3 - Fake Hopelessness20:33 The Weapon of the Weak<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1528</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2a5f39647b912769b0abb78a798fc6a5.jpg"/><itunes:episode>48</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Are We on the Brink of a NEW Cold War with China and Russia?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-we-on-the-brink-of-a-new-cold-war-with-china-and-russia--69044296</link><description><![CDATA[Are China and Russia really allies—or rivals hiding behind a fragile alliance?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />China and Russia present a united front, glowing with power on the world stage - but is it real unity, or a fragile alliance built on fear and privilege? In this video, Elvira Bary unpacks how autocracies really work, why their so-called “axis” is riddled with cracks, and whether the world is sliding toward a new Cold War. With history as our guide and today’s fragile geopolitics as the backdrop, we’ll explore what these regimes truly want, what they fear most, and how the West should respond.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Are We on the Brink of a NEW Cold War with China and Russia?01:36 How Autocracy Really Works07:50 The Prime Principle: Imitation12:29 The Autocrats’ “Alliance”17:50 Why America Lost This Round21:25 A New Cold War?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">88d952c3-ddaf-48de-8739-a1c9d3831bef</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044296/409357205_44100_2_ef34210870203.mp3" length="25699891" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3gruYD6PqKjHkeyslw3jx9/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Are China and Russia really allies—or rivals hiding behind a fragile alliance?
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China and Russia present a united front, glowing with power...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Are China and Russia really allies—or rivals hiding behind a fragile alliance?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />China and Russia present a united front, glowing with power on the world stage - but is it real unity, or a fragile alliance built on fear and privilege? In this video, Elvira Bary unpacks how autocracies really work, why their so-called “axis” is riddled with cracks, and whether the world is sliding toward a new Cold War. With history as our guide and today’s fragile geopolitics as the backdrop, we’ll explore what these regimes truly want, what they fear most, and how the West should respond.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Are We on the Brink of a NEW Cold War with China and Russia?01:36 How Autocracy Really Works07:50 The Prime Principle: Imitation12:29 The Autocrats’ “Alliance”17:50 Why America Lost This Round21:25 A New Cold War?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1607</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/aec5387e9f2e7d5f79e8fe5583bd6d95.jpg"/><itunes:episode>47</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia’s Tragic Secret: Why Suffering Is Glorified</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-tragic-secret-why-suffering-is-glorified--69044316</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia’s Tragic Secret: Why Suffering Is Glorified02:11 The Suffering Cult05:20 Hierarchy through Suffering09:19 Suffering as Social Elevator12:39 Escape from the Ordinary16:15 Psychological Adaptation Tool19:30 How Suffering Shapes Everyday Life<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6d49a3e9-04fd-43ce-8b46-b31bf96e2909</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044316/409120618_44100_2_84c7f434a732f.mp3" length="29851479" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/6EWDvAyCkNmmYu4EtPzLoA/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
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00:00 Russia’s Tragic Secret: Why Suffering Is Glorified02:11 The Suffering Cult05:20 Hierarchy through Suffering09:19...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Russia’s Tragic Secret: Why Suffering Is Glorified02:11 The Suffering Cult05:20 Hierarchy through Suffering09:19 Suffering as Social Elevator12:39 Escape from the Ordinary16:15 Psychological Adaptation Tool19:30 How Suffering Shapes Everyday Life<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 7 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1866</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a8594171e2a6d57260c2042c77a6f55e.jpg"/><itunes:episode>46</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How Close is Russia to a New Revolution?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-close-is-russia-to-a-new-revolution--69044328</link><description><![CDATA[Why suffering is not just endured in Russia—but glorified as virtue and destiny.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 How Close is Russia to a New Revolution?01:50 The Nature of Civic Unrest8:37 Potential Revolutionaries15:22 Four Scenarios24:13 Self-Organization and Ideology<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">8f823536-005a-4030-8461-8dfc3e0e39de</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044328/408928649_44100_2_e67d53c44328a.mp3" length="28228126" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3KQXSLLi34VxRuuZnaIzz1/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why suffering is not just endured in Russia—but glorified as virtue and destiny.
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00:00 How Close is Russia to a New...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why suffering is not just endured in Russia—but glorified as virtue and destiny.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 How Close is Russia to a New Revolution?01:50 The Nature of Civic Unrest8:37 Potential Revolutionaries15:22 Four Scenarios24:13 Self-Organization and Ideology<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1765</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/92aaf2ea92e6b5a013a085ee1ca4145b.jpg"/><itunes:episode>45</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Shocking Truth About Russia’s Influence in the Middle East</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shocking-truth-about-russia-s-influence-in-the-middle-east--69044350</link><description><![CDATA[Uncover how Russia secretly shaped the Middle East — and why its influence still haunts us.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: 00:00 The Shocking Truth About Russia’s Influence in the Middle East01:12 What Exactly Did Russians Want in the Middle East?06:53 The USSR, the Jews, and Israel11:17 The Anti-Colonial Narrative16:16 Financial and Military Aid19:41 Syria: Moscow’s Last Stronghold22:28 The New Gulf Safe Haven<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7afe5e-2226-4013-b740-a26073cb4330</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044350/408703153_44100_2_c13e812a7342f.mp3" length="26573008" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/5exDFga7hw2D6LpLrmSEMq/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Uncover how Russia secretly shaped the Middle East — and why its influence still haunts us.
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Video Chapters: 00:00 The Shocking Truth About...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Uncover how Russia secretly shaped the Middle East — and why its influence still haunts us.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: 00:00 The Shocking Truth About Russia’s Influence in the Middle East01:12 What Exactly Did Russians Want in the Middle East?06:53 The USSR, the Jews, and Israel11:17 The Anti-Colonial Narrative16:16 Financial and Military Aid19:41 Syria: Moscow’s Last Stronghold22:28 The New Gulf Safe Haven<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1661</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0d94f8bfe6da6b5b0de54685f3cd42b1.jpg"/><itunes:episode>44</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia’s Biggest Foreign-Policy Disasters Under Putin</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-biggest-foreign-policy-disasters-under-putin--69044327</link><description><![CDATA[Putin’s foreign-policy report card: Europe lost, neighbors hedging, China holds the leash.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Foreign Policy Disaster Putin Will Be Remembered For03:27 Europe05:54 Former Soviet States10:32 Turkey and the Middle East14:25 The United States17:02 Africa20:16 China22:14 Economic Warfare<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">aad71541-a31c-481b-8712-61df70467443</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044327/408583721_44100_2_1ff16ec473bdd.mp3" length="25099283" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/5kFJJdBGFDdak2bTgke2au/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Putin’s foreign-policy report card: Europe lost, neighbors hedging, China holds the leash.
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00:00 The Foreign Policy...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Putin’s foreign-policy report card: Europe lost, neighbors hedging, China holds the leash.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 The Foreign Policy Disaster Putin Will Be Remembered For03:27 Europe05:54 Former Soviet States10:32 Turkey and the Middle East14:25 The United States17:02 Africa20:16 China22:14 Economic Warfare<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1569</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/186c3f62149912646bf28401d5d9575a.jpg"/><itunes:episode>43</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-long-can-putin-s-war-economy-survive--69044352</link><description><![CDATA[Putin’s war machine runs on money. But how long can Russia’s fragile war economy survive?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive?01:56 Which Path to Take?07:49 Early USSR10:54 Late USSR16:32 After the USSR Collapse19:31 Putin’s Rent Model26:38 Watching the Cracks<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">b0c0535f-1162-4a42-88f4-499fac49f095</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044352/408318220_44100_2_a1c3248022bdf.mp3" length="30499316" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/0iY8ZhyYI7ncWCpPb1BYoM/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Putin’s war machine runs on money. But how long can Russia’s fragile war economy survive?
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00:00 How Long Can Putin’s War...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Putin’s war machine runs on money. But how long can Russia’s fragile war economy survive?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 How Long Can Putin’s War Economy Survive?01:56 Which Path to Take?07:49 Early USSR10:54 Late USSR16:32 After the USSR Collapse19:31 Putin’s Rent Model26:38 Watching the Cracks<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1907</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c88de489bb00a0559e1775ef09b848f2.jpg"/><itunes:episode>42</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Russian Priests Bless War: Inside Putin’s Weaponized Church</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-russian-priests-bless-war-inside-putin-s-weaponized-church--69044317</link><description><![CDATA[Inside Putin’s weaponized church: why Russian priests bless war.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Russian Priests Bless War00:48 The Difference Between the Church in Russia and the West02:46 The Birth of a State Religion05:25 The Great Schism of the 17th Century09:17 Religious Minorities12:55 The Church and Soviet Power17:48 The Church in the Soviet Union21:49 The Church and Putinism26:00 The War on Dissent27:59 In Place of a Conclusion<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6b8d9b34-a1fe-4266-8f96-6fb33e54ca98</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:59:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044317/408111433_44100_2_f09b8d5c30fbc.mp3" length="29851479" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/1UWgJOWjWuTo1iwWMHxN52/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Inside Putin’s weaponized church: why Russian priests bless war.
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Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Russian Priests Bless War00:48 The Difference...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inside Putin’s weaponized church: why Russian priests bless war.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Russian Priests Bless War00:48 The Difference Between the Church in Russia and the West02:46 The Birth of a State Religion05:25 The Great Schism of the 17th Century09:17 Religious Minorities12:55 The Church and Soviet Power17:48 The Church in the Soviet Union21:49 The Church and Putinism26:00 The War on Dissent27:59 In Place of a Conclusion<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1866</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ea56aed39926821234c945b0f809c2e9.jpg"/><itunes:episode>41</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside the KGB Mentality That Still Rules Russia</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-the-kgb-mentality-that-still-rules-russia--69044353</link><description><![CDATA[The KGB never died—it just changed uniforms. Here’s how it still rules Russia today.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Inside the KGB Mentality That Still Rules Russia01:31 The Secret Police: Serving the State, Serving Themselves06:51 The Silovik Career08:52 The Siloviki Mindset13:12 The Besieged Fortress<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">9c6385e9-1394-4095-a33c-83ab48332fff</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:05:44 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044353/407979933_44100_2_0311f73cc3bd5.mp3" length="19205641" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/7MsqGhBAHewpSF9UWArsYJ/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The KGB never died—it just changed uniforms. Here’s how it still rules Russia today.
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00:00 Inside the KGB Mentality That...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The KGB never died—it just changed uniforms. Here’s how it still rules Russia today.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Inside the KGB Mentality That Still Rules Russia01:31 The Secret Police: Serving the State, Serving Themselves06:51 The Silovik Career08:52 The Siloviki Mindset13:12 The Besieged Fortress<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1201</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/7606664192f6d120ecd44fcff31d32be.jpg"/><itunes:episode>40</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Violence for Sale – The Dark History of Russia’s Mercenary Tradition</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/violence-for-sale-the-dark-history-of-russia-s-mercenary-tradition--69044356</link><description><![CDATA[From Vikings to Wagner: 1,000 years of killing for rubles in Russia’s quest for power.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Killing for Rubles01:04 Mercenaries, Princes, and the Price of Violence05:43 The Rise of the Regular Army12:51 Mercenaries in the Age of the Superpowers15:16 The Wagner Group18:12 The Mercenaries in Ukraine21:28 The White Ghosts<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6263eb29-1a7c-497a-84ee-34b39931c8b5</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044356/407437635_44100_2_1f49643b495ed.mp3" length="22871979" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3TLLNXKAbYwfTPm0RzsF7S/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>From Vikings to Wagner: 1,000 years of killing for rubles in Russia’s quest for power.
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00:00 Killing for Rubles01:04...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[From Vikings to Wagner: 1,000 years of killing for rubles in Russia’s quest for power.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Killing for Rubles01:04 Mercenaries, Princes, and the Price of Violence05:43 The Rise of the Regular Army12:51 Mercenaries in the Age of the Superpowers15:16 The Wagner Group18:12 The Mercenaries in Ukraine21:28 The White Ghosts<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1430</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2cd53df1cc664f6a8daa2796fc99b14e.jpg"/><itunes:episode>39</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>What Nobody Tells You About Russia’s Love for Vodka</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-nobody-tells-you-about-russia-s-love-for-vodka--69044330</link><description><![CDATA[Russia’s vodka obsession hides a darker truth — power, money, and control.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 What Nobody Tells You About Russia’s Love for Vodka01:01 Why Russians Started Drinking Vodka06:07 Vodka and the Russian Czars10:43 The Vodka Monopoly16:25 Vodka in the Soviet Union and Beyond<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">420a104a-1992-4d64-a549-8627492451ba</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044330/407436928_44100_2_9da70648e40ac.mp3" length="23539878" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/5PBz8HdZbGukJe9rU3toMW/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia’s vodka obsession hides a darker truth — power, money, and control.
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00:00 What Nobody Tells You About Russia’s Love...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia’s vodka obsession hides a darker truth — power, money, and control.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 What Nobody Tells You About Russia’s Love for Vodka01:01 Why Russians Started Drinking Vodka06:07 Vodka and the Russian Czars10:43 The Vodka Monopoly16:25 Vodka in the Soviet Union and Beyond<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1472</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a00121f4fbb68121e381a25e64e0b0b6.jpg"/><itunes:episode>38</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Ukraine Didn’t Fall: The Fatal Weakness of Putin’s Army</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-ukraine-didn-t-fall-the-fatal-weakness-of-putin-s-army--69044360</link><description><![CDATA[Ukraine didn’t fall: inside the fatal weakness of Putin’s war machine.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Ukraine Didn’t Fall01:11 Strategic Errors and False Assumptions03:54 Showcase Power06:19 Corruption08:27 Personnel and Training11:13 Logistics, Maintenance, and Medevac12:40 Technology14:37 Manpower16:37 Economy19:33 Political Constraints21:43 International Cooperation<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">c491f8e6-8819-4e60-a5cd-99ff82b38431</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 22:58:48 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044360/407436513_44100_2_dee801fb9f92d.mp3" length="24383737" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3JQPq9Em4b1eT5SltWVxBQ/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Ukraine didn’t fall: inside the fatal weakness of Putin’s war machine.
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Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Ukraine Didn’t Fall01:11 Strategic Errors...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ukraine didn’t fall: inside the fatal weakness of Putin’s war machine.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Ukraine Didn’t Fall01:11 Strategic Errors and False Assumptions03:54 Showcase Power06:19 Corruption08:27 Personnel and Training11:13 Logistics, Maintenance, and Medevac12:40 Technology14:37 Manpower16:37 Economy19:33 Political Constraints21:43 International Cooperation<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1524</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c8a76c3de4cb305e323b5cd851e48c70.jpg"/><itunes:episode>37</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Putin’s Purge: Why Russian Elites are Terrified</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-putin-s-purge-why-russian-elites-are-terrified--69044302</link><description><![CDATA[Inside Russia’s brutal purge - where no one’s safe, and fear rules from elites to ordinary people.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />What’s driving Russia’s latest wave of purges? From generals and oligarchs to pop stars and ordinary citizens — no one is safe in Putin’s ruthless power game. This isn’t Stalin’s show trials. It’s a brutal, chaotic scramble for survival inside a collapsing system. In this video, I’ll take you inside the fear, the betrayals, and the quiet panic gripping Russia’s elite — and explain how this toxic purge culture is dragging the entire country toward disaster.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Inside Putin’s Purge: Why Russian Elites are Terrified 01:29 Putin’s Survival Strategy04:51 Russia’s Rotting Power Vertical10:09 The Inner Machinery of Purges14:34 There Is No Plan17:28 Russia’s Society<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">312c5608-174a-43ce-bdbc-2cfb0f119f7d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044302/407073799_44100_2_4310be9c60307.mp3" length="21090637" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3SCyWYyRGHSOYzcykCNGPk/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Inside Russia’s brutal purge - where no one’s safe, and fear rules from elites to ordinary people.
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What’s driving Russia’s latest wave of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inside Russia’s brutal purge - where no one’s safe, and fear rules from elites to ordinary people.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />What’s driving Russia’s latest wave of purges? From generals and oligarchs to pop stars and ordinary citizens — no one is safe in Putin’s ruthless power game. This isn’t Stalin’s show trials. It’s a brutal, chaotic scramble for survival inside a collapsing system. In this video, I’ll take you inside the fear, the betrayals, and the quiet panic gripping Russia’s elite — and explain how this toxic purge culture is dragging the entire country toward disaster.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Inside Putin’s Purge: Why Russian Elites are Terrified 01:29 Putin’s Survival Strategy04:51 Russia’s Rotting Power Vertical10:09 The Inner Machinery of Purges14:34 There Is No Plan17:28 Russia’s Society<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1319</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>36</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia’s Army Is Running Out of Men in Ukraine - Here’s Who’s Left</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-army-is-running-out-of-men-in-ukraine-here-s-who-s-left--69044339</link><description><![CDATA[Inside Putin’s desperate draft: who’s left to fight when the army runs out of men?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Russia’s war machine is running out of fuel—and by fuel, I mean men. As the invasion of Ukraine drags on, the Kremlin is scraping the bottom of the barrel: convicts freed from prison, middle-aged factory workers pulled from the floor, even men with chronic illnesses pressed into service. In this deep dive, I take you inside the recruitment pipelines, the propaganda, and the raw fear that keeps these men marching toward the front. You’ll see the faces the state calls “heroes” but the rest of the world sees as cannon fodder—and you’ll understand the human cost behind the headlines.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">7beba910-e76d-4b12-9a7d-7bb997d9c6db</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 20:59:46 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044339/407027124_44100_2_f4971341f47ba.mp3" length="23356394" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/7HBrtHMiDdHqqGojYNjtqp/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Inside Putin’s desperate draft: who’s left to fight when the army runs out of men?
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Russia’s war machine is running out of fuel—and by fuel,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inside Putin’s desperate draft: who’s left to fight when the army runs out of men?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Russia’s war machine is running out of fuel—and by fuel, I mean men. As the invasion of Ukraine drags on, the Kremlin is scraping the bottom of the barrel: convicts freed from prison, middle-aged factory workers pulled from the floor, even men with chronic illnesses pressed into service. In this deep dive, I take you inside the recruitment pipelines, the propaganda, and the raw fear that keeps these men marching toward the front. You’ll see the faces the state calls “heroes” but the rest of the world sees as cannon fodder—and you’ll understand the human cost behind the headlines.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1460</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a2eed47bfc204425a4ff4a7280a6bdfe.jpg"/><itunes:episode>35</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia’s Greatest Historical Myths Exposed</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-greatest-historical-myths-exposed--69044345</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />For centuries, Russia has told a carefully crafted version of its past—where defeats become victories, oppression is erased, and myths replace truth. In this video, Elvira Bary reveals how Russia’s rulers, from the tsars to Putin, locked history behind chains and rewrote it to justify their power. From the cult of the Great Patriotic War to the myths of Peter the Great and the Soviet era, discover the stories Russia doesn’t want you to question—and why facing them is crucial for understanding today’s Russia.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">06a3c1ff-3aa6-4ec2-b332-500a0eeb0827</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:18:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044345/406681198_44100_2_e1be7886aa25b.mp3" length="25941889" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4M9M1LPHQFKCjxaNF6Vn2O/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
For centuries, Russia has told a carefully crafted version of its past—where defeats become victories, oppression is erased, and myths...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />For centuries, Russia has told a carefully crafted version of its past—where defeats become victories, oppression is erased, and myths replace truth. In this video, Elvira Bary reveals how Russia’s rulers, from the tsars to Putin, locked history behind chains and rewrote it to justify their power. From the cult of the Great Patriotic War to the myths of Peter the Great and the Soviet era, discover the stories Russia doesn’t want you to question—and why facing them is crucial for understanding today’s Russia.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1622</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6ba79f8907560e046e47925e14cfcb94.jpg"/><itunes:episode>34</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Russia’s Hidden World of Paid Love</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-russia-s-hidden-world-of-paid-love--69044319</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>From the shadowy brothels of tsarist Russia to the secret “swallows” of the KGB, prostitution in Russia has always existed just beneath the surface—hidden yet shaping society in powerful ways. In this video, Elvira Bary takes you inside Russia’s hidden world of paid love, revealing the stories of women forced into survival, men seeking power and pleasure, and the unspoken realities of war, wealth, and desperation that continue to fuel this underground world today. This is the Russia you’ve never seen—and it will change how you see the country forever.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">b7c1bfae-65d2-4190-85ec-e6927b837726</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 19:13:27 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044319/406679464_44100_2_eda54656ef09f.mp3" length="23009488" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4WaFIouJr0CIccvLqbxIF4/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabaryFrom the shadowy brothels of tsarist Russia to the secret “swallows” of the KGB, prostitution in Russia has always existed just beneath the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>From the shadowy brothels of tsarist Russia to the secret “swallows” of the KGB, prostitution in Russia has always existed just beneath the surface—hidden yet shaping society in powerful ways. In this video, Elvira Bary takes you inside Russia’s hidden world of paid love, revealing the stories of women forced into survival, men seeking power and pleasure, and the unspoken realities of war, wealth, and desperation that continue to fuel this underground world today. This is the Russia you’ve never seen—and it will change how you see the country forever.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1439</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/514f7b9e067bb922c55b7afce26be9af.jpg"/><itunes:episode>33</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Russia’s Bribe Culture: Why Corruption is Unstoppable</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-russia-s-bribe-culture-why-corruption-is-unstoppable--69044321</link><description><![CDATA[Why bribes are the engine of Russian power—from tsarist goose-stuffers to Putin’s palace.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />In Russia, bribery isn’t a bug in the system—it is the system. From medieval tax collectors to modern government contracts, corruption has shaped everything: where people live, what jobs they get, even who survives the draft. In this video, Elvira Bary exposes how bribes have become the invisible fuel of Russian governance, flowing upward through networks of loyalty, fear, and silent tribute. From her father’s story in the Soviet era to Putin’s oligarch-funded palace, this is a deep, emotional, and eye-opening journey into the real operating system behind Russian power.<br />00:00 Inside Russia’s Bribe Culture: Why Corruption is Unstoppable01:52 The Historical Roots of Bribery07:18 Ladders of Tribute11:08 Bribes in the Soviet Everyday16:33 From Red Scarcity to Market Graft21:55 The Many Faces of a Bribe<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">cdeee490-74a8-45f4-861f-3bb159738e71</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:56:42 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044321/406218171_44100_2_29c38f18b0294.mp3" length="24323133" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/4EoqqK6HsRYnjzhlC6yVq0/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why bribes are the engine of Russian power—from tsarist goose-stuffers to Putin’s palace.
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In Russia, bribery isn’t a bug in the system—it is...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why bribes are the engine of Russian power—from tsarist goose-stuffers to Putin’s palace.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />In Russia, bribery isn’t a bug in the system—it is the system. From medieval tax collectors to modern government contracts, corruption has shaped everything: where people live, what jobs they get, even who survives the draft. In this video, Elvira Bary exposes how bribes have become the invisible fuel of Russian governance, flowing upward through networks of loyalty, fear, and silent tribute. From her father’s story in the Soviet era to Putin’s oligarch-funded palace, this is a deep, emotional, and eye-opening journey into the real operating system behind Russian power.<br />00:00 Inside Russia’s Bribe Culture: Why Corruption is Unstoppable01:52 The Historical Roots of Bribery07:18 Ladders of Tribute11:08 Bribes in the Soviet Everyday16:33 From Red Scarcity to Market Graft21:55 The Many Faces of a Bribe<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1521</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f3f8db83b412ab64b715fbf53e7b4965.jpg"/><itunes:episode>32</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Is Russia's Demographic Future Already SEALED?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-russia-s-demographic-future-already-sealed--69044357</link><description><![CDATA[Russia erased its birth stats — hiding a collapse too terrifying for the Kremlin to admit.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: +<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />On July 2nd, 2025, Russia stopped publishing its demographic data. Birth rates. Death counts. Migration numbers. Gone. Why? Because when a regime starts hiding its own collapse, it’s not just a crisis — it’s a silent death spiral. In this video, I reveal the numbers they buried, the myths they broke, and why Russia’s biggest enemy isn’t NATO… it’s demographics. This is the story of a vanishing future — and a country lying to itself.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Is Russia's Demographic Future Already SEALED?00:46 Why They Buried the Stats04:53 Russia’s Real Resource10:06 The Century of Shrinking Generations14:39 The Vanishing Empire21:16 The Hollow Dragon<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">d69c993f-6137-428f-8c4c-4fba94fcd84c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044357/406023226_44100_2_70241ce0c40bd.mp3" length="23162043" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/40XmRr64ikNpc7Nc8uDheh/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia erased its birth stats — hiding a collapse too terrifying for the Kremlin to admit.
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On July 2nd, 2025, Russia stopped publishing its...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia erased its birth stats — hiding a collapse too terrifying for the Kremlin to admit.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: +<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />On July 2nd, 2025, Russia stopped publishing its demographic data. Birth rates. Death counts. Migration numbers. Gone. Why? Because when a regime starts hiding its own collapse, it’s not just a crisis — it’s a silent death spiral. In this video, I reveal the numbers they buried, the myths they broke, and why Russia’s biggest enemy isn’t NATO… it’s demographics. This is the story of a vanishing future — and a country lying to itself.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Is Russia's Demographic Future Already SEALED?00:46 Why They Buried the Stats04:53 Russia’s Real Resource10:06 The Century of Shrinking Generations14:39 The Vanishing Empire21:16 The Hollow Dragon<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1448</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>31</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How the War in Ukraine Changed Russian Lives Forever</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-the-war-in-ukraine-changed-russian-lives-forever--69044340</link><description><![CDATA[Russia looks “normal” on the surface — but the war has changed daily life forever.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Life in Russia will never return to what it was before 2022. On the surface, grocery stores are stocked, lights still turn on, and concerts still play — but beneath that fragile normalcy lies a country transformed by war. From a militarized economy and broken laws to fractured families and silenced voices, everyday Russian life has changed in ways most outsiders never see. In this video, I reveal how the Ukraine war reshaped Russia from within — and why the new normal is anything but stable.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 How the War in Ukraine Changed Russian Lives Forever01:10 Economy05:37 Law11:23 Elites17:10 Society<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12c62253-0fc2-4b8e-a934-f64e2b941322</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 01:08:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044340/405813001_44100_2_eda97763ba09.mp3" length="24698043" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/1nvQnLYZ2tGOZmBa8ixXKW/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia looks “normal” on the surface — but the war has changed daily life forever.
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Life in Russia will never return to what it was before...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia looks “normal” on the surface — but the war has changed daily life forever.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Life in Russia will never return to what it was before 2022. On the surface, grocery stores are stocked, lights still turn on, and concerts still play — but beneath that fragile normalcy lies a country transformed by war. From a militarized economy and broken laws to fractured families and silenced voices, everyday Russian life has changed in ways most outsiders never see. In this video, I reveal how the Ukraine war reshaped Russia from within — and why the new normal is anything but stable.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 How the War in Ukraine Changed Russian Lives Forever01:10 Economy05:37 Law11:23 Elites17:10 Society<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1544</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>30</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia &amp; China: Alliance or Silent Betrayal?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-china-alliance-or-silent-betrayal--69044297</link><description><![CDATA[Is Xi secretly mocking Putin? Their alliance may not be what it seems…<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Russia and China claim to be strategic partners - but is that partnership real, or just political theater? In this video, Elvira Bary unpacks the strange dynamics behind the so-called “no limits” friendship between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. From mismatched propaganda and mutual ignorance to historical betrayals and economic dependence, the alliance may be more fragile - and more manipulative - than it appears. Are we witnessing true cooperation… or a silent betrayal?<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russia &amp; China: Alliance or Silent Betrayal?01:01 So Alike, Yet So Different05:27 Shared Goals, Ancient Instincts09:29 An Uneasy Partnership13:59 A History Written in Mistrust18:11 China’s Game of Control21:34 The Strategic Dead End<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">ae2f1003-13fb-4649-8abf-fbed4398adbc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 18:10:12 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044297/405771262_44100_2_b49cfdac6d9a8.mp3" length="23452942" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/7sqPo36dSKBK5zlCFQJu0X/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Is Xi secretly mocking Putin? Their alliance may not be what it seems…
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Russia and China claim to be strategic partners - but is that...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Is Xi secretly mocking Putin? Their alliance may not be what it seems…<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Russia and China claim to be strategic partners - but is that partnership real, or just political theater? In this video, Elvira Bary unpacks the strange dynamics behind the so-called “no limits” friendship between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. From mismatched propaganda and mutual ignorance to historical betrayals and economic dependence, the alliance may be more fragile - and more manipulative - than it appears. Are we witnessing true cooperation… or a silent betrayal?<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russia &amp; China: Alliance or Silent Betrayal?01:01 So Alike, Yet So Different05:27 Shared Goals, Ancient Instincts09:29 An Uneasy Partnership13:59 A History Written in Mistrust18:11 China’s Game of Control21:34 The Strategic Dead End<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1466</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>29</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Outcasts of Russia: The Secret My Family Took to the Grave</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-outcasts-of-russia-the-secret-my-family-took-to-the-grave--69044308</link><description><![CDATA[Discover Russia’s hidden outcasts—and the family secret that could have destroyed us.<br />👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN</a><br />What happens when your own family becomes the state’s enemy? In this episode, Elvira Bary uncovers the hidden world of Russia’s outcasts—from persecuted peasants and “лишенцы” erased by Soviet laws to modern “foreign agents” silenced for speaking the truth. This is a personal journey into how Russia has always divided people into first and second class, destroying lives across generations. It’s a story of fear, survival, and the silence that families kept to protect themselves—and the heavy price that comes with it.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russia’s Second-Class Citizens02:30 Dividing Souls06:16 The Estate System09:44 Outcasts of the Tsarist Era13:26 Outcasts of the Soviet State17:27 Dissidents and “Social Parasites”21:20 Foreign Agents<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">e7ee4479-4057-4374-a498-630a9ade3d96</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 21:12:34 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044308/405437785_44100_2_805bce3e5c815.mp3" length="24405889" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/2VdIeiW7GXo4XdlDDmchqt/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Discover Russia’s hidden outcasts—and the family secret that could have destroyed us.
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What happens when your own family becomes...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Discover Russia’s hidden outcasts—and the family secret that could have destroyed us.<br />👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN</a><br />What happens when your own family becomes the state’s enemy? In this episode, Elvira Bary uncovers the hidden world of Russia’s outcasts—from persecuted peasants and “лишенцы” erased by Soviet laws to modern “foreign agents” silenced for speaking the truth. This is a personal journey into how Russia has always divided people into first and second class, destroying lives across generations. It’s a story of fear, survival, and the silence that families kept to protect themselves—and the heavy price that comes with it.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russia’s Second-Class Citizens02:30 Dividing Souls06:16 The Estate System09:44 Outcasts of the Tsarist Era13:26 Outcasts of the Soviet State17:27 Dissidents and “Social Parasites”21:20 Foreign Agents<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1526</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/36f005a83d29b4464ba6c1997aae3d0b.jpg"/><itunes:episode>28</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Ideology of the Russian World: The Real Reason Behind Putin's War</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ideology-of-the-russian-world-the-real-reason-behind-putin-s-war--69044341</link><description><![CDATA[Inside Russia’s ideology driving war, conquest, and collapse—what the Kremlin won’t tell you.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Why did Russia invade Ukraine? It wasn’t just about land—it was about an idea called the “Russian World,” a dangerous ideology justifying conquest in the name of language, culture, and destiny. In this video, Elvira Bary breaks down how the Kremlin uses this myth to manipulate millions and why understanding it is key to stopping endless wars. If you want to see how empires collapse from within—and what the West keeps getting wrong about Russia—watch now.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russian World: The Real Reason Behind Putin's War01:04 Messianism03:50 What Is the Russian World?11:10 Ideologists16:28 The Kremlin and the Russian World20:29 The Outcome25:13 Can It Be Done Differently?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">042a7cef-49bd-4869-b13c-14484d70ce65</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 06:48:29 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044341/405410624_44100_2_44d46f4ee1dae.mp3" length="26482728" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/1uiBmOV7tolJZCaIiZE2Rc/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Inside Russia’s ideology driving war, conquest, and collapse—what the Kremlin won’t tell you.
👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
Why did Russia invade Ukraine? It wasn’t just...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inside Russia’s ideology driving war, conquest, and collapse—what the Kremlin won’t tell you.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Why did Russia invade Ukraine? It wasn’t just about land—it was about an idea called the “Russian World,” a dangerous ideology justifying conquest in the name of language, culture, and destiny. In this video, Elvira Bary breaks down how the Kremlin uses this myth to manipulate millions and why understanding it is key to stopping endless wars. If you want to see how empires collapse from within—and what the West keeps getting wrong about Russia—watch now.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russian World: The Real Reason Behind Putin's War01:04 Messianism03:50 What Is the Russian World?11:10 Ideologists16:28 The Kremlin and the Russian World20:29 The Outcome25:13 Can It Be Done Differently?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1656</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>27</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Hidden Reason Russia’s Rich Don’t Invest in Russia</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hidden-reason-russia-s-rich-don-t-invest-in-russia--69044358</link><description><![CDATA[Why Russia's richest keep their money far from home—and what it reveals about power and fear.<br />👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN</a><br />Russia’s elites shout patriotism—but stash their fortunes abroad. In this eye-opening investigation, Elvira Bary uncovers the real reason Russia’s richest refuse to invest in their own country. From imperial habits to Soviet fears to today’s collapsing trust, discover how a broken system turns generosity into a threat—and why flaunting beats building in Putin’s empire. If you want to understand Russia’s future, you have to follow the money.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">c6cf9740-f4e8-4474-b2f2-32a4c142c217</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044358/405052260_44100_2_44bce23d6daae.mp3" length="20750836" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/7oLgxYXWRQytSBQ3l2sGqP/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Russia's richest keep their money far from home—and what it reveals about power and fear.
👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN
Russia’s elites shout patriotism—but...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Russia's richest keep their money far from home—and what it reveals about power and fear.<br />👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN</a><br />Russia’s elites shout patriotism—but stash their fortunes abroad. In this eye-opening investigation, Elvira Bary uncovers the real reason Russia’s richest refuse to invest in their own country. From imperial habits to Soviet fears to today’s collapsing trust, discover how a broken system turns generosity into a threat—and why flaunting beats building in Putin’s empire. If you want to understand Russia’s future, you have to follow the money.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1297</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>26</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Putin’s Classroom: How Russia Brainwashes Its Children</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-putin-s-classroom-how-russia-brainwashes-its-children--69044323</link><description><![CDATA[How Russia rewires young minds — from classrooms to the battlefield, one child at a time.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />In today’s Russia, propaganda starts young. With mandatory “Conversations About What Matters,” the Kremlin shapes children’s minds long before they can question authority. In this video, I take you inside the new classroom rituals — and show how ancient instincts, Soviet methods, and modern tactics combine to raise not citizens, but future enforcers. From quiet resistance to dangerous indoctrination, this is a chilling look at how easily a government can twist childhood into loyalty.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">fe64895b-9e70-4489-a26a-60cda4ecc994</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044323/405051155_44100_2_57d436a6020fa.mp3" length="24642036" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/0ComBZfgRkJj7tqT2xiT0O/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>How Russia rewires young minds — from classrooms to the battlefield, one child at a time.
👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
In today’s Russia, propaganda starts young. With...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[How Russia rewires young minds — from classrooms to the battlefield, one child at a time.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />In today’s Russia, propaganda starts young. With mandatory “Conversations About What Matters,” the Kremlin shapes children’s minds long before they can question authority. In this video, I take you inside the new classroom rituals — and show how ancient instincts, Soviet methods, and modern tactics combine to raise not citizens, but future enforcers. From quiet resistance to dangerous indoctrination, this is a chilling look at how easily a government can twist childhood into loyalty.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1541</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>25</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia's Phone Scam Industry EXPOSED What You Need to Know</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-phone-scam-industry-exposed-what-you-need-to-know--69044344</link><description><![CDATA[Russia’s scam empire is bigger, smarter, and darker than you think. Here's how it really works.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>What if one phone call could destroy your life? In this investigation, Elvira Bary exposes Russia’s massive phone scam industry — a shadowy empire that preys on the elderly, the stressed, and even the tech-savvy. From high-tech call centers to scams run inside prisons, this isn't just crime — it's a reflection of how Russian society survives on fear, deception, and distrust. Learn the shocking truth behind the voices on the line, and why no one — not even the government — seems willing to stop them.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russia's Phone Scam Industry EXPOSED01:16 Statistics and the Scale03:46 The Most Typical Schemes07:14 Who Are the Prime Targets?10:58 Who Is Doing It?15:12 The Cost of Living Without Trust19:07 Humor in the Face of Rot<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">f8d5659c-e1db-4cb4-b921-8c339ddd50cf</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 21:12:54 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044344/405050176_44100_2_882a54ac49bcb.mp3" length="20592430" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/5z0IyAl22krGvRKRW436E4/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia’s scam empire is bigger, smarter, and darker than you think. Here's how it really works.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabaryWhat if one phone call could destroy your...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia’s scam empire is bigger, smarter, and darker than you think. Here's how it really works.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>What if one phone call could destroy your life? In this investigation, Elvira Bary exposes Russia’s massive phone scam industry — a shadowy empire that preys on the elderly, the stressed, and even the tech-savvy. From high-tech call centers to scams run inside prisons, this isn't just crime — it's a reflection of how Russian society survives on fear, deception, and distrust. Learn the shocking truth behind the voices on the line, and why no one — not even the government — seems willing to stop them.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russia's Phone Scam Industry EXPOSED01:16 Statistics and the Scale03:46 The Most Typical Schemes07:14 Who Are the Prime Targets?10:58 Who Is Doing It?15:12 The Cost of Living Without Trust19:07 Humor in the Face of Rot<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1287</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>24</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Siberia Without Russia: Would It Survive a Day?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/siberia-without-russia-would-it-survive-a-day--69044325</link><description><![CDATA[Could Siberia survive without Russia? The brutal truth behind its resources, power, and neighbors.<br />👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN</a><br />What would happen if Siberia broke away from Russia? On paper, it’s rich in oil, gas, gold, and diamonds. But behind the vast resources lies a harsh reality: brutal climate, weak infrastructure, sparse population, and powerful neighbors ready to pull it into their orbit. In this video, Elvira Bary dives deep into Siberia’s hidden vulnerabilities, exploring why independence might be far more dangerous than it seems—and why the world should care.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">5c04a120-ac4d-48a7-b9d7-8f297f0ab625</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044325/404605989_44100_2_8093635547497.mp3" length="23380635" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/40gYU2rmhVMQd7KSlwyNRb/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Could Siberia survive without Russia? The brutal truth behind its resources, power, and neighbors.
👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN
What would happen if Siberia...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Could Siberia survive without Russia? The brutal truth behind its resources, power, and neighbors.<br />👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN</a><br />What would happen if Siberia broke away from Russia? On paper, it’s rich in oil, gas, gold, and diamonds. But behind the vast resources lies a harsh reality: brutal climate, weak infrastructure, sparse population, and powerful neighbors ready to pull it into their orbit. In this video, Elvira Bary dives deep into Siberia’s hidden vulnerabilities, exploring why independence might be far more dangerous than it seems—and why the world should care.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1462</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>23</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Stalin Hired Thousands of Americans (and Then Arrested Them)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-stalin-hired-thousands-of-americans-and-then-arrested-them--69044348</link><description><![CDATA[Stalin hired Americans to build his empire—then sent them to gulags. Here’s why.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>In the 1930s, thousands of Americans and Europeans went to the Soviet Union to help Stalin build factories, tanks, and a modern industrial empire. But many who answered the call found themselves accused of sabotage, arrested, and sent to gulags. In this video, Elvira Bary uncovers how Stalin used Western expertise to industrialize—and why he turned on the very people who made it possible. It’s a story of ambition, betrayal, and lessons we need to remember today.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Stalin Hired Thousands of Americans (and Then Arrested Them)01:07 Western Pros in the USSR05:43 The Pre-Revolutionary Talent Pool10:01 How the West Was Hired12:45 What the Foreigners Built14:54 How the Foreign Specialists Lived17:56 Turning into “Enemies of the People”20:12 The Get-Rich-Quick Policy<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">012e0a75-acca-4822-9fe2-6d929ccb732d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 18:17:32 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044348/404605159_44100_2_7eca7227e0f66.mp3" length="23649383" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/1zPk0Y863oJBrwWqlH3J7x/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Stalin hired Americans to build his empire—then sent them to gulags. Here’s why.
👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabaryIn the 1930s, thousands of Americans and Europeans went to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Stalin hired Americans to build his empire—then sent them to gulags. Here’s why.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>In the 1930s, thousands of Americans and Europeans went to the Soviet Union to help Stalin build factories, tanks, and a modern industrial empire. But many who answered the call found themselves accused of sabotage, arrested, and sent to gulags. In this video, Elvira Bary uncovers how Stalin used Western expertise to industrialize—and why he turned on the very people who made it possible. It’s a story of ambition, betrayal, and lessons we need to remember today.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Stalin Hired Thousands of Americans (and Then Arrested Them)01:07 Western Pros in the USSR05:43 The Pre-Revolutionary Talent Pool10:01 How the West Was Hired12:45 What the Foreigners Built14:54 How the Foreign Specialists Lived17:56 Turning into “Enemies of the People”20:12 The Get-Rich-Quick Policy<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1479</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>22</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>What Happens to Russia the Day After the War in Ukraine Ends?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-happens-to-russia-the-day-after-the-war-in-ukraine-ends--69044311</link><description><![CDATA[The war may end, but Russia’s real crisis is just beginning. What happens the day after?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Even if the war in Ukraine ended tomorrow, Russia wouldn’t return to peace and stability. In this video, Elvira Bary dives into what happens inside Russia the day after the war ends. From political decay and economic collapse to internal power struggles and deep social fractures, Russia’s real challenges are only beginning. If you want to understand the dangerous road ahead—and why it matters for all of us—watch this deep analysis of Russia’s uncertain future.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">ab18d896-ea2e-40c3-914a-cd8805eb6098</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 06:49:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044311/404062770_44100_2_a6d6fa6db8adc.mp3" length="22393834" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/7iixGGP9AS0OKxBkQ3hvgB/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The war may end, but Russia’s real crisis is just beginning. What happens the day after?
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Even if the war in Ukraine ended tomorrow, Russia...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The war may end, but Russia’s real crisis is just beginning. What happens the day after?<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Even if the war in Ukraine ended tomorrow, Russia wouldn’t return to peace and stability. In this video, Elvira Bary dives into what happens inside Russia the day after the war ends. From political decay and economic collapse to internal power struggles and deep social fractures, Russia’s real challenges are only beginning. If you want to understand the dangerous road ahead—and why it matters for all of us—watch this deep analysis of Russia’s uncertain future.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1400</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>21</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Russia's Obsession with Stalin Explained</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/russia-s-obsession-with-stalin-explained--69044329</link><description><![CDATA[Why are Russians bringing back Stalin? It’s not politics—it’s something far more dangerous.<br />👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN</a><br />Stalin starved millions, ruled through fear, and built a cult—but in today’s Russia, his image is returning. In this video, I explore why—through monuments, media, and memory—the ghost of Stalin still haunts the country. This isn’t nostalgia. It’s a crisis of meaning. From cult psychology to postwar trauma, this is the real story behind Russia’s obsession with its most terrifying leader.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a0f81551-b90e-445c-b0bc-444b6f3f9a88</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 19:22:13 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044329/403842423_44100_2_c014691337514.mp3" length="23062568" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/1sz4vBT22tcLiCOFugvZ73/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why are Russians bringing back Stalin? It’s not politics—it’s something far more dangerous.
👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN
Stalin starved millions, ruled through...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why are Russians bringing back Stalin? It’s not politics—it’s something far more dangerous.<br />👉 What World Leaders NEED to Know about Russia: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6d9EIByxz1AdkmIOYUlrDd0rmByq5zSN</a><br />Stalin starved millions, ruled through fear, and built a cult—but in today’s Russia, his image is returning. In this video, I explore why—through monuments, media, and memory—the ghost of Stalin still haunts the country. This isn’t nostalgia. It’s a crisis of meaning. From cult psychology to postwar trauma, this is the real story behind Russia’s obsession with its most terrifying leader.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1442</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>20</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How Sexism Affects RUSSIAN Women's Lives</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-sexism-affects-russian-women-s-lives--69044361</link><description><![CDATA[Why Russian women are admired, dismissed, and trapped—all at the same time.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Sexism in Russia isn’t just about male dominance—it’s a complex system of expectations, rewards, and contradictions. In this video, I explore how Russian women gain status through beauty but are penalized for ambition. From Soviet myths of equality to modern self-help obsessions, I reveal how old survival instincts still shape life today. Whether you're curious about Russian culture or global gender dynamics, this is a story you haven't heard told this way before.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Sexism in Russia Explained00:45 How I First Learned About Sexism06:26 Family Values, Soviet Style10:31 The Illusion of Equality18:57 The Chase for Gender Self-Realization25:04 Where Does Sexism Even Come From<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">06cb4ecb-7da2-4e6f-a195-e11b9f122a9f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:51:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044361/403655337_44100_2_2f95e0f7aa537.mp3" length="27416031" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/6LufAZaKsBHR2mooGboWhw/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Russian women are admired, dismissed, and trapped—all at the same time.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
Sexism in Russia isn’t just about male dominance—it’s a complex...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Russian women are admired, dismissed, and trapped—all at the same time.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Sexism in Russia isn’t just about male dominance—it’s a complex system of expectations, rewards, and contradictions. In this video, I explore how Russian women gain status through beauty but are penalized for ambition. From Soviet myths of equality to modern self-help obsessions, I reveal how old survival instincts still shape life today. Whether you're curious about Russian culture or global gender dynamics, this is a story you haven't heard told this way before.<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Sexism in Russia Explained00:45 How I First Learned About Sexism06:26 Family Values, Soviet Style10:31 The Illusion of Equality18:57 The Chase for Gender Self-Realization25:04 Where Does Sexism Even Come From<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1714</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>19</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Ancient Law That Still Governs Russia Today</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ancient-law-that-still-governs-russia-today--69044359</link><description><![CDATA[Why Putin’s regime runs like a warband—and why that logic still defines Russia today.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />What if Russia isn’t ruled by politics—but by primal instinct? In this gripping deep dive, Soviet-born writer Elvira Bary reveals the hidden logic behind the Russian state: the male alliance. From prehistoric warbands to Putin’s inner circle, discover how ancient tribal behaviors—hierarchies, loyalty tests, ritual humiliation, and dominance—still drive the Kremlin’s every move. This isn’t a political theory. It’s a survival code. Once you understand it, everything from the Ukraine war to Navalny’s fate suddenly makes sense. Watch this if you want to decode modern Russia’s deepest operating system.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russia's Alpha Complex EXPOSED by One Simple Rule01:28 The Male Alliance05:41 How Do You Join a Male Alliance?08:06 The Structure of the Male Alliance13:12 International Relations as Male Alliance Warfare15:48 Why Peace Talks Don’t Work17:26 Archaic Instincts in a Modern World👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">f8e121c9-596b-47e2-aa70-f607acdd0ce0</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 06:01:13 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044359/402026995_44100_2_8ff35763ac1b1.mp3" length="19477314" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/5xamYB28wRrrcTTL3h3Qyb/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Putin’s regime runs like a warband—and why that logic still defines Russia today.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
What if Russia isn’t ruled by politics—but by primal...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Putin’s regime runs like a warband—and why that logic still defines Russia today.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />What if Russia isn’t ruled by politics—but by primal instinct? In this gripping deep dive, Soviet-born writer Elvira Bary reveals the hidden logic behind the Russian state: the male alliance. From prehistoric warbands to Putin’s inner circle, discover how ancient tribal behaviors—hierarchies, loyalty tests, ritual humiliation, and dominance—still drive the Kremlin’s every move. This isn’t a political theory. It’s a survival code. Once you understand it, everything from the Ukraine war to Navalny’s fate suddenly makes sense. Watch this if you want to decode modern Russia’s deepest operating system.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russia's Alpha Complex EXPOSED by One Simple Rule01:28 The Male Alliance05:41 How Do You Join a Male Alliance?08:06 The Structure of the Male Alliance13:12 International Relations as Male Alliance Warfare15:48 Why Peace Talks Don’t Work17:26 Archaic Instincts in a Modern World👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1218</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>18</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Russia’s Secret Mafia State</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-russia-s-secret-mafia-state--69044349</link><description><![CDATA[What if Russia isn’t a government at all—but a mafia cartel with a flag?👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>What if Russia isn’t run by politicians—but by gangsters in suits? In this eye-opening video, Elvira Bary reveals how criminal codes, male alliances, and Soviet survival instincts shaped a nation that looks like a country—but operates like a mafia. From her childhood in Soviet communal flats to Putin’s modern kleptocracy, Elvira shows how crime and power merged into one. If you want to understand Russia—not the headlines, but the real machinery behind them—this is the video to watch. Subscribe for more truths that no one else dares to tell.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russia’s Criminal World00:38 The World of My Childhood04:58 The Criminal World Before the 1917 Revolution08:26 The Revolution’s Criminal Roots13:52 The Psychology of the Criminal Hierarchy17:58 The Romanticization of the Criminal World20:46 The Russian Mafia<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">65416b22-4f34-46c9-ab46-9ae8f5d47647</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 04:21:10 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044349/403232296_44100_2_21af1df31faa8.mp3" length="24675055" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/0io5XYbl1u8gudc65UHxVr/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What if Russia isn’t a government at all—but a mafia cartel with a flag?👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabaryWhat if Russia isn’t run by politicians—but by gangsters in suits? In...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if Russia isn’t a government at all—but a mafia cartel with a flag?👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>What if Russia isn’t run by politicians—but by gangsters in suits? In this eye-opening video, Elvira Bary reveals how criminal codes, male alliances, and Soviet survival instincts shaped a nation that looks like a country—but operates like a mafia. From her childhood in Soviet communal flats to Putin’s modern kleptocracy, Elvira shows how crime and power merged into one. If you want to understand Russia—not the headlines, but the real machinery behind them—this is the video to watch. Subscribe for more truths that no one else dares to tell.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Russia’s Criminal World00:38 The World of My Childhood04:58 The Criminal World Before the 1917 Revolution08:26 The Revolution’s Criminal Roots13:52 The Psychology of the Criminal Hierarchy17:58 The Romanticization of the Criminal World20:46 The Russian Mafia<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1543</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>17</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Poland and the Baltics See Russia as an Eternal Threat</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-poland-and-the-baltics-see-russia-as-an-eternal-threat--69044318</link><description><![CDATA[Why Russia’s neighbors can never truly relax—historical wounds that haven’t healed to this day.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Russia’s neighbors live with an inherited dread—memories of soldiers marching, empires invading, and independence crushed repeatedly. For Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, fearing Russia isn't paranoia; it's a legacy. In this video, Elvira Bary uncovers centuries of rivalry, conquest, and resistance that still haunt Eastern Europe today. Discover why these nations see Russia not as a neighbor, but as a constant threat.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Poland and the Baltic States See Russia as an Eternal Threat 01:14 The Duel of Two Grand Duchies04:42 The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth07:48 Swallowed by the Empire10:02 The Soviets Attack12:28 In the Soviet Shadow16:05 The Ice Age Mindset That Still Shapes Our Wars👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">f55af060-bc77-4710-a8e5-8fff544ebbe8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 02:59:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044318/402892266_44100_2_56376f6e9b1a3.mp3" length="18155728" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/3N1OGnxD5XoHsfZAwtrBQv/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why Russia’s neighbors can never truly relax—historical wounds that haven’t healed to this day.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabaryRussia’s neighbors live with an inherited...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why Russia’s neighbors can never truly relax—historical wounds that haven’t healed to this day.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Russia’s neighbors live with an inherited dread—memories of soldiers marching, empires invading, and independence crushed repeatedly. For Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, fearing Russia isn't paranoia; it's a legacy. In this video, Elvira Bary uncovers centuries of rivalry, conquest, and resistance that still haunt Eastern Europe today. Discover why these nations see Russia not as a neighbor, but as a constant threat.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Why Poland and the Baltic States See Russia as an Eternal Threat 01:14 The Duel of Two Grand Duchies04:42 The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth07:48 Swallowed by the Empire10:02 The Soviets Attack12:28 In the Soviet Shadow16:05 The Ice Age Mindset That Still Shapes Our Wars👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1135</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>16</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Racism in Russia: Why It’s Not What You Think</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/racism-in-russia-why-it-s-not-what-you-think--69044347</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Racism in Russia doesn’t look like what you’re used to. There was no slave trade. No Jim Crow. And for most of its history, hardly any visible minorities. But that doesn’t mean racism doesn’t exist—it just wears a different face. In this cultural deep-dive, Soviet-born writer Elvira Bary explores how racial prejudice works in Russia: who it targets, how it evolved, and why it still lingers. From the strange rise of an African noble in imperial Russia to the eerie silence surrounding migrants today, this is the side of Russian society few in the West truly understand<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Racism in Russia: Why It’s Not What You Think00:28 Racism, Russian Style06:26 How a Black Boy Became Russia’s Nobility09:31 The Yellow Peril: How Russia Learned to Fear the East12:50 Soviet Internationalism: Brotherhood with Conditions15:41 Children of the Festivals17:57 Still Living in the 19th Century<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">fba15095-6a47-4a18-9052-8953056f062c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 21:22:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044347/402618853_44100_2_82b665fa63858.mp3" length="19548786" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/012vSiRl10pwoKAuzXFjYd/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
Racism in Russia doesn’t look like what you’re used to. There was no slave trade. No Jim Crow. And for most of its history, hardly any...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Racism in Russia doesn’t look like what you’re used to. There was no slave trade. No Jim Crow. And for most of its history, hardly any visible minorities. But that doesn’t mean racism doesn’t exist—it just wears a different face. In this cultural deep-dive, Soviet-born writer Elvira Bary explores how racial prejudice works in Russia: who it targets, how it evolved, and why it still lingers. From the strange rise of an African noble in imperial Russia to the eerie silence surrounding migrants today, this is the side of Russian society few in the West truly understand<br />Video Chapters: <br />00:00 Racism in Russia: Why It’s Not What You Think00:28 Racism, Russian Style06:26 How a Black Boy Became Russia’s Nobility09:31 The Yellow Peril: How Russia Learned to Fear the East12:50 Soviet Internationalism: Brotherhood with Conditions15:41 Children of the Festivals17:57 Still Living in the 19th Century<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1222</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside the MIND of Russians: What They REALLY Think About the West</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-the-mind-of-russians-what-they-really-think-about-the-west--69044332</link><description><![CDATA[What do Russians really think about the West—and why does it matter? <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this deep dive, Elvira Bary unpacks the hidden psychology behind Russia’s relationship with Europe and America. From inferiority complexes and Cold War nostalgia to admiration, resentment, and fear—this isn’t just about politics. It’s about how a nation sees you. If you’ve ever wondered why Russia behaves the way it does, or how ordinary Russians interpret Western life, this video will shift your entire perspective. Subscribe for more fearless insights—and share to help others see through the fog.<br /><br />00:00 What Russians REALLY Think About the West00:35 What Is “the West,” Anyway?03:57 The Inferiority Complex06:52 The Iron Curtain09:57 Stereotypes About Europe16:56 Russia’s Relationship with America<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">fa353e14-edb6-4330-be24-cf0c9dcb444e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:51:15 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044332/402479567_44100_2_6d03dc6db3fd3.mp3" length="23567881" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What do Russians really think about the West—and why does it matter? 
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In this deep dive, Elvira Bary unpacks the hidden psychology behind...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What do Russians really think about the West—and why does it matter? <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this deep dive, Elvira Bary unpacks the hidden psychology behind Russia’s relationship with Europe and America. From inferiority complexes and Cold War nostalgia to admiration, resentment, and fear—this isn’t just about politics. It’s about how a nation sees you. If you’ve ever wondered why Russia behaves the way it does, or how ordinary Russians interpret Western life, this video will shift your entire perspective. Subscribe for more fearless insights—and share to help others see through the fog.<br /><br />00:00 What Russians REALLY Think About the West00:35 What Is “the West,” Anyway?03:57 The Inferiority Complex06:52 The Iron Curtain09:57 Stereotypes About Europe16:56 Russia’s Relationship with America<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1473</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Russia's Wild 1990s: The Rise of Putin's Empire</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-russia-s-wild-1990s-the-rise-of-putin-s-empire--69044335</link><description><![CDATA[Russia’s 1990s weren’t a transition—they were a free fall. Factories collapsed. Gangsters ruled. Power changed hands in back alleys, not ballots. 👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this gripping deep dive, Elvira Bary takes you inside the wild decade that didn’t just shape Russia’s oligarchs—it made Vladimir Putin inevitable. From privatization scams and carjackings to pirated movies and backroom murders, discover how chaos gave rise to a new regime built on loyalty, corruption, and survival. <br />If you want to understand modern Russia, you have to go back to where the empire fell—and the mafia state began.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Inside Russia's Wild 1990s00:46 Russia in the Early 1990s05:43 The Gold Rush of the 1990s11:26 Business and Crime15:15 The New Elite Enters Politics17:38 The Mafia State20:11 The Law of the Elite22:01 f the West Wants Peace with Russia<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">c8844cf1-64d9-4ce1-8d53-aa32bcaa7ef5</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 21:24:32 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044335/402169658_44100_2_5315ab27316e3.mp3" length="22735724" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russia’s 1990s weren’t a transition—they were a free fall. Factories collapsed. Gangsters ruled. Power changed hands in back alleys, not ballots. 👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel:...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russia’s 1990s weren’t a transition—they were a free fall. Factories collapsed. Gangsters ruled. Power changed hands in back alleys, not ballots. 👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this gripping deep dive, Elvira Bary takes you inside the wild decade that didn’t just shape Russia’s oligarchs—it made Vladimir Putin inevitable. From privatization scams and carjackings to pirated movies and backroom murders, discover how chaos gave rise to a new regime built on loyalty, corruption, and survival. <br />If you want to understand modern Russia, you have to go back to where the empire fell—and the mafia state began.<br />Video Chapters: 00:00 Inside Russia's Wild 1990s00:46 Russia in the Early 1990s05:43 The Gold Rush of the 1990s11:26 Business and Crime15:15 The New Elite Enters Politics17:38 The Mafia State20:11 The Law of the Elite22:01 f the West Wants Peace with Russia<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1421</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The REAL Reason You're Still Following Toxic Leaders</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-real-reason-you-re-still-following-toxic-leaders--69044338</link><description><![CDATA[Why do people keep following leaders who harm them? Why do wars begin when no one wants to fight? <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this video, Elvira Bary uncovers the deep psychological and evolutionary roots of authoritarianism—how ancient instincts, not just propaganda, drive modern politics. From tribal alpha males to nuclear-armed autocrats, this is the story of how power hijacks the human mind. If you’ve ever wondered why toxic leaders rise—and why so many support them—this video will change how you see the world. Subscribe for more fearless insights, and join the Think Tank for deeper conversations.<br />00:00 Toxic Leaders00:53 Breaking Free from Authoritarianism04:02 The Mutation of Authoritarianism07:46 The Bottleneck Economy12:48 The Psychology of Authoritarianism18:24 The Future of Authoritarianism<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">50fdf49f-62ff-4fb0-aec6-88c4c53a5b46</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:45:40 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044338/402026995_44100_2_8ff35763ac1b1.mp3" length="19477314" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/14VWYZoR34bAXg04V9n1wm/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Why do people keep following leaders who harm them? Why do wars begin when no one wants to fight? 
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In this video, Elvira Bary uncovers the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why do people keep following leaders who harm them? Why do wars begin when no one wants to fight? <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this video, Elvira Bary uncovers the deep psychological and evolutionary roots of authoritarianism—how ancient instincts, not just propaganda, drive modern politics. From tribal alpha males to nuclear-armed autocrats, this is the story of how power hijacks the human mind. If you’ve ever wondered why toxic leaders rise—and why so many support them—this video will change how you see the world. Subscribe for more fearless insights, and join the Think Tank for deeper conversations.<br />00:00 Toxic Leaders00:53 Breaking Free from Authoritarianism04:02 The Mutation of Authoritarianism07:46 The Bottleneck Economy12:48 The Psychology of Authoritarianism18:24 The Future of Authoritarianism<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1218</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Russia's Massive Gender Gap Crisis</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-russia-s-massive-gender-gap-crisis--69044337</link><description><![CDATA[Russian women are expected to be perfect—elegant, capable, and endlessly resilient. But what happens when the men around them are emotionally absent, damaged by history, and silently crumbling? <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this deeply personal and historically grounded video, Elvira Bary—writer and former Soviet citizen—uncovers the roots of Russia’s hidden gender crisis. From peasant marriages to Gulag trauma to modern beauty pressures and male fragility, she reveals how war, repression, and propaganda shaped love, family, and identity. <br />If you want to understand what’s really going on beneath Russia’s polished surface, this one’s unmissable.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">701acc6c-345c-4a19-92f8-882df607db92</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:42:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044337/401613094_44100_2_c277a105ab982.mp3" length="20752926" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Russian women are expected to be perfect—elegant, capable, and endlessly resilient. But what happens when the men around them are emotionally absent, damaged by history, and silently crumbling? 
👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Russian women are expected to be perfect—elegant, capable, and endlessly resilient. But what happens when the men around them are emotionally absent, damaged by history, and silently crumbling? <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />In this deeply personal and historically grounded video, Elvira Bary—writer and former Soviet citizen—uncovers the roots of Russia’s hidden gender crisis. From peasant marriages to Gulag trauma to modern beauty pressures and male fragility, she reveals how war, repression, and propaganda shaped love, family, and identity. <br />If you want to understand what’s really going on beneath Russia’s polished surface, this one’s unmissable.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1298</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>What Makes Normal People Support the War in Ukraine?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-makes-normal-people-support-the-war-in-ukraine--69044326</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Why do seemingly decent people support dictators like Putin and war in Ukraine? After years of conversations with Russians—from intellectuals to taxi drivers—I discovered that logic and facts rarely matter. Instead, hidden emotional scripts shaped by ancient survival instincts take over. This isn't just Russia's problem; it's a human one. If you want to understand the unseen forces that drive ordinary people toward authoritarianism—and learn how to recognize and resist these instincts before it's too late—this video is for you.<br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">5eb00802-3017-4355-902c-f608fc90be14</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 05:48:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044326/400997381_44100_2_8a364e3f5b778.mp3" length="21381537" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
Why do seemingly decent people support dictators like Putin and war in Ukraine? After years of conversations with Russians—from...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Why do seemingly decent people support dictators like Putin and war in Ukraine? After years of conversations with Russians—from intellectuals to taxi drivers—I discovered that logic and facts rarely matter. Instead, hidden emotional scripts shaped by ancient survival instincts take over. This isn't just Russia's problem; it's a human one. If you want to understand the unseen forces that drive ordinary people toward authoritarianism—and learn how to recognize and resist these instincts before it's too late—this video is for you.<br /><br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1337</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Black Widows of Russia: How Women Built Putin’s Dictatorship</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-black-widows-of-russia-how-women-built-putin-s-dictatorship--69044334</link><description><![CDATA[Black widows, lost hope: how Russian women fueled Putin’s power—and what it means next.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Think dictators are propped up by tanks and terror? Think again. In today’s Russia, it’s the grief‑stricken widows, the forgotten singles, and the women chasing one last spark of hope who keep Vladimir Putin untouchable. From cash‑for‑coffin “business plans” to TikTok patriots and fairy‑tale propaganda, discover how loneliness, biology, and carefully crafted macho myth turned everyday women into the iron scaffolding of a modern dictatorship. The story is darker—and far more intimate—than brute force. Hit play to see how “Black Widows” spun the web that traps an entire nation.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6198e16b-b36d-47ac-ad5a-793a8cc43713</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 22:25:14 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044334/400124828_44100_2_3e3f6b4d26fcf.mp3" length="21870549" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Black widows, lost hope: how Russian women fueled Putin’s power—and what it means next.
👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabaryThink dictators are propped up by tanks and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Black widows, lost hope: how Russian women fueled Putin’s power—and what it means next.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Think dictators are propped up by tanks and terror? Think again. In today’s Russia, it’s the grief‑stricken widows, the forgotten singles, and the women chasing one last spark of hope who keep Vladimir Putin untouchable. From cash‑for‑coffin “business plans” to TikTok patriots and fairy‑tale propaganda, discover how loneliness, biology, and carefully crafted macho myth turned everyday women into the iron scaffolding of a modern dictatorship. The story is darker—and far more intimate—than brute force. Hit play to see how “Black Widows” spun the web that traps an entire nation.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1367</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Russia Fears Its Own Soldiers More Than Ukraine</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-russia-fears-its-own-soldiers-more-than-ukraine--69044336</link><description><![CDATA[What happens when the soldiers Russia sent to Ukraine finally come home? The answer is more terrifying than you think.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /> In this video, I expose why returning veterans are seen as a bigger threat to the Kremlin than any foreign enemy—and how fear, betrayal, and desperation are reshaping Russian society from within. From the army’s brutal inner workings to the government’s secret plans to contain the chaos, this is the story few dare to tell. If you want to understand the dark future facing Russia, you need to watch this.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6d432b0d-3abd-418f-af58-c1ef11200941</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 22:45:06 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044336/399667034_44100_2_d12aa628a4dc6.mp3" length="21728443" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What happens when the soldiers Russia sent to Ukraine finally come home? The answer is more terrifying than you think.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
 In this video, I...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What happens when the soldiers Russia sent to Ukraine finally come home? The answer is more terrifying than you think.👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /> In this video, I expose why returning veterans are seen as a bigger threat to the Kremlin than any foreign enemy—and how fear, betrayal, and desperation are reshaping Russian society from within. From the army’s brutal inner workings to the government’s secret plans to contain the chaos, this is the story few dare to tell. If you want to understand the dark future facing Russia, you need to watch this.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1358</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Russia’s Mind: What the West Refuses to See</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-russia-s-mind-what-the-west-refuses-to-see--69044351</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Discover why everything you thought about Russia might be wrong—and how to see the real pictureIn this video, we explore the reasons behind the ongoing conflict between the West and Russia. By delving into historical and cultural differences, we examine how centuries of isolation, propaganda, and misinterpretations have shaped the current relationship. We look at how Russia's complex social structures, historical events, and the curse of ignorance have led to an unclear picture of the nation, both inside and outside its borders. Understanding these dynamics is essential for fostering better diplomatic relations and meaningful cooperation between the two sides.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">f664c229-8c17-49c0-9f49-7f0e4844607f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:26:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044351/397671720_44100_2_d7386f7da0e13.mp3" length="19885243" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabaryDiscover why everything you thought about Russia might be wrong—and how to see the real pictureIn this video, we explore the reasons behind...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Discover why everything you thought about Russia might be wrong—and how to see the real pictureIn this video, we explore the reasons behind the ongoing conflict between the West and Russia. By delving into historical and cultural differences, we examine how centuries of isolation, propaganda, and misinterpretations have shaped the current relationship. We look at how Russia's complex social structures, historical events, and the curse of ignorance have led to an unclear picture of the nation, both inside and outside its borders. 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But today, we stand at a crossroads—divided, distracted, and uncertain about the future. From political polarization to declining birth rates, failing education, unaffordable housing, and a broken immigration system, we face urgent challenges that threaten the foundation of our nation. In this video, we take a hard look at where we are, how we got here, and what we must do to rebuild an America that is strong, united, and ready to lead the future.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">c96c4ba5-dafb-4468-888c-ff07e136cf5a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044362/397671646_44100_2_262b907df24db.mp3" length="32151091" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
America, I chose you 20 years ago because you were a beacon of opportunity, justice, and freedom. But today, we stand at a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />America, I chose you 20 years ago because you were a beacon of opportunity, justice, and freedom. But today, we stand at a crossroads—divided, distracted, and uncertain about the future. From political polarization to declining birth rates, failing education, unaffordable housing, and a broken immigration system, we face urgent challenges that threaten the foundation of our nation. In this video, we take a hard look at where we are, how we got here, and what we must do to rebuild an America that is strong, united, and ready to lead the future.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2010</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why Russians Die for Putin–The Harsh Reality Behind the War in Ukraine</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-russians-die-for-putin-the-harsh-reality-behind-the-war-in-ukraine--69044354</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why do Russians trade their lives for a war they don’t understand—and a car they’ll never own?One of my subscribers asked me: “Why don’t Russians value their own lives? Why are they willing to die in a war they don’t even understand?” In this video, I'll explain why they voluntarily go to war and why they are willing to sell their lives and health for the price of a moderately expensive car.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">c49de9be-89ad-4507-88ba-63e3ed0ba1e3</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:21:43 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044354/397671554_44100_2_f3a93a030cdd7.mp3" length="16685765" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
Why do Russians trade their lives for a war they don’t understand—and a car they’ll never own?One of my subscribers asked me: “Why don’t...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Why do Russians trade their lives for a war they don’t understand—and a car they’ll never own?One of my subscribers asked me: “Why don’t Russians value their own lives? Why are they willing to die in a war they don’t even understand?” In this video, I'll explain why they voluntarily go to war and why they are willing to sell their lives and health for the price of a moderately expensive car.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1043</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Hidden Truth Behind Plummeting Birth Rates</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hidden-truth-behind-plummeting-birth-rates--69044346</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Birth rates are declining across the world, and the consequences could reshape entire nations. Why are fewer people choosing to have children, and what does this mean for the future of society? This video dives deep into the cultural shifts, economic realities, and social pressures driving this trend. From urbanization to changing ideals of success, we explore the forces at play—and what can be done to turn things around before it’s too late.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">3d82c605-b866-49e8-98c5-9eccb5f1982b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 23:28:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044346/396550014_44100_2_3380f11e43a69.mp3" length="22699780" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
Birth rates are declining across the world, and the consequences could reshape entire nations. Why are fewer people choosing to have...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />Birth rates are declining across the world, and the consequences could reshape entire nations. Why are fewer people choosing to have children, and what does this mean for the future of society? This video dives deep into the cultural shifts, economic realities, and social pressures driving this trend. From urbanization to changing ideals of success, we explore the forces at play—and what can be done to turn things around before it’s too late.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1419</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>War in Ukraine: What Russia's Elite Really Want</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/war-in-ukraine-what-russia-s-elite-really-want--69044331</link><description><![CDATA[How do Russia’s elites see power, war, and the world order? Their mindset may shock you!<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />This video takes a deep dive into the dynamics of Russian elites, how they view power, and their perception of the world order. It discusses the disconnect between the ruling class and the rest of the population, their hopes for an end to the war in Ukraine under terms they find favorable, and how their actions are driven by a blend of cynicism, opportunism, and a belief in the "right of the strong." <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">fed1a0a8-3503-4e78-852e-92b053acc419</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 05:25:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044331/396549898_44100_2_112b8e860ac8d.mp3" length="20734118" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>How do Russia’s elites see power, war, and the world order? Their mindset may shock you!
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This video takes a deep dive into the dynamics of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[How do Russia’s elites see power, war, and the world order? Their mindset may shock you!<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />This video takes a deep dive into the dynamics of Russian elites, how they view power, and their perception of the world order. It discusses the disconnect between the ruling class and the rest of the population, their hopes for an end to the war in Ukraine under terms they find favorable, and how their actions are driven by a blend of cynicism, opportunism, and a belief in the "right of the strong." <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1296</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Inside Russia's Descent from War to Moral Collapse</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-russia-s-descent-from-war-to-moral-collapse--69044355</link><description><![CDATA[In Russia today, even the smallest actions—like wearing the wrong earrings—can land you in jail, while real criminals walk free. <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />This video explores how fear, power, and political repression shape Russian society, from everyday citizens to high-ranking officials. With stories of persecution, corruption, and social hierarchy, we uncover how the system rewards obedience and punishes dissent.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">58e1237e-a085-4f44-b2eb-ae38a03acc06</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:31:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044355/395552911_44100_2_4da2d6ee614ab.mp3" length="17664208" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In Russia today, even the smallest actions—like wearing the wrong earrings—can land you in jail, while real criminals walk free. 
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This video...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Russia today, even the smallest actions—like wearing the wrong earrings—can land you in jail, while real criminals walk free. <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />This video explores how fear, power, and political repression shape Russian society, from everyday citizens to high-ranking officials. With stories of persecution, corruption, and social hierarchy, we uncover how the system rewards obedience and punishes dissent.<br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1104</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>West's Hidden Weakness: The Russian Khalyava Strategy</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/west-s-hidden-weakness-the-russian-khalyava-strategy--69044333</link><description><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />In this thought-provoking video, Elvira Bary uncovers the hidden laws that drive society, from ancient tribes to modern nations. She explores the Law of Khalyava, a principle that says those who give handouts hold power and gain social status, while those who receive are subjugated. Through examples ranging from feudal societies to modern-day Europe, Elvira explains how this dynamic creates both opportunity and corruption. She delves into how this law influences political systems, social hierarchies, and even international relations. <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">cdd9ad48-3f5b-4510-87b9-1d940f390f42</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:25:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69044333/395551891_44100_2_98a20b413a37e.mp3" length="19547114" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcript-files.spotifycdn.com/6OuAX2pNP6Ouh7MjtHb9Nn/6YbrS4sLDnspEMZ0TNfLnY/transcript.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Elvira Bary</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary
In this thought-provoking video, Elvira Bary uncovers the hidden laws that drive society, from ancient tribes to modern nations. She...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br />In this thought-provoking video, Elvira Bary uncovers the hidden laws that drive society, from ancient tribes to modern nations. She explores the Law of Khalyava, a principle that says those who give handouts hold power and gain social status, while those who receive are subjugated. Through examples ranging from feudal societies to modern-day Europe, Elvira explains how this dynamic creates both opportunity and corruption. She delves into how this law influences political systems, social hierarchies, and even international relations. <br />👉 Get New Episodes at least 3 days earlier on Elvira Bary YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />Elvira Bary YouTube Channel (115K Subs):  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@elvirabary</a><br /><br />JOIN ME ON THE JOURNEY<br /><br />👉 Sign-up for news about the New Book here: <a href="https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://elvirabary.com/elvira-barys-newsletter/</a><br /><br />Buy Me A Coffee  - <a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://buymeacoffee.com/elvirabary</a><br /><br />Donate with PayPal - <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=CSAQ25WWN979A</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1222</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2c16cc5642b5d68f9a29d26643057aaf.jpg"/><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
