Kremlin File kicks off season 3 with David Kramer as Mo and Olga discuss the state of Russia's brutal failed war, where Ukraine's allies stand, the signs of Russia's collapse, Wagner's failed coup, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Olga and Mo are back for season 3 of Kremlin File hosts with returning guest David Kramer for an update on Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Enjoy this week's episode of EUROFILE with our very own Monique Camarra and Scott Lucas for a deep dive on Brexit. Subscribe to EuroFile on Mo's substack: https://camarra.substack.com/ SCOTT LUCAS https://eaworldview.com/ Kremlin File Season 3 returning soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
KF BONUS DROP - EuroFile with Rula Jebreal Enjoy this week's episode of EUROFILE with Monique Camarra and co-host Scott Lucas, who are joined by Rula Jebreal. Rula is a foreign policy analyst, journalist, novelist and screenwriter, who is now a visiting professor at the University of Miami, where she lectures on Propaganda, Persuasion and Genocide. As a journalist, Rula was the first in the history of Italian television to anchor the evening news. She worked for Italy’s La7 and Rai News 24. Rula...
KF BONUS DROP - EuroFile with Marley Clements (QANON: Search for Q) Enjoy this week's episode of EUROFILE with Monique Camarra and co-host Scott Lucas, who are joined by Marley Clements to discuss her Vice TV series “QANON: The Search for Q” and Season 2 premiering tonight! Subscribe to EuroFile on Mo's substack: https://camarra.substack.com/ MARLEY CLEMENTS is a documentary filmmaker and political strategist focusing particularly on issues of disinformation and hybrid warfare tactics. She is th...
Enjoy this week's episode of EUROFILE with our very own Monique Camarra and her co-host Scott Lucas! Mo and Scott are joined by OLGA TOKARIUK & ALEXANDER KHARA on the ground in Ukraine. Subscribe to EuroFile on Mo's substack: https://camarra.substack.com/ SCOTT LUCAS is an Adjunct Professor with the Clinton Institute at University College Dublin. A specialist in US and British foreign policy, Scott has written and edited 11 books and more than 70 major articles. He has been the Editor of the...
Olga and Mo are joined by Syrian activist Mouaz Moustafa and Ukrainian activist Michael Sawkiw to discuss Russian war crimes. Mouaz Moustafa is currently the Executive Director for the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), Political Director of United for a Free Syria (UFS), and serves on the Government Relations Committee of the Coalition for a Democratic Syria (CDS). Mouaz on Twitter: @SoccerMouaz Michael Sawkiw, Vice President of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America and the Director of t...
Olga and Mo are joined by Oleksandra Matviichuk - a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and civil society leader based in Kyiv. Oleksandra Matviichuk heads the non-profit organization The Center for Civil Liberties and is an active campaigner for democratic reforms in her country and the OSCE region. Twitter: https://twitter.com/avalaina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Olga and Mo are joined by former CIA officer and New York Times bestselling author Robert Baer to discuss his most recent book, “The Fourth Man: The Hunt for a KGB Spy at the Top of the CIA and the Rise of Putin's Russia." Robert Baer is one of the most accomplished agents in CIA history and considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Middle East. Over several decades, he served everywhere from Iraq to New Delhi and was awarded the Career Intelligence Medal for his efforts. His fir...
NORDPASS Sponsor Link: https://nordpass.com/kremlinfile Olga and Mo welcome back Bill Browder to catch us up on his new book, “Freeze Order,” and his ongoing battle for justice against the war criminal Vladimir Putin. FREEZE ORDER: https://www.amazon.com/Freezing-Order-Laundering-Surviving-Vladimir/dp/1982153288 Bill’s Twitter: @Billbrowder Bill’s Website: www.billbrowder.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Olga and Mo are joined by Paul Massaro, a senior policy advisor for the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Disclaimer: Paul Massaro serves on the staff of the U.S. Helsinki commission. The views expressed here are his own and do not represent an official position of the U.S. government. Paul’s Twitter: @apmassaro3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When a car bomb kills Daphne Caruana Galizia on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Malta, the hunt for her killers exposes secrets with consequences that go far beyond its shores. In the aftermath of her death an international team of journalists comes together to continue her work. Along the way they start to uncover clues that might lead to her killers. From Wondery, comes a new story about power, corruption and one woman’s fight for the truth. Hosted by investigative reporter Stephen Grey....
Olga and Mo are joined by Jessikka Aro, Finnish journalist at @Yleisradio and author of “PUTIN’S TROLLS”. https://twitter.com/jessikkaaro https://www.amazon.com/Putins-Trolls-Frontlines-Russias-Information/dp/1632461293 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Frank Figliuzzi joins Olga and Mo to provide his analysis of the January 6th committee hearings. Frank Figliuzzi was the assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI, where he served 25 years as a special agent and directed all espionage investigations across the government. He’s now a national security contributor and regular columnist for NBC News and MSNBC, the author of “The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau’s Code of Excellence”, and the host of the podcast “The Bureau with Frank Figliuzz...
Olga and Mo welcome back Edward Lucas to discuss how Vladimir Putin weaponizes food shortages and hunger to leverage support against Ukraine. Edward Lucas is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). He was formerly a senior editor at The Economist. Lucas has covered Central and Eastern European affairs since 1986, writing, broadcasting, and speaking on the politics, economics, and security of the region. He is the author of five books: The New Cold War (2008...
Olga and Mo are joined by Dr. Benjamin Schmitt to discuss the Kremlin’s weaponization of energy and the proper response from NATO. Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt is a former State Department official, Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), and Research Fellow at Harvard University. For years, Ben has spoken out against Nord Stream 2 (the gas pipeline expansion project from Russia to Germany) and warned of the threat to Europe’s energy security. https://twitter.com/BLSchmitt Le...
Originally aired September 2nd, 2021 Olga and Mo are joined by Paul Niland and Daria Kaleniuk to continue their exploration of hybrid warfare. They discuss how Ukraine became the testing ground for Putin’s campaign against the west, only to emerge as the standard-bearer in the fight against corruption. Daria Kaleniuk is co-founder and executive director of the Anti-Corruption Action Center, a powerful national organization that has shaped Ukraine's anti-corruption legislation and efforts. Daria'...
Olga and Mo are joined again by David Kramer as they consider the wider security and humanitarian implications should Russia's war of aggression continue and expand to other areas of the region, including Moldova, Transnistria, and Georgia. David J. Kramer is the Bradford M. Freeman managing director for global policy at the George W. Bush Institute and served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor in the George W. Bush administration. AG1 Sponsor Promo: https://at...
Olga and Mo are joined by retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman to discuss Ukraine as the defenders of democracy and Russia’s failing military strategy. As a child, Vindman was born to Jewish parents in Ukraine (former Soviet Ukraine) before emigrating to Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood. The former Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council found himself at the center of a firestorm for his decision to report the infamous phone call that...
Olga and Mo welcome on the pod a leading expert in nuclear conflict resolution, Joseph Cirincione. Most Americans have not thought much about doomsday weapons since the end of the Cold War, but now it’s time we all come to terms with the nuclear risks of Putin’s war in Ukraine. Joseph Cirincione is a distinguished fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington, D.C. He previously served for over 12 years as the president of the Ploughshares Fund with a focus on nuclear n...
Olga and Mo are joined by veteran diplomat and former ambassador of Poland, Daniel Fried, who currently serves as a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council. In the course of his forty-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Fried played a key role in designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. As Special Assistant and NSC Senior Director for Presidents Clinton and Bush, Ambassador to Poland, and Assistant Secretary for Europe, he helped craft t...
What do Russians think about Putin’s war? Karine Orlova returns to Kremlin File to discuss the sentiment inside Russia against Putin’s latest war crimes campaign. Karine Orlova is a Russian journalist in exile, former contributing writer for The American Interest magazine, former correspondent for Echo of Moscow, which was cut off air and shut down after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. https://twitter.com/OrlovaKarine https://substack.com/profile/88924046-karineorlova Sponsor Deal: https://athletic...
Olga and Mo are joined by Andrei Soldatov, an investigative journalist and watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities. With Putin lashing out on the world stage and purging the ranks, Andrei shares his POV on Russia's failure in Ukraine and who is to blame. Andrei Soldatov is a Russian investigative journalist, co-founder of Agentura.ru, a watchdog of the Russian secret services’ activities. He’s been covering security services and terrorism since 1999. He is co-author with Irina Boroga...
Inna Sovsun joins Olga and Mo to discuss how she and other MPs and Ukrainian citizens are facing the realities of Russia’s assault and war crimes. Inna is a Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, and she shares a very personal account from a position of leadership in a country under siege. Athletic Greens (Promo Link): https://athleticgreens.com/kremlinfile Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/InnaSovsun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Olga and Mo are joined by Andrea Chalupa - a journalist, filmmaker, and co-host of the excellent podcast GASLIT NATION. Andrea is also a founder of DigitalMaidan, an online movement that made the Ukrainian protests the #1 trending topic on Twitter worldwide at a time when the mainstream media was obsessing over Justin Bieber’s arrest in Miami. https://twitter.com/AndreaChalupa http://www.andreachalupa.com/ https://twitter.com/Gaslitnation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...
Olga and Mo are joined by Kremlin File producer Jack Bryan to detail how Russia’s recently launched disinformation troll farm is targeting Ukraine and their place in Russian Hybrid warfare. For further reading, please check out co-host Olga Lautman’s substack article: https://olgalautman.substack.com/p/operation-cyber-front-z-russia-sets?s=r Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Olga and Mo are joined by Dr. Alina Polyakova of CEPA to discuss how the Transatlantic Alliance is standing up to Putin’s brutal assault on Ukraine. Dr. Polyakova heads up the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and is a recognized expert on transatlantic relations, European security, Russian foreign policy, digital authoritarianism, and populism in democracies. https://twitter.com/apolyakova https://cepa.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Olga and Mo are joined by retired Major General Paul Eaton who discusses Russia’s shift in military tactics as they continue their assault on Ukraine. Russia is taking heavy military losses and are now targeting civilians. Paul D. Eaton is the Director of VetVoiceFoundation and advisor to VoteVets. https://twitter.com/PaulDEaton52 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Olga and Mo are joined by Yevhen Fedchenko - a Ukrainian pioneer in combating disinformation and co-founder of StopFake.org. Since 2014, StopFake has debunked over 4,000 Russian fake videos and news stories, and his team trains people from all over the world on debunking disinformation and investigating influence campaigns. https://www.stopfake.org/ https://twitter.com/yevhenfedchenko Sponsor Link: https://masterworks.art/kremlinfile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...
Maria Avdeeva, a Ukrainian disinformation and national security expert, joins us from the ground in Kharkiv where she’s documenting the truth about the Russian invasion. https://twitter.com/maria_avdv Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
