

Silicon Curtain
Jonathan Fink
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A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias.
1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media, Disinformation, Echo chambers, Economic sanctions, Fascist, Fake news, Foreign correspondents, Foreign policy, Fossil fuel sanctions, George Orwell, History, Hybrid warfare, Industrial disinfo
A podcast about propaganda, digital disinformation, politics, corruption, hybrid warfare, weaponised conspiracy theories, social echo chambers and digital dystopias.
1984, Authoritarian, Autocracy, Autocrat, Big Brother, Brainwashing, Cold war, Cold war propaganda, Communism, Conflict, Conspiracy theories, Control, Cults, Cyber warfare, Deception, Dictator, Dictatorship, Digital dystopia, Digital media, Disinformation, Echo chambers, Economic sanctions, Fascist, Fake news, Foreign correspondents, Foreign policy, Fossil fuel sanctions, George Orwell, History, Hybrid warfare, Industrial disinfo
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Oct 1, 2024 • 26min
519. Chuck Pfarrer - Ukraine's Strategy in Kursk is "Correct": to Fight Russia Where it's most Vulnerable
Chuck Pfarrer is an American writer, film producer and former navy SEAL.
He’ll be a familiar and trusted presence to many who have tuned in to
the Mriya Report on ‘X’ over the course of the war. As an author, Chuck
has penned screenplays, novels and comic books, as well as non-fiction
works. His works feature themes relating to the military, and of course
is a strong advocate for Ukrainian victory.
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LINKS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Pfarrer
https://x.com/chuckpfarrer?lang=en
https://navyseals.com/ns-overview/notable-seals/chuck-pfarrer/
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
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Sep 30, 2024 • 1h 1min
517. Michael Andersen & Brian Bonner - A Conspiracy of Defeatism by Media & Analysts Disguised as Realism
Today I am speaking with "Two Grumpy Old Men”, Michael Andersen and
Brian Bonner who seasoned Ukraine watchers and have teamed up to create a
video and Substack blog "Two Grumpy Old Men On Ukraine." They focus on
Ukraine, and issues in related parts of the world since both have lived
and worked in many countries. They write, run Q&As, create videos,
report on the unfolding war, and resurface content from their collective
archive, to help frame current events in a historical context.
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LINKS:
https://twogrumpyoldmenonukraine.substack.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@ukraine_calling
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brianbonner_two-grumpy-old-men-on-ukraine-substack-activity-7187382236466327552-wixH/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianbonner/
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
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https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
Ukrainian Freedom News
https://www.ukrainianfreedomnews.com/donation/
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
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Sep 29, 2024 • 44min
516. Elisabeth Braw - Could Floating Bombs Become Putin's Next Weapon of Mass Intimidation Against West?
Russia’s Shadow Tankers Threaten an Environmental Catastrophe in the
Baltic. And now a Maltese-flagged cargo ship filled with 20,000 tonnes
of Russian sourced ammonium nitrate in drifting towards the UK coast.
This is the same potentially explosive fertiliser that caused a massive
explosion in Beirut in 2020, and this ship is carrying 7 times more of
this dangerous cargo. Understandably it has been rejected permission to
dock by several countries. So, what kind of threats does the Kremlin’s
shadow fleet pose to the environment as well as the global maritime
order?
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Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlanric council. She is also a
columnist with Foreign Policy, where she writes on national security
and the globalised economy. Before joining AEI, Elisabeth was a Senior
Research Fellow at RUSI, where she led the Modern Deterrence project.
She is published in a wide range of publications, including Politico,
the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (writing in German), The Times and
The Wall Street Journal. Elisabeth is also the author of highly regarded
books – one of which we are discussing today.
Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World (2024)
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ROLES & PUBLICATIONS:
- Monthly columnist – POLITICO (Feb 2023 – Present)
- Advisory Board Member - GALLOS Technologies Limited (Aug 2022 –
Present)
- Commissioner – UK National Preparedness Commission (Nov 2020 –
Present)
- Member of the Advisory Group – Centre for Information Resilience (Feb
2021 – Present)
- Senior Fellow – American Enterprise Institute (Oct 2020 – Present)
- Columnist – Foreign Policy (Feb 2020 – Present)
- Member of the Steering Committee – Aurora Forum (Dec 2019 – Present)
- Op-ed contributor – The Times (Dec 2016 – Present)
- Non-resident Associate Fellow – European Leadership Network (ELN) (Aug
2017 – Present)
- Senior Research Fellow – Royal United Services Institute (Sep 2019 –
Oct 2020)
- Adjunct Fellow – Centre for European Policy (Jul 2018 – Jul 2019)
- Senior Consultant – Control Risks (Jun 2016 – Aug 2018)
- Non-resident Senior Fellow – Atlantic Council (Apr 2016 – Jun 2018)
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LINKS:
https://twitter.com/elisabethbraw
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabethbraw/
https://rusi.org/people/braw
https://www.aei.org/profile/elisabeth-braw/
https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/person/elisabeth-braw/
https://foreignpolicy.com/author/elisabeth-braw/
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/elisabeth-braw
https://cepa.org/author/elisabeth-braw/
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ARTICLES:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/16/russia-ukraine-gray-zone-warfare-autocrats-democracy-527022
https://www.ft.com/content/0ac9e1a9-2aad-47d9-83fb-4839e9b31b33
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-is-master-of-grey-zone-aggression-t6z2khp69
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/60291/create-a-psychological-defence-agency-to-prebunk-fake-news
https://www.aei.org/podcast/elisabeth-braw-on-gray-zone-warfare/
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BOOKS:
‘God’s Spies: The Stasi’s Cold War Espionage (2019)
The Defender's Dilemma: Identifying and Deterring Gray-zone Aggression
(2022)
Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World (2024)
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
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Sep 27, 2024 • 1h 3min
501. Darth Putin (Master Strategist) - A Confidential Converstion with Putin's Parody Nemesis from 'X'
Darth Putin (KGB). An account on Twitter / X that may or may not be
authored by the Bunker Tsar himself. Darth Putin - Czar for life of all
Russians. Master Strategist. Thought leader. Wellness coach. Tea
connoisseur. Author. Wanted in 123 countries. Parody, apparently.
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LINKS:
https://x.com/darthputinkgb
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darth-Putin-Guide-Master-Strategist-ebook/dp/B0CVYFPZ5N
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/in-the-bunker-with-darth-putin/id1732865476
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BOOKS:
The Darth Putin Guide to Being a Master Strategist: 13 Rules on How to
Think, Act, Dress & Date Like a Master Strategist (2024)
How to Tankie: The Anti-Imperialist's Guide to the Modern World (2023)
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Sep 26, 2024 • 48min
515. Anna Danylchuk, Operator Starsky & Cormac Smith - The Dangerous Delusion of a 'Quick and Easy' Peace
GUESTS: Anna Danylchuk, Operator Starsky and Cormac Smith
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Anna Danylchuk has been creating a war diary since the early days of the
full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. Anna Danylchuk aims
to tell the truth about Ukraine and Russia’s war and cut through the
noise and propaganda. Anna is passionate about the beauty and
independence of her country, and communicates this powerfully in her
videos, in a clear and honest way.
Operator Starsky is a former Ukrainian National Guardian, blogger, and
inspiration for everyone who is following the war, and supporting a
Ukrainian victory. He has created one of the most popular and original
YouTube channels dedicated to the international community. I’m not sure
you need an introduction – I’m sure most people watching this channel
will have seen his videos.
Cormac Smith has worked in Public Relations and Corporate Communications
for over three decades. In 2016 he travelled to Ukraine to take up a
special appointment as the ‘Strategic Communication Advisor’ to Pavlo
Klimkin, then the Foreign Minister of Ukraine. He was attached to the
British Embassy in Kyiv but was embedded in Ukraine’s Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
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LINKS:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/annafromukraine
https://www.youtube.com/@PropagandaStudyInstitute
http://psi-eu.org/
https://www.youtube.com/@StarskyUA
https://twitter.com/starskyua?lang=en
https://defencebrink.uk/
https://x.com/CormacS63
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Sep 25, 2024 • 60min
514. Casey Michel - Foreign Agent Lobbyists are Acting as Foot-Soldiers for Brutal Authoritarian Regimes
For years, one group of Americans has worked as foot-soldiers for the
most authoritarian regimes around the planet. In the process, they've
not only entrenched dictatorships and spread kleptocratic networks, but
they've secretly guided U.S. policy without the rest of America even
being aware. And now, journalist Casey Michel contends some of them have
begun turning their sights on American democracy itself.
These Americans are known as foreign lobbyists, and many of them spent
years ushering dictatorships directly into the halls of Washington, all
while laundering the reputations of the most heinous, repressive regimes
in the process. Many of these lobbyists have transformed into proxies
for dictators and strongmen wherever they can be found. And for years,
they've escaped scrutiny.
These lobbyists include figures like Ivy Lee, the inventor of the public
relations industry - a man who whitewashed Mussolini, opened doors to
the Soviets, and advised the Nazis on how to sway American audiences.
They include people like Paul Manafort, who invented lobbying as we know
it - and who then took his talents to autocrats from Ukraine to the
Philippines, and then back to the White House. And they now include an
increasing number of Americans elsewhere: in law firms and
consultancies, among PR specialists and former lawmakers, and even
within think tanks and universities.
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Casey Michel is head of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human
Rights Foundation, focusing on how dictators and autocrats use illicit
finance and dirty money to remain in power. He’s the author of AMERICAN
KLEPTOCRACY, on America's transformation into an offshore haven. His new
book, FOREIGN AGENTS, will examine the explosion of the foreign
lobbying industry in Washington, and how that industry has helped
entrench dictatorships and upend American foreign policy. FOREIGN AGENTS
will be published in 2024.
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LINKS:
http://www.caseymichel.com/
https://x.com/cjcmichel
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseymichel/
https://www.rusi.org/people/michel
https://www.hudson.org/experts/1381-casey-michel
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BOOKS:
https://read.macmillan.com/lp/american-kleptocracy/
American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money
Laundering Scheme in History (2021)
Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy
Around the World (2024)
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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Sep 24, 2024 • 1h 12min
508. David Gioe, Huw Dylan & Elena Grossfeld: Putin’s (mis)Management of Russian Intelligence Assessments
This is a conversation with the three esteemed authors of a paper
entitled “The autocrat’s intelligence paradox: Vladimir Putin’s
(mis)management of Russian strategic assessment in the Ukraine War. Huw
Dylan, David V. Gioe and Elena Grossfeld
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This article argues that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
is illustrative of this broader, though understudied, pattern of
autocratic mismanagement of strategic intelligence. The invasion was
both spurred and accompanied by a catastrophic intelligence failure, the
responsibility for which rests with Vladimir Putin, the arbiter of a
system with limited capacity to offer dispassionate strategic
assessments. His failure is characteristic of autocratic regimes
assessing foreign developments, including Putin’s Soviet predecessors.
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LINKS:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/17/putins-kgb-past-didnt-help-him-with-intelligence-ukraine/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13691481241258108
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13691481221146113
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Professor David Gioe is Visiting Professor of Intelligence and
International Security in the Department of War Studies. He joins the
department as a British Academy Global Professor. He is Associate
Professor of History at the US Military Academy at West Point, where he
also serves as History Fellow for the Army Cyber Institute. David is
also Director of Studies for the Cambridge Security Initiative and
co-convener of its International Security and Intelligence program.
Dr Huw Dylan is a Reader in Intelligence and International Security at
the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He is also an
Associated Researcher at the Centre for Intelligence Studies in the
Norwegian Intelligence School. His work is focused on intelligence in
the Cold War and beyond, with a specific focus on deception operations,
intelligence in diplomacy, and covert action.
Elena Grossfeld is a PhD candidate in the Department of War Studies,
King's College London (KCL), and a member of King's Intelligence and
Security Group (KISG). Her research interests are strategic culture of
Russian/Soviet intelligence, Cold War, and information warfare.
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
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Sep 23, 2024 • 38min
513. Christopher Forsback - Nowhere on Russia's Western Heartlands is Safe from Ukrainian Drone Fragments
Christopher 'Swede' Forsbäck is Swedish volunteer and was wounded in the
line of duty serving with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
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PLATFORMS:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
----------
Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now
being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as
Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Sep 23, 2024 • 41min
512. Pekka Kallioniemi (Vatnik Soup) - Follow the Money to See how Russia Poisons the Information Space
Vatnik soup is a Twitter thread series where Pekka Kallioniemi
introduces pro-Russian actors and propagandists from around the world.
This includes so-called “independent journalists”, politicians, military
personnel and of course just regular grifters looking to make money.
The series has introductions and deeper insights on how online
propaganda and disinformation works and is spread. There are now 200
Vatnik soups, which introduce bad actors along with the strategies they
employ to pollute the information space. As Pekka states: the first
victim of war is the truth, and Russia considered itself at war with the
US, and its perceived vassals, the collective West, EU, and NATO.
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Pekka Kallioniemi has a PhD in interactive technology and is an expert
on social media platforms, algorithms, and disinformation. He is a #NAFO activist, and runs a series on Kremlin assets, agents, and oligarchs, called vatnik soup.
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BOOK:
Vatnik Soup. The Ultimate Guide to Russian Disinformation (Hardcover - 2024)
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LINKS:
https://vatniksoup.com/
https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi
https://youtube.com/@TheSoupCentral
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
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PLATFORMS:
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you
like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the
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Sep 22, 2024 • 37min
511. David Satter - Putin's Regime has its Origins in Blood and Fear. Apartment Bombings 25th Anniversary
David Satter is a journalist and historian with unique insights into how
the deformation and repression of the past, is having terrible
consequences for present day Russia. David has written extensively about
Russia and the Soviet Union, especially the decline and fall of the
USSR and rise of post-Soviet Russia. David Satter became the first
American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War in
December 2013. This was perhaps not a surprising move, given that his
books have covered topics such as the FSB’s role in the apartment
bombings that brought Putin to power. From 1976 to 1982 David was the
Moscow correspondent of the Financial Times, and then became a special
correspondent on Soviet affairs for The Wall Street Journal. He is
currently a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a fellow of the
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
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BOOKS:
He is author of several books that are essential reading to help
understand the origins of the current crisis, including the brilliantly
named books:
- It Was a Long Time Ago, and It Never Happened Anyway
- Darkness at Dawn: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State
- The Less You Know, The Better You Sleep
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https://davidsatter.com/
https://twitter.com/davidsatter?lang=en
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Satter
https://www.hudson.org/experts/362-david-satter
https://www.fpri.org/contributor/david-satter/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/authors/david-satter
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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:
kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and
Przemyśl
https://kharpp.com/
Save Ukraine
https://www.saveukraineua.org/
Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas
https://superhumans.com/en/
UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in
Ukraine
https://unbroken.org.ua/
Come Back Alive
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen
https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine
Ukrainian Freedom News
https://www.ukrainianfreedomnews.com/donation/
UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy
https://u24.gov.ua/
Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation
https://prytulafoundation.org
NGO “Herojam Slava”
https://heroiamslava.org/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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