

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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May 21, 2024 • 1h 6min
420. Macer Gifford - Fighting on the Frontline of Freedom to Highlight Ukraine's Just, Humanitarian Cause
Macer Gifford is a British veteran of the Ukrainian Army – who will be
well known to members of NAFO, and those who follow the Ukraine war in
detail. As he says on his Twitter profile, he is channelling the spirit
of George Orwell, and his dispatches from the frontlines of this
conflict have bene highly engaging, informative, eloquent, and full of
humanity. Macer has an MSc in Security and Diplomacy.
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FUNDRAISER:
409th fundraiser!
https://fundrazr.com/c2Ogqb
"I will be doing a fundraiser for the 409th that will focus on two areas
of support, the drone team and training. The battalion is deployed in
the East and doing some great work. A former colleague of mine from the
131st has been sharing a lot of his experience with the drone team.
After speaking to my friend and the commander of the battalion, I now
have a list of equipment that will be transformative for the entire
battalion. These civilian/ commercially bought items include Alientech
receivers, antenna and cabling. I'm particularly keen to include
training aids for the battalion. Thank you all for the support and best
wishes over the last few months. I may be home at the moment, but my
heart is in Ukraine."
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LINKS:
https://x.com/macergifford
https://www.linkedin.com/in/macer-gifford-615535109/
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BOOKS:
Fighting Evil: The Ordinary Man who went to War Against ISIS Paperback
(2020)
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ARTICLES:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1833951/british-volunteer-Ukraine-fighting-trenches
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcast/why-is-this-happening/fighting-frontlines-ukraine-macer-gifford-podcast-transcript-n1301112
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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/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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May 20, 2024 • 42min
Silicon Bites #45 - Careless Match-related Incidents on the Rise Across Russia and Occupied Crimea.
Edition No45 | 20-05-2024
Episode dedicated to that infamous vatnik, Roger Waters, and to the
other members of Pink Floyd who actually know right from wrong, and back
Ukraine.
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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KYIV INDEPENDENT
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-ukrainian-drones-hit-military-facilities-in-russia-crimea-amid-russian-claims-of-over-100-drones-downed/
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-russian-double-tap-strike-north-of-kharkiv-kills-6-including-pregnant-woman/
https://kyivindependent.com/uk-defense-sec-says-wests-stance-on-ukraine-war-completely-nonsensical/
https://kyivindependent.com/uk-defense-secretary-calls-germany-to-provide-ukraine-with-long-range-missiles/
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-media-novorossiysk-port-oil-depot-hit-in-overnight-attack/
https://kyivindependent.com/massive-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-novorossiysk-port-and-oil-depots-russia-claims-over-100-downed/
https://kyivindependent.com/partisans-artillery-depot-hit-at-belbek-airfield-in-occupied-crimea/
https://kyivindependent.com/air-force-ukraine-downs-all-20-russian-drones-overnight/
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-progress-made-on-artillery-shortage/
https://kyivindependent.com/russias-new-defense-minister-belousov-to-put-russias-economy-on-war-footing/
https://kyivindependent.com/what-are-glide-bombs-and-how-do-they-help-russia-gain-land-in-ukraine/
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-our-partners-fear-that-russia-will-lose-this-war/
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-zelensky-says-situation-in-kharkiv-difficult-but-under-control-russia-suffering-significant-losses/
https://kyivindependent.com/minister-russia-takes-civilians-captive-in-northern-vovchansk-executions-reported/
https://kyivindependent.com/explainer-whats-behind-ongoing-protests-in-georgia/
https://kyivindependent.com/reuters-g7-will-support-using-frozen-russian-assets-revenue-to-fund-ukraine/
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-foreign-ministry-declares-british-defense-attache-persona-non-grata/
https://kyivindependent.com/vyshyvanka-ukrainian-tradition-preserved-through-centuries/
THE MOSCOW TIMES
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/16/putin-xi-hail-ties-as-stabilizing-force-in-chaotic-world-a85133
NAVAYA GAZETA
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/16/snakes-and-adders-en
KYIV POS
Thttps://www.kyivpost.com/post/32786
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32796
https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/32454
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USEFUL LINKS:
Vatnik Soup
https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi
http://www.medbat.org.ua/en/
Real World News
https://kyivindependent.com/
https://www.kyivpost.com/
https://english.nv.ua/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/
https://meduza.io/en
https://meduza.io/
https://novayagazeta.eu/
https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russia...
Analysis
https://www.ft.com/russia
https://www.economist.com/
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/
https://cepa.org/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/
https://www.theatlantic.com/search/?s...
YouTube Channels
/ @timesradio1
/ @khodorkovskyru
/ @popularpolitics
/ @macknack
/ @plushev
/ @tvrain
/ @fake_news
/ @feyginlive
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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
Przemysl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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May 19, 2024 • 32min
418. Robert Hicken - GPNow CrisisCare is an Essential Service Helping Ukrainian Families in 5 Continents.
Ukrainian CrisisCare Telehealth Service
"It's infinitely easier to take a life, than save a life”
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ABOUT GPNOW UKRAINE
GPNow Ukrainian CrisisCare is helping Ukrainian families in 5 continents
- Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East, South America and Europe.
Today, we hear from Robert Hicken – President of the PII Foundation who
will provide an update on their GPNow Ukrainian CrisisCare “hospital in
the cloud” Telehealth Service which provides free medical advice,
comfort and care for thousands of Ukrainian citizens to provide FREE
medical advice, comfort care for thousands of Ukrainian families in
Ukraine (including occupied territory), across Europe & around the
world.
Together with John Spiteri & Kirsty Macaulay who are about to
release a song “Party-Z” to raise awareness and funding to support the
service on: https://bandcamp.com/
PII Foundation - (a 501 9 (c)(3) non-profit organisation EIN:
92-1201579)
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LEARN MORE:
https://www.gpnow.net/ukrainian-crisiscare/
Fund GPNow: https://rebrand.ly/gpn_web
Join GPNow: https://rebrand.ly/gpnow_teaming - join our Ukrainian
CrisisCare Support Team
Follow GPNow: https://rebrand.ly/gpnow_twitter_ua on X (Formerly
Twitter)
GPNow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gpnowtelehealthchannel
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CONTACT
Email Us: info@pii-foundation.org
https://www.pii-foundation.org/
UKRAINE HOSPITAL IN THE CLOUD DONATIONS
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=SM4AEW8BB3U8L
Corporate program sponsorship welcomed
BANDCAMP - 7.62 Flowers - "No War In Ukraine"
https://762flowers.bandcamp.com/track/no-war-in-ukraine
With thanks to:
Robert Hicken: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-hicken-1a627136/
John Spiteri: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-spiteri-a7047a90
Kirsty Macaulay: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirsty-macaulay-667905b5
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INTRO
Currently there are more than 7 million refugees who have fled the
conflict in Ukraine. There is a dire need to ensure these citizens can
access timely and free telehealth consultations. Robert Hicken is
working closely with business leaders across every industry in asking
them to commit corporate donations to Ukrainian CrisisCare, and its
high-impact and life-changing program. Transparency in the charitable
sector in Ukraine is important and GPNow’s Ukrainian CrisisCare, ensures
each corporate sponsor gets valuable recognition for supporting the
Ukrainian telehealth program, as well as transparency on how the funds
or allocated and used.
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Robert Hicken is President of the PII Foundation as well as being
Founder and CEO of GPNow. He is focused on ensuring the world’s most
vulnerable people can access secure high-definition low-bandwidth
multi-lingual telehealth and virtual care services that they desperately
need.
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LINKS
https://www.gpnow.net/home
https://www.gpnow.net/pii-foundation/
https://twitter.com/rhicken
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CONTACT
Robert Hicken (President - PII Foundation)
Mobile: +1 720 738 0774
Mobile: +65 8351 2580 (Whatsapp)
Email: president@pii-foundation.org
Website: www.gpnow.net/pii-foundation
"VirtualCare for the most Vulnerable"
PII FOUNDATION is a 501 9(c)(3) non profit organisation EIN: 92-1201579
Donations are tax-deductible in the US.
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Details of songs mentioned in the episode:
Links to purchase them will be provided, as soon as they are available.
'Party Z'
Writer / producer / lead vocals / guitarist - John Spitteri
Co- producer / media / 2nd Female vocalist - Kirsty Macaulay
Lead female vocalist - Margaret Ryder
Lead Guitarists - Andrew Dockerty
Drums / bass guitar - Andrew Rankin
Produced and recorded by Andrew Rankin at Black Cave Recording Studio
'No War in Ukraine'
Written and sung by John Spiteri
Violinist - Sheila Sapkota
Engineered and mixed by Andrew Rankin at Black Cave Recording Studio
Artwork / Media - Kirsty Macaulay
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May 19, 2024 • 47min
417. Deborah Fairlamb - Innovation is Key to Victory in Ukraine - the side with the Best Ideas Might Win.
Deborah Fairlamb is a Founding Partner at Green Flag Ventures, a
business fund investing in the future of Ukraine. Since 2015, she has
specialized in investments and business development in Ukraine, with a
particular focus on the tech sector and startups.
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LINKS:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahfairlamb/
https://www.greenflag.vc/team
https://www.ukrainer.net/deborah-fairlamb/
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ARTICLES:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/11/24/7430183/
https://ubn.news/an-american-founded-investment-fund-plans-to-invest-in-eight-ukrainian-startups-this-year/
https://www.defenseone.com/business/2024/01/shark-tank-kyiv-investors-hunt-war-winning-tech-ukraine/393427/
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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/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm
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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May 18, 2024 • 58min
416. Jahara 'FRANKY' Matisek - Why our Approach to Containing Russia is Wrong & Risks Failure in Ukraine.
Jahara "FRANKY" Matisek teaches in the Department of National Security
Affairs (NSA) as a Military Professor at the U.S. Naval War College.
Previously, he was an Associate Professor in the MSS Department, Senior
Fellow at HDI, Fellowship Director for IWI, and T-53 Instructor Pilot.
He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University with a
Graduate Certificate in African Studies. He has been published over 90
articles in peer-reviewed journals and other outlets and
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LINKS:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahara-franky-matisek-phd-9294a9a/
https://usnwc.edu/Faculty-and-Departments/Directory/Jahara-Franky-Matisek
https://mwi.westpoint.edu/staff/jahara-matisek/
https://www.rusi.org/people/matisek
https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/author/jahara-matisek/
https://irregularwarfare.org/team/jahara-matisek/
https://cepa.org/author/jahara-franky-matisek/
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BOOKS:
My book, Old and New Battlespaces, discusses the growing prominence of
sociopolitical-information warfare (Lynne Rienner, 2022)
https://www.rienner.com/title/Old_and_New_Battlespaces_Society_Military_Power_and_War
My long-term book project, "Weak States, Strong Armies: Military
Effectiveness in Africa?" (under revision) focuses on how
bureaucratically weak African states become militarily effective through
the creation of military enclaves.
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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/
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.

May 17, 2024 • 51min
415. Casey Michel - Is Putin Retooling His Regime to Support 'Eternal Warfare' & Confrontation with West?
“A toxic flood of dark money has given billionaires and special
interests a powerful way to rig the system secretly in their favour…”
These are the words of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, ahead of a debate in
the US Congress around the Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act. But
this phrase could equally be applied to the UK, where Russian Oligarchs
and dark money interests have been able to cleanse their ill-gotten
gains for decades through the London financial laundromat. Londongrad is
the phrase coined to describe the high presence of Russians in the
United Kingdom, especially in reference to Russian money in London,
permeating its service sector and securing political influence.
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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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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain
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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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ARTICLES:
https://foreignpolicy.com/author/casey-michel/
https://www.theatlantic.com/author/casey-michel/
FOREIGN POLICY
How Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Became Putin’s Spiritual Guru
April 7, 2024
Russia’s Opposition Needs More Than One Savior
March 1, 2024
Russia’s Crimean Red Line Has Been Erased
October 4, 2023
How to Stop Former Western Leaders From Becoming Paid Shills for
Autocrats
February 15, 2022
Kazakhstan’s Border With Russia Is Suddenly an Open Question Again
January 6, 2022
How Delaware Became the World’s Biggest Offshore Haven
November 19, 2021
The Fatal Flaw in the West’s Fight Against Autocracy
October 6, 2021
America’s Money Lost the Afghan War
September 13, 2021
Biden Might Stop a Sanctions Revolution
August 24, 2021
Oligarchs’ Favorite U.S. Visa Might Not Last
July 16, 2021
THE ATLANTIC
We’ve Never Seen Anything Like the Menendez Indictment - The case
against the New Jersey senator has the potential to reshape how America
deals with foreign agents.
Casey Michel - October 26, 2023
Make Russia Pay - The West has already frozen some $300 billion in
Russian assets. Here’s the case for seizing them.
Casey Michel - May 28, 2023
Decolonize Russia - To avoid more senseless bloodshed, the Kremlin must
lose what empire it still retains.
Casey Michel - May 27, 2022
How the West Undermines Its Own Sanctions - The Western sanctions in
response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been far broader than many
experts anticipated. But there’s a catch.
Casey Michel - March 9, 2022
The United States of Dirty Money - How landlocked South Dakota became
one of the world’s hottest destinations for offshore funds.
Casey Michel - October 5, 2021
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May 16, 2024 • 50min
415. Taras Byk - Is Putin’s Endless Aggression Exhausting Russia’s Military, Social and Economic Reserves
Taras Byk's special mission is the breakup of the Russian Federation, a
project that doesn't seem so far-fetched after the Prigozhin mutiny, and
Putin’s endless aggression that is exhausting Russia’s military and
economic reserves. Taras is a civil society activist and political
strategist, who believes that Ukraine's Maidan Revolution, in which he
participated, saved not only Ukraine but also Europe. Today we will be
discussing the threat from a resurgent Russia, and the history of
imperial expansion that sits behind it. Can Ukraine's stand for freedom
and struggle against renewed Russification of its peoples hold the line
in Europe between freedom and authoritarianism, between the rule of law
and unimaginable barbarism. Can Ukraine's experience even help
revitalise the idea of democracy and help us to become more resilience
in the face of creeping nepotism, corruption, oligarchy, and aggressive
autocrats?
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Taras Byk is a manager at Wooden Horse Strategies, LLC, a
governmental-relations, and strategic communications firm based in Kyiv.
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LINKS:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/taras-byk-09bb305/
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ARTICLES:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/is-putins-russia-heading-for-collapse-like-its-czarist-and-soviet-predecessors/
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/podcasts/6527f6aaefe26/2023/10/26/7425908/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QScdSVMz83A&t=2s
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SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain
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
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/
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.

May 15, 2024 • 45min
413. Nicole Grajewski - The Russia-Iran Relationship is Growing Stronger but are they Best of Frenemies?
As the global geopolitical landscape undergoes significant
transformations, the nuclear threat has taken on new dimensions. The
Russia-Iran relationship is growing stronger. Khamenei endorsing
Russia’s war in Ukraine — which has given Tehran more leverage in the
bilateral relationship — while both countries try to weather
unprecedented Western sanctions. Nonetheless, Russia’s ties with Iran
remain complex, characterized by areas of cooperation, stalled plans and
competition across various domains. Iran / Russia – best frenemies?
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Nicole is a Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
She is an Associate at Harvard’s Belfer Centre and Author of the
forthcoming book “Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to
Ukraine”. Her areas of expertise include Russia, the Middle East &
North Africa, international relations, international security and
defence, military intervention.
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LINKS:
https://twitter.com/NicoleGrajewski
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-grajewski-phd-b9405385/
https://www.belfercenter.org/person/nicole-grajewski
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ARTICLES:
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2024/04/iran-and-israels-dangerous-gambit?lang=en
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/iran-russia-alliance/
https://www.russiamatters.org/analysis/russia-and-iran-get-closer-while-still-competing-amid-balancing-act-turkey
https://ecfr.eu/publication/alone-together-how-the-war-in-ukraine-shapes-the-russian-iranian-relationship/
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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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May 14, 2024 • 53min
414. Calder Walton - "Spies" Charts Century-long War of 'Hot' and 'Cold' Espionage Between East and West.
Calder Walton is a world-leading expert on intelligence, national
security, and geopolitics. He has written two books, the latest of which
is “SPIES. The Epic Intelligence War between East and West” (2023). It
is a best-selling exposé of the history of Russian intelligence, that
challenges the idea that the Cold War ended with the Soviet Union’s
collapse in 1991, but in fact continued after, down to the present day.
Today, he argues, the West is in a new Cold War with Russia and China.
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LINKS:
https://calderwalton.com/
https://twitter.com/calder_walton
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calder-walton-a9034590/
https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Calder-Walton/190278440
https://www.belfercenter.org/person/calder-walton
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BOOKS:
Spies: The epic intelligence war between East and West (2023)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spies-epic-intelligence-between-East-ebook/dp/B0B37519PL?ref_=ast_author_mpb
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ARTICLES:
https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/07/20/calder-waltons-spies-is-a-riveting-history-of-espionage
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/china-is-using-every-trick-for-world-domination-97xm3hcxn
https://www.ft.com/content/b037b640-0365-41f6-a98b-bdd797fc0da4
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-16/ai-not-human-spies-will-drive-the-new-us-china-cold-war
https://theconversation.com/profiles/calder-walton-1436266
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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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May 13, 2024 • 49min
Silicon Bites #44 - Russia Opens a New Frontline North of Kharkiv - Reported to Sustain Huge Losses.
Edition No44 | 13-05-2024
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Key developments on May 11,12:
- Putin proposes firing Shoigu, appointing new defense minister
- Zelensky says Russian troops try to "gain a foothold" in Kharkiv
Oblast; heavy fighting ongoing
- Russia's breakthrough attempt halted, situation in several sectors'
changing rapidly,' Syrskyi says
- Russia attacks 106 infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in one day
- Media: Ukrainian drones attack military targets in 3 Russian oblasts
overnight
- Russia seeking to blame Ukraine after apartment building collapses in
Belgorod, reportedly killing at least 7.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on May 12 proposed firing Defense
Minister Sergei Shoigu and nominated Andrei Belousov to replace him,
according to the Telegram channel of the Federation Council, the Russian
parliament's upper house. Putin appointed Shoigu as the secretary of
Russia's security council, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Shoigu
is replacing Nikolai Patrushev, who has been the council's secretary
since 2008.
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KYIV INDEPENDENT
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-russias-breakthrough-attempt-halted-situation-in-several-sectors-changing-rapidly-syrskyi-says/
https://kyivindependent.com/legal-committee-of-georgian-parliament-takes-1-minute/
https://kyivindependent.com/military-russian-forces-in-kharkiv-oblast-contained-fighting-continues/
https://kyivindependent.com/civilians-flee-vovchansk-under-russian-bombardment-as-ground-offensive-on-kharkiv-begins/
https://kyivindependent.com/kharkiv-governor-heavy-fighting-underway-but-no-threat-of-ground-invasion-of-city/
https://kyivindependent.com/sensing-weakness-russians-push-up-to-cut-off-kostyantynivka/
https://kyivindependent.com/czech-president-europe-russia/
https://kyivindependent.com/german-lawmakers-suggest-nato-could-protect-sky-over-western-ukraine/
https://kyivindependent.com/biden-approves-400-million-defense-aid-package-for-ukraine/
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-could-recruit-up-to-20-000-convicts/
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-targets-russian-oil-refineries/
https://kyivindependent.com/russias-highly-militarized-victory-day-celebration-has-nothing-to-do-with-wwii/
THE MOSCOW TIMES
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/11/russia-claims-gains-in-ukraines-kharkiv-region-a85093
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/11/thousands-rally-in-tbilisi-against-foreign-influence-bill-a85094
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/05/10/ukrainian-drone-attacks-oil-refinery-in-russias-kaluga-region-a85086
KYIV POST
https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/32355
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32452
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/30574
NOVAYA GAZETA
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/09/past-perfect-en
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/10/imputiny-en
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/11/willing-accomplices-en
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USEFUL LINKS:
Vatnik Soup
https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi
http://www.medbat.org.ua/en/
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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
Przemysl
https://kharpp.com/
NOR DOG Animal Rescue
https://www.nor-dog.org/home/
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