Putin's comment, "Russian's economy is slowing down deliberately," reminds me of the line in Spinal Tap about how the band's popularity isn't waning, "their appeal is just becoming more selective."
Which also sums up the main theme of this podcast: how Russia losing its grip on places like Armenia.
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In Moscow's Shadows 251: The Near Abroad Recedes: Armenia and Belarus
After a quick touch on Zelensky's open letter to Putin and the SPIEF, I dive into the relative trajectories of Armenia, currently at the polls, and Belarus, emphatically not.
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Russia still talks about the “Near Abroad” as if the map never changed, but the region is changing anyway. After a quick touch on Zelensky's open letter to Putin and the St Petersburg International Ec...
