Porkins Great Game: Episode #6 – Kadyrov-FSB Turf War

On this edition of Porkins Great Game, Pearse Redmond and I focus on the assassination of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and the ensuing turf war between Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). We also take a look at the Georgia-Ukraine connection and the recent attempt by former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to launch a Maidan in Tbilisi. Afterwards, Pearse and I explain what has been going on the Turkmen-Afghan border lately and how Obama's decision to slow the U.S. “withdrawal” affects the Afghan peace talks. We end this episode with an update on the latest shenanigans of journalist/freedom fighter/CIA agent/filmmaker Matthew VanDyke.

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