{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a22b52017f169d6433fb960/6a4d3bf8195f863605c8c45e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"416. The Atomised Empire: Passivity, Cash, and the Fate of Putin’s Russia","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a22b52017f169d6433fb960/1783446341395-780ea68a-be1d-4302-96ff-66012ac328b3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, Roger Moorhouse sits down with exiled Russian journalist and Deutsche Welle commentator Konstantin Eggert for a candid look inside the Russian psyche. As Ukrainian long-range strikes push the realities of war onto Moscow’s doorstep, Eggert explains why the average Russian remains passive, how the Kremlin relies on life-changing sign-up bonuses to avoid mass mobilisation, and why the regime's true vulnerability lies in economic collapse rather than social solidarity.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Highlights:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>The Consumer Shield:</strong> Why modern Russians—who have apartments, mortgages, and holidays to lose—actively choose \"learned depoliticisation\" over civic responsibility.</li><li><strong>Transactional Warfare:</strong> A look at the cold, transactional nature of Russia's heavy death toll, where \"coffin money\" often stifles parental grief.</li><li><strong>The Prime Minister's Trap:</strong> How Russia’s constitution gives current PM Mikhail Mishustin massive immediate power if Putin dies, and why the FSB might not easily keep control.</li><li><strong>A Moral Wake-up Call:</strong> Eggert’s cautious, long-term hope for a future Russian civic conscience that finally learns to say \"I'm sorry\" to Ukraine.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Join the Conversation: If you have a question about the war in Ukraine or any of the conflicts we cover, email us at podbattleground@gmail.com</p><p>Follow us on:</p><p>X - @PodBattleground</p><p>Instagram - podbattleground</p><p>Producer: James Hodgson</p><p>A Goalhanger Podcast</p>","author_name":"Goalhanger"}