The 2026 Winter Olympics were marred by a series of scandals involving Ukraine, which brought to the fore the idea of an absolute separation of sport and politics. That separation never existed. We look at the modern history of sport and the USSR and Russia's place in it, including the crimes and organisational captures.

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Our Patreon subscribers asked us questions about Ukraine, and we answered them. We talk about interesting historical what-ifs, language issues, the role of the "Manosphere, and more in this broad-ranging episode made with your input.

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In this episode:

00:06:28 - Russia losing access to Starlink contributes to a Ukrainian offensive in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

00:25:40 - The aftershocks of the autumn's corruption scandal lead to a shakeup in the Ukrainian government

00:56:18 - Multiple Russian sanction evasion schemes were uncovered by investigative journalists

01:15:25 - Kazakhstan hands a Ukrainian from Crimea over to Russian prisons

01:19:35 - Hungary manufactures conflict with Ukraine ahead of April elections

01:23:03 - The renewed Iran War and Ukraine

Links

https://kyivindependent.com/investigation-we-tried-to-buy-american-chips-as-a-russian-defense-manufacturer-heres-why-its-possible/

https://hntrbrk.com/ubiquiti/

https://www.euronews.com/2026/01/29/russia-uses-shadow-mail-postal-system-to-bypass-eu-sanctions-report-reveals

https://khpg.org/en/1608815485

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