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The Foreigner Group

Featuring the author, Carolus Löfroos, and chief editor Sebastian Durant

Taylor and Shawn are joined by author Carolus Löfroos, and Antelope Hill’s editor-in-chief Sebastian Durant, to discuss Carolus’ memoir of his time fighting in Ukraine as part of the infamous Azov battalion in 2014-2015, as well as his motivations, writing process, regional history, and the conflict generally.

0:00 - Introduction and Carolus’ process of writing the book

7:42 - Some of the characters Carolus met

12:06 - War tourism in Ukraine

17:43 - Writing and trying to publish the book

23:32 - Why Carolus went to fight

29:22 - Development of Azov, and why Carolus chose to join them

36:31 - Reception of foreign volunteers

42:10 - History of the Finland Swedes, and Finnish nationalism

55:05 - Carolus’ thoughts on future Russian expansionism

58:24 - Carolus’ theory of Russian national character

1:08:32 - The soldier’s experience of war

1:10:32 - Thoughts on drone warfare

1:20:27 - Final thoughts and outro

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