From the government shutdown in the United States and its effects on other countries to the LGBT debate concerning the Olympics in Russia, on Thursday October 3rd our host Yuri Rashkin talked with Konstantin Von Eggert, an analyst and writer on Russian and international affairs, about all things Russia.

Rashkin and Eggert covered several issues concerning Russia and its international affairs ranging from Edward Snowden to human rights and forbidding Americans from adopting Russian children.