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London-based Country Risk analyst focused on #Russia , #Ukraine , #Belarus , #Eurasia . I tweet in personal capacity. All views are my own. Retweet ≠ endorsement.

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6 years
Simple rules on my Twitter account:
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In #StPetersburg , #Russia , the police detained a well-known survivor of the Siege of Leningrad Yelena Osipova at an anti-war #protest :
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Musk’s proposal in a nutshell:
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A video to start your weekend: a young woman in #Moscow , #Russia , travelling on the underground with her pet fox
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In #Novosibirsk , #Russia , local residents are marching in #protest against the Russian invasion of #Ukraine :
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Voters in #France should be reminded of this photo before they vote in the first round of the presidential election on Sunday. If you are in France, please retweet.
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The Wailing Wall in #Jerusalem : people are praying for #Ukraine .
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In #Novosibirsk , #Russia , local residents are marching in #protest of the Russian invasion of #Ukraine :
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I’ve been cautious about #Ukraine ’s President @ZelenskyyUa and was not a fan of many of his domestic policies. However, he has so far performed with dignity and bravery as an unexpected war leader of a nation under a foreign attack. Kudos to the Ukrainian president!
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Hello @Twitter @TwitterSafety . Please suspend the account of @RussianEmbassy for urging deaths to Ukrainian prisoners of war. This is a clear violation of Twitter rules and should not be allowed.
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Just look in the eyes of this poor doggo rescued by the emergency services in #Kherson region, south #Ukraine , now partially flooded due to #Russia destroying #Kakhovka dam. Photos by Serhii Korovayny
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This aged like milk:
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Daughter of the prominent #Russia |n Nazi ideologist Alexander Dugin, Darya Platonova (Dugina) publicly described Ukrainians as “subhumans” and called for the Russian occupation of #Ukraine and extermination of Ukrainian identity. I am sorry if I am not sorry about her death.
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This is brilliant:
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Embassy of the terrorist state of Russia in #London , #UK :
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Today's #protest in #StPetersburg , #Russia , where protesters blocked Nevsky Prospekt avenue: #RussiaProtests
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Matrix Reloaded:
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In south #Moscow , #Russia , people attending the funeral procession of opposition politician Alexey @Navalny are again chanting “No to the war!”:
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Attention to the #Russia |n taxpayers: Putin’s palace near Gelendzhik:
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⚡Attention of the 🇨🇦Canadian and other Western taxpayers 😹
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Another video from the large-scale #protest march today in #Khabarovsk , eastern #Russia , where estimated 95,000 people are protesting against Putin:
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It’s time for the #West to provide #Ukraine with weapons which can hit #Russia |n air bases from which it launches its strategic bombers for missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, including as far as Kaluga, Saratov and Stavropol.
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#Mariupol , #Donetsk region, east #Ukraine , some 5 months ago. Before #Russia invaded and destroyed the city of 450,000 people.
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@elonmusk Elon, you clearly don’t understand the subject you are commenting on. Stick to technology, investments and finance.
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Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow (Ukrainian: Ой у лузі червона калина - Oi u luzi chervona kalyna):
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In #Moscow , #Russia , there is a #protest rally taking place tonight on Arbat Street against the mobilisation, announced by Putin earlier tonight. Protesters chant “No to War!”.
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This is quite accurate:
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On this day in 2014, a #Russia |n Buk shot down a passenger aircraft #MH17 flying at 10 km from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over #Donetsk region in eastern #Ukraine . All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed.
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Hello @TwitterSafety @TwitterSupport . Why does a terrorist organisation, which is engaged in crimes against humanity in Libya, Syria, Ukraine and many other countries, has presence on your platform? Remove Wagner from @Twitter immediately!
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Putin: “No one asked people during the collapse of the Soviet Union where they wanted to live” People of #Ukraine , December 1991:
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Elon Musk on #Ukraine :
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@elonmusk Are you aware that millions of Ukrainians were displaced from Russian-occupied areas in south and east Ukraine? Are you aware that Russia moved more than 500,000 of its citizens to occupied Crimea since 2014?
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I HONESTLY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
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In central #Moscow , #Russia , thousands are marching in #protest against Putin’s war against #Ukraine :
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In #Russia , in at least five locations, unidentified individuals set of fire #military registration and enlistment offices (voyenkomats). A peculiar development amid the ongoing spring military conscription campaign.
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In #Tyumen , #Russia , the local authorities put up posters celebrating the Russian Navy Day. Yet the posters feature USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier of the #US Navy:
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The origin of #Germany 's natural #gas supply in 2021-22:
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Yesterday, Putin delivered a speech in which he reiterated his vision for a "new world order" in which #Russia has the right to conquer all countries previously ruled by the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union. So much for those who talk about "negotiations". Strong 1984 vibes.
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How times have changed: 10 most downloaded apps in App Store in #Russia , February (left) and March (right)
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#Russia ’s ice hockey team donned #SovietUnion uniforms today for #ChannelOneCup . Despite the #USSR collapsing 30 years ago. They lost, against Finland. So much symbolism in this.
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Why Putin’s #Russia is a Nazi state:
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In #Belarus , the state TV is showing visibly terrified detained protesters. They were probably beaten up before their public promises to no longer take part in anti-Lukashenka #protests . This is happening in #Europe in 2020. Just terrible.
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In this video from #Grozny , #Chechnya , south #Russia , 16-yo son of Chechnya head Ramzan Kadyrov is “gifting” to his father three Ukrainian POWs captured in #Ukraine . If this is not a theatre but real life situation, this is modern slavery.
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Powerful photo: The Prime Ministers of #Poland , #Czechia and #Slovenia arrived in #Kyiv , #Ukraine :
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In the #BlackSea , 12 nautical miles from #Ukraine 's coast, a #Romania |n flagged vessel was reportedly hit by a missile/shell launched from a Russian navy vessel. #Russia is attacking commercial vessels of NATO member states.
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In #Belgorod , south #Russia , a Russian missile launched a target in #Ukraine , failed and hit a residential building in this Russian city instead: 1/2
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#Minsk , #Belarus , 71st day of consecutive #protests :
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Today is the birthday of Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych who in 1916 composed ‘Shchedryk’ or ‘Carol of the Bells’, based on a Ukrainian folk chant. Here it is performed by Helena Androsova:
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#Estonia has revoked a residence permit from a pro-Kremlin activist Paljamar and issued a 10-year Schengen ban to her. She is currently in #Russia , whose cause she has been trying to advance in Estonia for years. This is a very right move.
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In #Russia , Kremlin’s propaganda released a short animation showing a Russian nuclear strike on the #US , with devastation of American cities including San Francisco and New York City. Kremlin’s wet dreams about the world they want to live in.
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As a #UK citizen I want to say that arming #Ukraine is the single best use of tax payer money for decades. My only criticism is that the West aren’t sending enough, fast enough. Ukraine is paying for political posturing with the lives of their sons and daughters.
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This is #Kharkiv , east #Ukraine , on 6 March 2022. Before Putin began his barbaric war against the Ukrianian people, Kharkiv was a vibrant city of 1.5 million people. How can the world let this happen?!?
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Russian-language segment of Twitter is full of reports that this #Russia |n soldier named Aleksey Bychkov from Stavropol has raped toddlers (!!!) in #Ukraine and shared videos of these rapes. These videos are now circulating on social media. This is horrific. I have no words.
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Putin’s #Russia in 2022 vs Nazi #Germany in the 1940s: spot the difference
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In #Moscow , #Russia , the police are detaining protesters against the mobilisation at an unauthorised #protest rally taking place tonight. The protester who is being detained is chanting “No to War!”.
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In #Russia |n-occupied areas of #Ukraine , the occupiers are replacing road signs. They remove signs in Ukrainian (with transliteration in English) and replace them with those in Russian. Classic colonialism.
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In #Lyman , #Donetsk region, east #Ukraine , the Ukrainian forces removed the #Russia |n flags from the building of the city administration. They also raised the Ukrainian banner over the building.
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This tweet did not age well, right, @RusEmbSwe and @MFA_Russia ?
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Putin’s #Russia is a neo-fascist state:
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In #Vilnius , #Lithuania , thousands joined a protest outside #Russia ’s embassy to demonstrate against Putin’s invasion of #Ukraine :
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This image was generated by a neural network Midjourney AI based on the following keywords: victory celebration, joy, Ukraine
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#London , #UK , today: rally in support of #Ukraine
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To the attention of Elon Musk and all other ignorants who are calling for “truce” or “compromise”:
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This is photo from the funeral of Andrei Sakharov, Soviet physicist, Nobel peace Prize laureate and human rights activist, in December 1989. This is what the Kremlin is trying to avoid by not allowing a public funeral of Alexey @Navalny .
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So, @Twitter @TwitterSafety decided to not remove this disgusting tweet by @RussianEmbassy despite the violation of the rules. I urge @FCDOGovUK @10DowningStreet @BorisJohnson to declare the Press Secretary of #Russia ’s embassy persona non grata and to expel them from the UK.
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In #NYC , #Switzerland ’s president Cassis @ignaziocassis held a meeting with #Russia ’s FM Lavrov. Lavrov represents Russia, a country conducting a barbaric war of territorial conquest and genocide against #Ukraine . Very bad optics, Switzerland. Very bad.
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@amnesty @Mike_Eckel Russian forces put Ukrainian civilians in harm's way by shelling and bombing Ukrainian cities, and by occupying ~20% of Ukrainian territory. Russia is the problem, not Ukraine. Are you guys at @amnesty on Russian payroll?
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Tuesday night, #StPetersburg , #Russia : anti-war protesters are chanting “No To War!”
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In #Russia , Telegram channel of Wagner PMC is urging conducting missile strikes on the dam of the #Kyiv reservoir, which is upstream from the capital of Ukraine, home to some 3 million people now. Russia is conducting a barbaric and genocidal war.
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Hello @BBCNews @bbcworldservice - what’s wrong with you?…
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In #Belgrade , #Serbia , people joined a march in solidarity with #Ukraine :
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Today in #London , outside the @RussianEmbassy to the #UK , the police are protecting this banner following a call by the Ambassador, Andrey Kelin, to hang Ukrainian prisoners of war because "they deserve a humiliating death". Via @notowarprotest
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One more video from #Kherson , south #Ukraine , where local residents are holding a protest rally against the #Russia |n invaders who occupied the city several days ago. Extraordinary defiance of ordinary Ukrainians!!!
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#Ukraine must be given ATACMS missiles so that it can send #Russia ’s Black Sea fleet in the direction of the Moskva cruiser:
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In #Russia , several radio stations and even local TV networks appear to have been hacked to broadcast a deep fake address allegedly by president Putin. This fake address announced mass mobilisation and introduced martial law in border regions. 1/2
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Russia always steals. Always. At the SPIEF forum in #StPetersburg , #Russia , the exhibitors presented another "Russian" product: sweet cherry from the Russian-occupied #Melitopol , #Zaporizhzhia region, south #Ukraine .
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Today in #Madrid , #Spain , there was a pro-Russian rally taking place. It’s sickening to see this monstrosity while #Russia continues its barbaric and genocidal war against #Ukraine :
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Another photo from #Ukraine that will leave you speechless. A woman is saving disabled dogs from a shelter in #Irpin , #Kyiv region, which has been under heavy Russian shelling and air strikes.
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People on Red Square, central #Moscow , #Russia , celebrating Putin’s declared annexation of 4 regions of #Ukraine . Now tell me that this is “Putin’s war”, not Russia’s war.
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The best response to the proposal to negotiate with #Russia ’s Putin was given by #Ukraine ’s Foreign Minister Kuleba: “[Prigozhin] had a conflict with Putin, he had successful negotiations: ended the conflict, agreed to security guarantees. And then Putin killed him.”
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If you remember this dog saved from the flooding in #Kherson , south #Ukraine , she is now safe in a shelter in Odesa. Please donate to the shelter if you can to help those saving animals from Kherson:
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In #Russia , one of the top Kremlin propagandists Solovyov says during his talk show: “With the sanctions like these, why should we stop at the borders of #Ukraine ?” Translation: Kremlin propaganda is promoting invasion of NATO member states.
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In #Riga , #Latvia , members of the local Russian-speaking community held a rally today to condemn #Russia ’s barbaric war against Ukraine, and to show solidarity with #Ukraine :
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It is really that simple: If #Russia stops fighting, there will be no war. If Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no more #Ukraine . #ArmUkraineNow #StopRussia
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Navy Day is celebrated today in #Russia . My sincere congratulations and wishing the entire Russian Navy join the Moskva cruiser.
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In #Russia , the FSB security service found alleged assassins of Nazi propagandist Dugina in less than 2 days. Yet, the FSB are searching for killers of politician Nemtsov for 2,733, of civic activist Estemirova for 4,786, and of journalist Politkovskaya for 5,798 days.
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In #London , #UK , the New Year fireworks featured #Ukraine ’s winning ESC 2022 song Stefania by Kalush Orchestra. The words of Slava Ukrayini were part of the NYE fireworks display:
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This memo was reportedly found with the documents of a Russian servicemen KIA in Ukraine. Some points are fairly standard, but some are curious. Short thread: 1/x
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This was filmed at #Kyiv railway station (first half) and at Universitet underground metro station in #Kharkiv , #Ukraine (second half), on New Year’s Eve of 2023. Ukrainians can’t be defeated as they have an unbreakable spirit:
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In #Kherson region, south #Ukraine , another dog is saved by rescuers amid flooding caused by #Russia destroying the #Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper river. So thankful to the rescuers for saving all the people and animals affected by this disaster.
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In #Russia |n-occupied #Kherson , south #Ukraine , local residents again hold a #protest against the ongoing Russian occupation. Amazing courage and defiance!
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#Afghanistan in two screengrabs: Same TV channel ( @CNN ), same reporter ( @clarissaward ), same city (Kabul). Before Taliban capture of Kabul - and after:
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@RussianEmbassy Russia’s embassy to the U.K. is inciting violence against Ukrainian prisoners of war. Typical Nazi behaviours by Russia’s “diplomats”. @TwitterSupport , please suspend @RussianEmbassy account for breach of Twitter rules.
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In #Russia |n-occupied areas in southern and eastern #Ukraine , Russian occup.authorities urge civilians not only to switch from Ukrainian to Russian citizenship/passports but also to Russify surnames. This ad from Melitopol advertises surname change from Halushko to Glushkova:
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Vladlen Tatarsky was a terrorist and a war propagandist. He was NOT a journalist. Good riddance.
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In #Russia , a prominent Kremlin-close political analyst suggested that the Russian military operation might finish “beyond Ukrainian borders”. He said #Germany “will be never forgiven for allowing weapons to be sent to #Ukraine ”. @GermanyDiplo and @NATO , are you reading this?
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What?!? Has Chomsky seen photos and videos from Mariupol, Bakhmut, Popasna or Marinka?
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In #Germany , ~20 intellectuals in an open letter "Ceasefire now!" called on Western countries to stop military support for #Ukraine & to create conditions for negotiations with #Russia (see link). My question to them is: How do you negotiate with this?
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