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NEW: I obtained documents showing $1 billion in Russian loans issued to the Assad regime, which will largely benefit Gennady Timchenko and Yevgeny Prigozhin, two sanctioned oligarchs. https://t.co/PSXqeq1AhH— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) April 5, 2022 … [Read more...] about $1 billion in Russian loans issued to the Assad regime

Ukraine Updates: Kyiv warns Russia is adding troops in Moldova https://t.co/BQVpeKJr07— National Post (@nationalpost) April 2, 2022 Putin badly needs to deliver some success by May, 9 (ww2 victory day), a central part of Kremlin mythology. He may turn his attention to Moldova as a low-hanging fruit. There are indications of accumulation of troops in Russian separatist … [Read more...] about Russia is adding troops in Moldova

Up to 170,000 Russian IT specialists could flee the country by the end of April, according to the Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC).50,000-70,000 have already left, with many relocating to Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Dubai and Turkey. pic.twitter.com/PD9rEpMacm— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 27, 2022 … [Read more...] about Up to 170,000 Russian IT specialists could flee the country by the end of April 2022

Austria is a “veritable aircraft carrier” of covert Russian activity," Its BFV intelligence agency is regarded as so compromised that it was cut out of much European intelligence sharing activity. The MoD is “practically a department of the GRU”, https://t.co/bRE7tZXDbI— toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) March 27, 2022 … [Read more...] about Austria is a “veritable aircraft carrier” of covert Russian activity

Extraordinary letter in @ft from former UK defence attaché at Moscow embassy - we warned you about Putin but you listened to the City instead pic.twitter.com/E4UPTu98yl— Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) March 23, 2022 … [Read more...] about We warned you about Putin but you listened to the City instead

This is an incredible analysis of how Putin's invasion of the world will re-order the global world, largely for the better. By a leading Chinese policy thinker, in Shanghai, originally written in Chinese. Brief thread, but read the whole thing. https://t.co/o3KkayyhkQ 1/— Ramez Naam (@ramez) March 13, 2022 … [Read more...] about Analysis of a leading Chinese policy thinker on how Putin’s invasion of the world will re-order the global world

Soloviev and Kedmi, two Kremlin's mouthpieces, discuss on TV a botch-up of Russian invasion. It probably signals some upcoming changes. They have no conscience so this discussion has been most likely prompted from above. Probably Putin is preparing ground to blame military leadership for botch-up. That would be in the best Stalin's traditions: first, to give order an order to … [Read more...] about Putin is preparing ground to blame military leadership for botch-up

Putin has led Russia into uncharted territory, and history suggests that his rule of repression and isolation is unsustainable https://t.co/6l62VhwPKy— Bloomberg Opinion (@bopinion) March 9, 2022 … [Read more...] about Putin has become a liability for Russia

(Reuters) - Taiwan's military strategists have been studying Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the country's resistance, for the island's own battle strategy in the event its giant neighbour China ever makes good on its threat to take them by force.— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) March 9, 2022 … [Read more...] about Taiwan is learning from Ukraine

The bombs are falling in Ukraine but many people also fleeing Russia in fear of Putin’s repression. Not just journalists but corp lawyers, finance folks etc. Since most have visas (& resources) tracking #s will be difficult. But exodus to Georgia, Baltics, Turkey, etc is underway— David M. Herszenhorn (@herszenhorn) March 9, 2022 … [Read more...] about The Russian ship is sinking