#  @Mike_Eckel Mike Eckel
Mike Eckel posts on X about ukraine, russia, kremlin, moscow the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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**Social topic influence**
[ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #1028, [russia](/topic/russia), [kremlin](/topic/kremlin) #87, [moscow](/topic/moscow) #193, [white house](/topic/white-house), [has been](/topic/has-been), [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump), [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister), [finland](/topic/finland), [countries](/topic/countries)
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Russia's interior minister arriving in Cuba this morning. (Given Havana's problems in the wake of the Venezuela events noteworthy that Moscow didn't send someone more senior/prominent.)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2013894902556278900) 2026-01-21T08:42Z 18K followers, [----] engagements
"Trump arriving in Zurich; will helicopter to Davos"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2013966610827026884) 2026-01-21T13:27Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"Czech politics getting very punchy today as President Pavel publicly accuses Deputy Prime Minister (and foreign minister) Petr Macinka of trying to blackmail him. Ministr zahraninch vc Petr Macinka se u del dobu sna ovlivnit mj postoj ke jmenovn navrenho lena vldy. A u komunikac se mnou mmi spolupracovnky nebo poradci. Zatm jsem vechny tyto pokusy posuzoval shovvav. Nyn mi ale v nonch hodinch doruil https://t.co/9F4uIyTwtu Ministr zahraninch vc Petr Macinka se u del dobu sna ovlivnit mj postoj ke jmenovn navrenho lena vldy. A u komunikac se mnou mmi spolupracovnky nebo poradci. Zatm jsem"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2016148200357290468) 2026-01-27T13:56Z 18K followers, 15.9K engagements
""If ICE agents can shoot civilians at point-blank range and never be held accountable then we arent living under the rule of law. Were living in a police state." @profnoahfeldman https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-27/ice-officers-do-not-have-immunity-from-prosecution-under-the-rule-of-law https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-27/ice-officers-do-not-have-immunity-from-prosecution-under-the-rule-of-law"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2016408448208982468) 2026-01-28T07:10Z 18K followers, [----] engagements
""When asked specifically what Russia means by the 'Anchorage Formula' and whether it exists White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said: 'Youll have to ask them'." @clare_seb https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/world/russia-ukraine-talks-anchorage-formula-analysis-intl https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/world/russia-ukraine-talks-anchorage-formula-analysis-intl"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2016409369085133060) 2026-01-28T07:13Z 18K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin disses newest estimates from @CSIS on Russian war casualties (nearly [---] million killed wounded and missing between February [----] and December 2025). Peskov says only Russia's Defense Ministry has the authority to release such data. 😶 "At current rates combined Russian and Ukrainian casualties could reach [--] million by the spring of 2026." https://t.co/y3KgXi7bEO "At current rates combined Russian and Ukrainian casualties could reach [--] million by the spring of 2026." https://t.co/y3KgXi7bEO"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2016456408993059181) 2026-01-28T10:20Z 18K followers, [----] engagements
"believe that's Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov among the officials greeting al-Sharaa on the snowy airport red carpet"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2016478198595272792) 2026-01-28T11:47Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia's Foreign Ministry trolling the White House (about penguins) 🗺 #OTD in [----] one of last the greatest discoveries was made by Russian explorers. Faddey #Bellingshausen & Mikhail #Lazarev approached the shores of #Antarctica and rounded its ice sheet greeting the penguins 🐧 👉 #RussianDidItFirst https://t.co/Vxy3zpK7Dn 🗺 #OTD in [----] one of last the greatest discoveries was made by Russian explorers. Faddey #Bellingshausen & Mikhail #Lazarev approached the shores of #Antarctica and rounded its ice sheet greeting the penguins 🐧 👉 #RussianDidItFirst https://t.co/Vxy3zpK7Dn"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2016802326305026311) 2026-01-29T09:15Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"@kromark @planet (the yellow cake was not heading anymore to Lome foro export by ship; Togo apparently blocked it so the convoy ended up at Niamey for export by air. destination unclear )"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2016898747439952245) 2026-01-29T15:38Z 18K followers, [----] engagements
""A7A5 and other Russia-linked entities: high volume sanctions designated actors. state-aligned actors using crypto as one tool in the toolkit to build a shadow economy operating in parallel to the legitimate economy." Illicit crypto volume hit a record USD 158B in [----]. But the share of illicit activity Just 1.2%. Read TRMs for all the details 👉 https://t.co/DB9ivv9UCK https://t.co/4a3pSbwqzi Illicit crypto volume hit a record USD 158B in [----]. But the share of illicit activity Just 1.2%. Read TRMs for all the details 👉 https://t.co/DB9ivv9UCK https://t.co/4a3pSbwqzi"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2016536173351489587) 2026-01-28T15:37Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"Kremlin now confirming that Trump spoke directly to Putin requested that Russia refrain from attacking Ukrainian targets. (Peskov specifically says "Kyiv"-- nothing about energy infrastructure or other towns/cities elsewhere) An important statement by @POTUS about the possibility of providing security for Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during this extreme winter period. Power supply is a foundation of life. We value the efforts of our partners to help us protect lives. Thank you President Trump Our An important statement by @POTUS about the possibility of providing security for Kyiv and"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2017181604691538388) 2026-01-30T10:22Z 18K followers, 13.6K engagements
""People want to tell their stories. Every good biographer knows that most people if you treat them with fairness and respect will open up to you." @ccwhip https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/susie-wiles-trump-white-house.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/susie-wiles-trump-white-house.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2019294531762679870) 2026-02-05T06:18Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"The @CTBTO (which monitors the test ban treaty and has a global network of sensors) says it detected no Chinese nuke yield test in [----]. And to date has received no evidence to the contrary (h/t @nukestrat) https://www.ctbto.org/resources/for-the-media/press-releases/statement-robert-floyd-executive-secretary-ctbto-2026-02-06 https://www.ctbto.org/resources/for-the-media/press-releases/statement-robert-floyd-executive-secretary-ctbto-2026-02-06"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2020055953970757783) 2026-02-07T08:44Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
""Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions of dollars for their families. Their investors didnt always fare so well." https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-sons-crypto-billions-1e7f1414st=HAWVZF https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-sons-crypto-billions-1e7f1414st=HAWVZF"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2020391741682032814) 2026-02-08T06:58Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"Czech Republic to rescue Radio Free Europe after Donald Trump funding cuts via @FT https://on.ft.com/4irBxjd https://on.ft.com/4irBxjd"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1903439660564516946) 2025-03-22T13:32Z 18.1K followers, 91K engagements
"more new satellite imagery of Iran's Fordow enrichment facility before/after the US attacks released by @planet. Image 1: March [--]. Image 2: June 22"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1936759987872641185) 2025-06-22T12:15Z 18.1K followers, 555.3K engagements
"New satellite imagery before/after U.S. bombing of Iran's Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities. @planet Image 1: Isfahan June [--]. Image 2: Isfahan June [--]. Image 3: Natanz May [--]. Image 4: Natanz June 22"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1937178919523713268) 2025-06-23T16:00Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"👀Russian Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev -- who is the second-ranking officer at the GRU military intelligence agency -- was shot in Moscow (reportedly in the back) Investigators say it appears to have been an assassination attempt. https://www.interfax.ru/moscow/1071400 https://sledcom.ru/news/item/2059597/ https://www.interfax.ru/moscow/1071400 https://sledcom.ru/news/item/2059597/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2019680420078711062) 2026-02-06T07:51Z 18.1K followers, 57.1K engagements
"SpaceX Dragon rocket blasting off from @NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida just now carrying [--] Americans [--] French and [--] Russian to the @Space_Station. This is currently only way to get humans to the station due to major accident at @roscosmos's Baikonur launch pad in Nov"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2022256651676311682) 2026-02-13T10:28Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Russian engineers had hoped to have the pad repaired by this month 👇 but it's looking more likely to be sometime by June. https://www.rferl.org/a/baikonur-launchpad-collapse-threatens-soyuz-flights/33618454.html https://www.rferl.org/a/baikonur-launchpad-collapse-threatens-soyuz-flights/33618454.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2022256978626494907) 2026-02-13T10:30Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"The next round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks will be held in Geneva on Feb. 17-18 per Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. And the Russian delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky the revisionist historian. (The Ukrainians will be less than thrilled) https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1072631 MOSCOW Feb [--] (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that the next round of peace talks on Ukraine will take place next week but did not confirm the location. https://t.co/DctKUnOSVd https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1072631 MOSCOW Feb [--] (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that the next round of peace"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2022265983121920037) 2026-02-13T11:05Z 18.1K followers, 23.8K engagements
"U.S. satellite imagery company @Maxar has reportedly cut off Ukraine from receiving its imagery. https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/maxar-vidklyuchyv-ukrayini-dostup-do-svoyih-suputnykovyh-znimkiv/ https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/maxar-vidklyuchyv-ukrayini-dostup-do-svoyih-suputnykovyh-znimkiv/"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1897915495149396253) 2025-03-07T07:41Z 18.1K followers, 547.6K engagements
"Image 5: close up of ridgeline at Fordow June [--]. Images 6-7: visible craters holes at Fordow June 22"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1936755047150612627) 2025-06-22T11:56Z 18.1K followers, 929.6K engagements
"More satellite imagery of the Niamey (Niger) airport before and after this mysterious overnight attack. Unclear if the yellow cake uranium being exported (to mysterious buyer) was the target or the Russian mercenaries guarding it or what exactly @vantortech Multiple scorch marks seen after an overnight fight at Niamey airport which may be part of a conflict over a French-owned [----] metric tons of uranium concentrate allegedly being transported to the port of Lom to be shipped to Russia on a @planet satellite image taken today. https://t.co/KSR4sFH5LL Multiple scorch marks seen after an"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2016935518601101684) 2026-01-29T18:04Z 18.1K followers, 58.6K engagements
"Peter Debbins the ex-US Army Green Beret who was sentenced to [--] years in prison in [----] after confessing to passing classified info to Russia's GRU is still trying to the judge to cut his sentence"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2019381800548946231) 2026-02-05T12:05Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"👀 GENEVA Feb [--] (Reuters) - The United States accused Beijing on Friday of conducting a secret nuclear test in [----] as it called for a new broader arms control treaty that would bring in China as well as Russia. GENEVA Feb [--] (Reuters) - The United States accused Beijing on Friday of conducting a secret nuclear test in [----] as it called for a new broader arms control treaty that would bring in China as well as Russia"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2019779137393537117) 2026-02-06T14:24Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"This is smart b/c it reminds how the Kremlin has shot itself in the foot with its own actions: e.g. undermining Russian support inside Ukraine pre-war; pushing Kyiv toward West (also prompting NATO expansion into Sweden/Finland) @mkimmage @HannaNotte https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/limits-russian-power https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/limits-russian-power"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2020511132218163612) 2026-02-08T14:52Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"A cartoon promotion for the [----] Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. (so awesome and also in a way so sad)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2020591598023873003) 2026-02-08T20:12Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"The Kremlin's "Anchorage Formula" has now become "The Spirit of Anchorage" https://t.co/pVClBF5eae https://t.co/pVClBF5eae"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2020804053702152530) 2026-02-09T10:16Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"(The "Anchorage Formula" is shorthand for what the Kremlin insists Trump and Putin agreed on in Alaska in August. The White House has said it has no idea what that is)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2020805021550497919) 2026-02-09T10:20Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia's tech regulator Roskomnadzor has begun throttling Telegram per @ru_rbc. No confirmation or announcement why but likely part of effort to push Russians away from non-state-controlled apps (incl. WhatsApp) and onto Messenger Max. https://t.me/rbc_news/142440 https://t.me/rbc_news/142440"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2021165534558007776) 2026-02-10T10:13Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia is still voluntarily abiding by New START limits on nuke warheads -- as long as the US keeps doing so. The White House has been no non-committal on this"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2021533861793157308) 2026-02-11T10:36Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Some important observations by the former U.S. ambassador to Russia about the decisions making (and delusions) that drove the Kremlin to invade Ukraine"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2021688258363600994) 2026-02-11T20:50Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"The United States and Russia will reestablish "high-level military-to-military dialogue" according to @US_EUCOM. (has been suspended since just before the Feb. [----] Russian invasion of Ukraine) https://www.eucom.mil/pressrelease/44261/the-us-and-russian-federation-agreed-to-reestablish-high-level-military-to-military-dialog https://www.eucom.mil/pressrelease/44261/the-us-and-russian-federation-agreed-to-reestablish-high-level-military-to-military-dialog"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2019404330567385206) 2026-02-05T13:34Z 18.1K followers, 21.4K engagements
"one of the [--] people identified by the FSB as being involved in the shooting of GRU Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev turns out to have been an employee of an FSB institute per @the_ins_ru"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2020866523565375562) 2026-02-09T14:24Z 18.1K followers, 20.9K engagements
"The European Union is teeing up its 20th round of sanctions related to the Russian war on Ukraine. Among the new targets is a Kyrgyz cryptocurrency exchange called Meer where the ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 has major trading volumes"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2020872362090963003) 2026-02-09T14:48Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"A7A5 is a fascinating cryptocurrency spearheaded by fugitive Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor and backed by the (sanctioned) Russian state bank Promsvyazbank. Researchers say it's basically a massive Kremlin-backedsanctions evasion scheme. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cryptocurrency-moldova-kyrgyzstan-a7-sanctions/33609918.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cryptocurrency-moldova-kyrgyzstan-a7-sanctions/33609918.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2020872731185594783) 2026-02-09T14:49Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"https://x.com/Stanovaya/status/2022274062064464349s=20 Will Geneva become Istanbul [--] Dmitry Peskov has said that the next round of trilateral talks between Russia the US and Ukraine will take place in Geneva. The Russian delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky. It is surprising that the Kremlin has agreed to Geneva given https://x.com/Stanovaya/status/2022274062064464349s=20 Will Geneva become Istanbul [--] Dmitry Peskov has said that the next round of trilateral talks between Russia the US and Ukraine will take place in Geneva. The Russian delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky."
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2022280215515267327) 2026-02-13T12:02Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Ukraine's chief negotiator confirms the Geneva talks; unlike the Russian delegation Ukraine's seems unchanged https://x.com/rustem_umerov/status/2022289982996480505s=20 On February [----] the next round of trilateral negotiations between Ukraine the United States and Russia is scheduled to take place in Geneva. The Ukrainian delegation has already begun preparations for this meeting. The President of Ukraine has determined the preliminary https://x.com/rustem_umerov/status/2022289982996480505s=20 On February [----] the next round of trilateral negotiations between Ukraine the United States and"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2022291552253448555) 2026-02-13T12:47Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@polinaivanovva @Andrew__Roth Isnt that @SabraAyres next to him"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1182380555226243073) 2019-10-10T19:41Z 17.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@olgatokariuk Yes though cheap may not be the right word: https://x.com/panyiszabolcs/status/1369968521548075010s=21 Hungary has finally disclosed the price it paid for Russian and Chinese vaccines: -Sputnik V costs [--] -Sinopharm costs [--] () (per two doses enough for one person). Earlier today PM Orbn just welcomed a fresh supply of 450K Chinese vaccines: https://t.co/yTZsFvNvs1 https://t.co/M047EMj968 https://x.com/panyiszabolcs/status/1369968521548075010s=21 Hungary has finally disclosed the price it paid for Russian and Chinese vaccines: -Sputnik V costs [--] -Sinopharm costs [--] () (per two"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1371755418876252164) 2021-03-16T09:29Z 17.8K followers, [--] engagements
"more new satellite images of Russian troop buildup along Ukraine border and Crimea. (images not published by @WSJ) 📷:@Maxar"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1384564224928665617) 2021-04-20T17:46Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"How @AP photographer Liu Heung Shing became the only foreign photographer to capture the moment that the Soviet Union ceased to exist: on Dec. [--] [----]. https://apnews.com/article/cc844ab233e1c5ae9ef77f8b9d17fea4 https://apnews.com/article/cc844ab233e1c5ae9ef77f8b9d17fea4"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1475044616126840834) 2021-12-26T10:03Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Putin's introduction and entrance -- to the roaring crowd -- is 🧐"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1504811415911211057) 2022-03-18T13:26Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Russia's population grew by just [---] percent over the past decade with deaths exceeding births and migration making up most of the increase. According to preliminary census results from Rosstat population now stands at [-----] million https://rg.ru/2022/05/30/rg-publikuet-predvaritelnye-itogi-vserossijskoj-perepisi-naseleniia.html https://rg.ru/2022/05/30/rg-publikuet-predvaritelnye-itogi-vserossijskoj-perepisi-naseleniia.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1531156368463474691) 2022-05-30T06:11Z 17.9K followers, [--] engagements
"(missed this last week): the Anglo-American School in Moscow said it's closing down for the rest of the school year and it's open question whether it will re-open at all next year"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1647879590138855425) 2023-04-17T08:28Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"And alas after [--] years in operations (including the duration of the Cold War even) the Anglo American School of Moscow is closing its doors permanently. Sign of the times in Russia. (h/t @sgutterman) https://www.aas.ru https://www.aas.ru"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1664651300624113665) 2023-06-02T15:12Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"End of an era. @yandexcom shareholders have approved a $5.3 billion plan to wholly exit Russia. Company management gets the biggest stake in the new Russian entity plus a Lukoil-linked fund and also some lesser-known businessmen including a former Gazprom executive"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1766030615747387868) 2024-03-08T09:18Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. would hit Moscow with sanctions and potentially military action if Putin wont agree to a peace deal with Ukraine that guarantees Kyiv long-term independence https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/vance-wields-threat-of-sanctions-military-action-to-push-putin-into-ukraine-deal-da9c18acst=hZ5uv8 https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/vance-wields-threat-of-sanctions-military-action-to-push-putin-into-ukraine-deal-da9c18acst=hZ5uv8"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1890342895766356229) 2025-02-14T10:10Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
""I think Ukraine ought to be the one to negotiate its own peace deal" Republican Sen. John Cornyn said. "I don't think it should be imposed upon it by any other country including ours." https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/hegseth-ukraine-trump-russia-putin-nato https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/hegseth-ukraine-trump-russia-putin-nato"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1890707097874055231) 2025-02-15T10:17Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia Foreign Ministry readout of the Lavrov-Rubio call. Interestingly the [--] discussed upcoming Ukraine negotiations but ALSO the [----] Obama expulsion of dozens of Russian diplomats and seized [--] major Russian diplomatic properties in the U.S. 🧐 https://t.me/MID_Russia/52308 https://t.co/adebecmnsR https://t.me/MID_Russia/52308 https://t.co/adebecmnsR"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1891056861094240290) 2025-02-16T09:27Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Trump envoy Keith Kellogg arriving in Kyiv today for talks with President Zelenskiy and other officials. "We will listen. We are prepared to provide what is needed. We understand the need for security guarantees. Part of my mission is to listen.""
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1892126862446370963) 2025-02-19T08:19Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
".@AP sues [--] Trump administration officials citing freedom of speech https://apnews.com/article/ap-lawsuit-trump-administration-officials-0352075501b779b8b187667f3427e0e8 https://apnews.com/article/ap-lawsuit-trump-administration-officials-0352075501b779b8b187667f3427e0e8"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1893054685034041348) 2025-02-21T21:46Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia says it's kicking out two British accredited diplomats from Moscow after the FSB "identified signs of intelligence and subversive work by said diplomats threatening the security of the Russian Federation." Embassy official hauled into @MID_RF for a tongue-lashing"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1899025724679373262) 2025-03-10T09:13Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Come for the awesome lede by @KevinTDugan. Stay for this awesome quote: I hope Mamdani is going to give out free Xanax said Caroline Leventhal who co-founded a podcast that dissects the lifestyle of cosmetic surgeries and private ski instructors. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-wealthy-230722acst=cWTP4W https://www.wsj.com/us-news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-wealthy-230722acst=cWTP4W"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1979465727485841718) 2025-10-18T08:33Z 17.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia's deputy foreign minister signals (unusually quickly) that Washington and Moscow can't even agree on a Lavrov-Rubio meeting-- never mind a Trump-Putin Budapest meeting: "You cant postpone something that hasnt been agreed upon." https://ria.ru/20251021/ryabkov-2049525105.html Trumps hope for quick second summit with Putin may be stalled as pre-meeting tabled for now https://t.co/tV2ZEgnkke https://ria.ru/20251021/ryabkov-2049525105.html Trumps hope for quick second summit with Putin may be stalled as pre-meeting tabled for now https://t.co/tV2ZEgnkke"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1980527272072475061) 2025-10-21T06:51Z 17.8K followers, 11.1K engagements
"The Kharkiv kindergarten building that was heavily damaged in the overnight Russian air strikes that hit locations nationwide. Officials say [--] children were the building at the time; in a basement bomb shelter. Preliminary reports say none were injured. (video by @radiosvoboda)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1980960144856080547) 2025-10-22T11:31Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@walberque more than normal"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1981015205225361903) 2025-10-22T15:10Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Major new @USTreasury sanctions targeting Russia's [--] largest oil companies: Rosneft and Lukoil and a bunch of subsidiaries. As of last month Russia overall exported around $13.35 billion in oil and refined products per the @IEA (which is down from previous months)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1981231304651001933) 2025-10-23T05:28Z 17.7K followers, [----] engagements
""Russias war economy works but only up to a point. The Kremlin is limited not only by short-term production bottlenecks but also by fiscal strain an overstretched labor market technological isolation and a fragmented defense-industrial base." @amenka https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/cracks-russias-war-economy# https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/cracks-russias-war-economy#"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1981629555547816041) 2025-10-24T07:51Z 17.8K followers, 10.9K engagements
"Russia has successfully tested a long-range nuclear powered cruise missile called the Burevestnik Gen Valery Gerasimov tells Putin. He says missile was tested Oct. [--] travelled [-----] kilometers and was aloft for [--] hours"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1982346558801850545) 2025-10-26T07:20Z 17.8K followers, 89.2K engagements
"Kirill Dmitriev (the Kremlin envoy who is currently in the U.S. for talks with White House officials) is in the news a lot these days. This 👇is a good reminder of his background and personal connections to Putin's family. Remember Kirill Dmitriev the Russian fund manager whom Robert Mueller suspects of building secret back channels to the Trump administration Turns out he's a very close member of the Kremlin family - by way of marriage to Putin's daughter's best friend https://t.co/wwT80qczOH Remember Kirill Dmitriev the Russian fund manager whom Robert Mueller suspects of building secret"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1982452334228611543) 2025-10-26T14:20Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The @StateDept intelligence bureau cast doubt on the notion that Putin was prepared to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war dissenting from a more optimistic CIA assessment of potential talks. @brett_forrest https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/putin-ukraine-peace-state-department-c9ed6cef https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/putin-ukraine-peace-state-department-c9ed6cef"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1982688172283691138) 2025-10-27T05:57Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
".@SecScottBessent publicly calling Kremlin envoy @kadmitriev a "Russian propagandist" -- while the envoy is in the United States for talks with White House officials. Read @margbrennans full interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this morning: https://t.co/L46gENklSp Read @margbrennans full interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this morning: https://t.co/L46gENklSp"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1982694966418644995) 2025-10-27T06:24Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Trump responding to reports of the Burevestnik missile test reminds (reveals) the presence of a US nuke sub somewhere off the Russian coast. "We test missiles all the time but we do have a nuclear submarine.I don't think it's an appropriate thing for Putin to be saying." Exact details of test unclear but observers have been watching the Novaya Zemlya test sites closely since mid-summer. Backstory here: https://t.co/Dxywrg18N3 https://t.co/Jd13LIzS5u Exact details of test unclear but observers have been watching the Novaya Zemlya test sites closely since mid-summer. Backstory here:"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1982746581184221424) 2025-10-27T09:49Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Meanwhile Dmitriev met with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna over the weekend to discuss (among other things) files related to the Kennedy assassination. He gifted her flowers chocolates and a collection of Putin quotations. ("Great Words From a Great Man.") https://t.me/tass_agency/345737 https://t.me/tass_agency/345737"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1982818347151495191) 2025-10-27T14:35Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@lennylaw @Jordan_W_Taylor https://thebulletin.org/2019/08/project-pluto-and-trouble-with-the-russian-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile/ https://thebulletin.org/2019/08/project-pluto-and-trouble-with-the-russian-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1982863565775388734) 2025-10-27T17:34Z 17.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Here's what Norway's military intelligence says about Russia's test of the Burevestnik missile: _ was launched at Novaya Zemlya _ had nuclear propulsion _ flew significantly longer than previous _ remains under development not ready for deployment _ has been testing since [----] Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has this to say about the Burevestnik test (partly in response to Trump's remarks): "There is nothing here that could or should strain relations between Moscow and Washington-- especially since these relations are already at a minimum level." https://t.co/8d58fVYFYo Kremlin spokesman"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1983448721020047404) 2025-10-29T08:20Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Putin now announcing that Russia yesterday conducted a test of another new weapons system -- the remote nuclear-capable long-range torpedo Poseidon. Comes [--] days after announcement of test of long-range nuke-powered cruise missile Burevestnik"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1983505586969801086) 2025-10-29T12:05Z 17.8K followers, 23.5K engagements
"Kremlin responds to Trump's threat on nuke testing: "if it's somehow a reference to the Burevestnik test that wasn't a nuclear test not in any way.The US has the right to make sovereign decisions. But if someone breaks the test moratorium Russia will act accordingly.""
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1983837257611055239) 2025-10-30T10:03Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The now-deleted press release of McFerran's appointment (wherein there is no mention of his employment and family ties with Evraz) The Trump nominee for a top position at Exim Bank has withdrawn his candidacy amid scrutiny of his role as an executive at a steel trader co-owned by one of Russias richest oligarchs & his relations by marriage to a family with extensive Kremlin ties. https://t.co/t3J3dCLUtP The Trump nominee for a top position at Exim Bank has withdrawn his candidacy amid scrutiny of his role as an executive at a steel trader co-owned by one of Russias richest oligarchs & his"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1984212771245097155) 2025-10-31T10:56Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Ukraine military intelligence chief Budanov is reportedly on the ground as part of this counter-attack near Pokrovsk. Per @Reuters @suspilne the Ukrainian commandos landed a few days ago. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-lands-special-forces-embattled-pokrovsk-sources-say-2025-10-31/ https://suspilne.media/1153568-specoperacia-v-pokrovsku-pidrozdili-gur-provodat-desantnu-operaciu-u-misti-dzerela/ New. Hearing Ukraine's military intelligence is conducting a daring counter-offensive near Pokrovsk to reopen key logistics lines. Videos shared with me purport to show a heli drop in"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1984551287153668583) 2025-11-01T09:21Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
""Around [----] 'ideological immigrants' as theyve been dubbed by the Russian media including [---] Americans have applied for temporary residence in Russia." @cradnofsky https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/american-family-moved-russia-seeking-better-life-got-drawn-war-ukraine-rcna220463 https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/american-family-moved-russia-seeking-better-life-got-drawn-war-ukraine-rcna220463"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1985666084226146761) 2025-11-04T11:11Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"There are many charming aspects of Slovakia's capital city. For example the "Cheese-O-Matic" vending machine"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1985702241467043966) 2025-11-04T13:34Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
""This test is routine and was scheduled years in advance." The U.S. Air Forces Global Strike Command says it conducted another unarmed Minuteman III ICBM test launch from California as part of routine reliability checks. The missile landed near the Marshall Islands. (Video below from May test.) https://t.co/ymmtp2xYXb The U.S. Air Forces Global Strike Command says it conducted another unarmed Minuteman III ICBM test launch from California as part of routine reliability checks. The missile landed near the Marshall Islands. (Video below from May test.) https://t.co/ymmtp2xYXb"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1986064117673644096) 2025-11-05T13:32Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Mark Gyetvay the ex-CFO of Russia's 2nd-largest gas producer Novatek was sentenced to 7+ years in prison in [----] on tax evasion bank fraud. An appeals court reversed conviction in Aug ordered new sentencing. @TheJusticeDept wants the same sentence; defense wants time-served"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1987472876060983642) 2025-11-09T10:50Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Ukraine's commander-in-chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskiy says things are difficult in Pokrovsk and Zaporizhzhya-- and weather conditions are bad things looking better in Kupyansk (contrary to Russian officials who asserted the city was partially occupied. https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/16836 https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/16836"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1988270142451773516) 2025-11-11T15:38Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was yet again not to be seen at a prominent Kremlin event (visit of the Kazakh president). @kommersant says his absence was "authorized" by Putin. Russia watchers suspect it's another sign Lavrov is about to https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8195591 https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8195591"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1988708257809203214) 2025-11-12T20:39Z 17.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Death toll from Russian strikes on Kyiv now [--] as emergency workers pull more bodies from rubble. https://t.me/dsns_telegram/53050 https://t.me/vitaliy_klitschko/5695 Kyiv death toll from Russian strikes up to [--] per local authorities; more than [--] wounded. Video by @radiosvoboda https://t.co/6tShPiyVRi https://t.me/dsns_telegram/53050 https://t.me/vitaliy_klitschko/5695 Kyiv death toll from Russian strikes up to [--] per local authorities; more than [--] wounded. Video by @radiosvoboda https://t.co/6tShPiyVRi"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1989339981727645939) 2025-11-14T14:29Z 17.8K followers, 26.5K engagements
""The failure of the Budapest summit was not Lavrovs fault but the inevitable result of the Russian system of artificially creating a foreign policy crisis and resolving it on its own terms to achieve a desired outcome." @baunov https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2025/11/russia-usa-diplomatic-failure https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2025/11/russia-usa-diplomatic-failure"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1989689885268074625) 2025-11-15T13:40Z 17.7K followers, [----] engagements
"new photos of the elusive Ukrainian-built long-range cruise missile the Flamingo (FP-5) which has reportedly already action against Russian targets (unsure if there's been independent confirmation). Photos by Efrem Lukatsky @AP)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1990361168213663861) 2025-11-17T10:07Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"also of 🤨note: the company which is building the Flamingo Fire Point is adding former @mikepompeo to its board of directors. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-pompeo-missiles-drones-58d1ebcb1141c19c326ef05b3a03df63 https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-pompeo-missiles-drones-58d1ebcb1141c19c326ef05b3a03df63"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1990361720708006222) 2025-11-17T10:09Z 17.7K followers, [---] engagements
"At least [--] killed in early Russian air strikes on western Ukrainian city of Ternopil emergency officials say. Zelenskiy says Russia launched more than [---] drones [--] cruise/ballistic missiles in the attack; Kharkiv Ivano-Frankivsk also targeted. https://t.me/dsns_telegram/53284 https://t.me/dsns_telegram/53284"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1991050357389086866) 2025-11-19T07:46Z 17.7K followers, 28.6K engagements
".@ZelenskyyUa arriving early this morning in Ankara for talks with Erdogan. Unclear if @SEPeaceMissions will be there in light of the snowballing corruption scandal in Kyiv. (👇) Understand Witkoff-Yermak talks tomorrow in Turkey called off. Witkoff might not have been aware of the scandal he was walking into when agreeing the meeting Im told. Understand Witkoff-Yermak talks tomorrow in Turkey called off. Witkoff might not have been aware of the scandal he was walking into when agreeing the meeting Im told"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1991054883144024247) 2025-11-19T08:04Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Death toll from Russian overnight strikes on Ternopil is now up to [--] per Ukrainian police. https://t.me/UA_National_Police/53659 At least [--] killed in early Russian air strikes on western Ukrainian city of Ternopil emergency officials say. Zelenskiy says Russia launched more than [---] drones [--] cruise/ballistic missiles in the attack; Kharkiv Ivano-Frankivsk also targeted. https://t.co/pQ8BXUj1AA https://t.co/63LOBnwVdD https://t.me/UA_National_Police/53659 At least [--] killed in early Russian air strikes on western Ukrainian city of Ternopil emergency officials say. Zelenskiy says Russia"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1991090724121547241) 2025-11-19T10:26Z 17.8K followers, 30.5K engagements
"Ukraine's air force releases photo of shrapnel it says comes from Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles that hit the Ternopil apartment buildings. (targeting civilian residences with guided missiles is an unequivocal war crime). https://t.me/kpszsu/47889single Death toll from Russian strikes on Ternopil now stands at [--] per Ukrainian emergency services; more [--] people wounded including [--] children. https://t.co/gM50WacWQs https://t.me/kpszsu/47889single Death toll from Russian strikes on Ternopil now stands at [--] per Ukrainian emergency services; more [--] people wounded including [--] children."
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1991163894639837421) 2025-11-19T15:17Z 17.7K followers, [----] engagements
"US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll (who arrived in Kyiv yesterday along w/ a handful of top US officers) will meet today with @ZelenskyyUa-- and Zelenskiy's team will find out how set in concrete the 28-point Witkoff/Dmitriev peace plan really is. (source: https://t.me/Denys_Smyhal https://t.me/Denys_Smyhal"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1991401884700274900) 2025-11-20T07:03Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
""All of these problems ultimately can be traced back to us. We elected Trump (twice); we have a Supreme Court where his nominees hold the balance of power; and Congress is made up of the people we put there." @NoahRFeldman https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-19/ice-raids-why-isn-t-anyone-stopping-them https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-19/ice-raids-why-isn-t-anyone-stopping-them"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1991421240649904578) 2025-11-20T08:19Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
".@ZelenskyyUa's office issues a statement confirming it has received the U.S.-drafted peace plan: Zelenskyy "expects to discuss with President Trump in the coming days the available diplomatic opportunities and the main points that are needed for peace.""
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1991540656221938149) 2025-11-20T16:14Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@PjotrSauer New Hampshire has done strange things to visiting Russian students over the years"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1992210300544938165) 2025-11-22T12:35Z 17.7K followers, [---] engagements
"New Hampshire has done strange things to visiting Russian students over the years A young Dmitriev on a school trip to the US praising Ukraines strong democratic traditions and saying he hoped the country would thrive as an independent nation. https://t.co/8HrSPJTJ0e A young Dmitriev on a school trip to the US praising Ukraines strong democratic traditions and saying he hoped the country would thrive as an independent nation. https://t.co/8HrSPJTJ0e"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1992212920109789626) 2025-11-22T12:45Z 17.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov says the European "counter-proposal" peace plan is "not constructive and not acceptable to Russia.""
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1992966324574712133) 2025-11-24T14:39Z 17.8K followers, 18.1K engagements
"@The_Lookout_N why unusual"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1992994979590078866) 2025-11-24T16:33Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
""The Kremlin believes any move by Zelenskyy to accept something close to the 28-point draft would trigger political turmoil in Ukraine an outcome Moscow would welcome." key point by @PjotrSauer (prolly overlooked by some involved in negotiations too) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/24/disarray-over-leaked-us-russia-peace-plan-is-ideal-scenario-for-putin https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/24/disarray-over-leaked-us-russia-peace-plan-is-ideal-scenario-for-putin"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1993218057465110781) 2025-11-25T07:19Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
""They're talking to Russia now Steve Witkoff is going over maybe with Jared I'm not sure about Jared going but he's involved in the process smart guy they're going to be meeting with President Putin I believe next week in Moscow. via @YouTube https://youtu.be/dMSwsdLuxJUsi=eReSp_v1u_HddFOb https://youtu.be/dMSwsdLuxJUsi=eReSp_v1u_HddFOb"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1993570044861898900) 2025-11-26T06:38Z 17.8K followers, 30.5K engagements
"Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov confirming that Witkoff is traveling to Moscow next week (along with unspecified others) "They're talking to Russia now Steve Witkoff is going over maybe with Jared I'm not sure about Jared going but he's involved in the process smart guy they're going to be meeting with President Putin I believe next week in Moscow. https://t.co/i1iUh1ZuUq via @YouTube "They're talking to Russia now Steve Witkoff is going over maybe with Jared I'm not sure about Jared going but he's involved in the process smart guy they're going to be meeting with President Putin I"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1993573307351023952) 2025-11-26T06:51Z 17.8K followers, 22.9K engagements
""There is an opportunity for a win-win outcome to these negotiations." @EmilyHardingDC"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1994004835755295228) 2025-11-27T11:26Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"full link here: https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-strategy-ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-strategy-ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1994004917694943559) 2025-11-27T11:26Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"🧐Russia has so many vast resources vast expanses of land Witkoff told @WSJ. If we do all that and everybodys prospering and theyre all a part of it and theres upside for everybody thats going to naturally be a bulwark against future conflicts there." The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europes dismay the president and his envoy are on board. https://t.co/qC5N14j6HX The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europes dismay the president and his envoy are on board. https://t.co/qC5N14j6HX"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1994728601929802032) 2025-11-29T11:22Z 17.8K followers, 70.3K engagements
"While Witkoff is en route to Moscow for peace talks with Putin Russia fired a ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro overnight. Officials say at least [--] people have been killed [--] wounded. https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA/25989 Putin and Witkoff will meet Tuesday afternoon (at the Kremlin) per spokesman Dmitry Peskov. https://t.co/j58yOp5kWu https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA/25989 Putin and Witkoff will meet Tuesday afternoon (at the Kremlin) per spokesman Dmitry Peskov. https://t.co/j58yOp5kWu"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1995447697516400652) 2025-12-01T10:59Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"What's unique about the cryptocurrency A7A5 is that it appears to be not only a Kremlin vehicle to circumvent Western war sanctions; it also appears to be a pillar of a larger Kremlin effort to build a parallel financial system independent of the West. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cryptocurrency-moldova-kyrgyzstan-a7-sanctions/33609918.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cryptocurrency-moldova-kyrgyzstan-a7-sanctions/33609918.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1995574995536544001) 2025-12-01T19:25Z 17.9K followers, 20K engagements
"Confused about how this A7A5 cryptocurrency scheme is set up @disconnect has got you covered"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1995811180175118435) 2025-12-02T11:04Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin releases video of Witkoff and Kushner meeting Putin along with Kirill Dmitriev and Yuri Ushakov. (Unclear who the translator for the Americans is.) Before meeting Putin Witkoff and Kushner took in the sights of central Moscow escorted by Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev. (shopping at TsUM looks like) https://t.co/a0cjxpOhDK Before meeting Putin Witkoff and Kushner took in the sights of central Moscow escorted by Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev. (shopping at TsUM looks like) https://t.co/a0cjxpOhDK"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1995929923798925730) 2025-12-02T18:55Z 17.8K followers, 294.5K engagements
"In new US national security strategy US prescribes a bit of policy psychoanalysis therapy for Europe: "We want Europe to remain European to regain its civilizational self-confidence and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation.""
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1996852502101364976) 2025-12-05T08:01Z 17.9K followers, 80K engagements
"Scientists find that Norwegian freshwater fish still show elevated levels of cesium-137 nearly [--] years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster: 3-4 times higher than pre-1986 (though declining over time) https://www.dsa.no/nyheter/fortsatt-radioaktivitet-i-norsk-ferskvannsfisk-som-folge-av-tsjornobyl-ulykken https://www.dsa.no/nyheter/fortsatt-radioaktivitet-i-norsk-ferskvannsfisk-som-folge-av-tsjornobyl-ulykken"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1996915410529407033) 2025-12-05T12:11Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"A Russian court says [--] soldiers were convicted of the [----] torture/murder of Russell "Donbas Cowboy" Bentley an American notorious for joining Russian-backed forces in Ukraine. He was a regular guest on Russian state TV criticizing the U.S. government. https://t.me/uovs_info/1149 https://t.me/uovs_info/1149"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1997987809789907210) 2025-12-08T11:13Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"per @IgnatiusPost [--] idea under discussion for ending Russia's war is quick Ukrainian membership in the EU . This would be remarkable given that Moscow opposed a similar idea in [----] sparking the Maidan protests Yanukovych's flight. and Russia's first invasion of Ukraine"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1998736221678281155) 2025-12-10T12:47Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"👀Putin and Venezuela's Maduro have spoken by phone the Kremlin says. https://t.me/tass_agency/352579 https://t.me/tass_agency/352579"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1999137339302396073) 2025-12-11T15:20Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"White House envoy John Coale says the Trump administration is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash (a major revenue source for Minsk). Says more political prisoners will also be released. https://t.me/pul_1/19439 https://t.me/pul_1/19439"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1999814551252934821) 2025-12-13T12:11Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"New satellite imagery from today (Dec. 16) of the piers at Russia's Novorossiysk naval base where Ukraine claimed it damaged Russian submarine with a submersible drone. @vantortech"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2000973544323239998) 2025-12-16T16:57Z 17.9K followers, 325.5K engagements
"Sat imagery of the same pier taken Dec. [--]. @vantortech"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2000973721037689318) 2025-12-16T16:58Z 17.9K followers, 16.8K engagements
"@ZelenskyyUa @oldLentach Putin is asked about Trump's peace plan for Ukraine. He (again) insists that Russia isn't to blame for war claims it was caused by a "coup d'etat" in [----] in Kyiv: "It is wrong to say that we are rejecting peace proposals. The ball is the court of the Kyiv regime's leaders.""
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2001970880973525028) 2025-12-19T11:00Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@ZelenskyyUa @oldLentach "This isn't a Direct Line it's a circus." https://x.com/tvrain/status/2001950883198996785s=20 - https://t.co/A2Ua74jCkS https://x.com/tvrain/status/2001950883198996785s=20 - https://t.co/A2Ua74jCkS"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2001975244190535785) 2025-12-19T11:17Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@oldLentach Putin responds to a @BBCSteveR question about Russia's future. w/ a lecture about NATO's past expansion (including the famously misconstrued "Not One Inch" quote) "There will be no special military operations if the West treats Russia with respect and respects its interests.""
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2001986340049797572) 2025-12-19T12:01Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@oldLentach @BBCSteveR Now we've come to the part of this spectacle when journalists offer gifts to Putin in this case a book of Russian poetry about Tajikistan and Central Asia"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2001994992764715238) 2025-12-19T12:36Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@oldLentach @BBCSteveR Now we're into hard-hitting questions for Putin: "Do you believe in love at first sight""
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2002004370498482482) 2025-12-19T13:13Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@oldLentach @BBCSteveR It is now [--] hours and counting for this year's Direct Line with Putin"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2002005008414568668) 2025-12-19T13:16Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"👀A Russian general was killed in a car bomb in southeastern Moscow this morning per Investigative Committee: Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov who heads the operational training directorate for the General Staff died in the blast. https://t.me/sledcom_press/26235 https://t.me/sledcom_press/26235"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2003005245962801537) 2025-12-22T07:30Z 17.9K followers, 122.1K engagements
"More photos of the blast/crime scene courtesy @tass_agency"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2003018086308610346) 2025-12-22T08:21Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Roscosmos says it plans to build a power-generating plant on the Moon by [----] -- and state-run atomic company Rosatom and Russia's primary nuclear research institute Kurchatov are primary participants. 🧐 https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/18974 https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/18974"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2003815575060189508) 2025-12-24T13:10Z 17.9K followers, 12K engagements
"The last Russian lunar effort -- in August 2023-- ended in failure when an unmanned probe smashed into the surface of the Moon. 👇 https://www.rferl.org/amp/russia-lunar-landing-crash-space-program-problems/32557717.html https://www.rferl.org/amp/russia-lunar-landing-crash-space-program-problems/32557717.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2003816474167926907) 2025-12-24T13:14Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"A meeting of Putin Gerasimov and top Russian commanders (unmistakably timed on the eve of Trump-Zelensky talks) in which Putin again signals no need to compromise and repeats the "root causes" of the Ukraine war. ("Kyiv started it. Moscow is trying to finish it." etc. )"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2005235071134138555) 2025-12-28T11:11Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"full video here: Kremlin transcript here: http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78870 https://t.me/tass_agency/354611 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78870 https://t.me/tass_agency/354611"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2005235258518839748) 2025-12-28T11:11Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"bonkers Kremlin rumormongering about ex-Dep. Def. Min. Yury Sadovenko who died suddenly on 12/25 in a Moscow hospital weeks after a heart operation. A confidant of Sergei Shoigu Sadovenko was sacked in May [----]. Reportedly he was giving the FSB evidence of military corruption. - - - . https://t.co/DwYhzOQaGU - - - . https://t.co/DwYhzOQaGU"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2005248825230016669) 2025-12-28T12:05Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Theres no unique serial number on a load of lobster meat." https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/lobster-heist-costco-massachusetts-1fb67311st=F6e9ck https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/lobster-heist-costco-massachusetts-1fb67311st=F6e9ck"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2005970217072021902) 2025-12-30T11:52Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"A former senior Kremlin official said he was very worried about the dark picture inside Russia. We cant turn the clock back easily; political will is needed to reverse this and it simply does not exist." @FrancescaEbel https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/30/russia-war-ukraine-society-dissent/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/30/russia-war-ukraine-society-dissent/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2006699450602037312) 2026-01-01T12:10Z 17.9K followers, 31.9K engagements
"Fascinating that the Defense Ministry decided to video (and publish) its officials giving U.S. defense attaches flight/technical data allegedly taken from a Ukrainian drone downed over Novgorod region; allegedly attacking a Putin residence. The U.S. officials look thrilled"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2006990803240173839) 2026-01-02T07:27Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"White House publishes "perp walk" video of Nicolas Maduro in U.S. custody presumably on U.S. soil (though unclear where exactly. Those are Drug Enforcement Agency officers escorting him"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2007752625975185531) 2026-01-04T09:55Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Zelenskiy has dismissed SBU chief Vasil Malyuk-- the latest top personnel shuffle that's included the head of military intelligence (Kyrylo Budanov) becoming chief-of-staff and digital minister (Mykhailo Fedorov) becoming Def Minister. @ukrpravda_news https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2026/01/05/8014655/ https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2026/01/05/8014655/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2008130014659920332) 2026-01-05T10:54Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Russia's Bashkortostan -- a region that has suffered the highest number of confirmed KIA in Ukraine -- has again upped its signing bonus for new volunteers. As of Jan. [--] it's being doubled to [--] million rubles ($12000) after being cut in early Dec. https://www.idelreal.org/a/million-za-kontrakt-na-voynu-s-ukrainoy-bashkortostan-uvelichil-vyplaty-na-fone-defitsita-byudzheta-i-rosta-tarifov-zhkh/33638454.html https://www.idelreal.org/a/million-za-kontrakt-na-voynu-s-ukrainoy-bashkortostan-uvelichil-vyplaty-na-fone-defitsita-byudzheta-i-rosta-tarifov-zhkh/33638454.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2008434499231650007) 2026-01-06T07:04Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Always entertaining to get an extended video tour of a Russian nuclear-powered (attack) submarine the K-561 Kazan"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2008497704142598636) 2026-01-06T11:15Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Cool historical photo of GRU Maj. Gen. Dmitry Polyakov being arrested in Moscow by the KGB in [----]. He was one of more than a dozen double agents whose identities were blown by Aldrich Ames. Polyakov was the jewel in the crown" CIA Director James Woolsey once said. Breaking news: Aldrich Ames the CIA officer whose spying for Moscow was the most damaging breach in the agencys history reportedly causing the deaths of at least [--] recruited CIA or allied intelligence agents died at [--]. https://t.co/oHw3FtuosF Breaking news: Aldrich Ames the CIA officer whose spying for Moscow was the most"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2008869000521158852) 2026-01-07T11:51Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"On March [--] [----] (2 days before US invasion of Iraq) Bush and Putin speak by phone. Putin lectures Bush on the U.N. charter and int'l law: "The most important thing and I have already mentioned this is that we should not substitute the law of force for international law"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2008983231040008265) 2026-01-07T19:25Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Nearly the entirety of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhya's region were blacked out overnight due to Russian attacks on the energy grid. In the city Dnipro reports of water problems this morning; people buying out bottled water from markets. https://t.me/energyofukraine/5796 https://t.me/energyofukraine/5796"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2009174458624549343) 2026-01-08T08:04Z 17.9K followers, 22.2K engagements
"⚡Russia's Defense Ministry confirms that it fired a nuclear-capable Oreshnik IRBM missile at Ukriane overnight; Video appears to show MIRVs hitting near Lviv"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2009509919847063778) 2026-01-09T06:17Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Ukraine had warned of a possible missile launch from Russia's Kasputin Yar base just before midnight. https://t.me/kpszsu/51931 https://t.me/kpszsu/51931"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2009512450098405602) 2026-01-09T06:27Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Ukraine's Air Force issued a statement overnight stating a ballistic missile had been fired at Lviv all but identifying it as an Oreshnik (though not by name)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2009520250853675265) 2026-01-09T06:58Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"https://x.com/zelenskyyua/status/2009542786756792621s=46 In Kyiv and the region the aftermath of the massive Russian strike is still being dealt with. All necessary services are deployed. Twenty residential buildings alone were damaged. Recovery operations after the strikes also continue in the Lviv region and other regions of our https://t.co/AMkwfKHOkC https://x.com/zelenskyyua/status/2009542786756792621s=46 In Kyiv and the region the aftermath of the massive Russian strike is still being dealt with. All necessary services are deployed. Twenty residential buildings alone were damaged."
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2009553233400709195) 2026-01-09T09:10Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Ukraine's SBU security agency releases photos of debris it says is from the Russian Oreshnik IRBM that hit Lviv overnight. (source: https://t.me/SBUkr https://t.me/SBUkr"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2009600931151941990) 2026-01-09T12:19Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"The Arab neighbors despite all the problems and contradictions want to see a weakened Iran but an Iran that they understand. Lets not have illusions that a regime change in Iran would necessarily lead to a more friendly regime there. @KozhanovNikolay Why Iranian protests are different this time. Ever since the Iran-Iraq war the regime claimed legitimacy from keeping the country at peace. Then its adventurism triggered Junes 12-day war the bombing of Tehran and the end of the Islamic Republics aura of invincibility. This Why Iranian protests are different this time. Ever since the Iran-Iraq"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2010655909396300104) 2026-01-12T10:11Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Sergei Shoigu Russian Security Council head (and Putin confidant) speaks with Iran's Ali Larijani condemning "attempts by external forces to interfere in (Iran's) internal affairs;" also voicing Moscow's readiness to cooperate more with Tehran https://t.me/tass_agency/356453 https://t.me/tass_agency/356453"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2010766679819608408) 2026-01-12T17:31Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"amid serious rumors that Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov is on his death bed (getting dialysis at a Moscow hospital) Chechen govt releases dodgy video of meeting (supposedly Monday) chaired by Kadyrov who's heavily slurring (unclear if more than normal). Sons Akhmat Adam get cameos"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2011031122533318918) 2026-01-13T11:02Z 17.9K followers, 22.7K engagements
"More than [---] Russian drones and missiles fired at Ukraine cities overnight targeting energy infrastructure and civilian residence per authorities. Large parts of Kyiv are still without power or water or heat-- or all [--]. This is Kharkiv region 👇"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2011368250022523165) 2026-01-14T09:22Z 17.9K followers, 19.7K engagements
"What happened to Grahams Russia sanctions bill (sure doesn't look it's going to come up for a vote this week as promised) via @politico https://politi.co/458PrCg https://politi.co/458PrCg"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2011520365387006003) 2026-01-14T19:26Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
""Russia cannot really do anything to change the US course of action or to restrain it. And so in that kind of situation: what is Vladimir Putin going to say And so he says nothing. @HannaNotte https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-iran-venezuela-upheaval-kremlin-reaction/33647996.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-iran-venezuela-upheaval-kremlin-reaction/33647996.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2011701213155447276) 2026-01-15T07:25Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian per Kremlin spokesman. Details to come. https://t.me/kommersant/99418 https://t.me/kommersant/99418"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2012105895048614043) 2026-01-16T10:13Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin readout of Putin's phone call with Pezeshkian https://t.me/news_kremlin/7057 Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian per Kremlin spokesman. Details to come. https://t.co/3xttIqj0Uo https://t.me/news_kremlin/7057 Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian per Kremlin spokesman. Details to come. https://t.co/3xttIqj0Uo"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2012133458039210100) 2026-01-16T12:02Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Danish soldiers arriving in Greenland (along with troops from Germany Sweden Norway France Finland the Netherlands and Britain). "Denmark will maintain an increased presence in Greenland in 2026." Fredag landede soldater i Nuuk Lufthavn med et fly fra Danmark. Her vil de indg i Forsvarets gede tilstedevrelse i Grnland. Sammen med NATO-allierede vil de deltage i forskellige velser. Tyskland Sverige Norge Frankrig Finland Holland og Storbritannien deltager ogs. https://t.co/Y6jEYa8i00 Fredag landede soldater i Nuuk Lufthavn med et fly fra Danmark. Her vil de indg i Forsvarets gede"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2012535435533169068) 2026-01-17T14:40Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Chechen security officials are now checking phones of patients and employees at the Grozny hospital trying to clamp down on leaks (about Kadyrov's son's condition and the overall mess of an crash presumably) https://www.kavkazr.com/a/v-chechne-siloviki-proveryali-telefony-sotrudnikov-boljnitsy-kuda-posle-avarii-privezli-adama-kadyrova/33652993.html [--] person was killed and around [--] people were hospitalized [--] seriously as a result of this Chechnya road accident involving the security convoy of Ramzan Kadyrov's son Adam. Adam is reportedly in critical condition in a Moscow hospital."
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2012848941398741461) 2026-01-18T11:25Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Norway's prime minister. 👇 https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/statement-from-the-prime-minister/id3146486/ https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/statement-from-the-prime-minister/id3146486/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2013205996449956313) 2026-01-19T11:04Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"And here is a 30-second video released just now of Lukashenko (wordlessly) signing the order accepting Trump's offer to join the Board of Peace. Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has also been invited by Trump to join the "Board of Peace" https://t.co/IwRItPqrZz Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has also been invited by Trump to join the "Board of Peace" https://t.co/IwRItPqrZz"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2013636268697989475) 2026-01-20T15:34Z 17.9K followers, 16.4K engagements
"And Putin plans on meeting Witkoff on Thursday per Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov https://t.me/tass_agency/357724 Witkoff says he's planning to depart for Moscow on Thursday to meet with Putin. https://t.me/tass_agency/357724 Witkoff says he's planning to depart for Moscow on Thursday to meet with Putin"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2013930628786352485) 2026-01-21T11:04Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin video showing Putin addressing Trump's Greenland offer. drawing parallel to the U.S. purchase of Alaska suggesting Trump should offer a good price Danes should accept ("Denmark has always treated Greenland as a colony and quite harshly if not cruelly towards it.")"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2014089608854720651) 2026-01-21T21:35Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin seems happy about [--] hours of Witkoff-Kushner talks per adviser Yuri Ushakov who lasered in on the Trump-Putin Alaska meeting: "without resolving the territorial issue according to the formula agreed in Anchorage there is no hope of achieving a long-term settlement." Putin greeting Witkoff and Kushner at the Kremlin this evening (along with an unannounced U. S. official per RIA: Josh Grunbaum of the General Services Administration). Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov and negotiator Kirill Dmitriev also present per usual. https://t.co/ntZ7hFewKK Putin greeting Witkoff and Kushner at the"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2014593613481607240) 2026-01-23T06:58Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"👀The situation with the health of Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov is extremely grave and the Kremlin is "working on a solution" to determine his successor. "As long as Kadyrov is alive nothing will happen" another source close to the Kremlin says. . . 🔽 https://t.co/3ta6iVEbhB . . 🔽 https://t.co/3ta6iVEbhB"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2014635742157226215) 2026-01-23T09:46Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
""America is understandably sentimentally attached to the European continent and of course to Britain and Ireland. .We want to work with aligned countries that want to restore their former greatness." "Cultivating resistance to Europes current trajectory within European nations" https://t.co/hrIccT547R "Cultivating resistance to Europes current trajectory within European nations" https://t.co/hrIccT547R"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2014992878263472511) 2026-01-24T09:25Z 17.9K followers, [--] engagements
""Russia will remain a persistent but manageable threat to NATOs eastern members for the foreseeable future." https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/2003864773/-1/-1/0/2026-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY.PDF New U.S. National Defense Strategy highlights Russias supposed weakness and says allies in Europe Middle East and South Korea should take care of their own security with critical but more limited U.S. support. https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/2003864773/-1/-1/0/2026-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY.PDF New U.S. National Defense Strategy highlights Russias supposed weakness and says allies in"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2014997076589842540) 2026-01-24T09:41Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia pummeled Ukraine; causing yet more blackouts and heating disruptions (amid freezing temperatures) as its negotiators are meeting with Ukrainian and American officials in Abu Dhabi. Pretty clear signal what the Kremlin's negotiating position is. Overnight Russia carried out a massive attack on our regions launching over [---] attack drones and [--] missiles of various types. Kyiv and the region as well as the Sumy Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions were targeted. In Kharkiv a maternity hospital a dormitory housing https://t.co/K0TQNNvu4T Overnight Russia carried out a massive attack on our"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2015004127785324738) 2026-01-24T10:09Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"The Kremlin is (again) hammering on the "Anchorage Formula" (Trump and Putin's August meeting) as a priority for the ongoing trilateral talks with Ukraine. Unclear exactly what that entails particularly since the White House originally dissed the Anchorage meeting - 🔻 🔻 🔻 - 🔻 🔻 🔻"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/2015699165242605990) 2026-01-26T08:11Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"And since Gulnara is in the news today here's a reminder what her sister has been up to http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/07/the-art-of-zen-parfumerie-meet-the-harmonist http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/07/the-art-of-zen-parfumerie-meet-the-harmonist"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/890956740048629760) 2017-07-28T15:26Z 17.9K followers, [--] engagements
"new superseding indictment against #Manafort. Appears first time that Konstantin Kilimnik has been named in US court papers"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1005147175616172032) 2018-06-08T17:58Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"hm. Defense lawyers want a psychiatric evaluation for Yevgeny Nikulin; accused of hacking LinkedIn and DropBox and extradited from Prague this year. (and possibly important link in [----] DNC hack)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1028009934095572993) 2018-08-10T20:07Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"suffice to say Khusyaynova who's based in St. Petersburg Russia is highly unlikely to ever appear in a US courtroom to face the charges. Also noteworthy that USEDVA filed this case not Mueller or USDC prosecutors). US files criminal charges against Russian citizen Elena Khusyaynova for conspiracy to interfere in US elections; her effort was (allegedly) funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin a.k.a. Putin's chef https://t.co/pismcE95Wg US files criminal charges against Russian citizen Elena Khusyaynova for conspiracy to interfere in US elections; her effort was (allegedly) funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1053359426860658688) 2018-10-19T18:57Z 17.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Hunter Biden's photo and accompanying quote as Burisma board member are still up on the webpage for the energy forum that Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky founded. this year's forum was held in May the same month Biden apparently stepped down from Burisma"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1179374898386485252) 2019-10-02T12:37Z 17.4K followers, [--] engagements
"The @StateDept confirms that after the Nyonoksa radiation explosion Moscow cut off monitoring station data to the Vienna-based organization that monitors the test ban treaty. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/20/skyfall-nuclear-cruise-missile-explosion-covered-r/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/20/skyfall-nuclear-cruise-missile-explosion-covered-r/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1186298925969563650) 2019-10-21T15:11Z 17K followers, [--] engagements
"FBI letter sent yesterday/last night to Senate Homeland Security regarding 1) the Hunter Biden laptop investigation and 2) foreign influence operations on the US election. (short version "no comment")"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1318811472131129344) 2020-10-21T07:08Z 17.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Fiona Hill (former WH NSC adviser on Russia affairs) speaking on the record: 😳 https://www.thedailybeast.com/after-capitol-riot-trump-officials-rush-to-keep-him-from-sparking-another-conflictat-home-or-abroad https://www.thedailybeast.com/after-capitol-riot-trump-officials-rush-to-keep-him-from-sparking-another-conflictat-home-or-abroad"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1347441578781138945) 2021-01-08T07:14Z 17.5K followers, 24.2K engagements
"@marson_jr Likewise"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1350855782942855171) 2021-01-17T17:21Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Video of the moment when Navalny ally/lawyer Lyubov Sobol is grabbed by riot cops while speaking in Moscow. (Video by @tvrain)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1352938748179341314) 2021-01-23T11:18Z 17.5K followers, 17.1K engagements
"In Manezh Square Moscow (the entrance to Red Square is in the background). Video by @AvtozakLIVE"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1356668783109275649) 2021-02-02T18:20Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"The Biden administration (and @SecBlinken) are getting punchy regarding the Nord Stream [--] pipeline. (Might be more bark than bite tho.) https://bit.ly/30XNaYU https://bit.ly/30XNaYU"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1372645671589847042) 2021-03-18T20:26Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Tajikistans president is (reportedly) the only foreign leader attending todays events on Red Square alongside Putin"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1391297286391705601) 2021-05-09T07:41Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Red Square today. (Photo by @tass_agency)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1391302377433702407) 2021-05-09T08:01Z 17.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Red Square flyover; as seen from the far side of the Kremlin. (Video by @pdmnewsru)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1391307952963919875) 2021-05-09T08:23Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@ElenaChernenko @jeffreycarr @GroupIB @mkolomychenko"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1443233179482169345) 2021-09-29T15:16Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@gkates @VagrantJourno The brunch at Barvy would like to have a word"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1493563723545518080) 2022-02-15T12:31Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"state of emergency ordered in Rostov Oblast which neighbors Ukraine to the east and southeast to deal with an influx of people evacuating Donetsk/Luhansk"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1494977221517357062) 2022-02-19T10:08Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"WNBA center Brittney Griner appeared in a Moscow court today where she reportedly pleaded not guilty (to drug charges). The court extended her detention for another two months according to @mash_breaking"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1504415541078986755) 2022-03-17T11:13Z 17.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Russian officials say an explosion aboard the missile cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea has forced the evacuation of the entire crew. No confirmation/evidence yet that an anti ship missile was to blame (as some Ukrainian sources are claiming). ⚡ "" : https://t.co/kWtXn6mn0r https://t.co/NzJywRz6Io ⚡ "" : https://t.co/kWtXn6mn0r https://t.co/NzJywRz6Io"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1514473293667045377) 2022-04-14T05:19Z 17K followers, [--] engagements
"Solzhenitsyn would have supported the Ukraine war. Discuss"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1559185507891937280) 2022-08-15T14:29Z 17.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The scene on Red Square right now"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1575870286532001792) 2022-09-30T15:28Z 17.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@dpeleschuk @avalaina why anger"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1578319877453987840) 2022-10-07T09:42Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Putin is scheduled to give a big-ish speech today at the Valdai Discussion Group. Theme of the speech: The World After Hegemony: Justice and Security for All. https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/39361 https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/39361"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1585525963529621504) 2022-10-27T06:57Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@dpeleschuk (Video is [--] years old.)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1603335393339916288) 2022-12-15T10:25Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Putin has signed formal order authorizing the [----] spring draft (there are two annually). The Defense Ministry plan on conscripting [------] men between April [--] and July [--]. (by law they're not allowed to serve in combat zones like Ukraine)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1641507773681655843) 2023-03-30T18:28Z 17.5K followers, 16.7K engagements
"👇an indication of how sensitive the Kremlin is to popular sentiment: A top Russian General Staff officer went on state-TV this morning to try and assure people: "Not a single conscript will be deployed to the zone of the special military operation" (a.k.a. Ukraine)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1641716943576088578) 2023-03-31T08:19Z 17.5K followers, 16.7K engagements
"A 226-foot-long Russian cargo plane got stuck at the Toronto airport last year after Canada closed its airspace to Russian-owned aircraft. https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-plane-stranded-canada-parking-fees-89d18eacst=h6atx559cklorns&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-plane-stranded-canada-parking-fees-89d18eacst=h6atx559cklorns&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1647872751904911360) 2023-04-17T08:00Z 17K followers, [---] engagements
"A Moscow court is holding a pretrial detention hearing today for @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich who was detained last month on espionage charges (charges The Journal says are patently false). The U.S. ambassador was spotted at the courthouse today. per @tass_agency"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1648256934846267393) 2023-04-18T09:27Z 17.5K followers, [----] engagements
"the latest drama at @yandex: Lukoil chief Vagit Alekperov Severstal's Alexei Mordashov possibly Novatek owner Leonid Mikhelson are on the short list to buy out Yandex's proposed new Russian holding per @thebell_io. Norilsk's Potanin also possible. https://thebell.global.ssl.fastly.net/glavnymi-pretendentami-na-pokupku-kontrolya-v-novom-yandekse-okazalis-mordashov-alekperov-i-potanin https://thebell.global.ssl.fastly.net/glavnymi-pretendentami-na-pokupku-kontrolya-v-novom-yandekse-okazalis-mordashov-alekperov-i-potanin"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1654032082421665792) 2023-05-04T07:55Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements
"And Putin has now reportedly blessed Yandex's sale/reorganization. New owners of Russian spinoff expected to be Potanin Mordashov Alekperov and VTB Bank per @meduzaproject and @thebell_io. Kudrin was the dealmaker. https://meduza.io/feature/2023/05/21/putin-soglasoval-spisok-pokupateley-rossiyskogo-kuska-yandeksa-kontrolnyy-paket-razdelit-konsortsium-rossiyskih-milliarderov https://meduza.io/feature/2023/05/21/putin-soglasoval-spisok-pokupateley-rossiyskogo-kuska-yandeksa-kontrolnyy-paket-razdelit-konsortsium-rossiyskih-milliarderov"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1660522414487265281) 2023-05-22T05:46Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements
"purported video of yesterday's alleged Ukrainian naval drone attack on the Russian ship Ivan Khurs in the Black Sea claims the ship was indeed damaged. not sure of the provenance but sure looks real. h/t @AbraxasSpa (source:"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1661724223679733761) 2023-06-29T23:46Z 17.2K followers, 126.3K engagements
"👀.@yandex says Nasdaq has agreed to NOT delist its ADR/shares from the stock exchange conditional on the proposed restructuring which includes divesting ownership and control of core businesses including all Russia-based businesses by the end of 2023"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1666728269314506753) 2023-06-08T08:46Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The company's proposed reorganization (reportedly) includes selling its core Russian business to a group of Kremlin-connected billionaire oligarchs (and VTB Bank) and spinning off several other foreign ventures into a separate company. Putin has reportedly blessed the idea"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1666728866465841152) 2023-06-08T08:48Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Pretty sizeable protest outside the Russian Embassy in Prague today. There was a counter demonstration too against Russophobia (not surprisingly things got heated) video by @radiosvoboda)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1667551917310898182) 2023-06-10T15:18Z 17.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Putin says that Russia has already transferred tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus. https://t.me/tass_agency/196705 "We have missiles and bombs that we have received from Russia. The bombs are three times more powerful than those (dropped on) Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka (in an interview with Russian state TV) https://t.co/wRX1CiRRDN https://t.me/tass_agency/196705 "We have missiles and bombs that we have received from Russia. The bombs are three times more powerful than those (dropped on) Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka (in"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1669724419323830272) 2023-06-16T15:11Z 17.5K followers, 29.4K engagements
"Another Russian general reportedly killed in Ukraine: Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov deputy commander of the Southern Military District died as a result of a Ukrainian rocket/missile strike on a rear command post in Berdyansk"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1678691115724161026) 2023-07-11T09:05Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a factory in Naberezhnye Chelny today doing Shoigu-y things like pretending he knows intricate details of armored vehicle production/design (while blithely unconcerned with the fallout from the mutiny). source:"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1678776648718745600) 2023-07-11T14:43Z 17.3K followers, 12.8K engagements
"Germany says traces of undersea explosives found on yacht linked to Nord Stream pipeline blasts"
[X Link](https://x.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1679008674683969539) 2023-07-12T06:19Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
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Social Influence
Social category influence countries travel destinations finance social networks us election technology brands automotive brands celebrities currencies luxury brands
Social topic influence ukraine #1028, russia, kremlin #87, moscow #193, white house, has been, donald trump, prime minister, finland, countries
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @maxar @zelenskyyua @wsj @tassagency @kommersant @deptofdefense @planet @oldlentach @whitehouse @sotavision @radiosvoboda @statedept @thejusticedept @bbcstever @politico @yandex @bopanc @axios @vantortech @rurbc
Top assets mentioned Decimated (DIO)
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Russia's interior minister arriving in Cuba this morning. (Given Havana's problems in the wake of the Venezuela events noteworthy that Moscow didn't send someone more senior/prominent.)"
X Link 2026-01-21T08:42Z 18K followers, [----] engagements
"Trump arriving in Zurich; will helicopter to Davos"
X Link 2026-01-21T13:27Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"Czech politics getting very punchy today as President Pavel publicly accuses Deputy Prime Minister (and foreign minister) Petr Macinka of trying to blackmail him. Ministr zahraninch vc Petr Macinka se u del dobu sna ovlivnit mj postoj ke jmenovn navrenho lena vldy. A u komunikac se mnou mmi spolupracovnky nebo poradci. Zatm jsem vechny tyto pokusy posuzoval shovvav. Nyn mi ale v nonch hodinch doruil https://t.co/9F4uIyTwtu Ministr zahraninch vc Petr Macinka se u del dobu sna ovlivnit mj postoj ke jmenovn navrenho lena vldy. A u komunikac se mnou mmi spolupracovnky nebo poradci. Zatm jsem"
X Link 2026-01-27T13:56Z 18K followers, 15.9K engagements
""If ICE agents can shoot civilians at point-blank range and never be held accountable then we arent living under the rule of law. Were living in a police state." @profnoahfeldman https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-27/ice-officers-do-not-have-immunity-from-prosecution-under-the-rule-of-law https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-27/ice-officers-do-not-have-immunity-from-prosecution-under-the-rule-of-law"
X Link 2026-01-28T07:10Z 18K followers, [----] engagements
""When asked specifically what Russia means by the 'Anchorage Formula' and whether it exists White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said: 'Youll have to ask them'." @clare_seb https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/world/russia-ukraine-talks-anchorage-formula-analysis-intl https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/world/russia-ukraine-talks-anchorage-formula-analysis-intl"
X Link 2026-01-28T07:13Z 18K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin disses newest estimates from @CSIS on Russian war casualties (nearly [---] million killed wounded and missing between February [----] and December 2025). Peskov says only Russia's Defense Ministry has the authority to release such data. 😶 "At current rates combined Russian and Ukrainian casualties could reach [--] million by the spring of 2026." https://t.co/y3KgXi7bEO "At current rates combined Russian and Ukrainian casualties could reach [--] million by the spring of 2026." https://t.co/y3KgXi7bEO"
X Link 2026-01-28T10:20Z 18K followers, [----] engagements
"believe that's Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov among the officials greeting al-Sharaa on the snowy airport red carpet"
X Link 2026-01-28T11:47Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia's Foreign Ministry trolling the White House (about penguins) 🗺 #OTD in [----] one of last the greatest discoveries was made by Russian explorers. Faddey #Bellingshausen & Mikhail #Lazarev approached the shores of #Antarctica and rounded its ice sheet greeting the penguins 🐧 👉 #RussianDidItFirst https://t.co/Vxy3zpK7Dn 🗺 #OTD in [----] one of last the greatest discoveries was made by Russian explorers. Faddey #Bellingshausen & Mikhail #Lazarev approached the shores of #Antarctica and rounded its ice sheet greeting the penguins 🐧 👉 #RussianDidItFirst https://t.co/Vxy3zpK7Dn"
X Link 2026-01-29T09:15Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"@kromark @planet (the yellow cake was not heading anymore to Lome foro export by ship; Togo apparently blocked it so the convoy ended up at Niamey for export by air. destination unclear )"
X Link 2026-01-29T15:38Z 18K followers, [----] engagements
""A7A5 and other Russia-linked entities: high volume sanctions designated actors. state-aligned actors using crypto as one tool in the toolkit to build a shadow economy operating in parallel to the legitimate economy." Illicit crypto volume hit a record USD 158B in [----]. But the share of illicit activity Just 1.2%. Read TRMs for all the details 👉 https://t.co/DB9ivv9UCK https://t.co/4a3pSbwqzi Illicit crypto volume hit a record USD 158B in [----]. But the share of illicit activity Just 1.2%. Read TRMs for all the details 👉 https://t.co/DB9ivv9UCK https://t.co/4a3pSbwqzi"
X Link 2026-01-28T15:37Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"Kremlin now confirming that Trump spoke directly to Putin requested that Russia refrain from attacking Ukrainian targets. (Peskov specifically says "Kyiv"-- nothing about energy infrastructure or other towns/cities elsewhere) An important statement by @POTUS about the possibility of providing security for Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during this extreme winter period. Power supply is a foundation of life. We value the efforts of our partners to help us protect lives. Thank you President Trump Our An important statement by @POTUS about the possibility of providing security for Kyiv and"
X Link 2026-01-30T10:22Z 18K followers, 13.6K engagements
""People want to tell their stories. Every good biographer knows that most people if you treat them with fairness and respect will open up to you." @ccwhip https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/susie-wiles-trump-white-house.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/susie-wiles-trump-white-house.html"
X Link 2026-02-05T06:18Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"The @CTBTO (which monitors the test ban treaty and has a global network of sensors) says it detected no Chinese nuke yield test in [----]. And to date has received no evidence to the contrary (h/t @nukestrat) https://www.ctbto.org/resources/for-the-media/press-releases/statement-robert-floyd-executive-secretary-ctbto-2026-02-06 https://www.ctbto.org/resources/for-the-media/press-releases/statement-robert-floyd-executive-secretary-ctbto-2026-02-06"
X Link 2026-02-07T08:44Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
""Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions of dollars for their families. Their investors didnt always fare so well." https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-sons-crypto-billions-1e7f1414st=HAWVZF https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-sons-crypto-billions-1e7f1414st=HAWVZF"
X Link 2026-02-08T06:58Z 18K followers, [---] engagements
"Czech Republic to rescue Radio Free Europe after Donald Trump funding cuts via @FT https://on.ft.com/4irBxjd https://on.ft.com/4irBxjd"
X Link 2025-03-22T13:32Z 18.1K followers, 91K engagements
"more new satellite imagery of Iran's Fordow enrichment facility before/after the US attacks released by @planet. Image 1: March [--]. Image 2: June 22"
X Link 2025-06-22T12:15Z 18.1K followers, 555.3K engagements
"New satellite imagery before/after U.S. bombing of Iran's Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities. @planet Image 1: Isfahan June [--]. Image 2: Isfahan June [--]. Image 3: Natanz May [--]. Image 4: Natanz June 22"
X Link 2025-06-23T16:00Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"👀Russian Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev -- who is the second-ranking officer at the GRU military intelligence agency -- was shot in Moscow (reportedly in the back) Investigators say it appears to have been an assassination attempt. https://www.interfax.ru/moscow/1071400 https://sledcom.ru/news/item/2059597/ https://www.interfax.ru/moscow/1071400 https://sledcom.ru/news/item/2059597/"
X Link 2026-02-06T07:51Z 18.1K followers, 57.1K engagements
"SpaceX Dragon rocket blasting off from @NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida just now carrying [--] Americans [--] French and [--] Russian to the @Space_Station. This is currently only way to get humans to the station due to major accident at @roscosmos's Baikonur launch pad in Nov"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:28Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Russian engineers had hoped to have the pad repaired by this month 👇 but it's looking more likely to be sometime by June. https://www.rferl.org/a/baikonur-launchpad-collapse-threatens-soyuz-flights/33618454.html https://www.rferl.org/a/baikonur-launchpad-collapse-threatens-soyuz-flights/33618454.html"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:30Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"The next round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks will be held in Geneva on Feb. 17-18 per Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. And the Russian delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky the revisionist historian. (The Ukrainians will be less than thrilled) https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1072631 MOSCOW Feb [--] (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that the next round of peace talks on Ukraine will take place next week but did not confirm the location. https://t.co/DctKUnOSVd https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1072631 MOSCOW Feb [--] (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that the next round of peace"
X Link 2026-02-13T11:05Z 18.1K followers, 23.8K engagements
"U.S. satellite imagery company @Maxar has reportedly cut off Ukraine from receiving its imagery. https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/maxar-vidklyuchyv-ukrayini-dostup-do-svoyih-suputnykovyh-znimkiv/ https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/maxar-vidklyuchyv-ukrayini-dostup-do-svoyih-suputnykovyh-znimkiv/"
X Link 2025-03-07T07:41Z 18.1K followers, 547.6K engagements
"Image 5: close up of ridgeline at Fordow June [--]. Images 6-7: visible craters holes at Fordow June 22"
X Link 2025-06-22T11:56Z 18.1K followers, 929.6K engagements
"More satellite imagery of the Niamey (Niger) airport before and after this mysterious overnight attack. Unclear if the yellow cake uranium being exported (to mysterious buyer) was the target or the Russian mercenaries guarding it or what exactly @vantortech Multiple scorch marks seen after an overnight fight at Niamey airport which may be part of a conflict over a French-owned [----] metric tons of uranium concentrate allegedly being transported to the port of Lom to be shipped to Russia on a @planet satellite image taken today. https://t.co/KSR4sFH5LL Multiple scorch marks seen after an"
X Link 2026-01-29T18:04Z 18.1K followers, 58.6K engagements
"Peter Debbins the ex-US Army Green Beret who was sentenced to [--] years in prison in [----] after confessing to passing classified info to Russia's GRU is still trying to the judge to cut his sentence"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:05Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"👀 GENEVA Feb [--] (Reuters) - The United States accused Beijing on Friday of conducting a secret nuclear test in [----] as it called for a new broader arms control treaty that would bring in China as well as Russia. GENEVA Feb [--] (Reuters) - The United States accused Beijing on Friday of conducting a secret nuclear test in [----] as it called for a new broader arms control treaty that would bring in China as well as Russia"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:24Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"This is smart b/c it reminds how the Kremlin has shot itself in the foot with its own actions: e.g. undermining Russian support inside Ukraine pre-war; pushing Kyiv toward West (also prompting NATO expansion into Sweden/Finland) @mkimmage @HannaNotte https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/limits-russian-power https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/limits-russian-power"
X Link 2026-02-08T14:52Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"A cartoon promotion for the [----] Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. (so awesome and also in a way so sad)"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:12Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"The Kremlin's "Anchorage Formula" has now become "The Spirit of Anchorage" https://t.co/pVClBF5eae https://t.co/pVClBF5eae"
X Link 2026-02-09T10:16Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"(The "Anchorage Formula" is shorthand for what the Kremlin insists Trump and Putin agreed on in Alaska in August. The White House has said it has no idea what that is)"
X Link 2026-02-09T10:20Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia's tech regulator Roskomnadzor has begun throttling Telegram per @ru_rbc. No confirmation or announcement why but likely part of effort to push Russians away from non-state-controlled apps (incl. WhatsApp) and onto Messenger Max. https://t.me/rbc_news/142440 https://t.me/rbc_news/142440"
X Link 2026-02-10T10:13Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia is still voluntarily abiding by New START limits on nuke warheads -- as long as the US keeps doing so. The White House has been no non-committal on this"
X Link 2026-02-11T10:36Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Some important observations by the former U.S. ambassador to Russia about the decisions making (and delusions) that drove the Kremlin to invade Ukraine"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:50Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"The United States and Russia will reestablish "high-level military-to-military dialogue" according to @US_EUCOM. (has been suspended since just before the Feb. [----] Russian invasion of Ukraine) https://www.eucom.mil/pressrelease/44261/the-us-and-russian-federation-agreed-to-reestablish-high-level-military-to-military-dialog https://www.eucom.mil/pressrelease/44261/the-us-and-russian-federation-agreed-to-reestablish-high-level-military-to-military-dialog"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:34Z 18.1K followers, 21.4K engagements
"one of the [--] people identified by the FSB as being involved in the shooting of GRU Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev turns out to have been an employee of an FSB institute per @the_ins_ru"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:24Z 18.1K followers, 20.9K engagements
"The European Union is teeing up its 20th round of sanctions related to the Russian war on Ukraine. Among the new targets is a Kyrgyz cryptocurrency exchange called Meer where the ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 has major trading volumes"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:48Z 18.1K followers, [----] engagements
"A7A5 is a fascinating cryptocurrency spearheaded by fugitive Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor and backed by the (sanctioned) Russian state bank Promsvyazbank. Researchers say it's basically a massive Kremlin-backedsanctions evasion scheme. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cryptocurrency-moldova-kyrgyzstan-a7-sanctions/33609918.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cryptocurrency-moldova-kyrgyzstan-a7-sanctions/33609918.html"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:49Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"https://x.com/Stanovaya/status/2022274062064464349s=20 Will Geneva become Istanbul [--] Dmitry Peskov has said that the next round of trilateral talks between Russia the US and Ukraine will take place in Geneva. The Russian delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky. It is surprising that the Kremlin has agreed to Geneva given https://x.com/Stanovaya/status/2022274062064464349s=20 Will Geneva become Istanbul [--] Dmitry Peskov has said that the next round of trilateral talks between Russia the US and Ukraine will take place in Geneva. The Russian delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky."
X Link 2026-02-13T12:02Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"Ukraine's chief negotiator confirms the Geneva talks; unlike the Russian delegation Ukraine's seems unchanged https://x.com/rustem_umerov/status/2022289982996480505s=20 On February [----] the next round of trilateral negotiations between Ukraine the United States and Russia is scheduled to take place in Geneva. The Ukrainian delegation has already begun preparations for this meeting. The President of Ukraine has determined the preliminary https://x.com/rustem_umerov/status/2022289982996480505s=20 On February [----] the next round of trilateral negotiations between Ukraine the United States and"
X Link 2026-02-13T12:47Z 18.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@polinaivanovva @Andrew__Roth Isnt that @SabraAyres next to him"
X Link 2019-10-10T19:41Z 17.9K followers, [--] engagements
"@olgatokariuk Yes though cheap may not be the right word: https://x.com/panyiszabolcs/status/1369968521548075010s=21 Hungary has finally disclosed the price it paid for Russian and Chinese vaccines: -Sputnik V costs [--] -Sinopharm costs [--] () (per two doses enough for one person). Earlier today PM Orbn just welcomed a fresh supply of 450K Chinese vaccines: https://t.co/yTZsFvNvs1 https://t.co/M047EMj968 https://x.com/panyiszabolcs/status/1369968521548075010s=21 Hungary has finally disclosed the price it paid for Russian and Chinese vaccines: -Sputnik V costs [--] -Sinopharm costs [--] () (per two"
X Link 2021-03-16T09:29Z 17.8K followers, [--] engagements
"more new satellite images of Russian troop buildup along Ukraine border and Crimea. (images not published by @WSJ) 📷:@Maxar"
X Link 2021-04-20T17:46Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"How @AP photographer Liu Heung Shing became the only foreign photographer to capture the moment that the Soviet Union ceased to exist: on Dec. [--] [----]. https://apnews.com/article/cc844ab233e1c5ae9ef77f8b9d17fea4 https://apnews.com/article/cc844ab233e1c5ae9ef77f8b9d17fea4"
X Link 2021-12-26T10:03Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Putin's introduction and entrance -- to the roaring crowd -- is 🧐"
X Link 2022-03-18T13:26Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Russia's population grew by just [---] percent over the past decade with deaths exceeding births and migration making up most of the increase. According to preliminary census results from Rosstat population now stands at [-----] million https://rg.ru/2022/05/30/rg-publikuet-predvaritelnye-itogi-vserossijskoj-perepisi-naseleniia.html https://rg.ru/2022/05/30/rg-publikuet-predvaritelnye-itogi-vserossijskoj-perepisi-naseleniia.html"
X Link 2022-05-30T06:11Z 17.9K followers, [--] engagements
"(missed this last week): the Anglo-American School in Moscow said it's closing down for the rest of the school year and it's open question whether it will re-open at all next year"
X Link 2023-04-17T08:28Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"And alas after [--] years in operations (including the duration of the Cold War even) the Anglo American School of Moscow is closing its doors permanently. Sign of the times in Russia. (h/t @sgutterman) https://www.aas.ru https://www.aas.ru"
X Link 2023-06-02T15:12Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"End of an era. @yandexcom shareholders have approved a $5.3 billion plan to wholly exit Russia. Company management gets the biggest stake in the new Russian entity plus a Lukoil-linked fund and also some lesser-known businessmen including a former Gazprom executive"
X Link 2024-03-08T09:18Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. would hit Moscow with sanctions and potentially military action if Putin wont agree to a peace deal with Ukraine that guarantees Kyiv long-term independence https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/vance-wields-threat-of-sanctions-military-action-to-push-putin-into-ukraine-deal-da9c18acst=hZ5uv8 https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/vance-wields-threat-of-sanctions-military-action-to-push-putin-into-ukraine-deal-da9c18acst=hZ5uv8"
X Link 2025-02-14T10:10Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
""I think Ukraine ought to be the one to negotiate its own peace deal" Republican Sen. John Cornyn said. "I don't think it should be imposed upon it by any other country including ours." https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/hegseth-ukraine-trump-russia-putin-nato https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/hegseth-ukraine-trump-russia-putin-nato"
X Link 2025-02-15T10:17Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia Foreign Ministry readout of the Lavrov-Rubio call. Interestingly the [--] discussed upcoming Ukraine negotiations but ALSO the [----] Obama expulsion of dozens of Russian diplomats and seized [--] major Russian diplomatic properties in the U.S. 🧐 https://t.me/MID_Russia/52308 https://t.co/adebecmnsR https://t.me/MID_Russia/52308 https://t.co/adebecmnsR"
X Link 2025-02-16T09:27Z 16.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Trump envoy Keith Kellogg arriving in Kyiv today for talks with President Zelenskiy and other officials. "We will listen. We are prepared to provide what is needed. We understand the need for security guarantees. Part of my mission is to listen.""
X Link 2025-02-19T08:19Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
".@AP sues [--] Trump administration officials citing freedom of speech https://apnews.com/article/ap-lawsuit-trump-administration-officials-0352075501b779b8b187667f3427e0e8 https://apnews.com/article/ap-lawsuit-trump-administration-officials-0352075501b779b8b187667f3427e0e8"
X Link 2025-02-21T21:46Z 16.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia says it's kicking out two British accredited diplomats from Moscow after the FSB "identified signs of intelligence and subversive work by said diplomats threatening the security of the Russian Federation." Embassy official hauled into @MID_RF for a tongue-lashing"
X Link 2025-03-10T09:13Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Come for the awesome lede by @KevinTDugan. Stay for this awesome quote: I hope Mamdani is going to give out free Xanax said Caroline Leventhal who co-founded a podcast that dissects the lifestyle of cosmetic surgeries and private ski instructors. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-wealthy-230722acst=cWTP4W https://www.wsj.com/us-news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-wealthy-230722acst=cWTP4W"
X Link 2025-10-18T08:33Z 17.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia's deputy foreign minister signals (unusually quickly) that Washington and Moscow can't even agree on a Lavrov-Rubio meeting-- never mind a Trump-Putin Budapest meeting: "You cant postpone something that hasnt been agreed upon." https://ria.ru/20251021/ryabkov-2049525105.html Trumps hope for quick second summit with Putin may be stalled as pre-meeting tabled for now https://t.co/tV2ZEgnkke https://ria.ru/20251021/ryabkov-2049525105.html Trumps hope for quick second summit with Putin may be stalled as pre-meeting tabled for now https://t.co/tV2ZEgnkke"
X Link 2025-10-21T06:51Z 17.8K followers, 11.1K engagements
"The Kharkiv kindergarten building that was heavily damaged in the overnight Russian air strikes that hit locations nationwide. Officials say [--] children were the building at the time; in a basement bomb shelter. Preliminary reports say none were injured. (video by @radiosvoboda)"
X Link 2025-10-22T11:31Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@walberque more than normal"
X Link 2025-10-22T15:10Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Major new @USTreasury sanctions targeting Russia's [--] largest oil companies: Rosneft and Lukoil and a bunch of subsidiaries. As of last month Russia overall exported around $13.35 billion in oil and refined products per the @IEA (which is down from previous months)"
X Link 2025-10-23T05:28Z 17.7K followers, [----] engagements
""Russias war economy works but only up to a point. The Kremlin is limited not only by short-term production bottlenecks but also by fiscal strain an overstretched labor market technological isolation and a fragmented defense-industrial base." @amenka https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/cracks-russias-war-economy# https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/cracks-russias-war-economy#"
X Link 2025-10-24T07:51Z 17.8K followers, 10.9K engagements
"Russia has successfully tested a long-range nuclear powered cruise missile called the Burevestnik Gen Valery Gerasimov tells Putin. He says missile was tested Oct. [--] travelled [-----] kilometers and was aloft for [--] hours"
X Link 2025-10-26T07:20Z 17.8K followers, 89.2K engagements
"Kirill Dmitriev (the Kremlin envoy who is currently in the U.S. for talks with White House officials) is in the news a lot these days. This 👇is a good reminder of his background and personal connections to Putin's family. Remember Kirill Dmitriev the Russian fund manager whom Robert Mueller suspects of building secret back channels to the Trump administration Turns out he's a very close member of the Kremlin family - by way of marriage to Putin's daughter's best friend https://t.co/wwT80qczOH Remember Kirill Dmitriev the Russian fund manager whom Robert Mueller suspects of building secret"
X Link 2025-10-26T14:20Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The @StateDept intelligence bureau cast doubt on the notion that Putin was prepared to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war dissenting from a more optimistic CIA assessment of potential talks. @brett_forrest https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/putin-ukraine-peace-state-department-c9ed6cef https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/putin-ukraine-peace-state-department-c9ed6cef"
X Link 2025-10-27T05:57Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
".@SecScottBessent publicly calling Kremlin envoy @kadmitriev a "Russian propagandist" -- while the envoy is in the United States for talks with White House officials. Read @margbrennans full interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this morning: https://t.co/L46gENklSp Read @margbrennans full interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this morning: https://t.co/L46gENklSp"
X Link 2025-10-27T06:24Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Trump responding to reports of the Burevestnik missile test reminds (reveals) the presence of a US nuke sub somewhere off the Russian coast. "We test missiles all the time but we do have a nuclear submarine.I don't think it's an appropriate thing for Putin to be saying." Exact details of test unclear but observers have been watching the Novaya Zemlya test sites closely since mid-summer. Backstory here: https://t.co/Dxywrg18N3 https://t.co/Jd13LIzS5u Exact details of test unclear but observers have been watching the Novaya Zemlya test sites closely since mid-summer. Backstory here:"
X Link 2025-10-27T09:49Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Meanwhile Dmitriev met with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna over the weekend to discuss (among other things) files related to the Kennedy assassination. He gifted her flowers chocolates and a collection of Putin quotations. ("Great Words From a Great Man.") https://t.me/tass_agency/345737 https://t.me/tass_agency/345737"
X Link 2025-10-27T14:35Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@lennylaw @Jordan_W_Taylor https://thebulletin.org/2019/08/project-pluto-and-trouble-with-the-russian-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile/ https://thebulletin.org/2019/08/project-pluto-and-trouble-with-the-russian-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile/"
X Link 2025-10-27T17:34Z 17.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Here's what Norway's military intelligence says about Russia's test of the Burevestnik missile: _ was launched at Novaya Zemlya _ had nuclear propulsion _ flew significantly longer than previous _ remains under development not ready for deployment _ has been testing since [----] Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has this to say about the Burevestnik test (partly in response to Trump's remarks): "There is nothing here that could or should strain relations between Moscow and Washington-- especially since these relations are already at a minimum level." https://t.co/8d58fVYFYo Kremlin spokesman"
X Link 2025-10-29T08:20Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Putin now announcing that Russia yesterday conducted a test of another new weapons system -- the remote nuclear-capable long-range torpedo Poseidon. Comes [--] days after announcement of test of long-range nuke-powered cruise missile Burevestnik"
X Link 2025-10-29T12:05Z 17.8K followers, 23.5K engagements
"Kremlin responds to Trump's threat on nuke testing: "if it's somehow a reference to the Burevestnik test that wasn't a nuclear test not in any way.The US has the right to make sovereign decisions. But if someone breaks the test moratorium Russia will act accordingly.""
X Link 2025-10-30T10:03Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The now-deleted press release of McFerran's appointment (wherein there is no mention of his employment and family ties with Evraz) The Trump nominee for a top position at Exim Bank has withdrawn his candidacy amid scrutiny of his role as an executive at a steel trader co-owned by one of Russias richest oligarchs & his relations by marriage to a family with extensive Kremlin ties. https://t.co/t3J3dCLUtP The Trump nominee for a top position at Exim Bank has withdrawn his candidacy amid scrutiny of his role as an executive at a steel trader co-owned by one of Russias richest oligarchs & his"
X Link 2025-10-31T10:56Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Ukraine military intelligence chief Budanov is reportedly on the ground as part of this counter-attack near Pokrovsk. Per @Reuters @suspilne the Ukrainian commandos landed a few days ago. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-lands-special-forces-embattled-pokrovsk-sources-say-2025-10-31/ https://suspilne.media/1153568-specoperacia-v-pokrovsku-pidrozdili-gur-provodat-desantnu-operaciu-u-misti-dzerela/ New. Hearing Ukraine's military intelligence is conducting a daring counter-offensive near Pokrovsk to reopen key logistics lines. Videos shared with me purport to show a heli drop in"
X Link 2025-11-01T09:21Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
""Around [----] 'ideological immigrants' as theyve been dubbed by the Russian media including [---] Americans have applied for temporary residence in Russia." @cradnofsky https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/american-family-moved-russia-seeking-better-life-got-drawn-war-ukraine-rcna220463 https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/american-family-moved-russia-seeking-better-life-got-drawn-war-ukraine-rcna220463"
X Link 2025-11-04T11:11Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"There are many charming aspects of Slovakia's capital city. For example the "Cheese-O-Matic" vending machine"
X Link 2025-11-04T13:34Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
""This test is routine and was scheduled years in advance." The U.S. Air Forces Global Strike Command says it conducted another unarmed Minuteman III ICBM test launch from California as part of routine reliability checks. The missile landed near the Marshall Islands. (Video below from May test.) https://t.co/ymmtp2xYXb The U.S. Air Forces Global Strike Command says it conducted another unarmed Minuteman III ICBM test launch from California as part of routine reliability checks. The missile landed near the Marshall Islands. (Video below from May test.) https://t.co/ymmtp2xYXb"
X Link 2025-11-05T13:32Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Mark Gyetvay the ex-CFO of Russia's 2nd-largest gas producer Novatek was sentenced to 7+ years in prison in [----] on tax evasion bank fraud. An appeals court reversed conviction in Aug ordered new sentencing. @TheJusticeDept wants the same sentence; defense wants time-served"
X Link 2025-11-09T10:50Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Ukraine's commander-in-chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskiy says things are difficult in Pokrovsk and Zaporizhzhya-- and weather conditions are bad things looking better in Kupyansk (contrary to Russian officials who asserted the city was partially occupied. https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/16836 https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/16836"
X Link 2025-11-11T15:38Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov was yet again not to be seen at a prominent Kremlin event (visit of the Kazakh president). @kommersant says his absence was "authorized" by Putin. Russia watchers suspect it's another sign Lavrov is about to https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8195591 https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8195591"
X Link 2025-11-12T20:39Z 17.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Death toll from Russian strikes on Kyiv now [--] as emergency workers pull more bodies from rubble. https://t.me/dsns_telegram/53050 https://t.me/vitaliy_klitschko/5695 Kyiv death toll from Russian strikes up to [--] per local authorities; more than [--] wounded. Video by @radiosvoboda https://t.co/6tShPiyVRi https://t.me/dsns_telegram/53050 https://t.me/vitaliy_klitschko/5695 Kyiv death toll from Russian strikes up to [--] per local authorities; more than [--] wounded. Video by @radiosvoboda https://t.co/6tShPiyVRi"
X Link 2025-11-14T14:29Z 17.8K followers, 26.5K engagements
""The failure of the Budapest summit was not Lavrovs fault but the inevitable result of the Russian system of artificially creating a foreign policy crisis and resolving it on its own terms to achieve a desired outcome." @baunov https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2025/11/russia-usa-diplomatic-failure https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2025/11/russia-usa-diplomatic-failure"
X Link 2025-11-15T13:40Z 17.7K followers, [----] engagements
"new photos of the elusive Ukrainian-built long-range cruise missile the Flamingo (FP-5) which has reportedly already action against Russian targets (unsure if there's been independent confirmation). Photos by Efrem Lukatsky @AP)"
X Link 2025-11-17T10:07Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"also of 🤨note: the company which is building the Flamingo Fire Point is adding former @mikepompeo to its board of directors. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-pompeo-missiles-drones-58d1ebcb1141c19c326ef05b3a03df63 https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-pompeo-missiles-drones-58d1ebcb1141c19c326ef05b3a03df63"
X Link 2025-11-17T10:09Z 17.7K followers, [---] engagements
"At least [--] killed in early Russian air strikes on western Ukrainian city of Ternopil emergency officials say. Zelenskiy says Russia launched more than [---] drones [--] cruise/ballistic missiles in the attack; Kharkiv Ivano-Frankivsk also targeted. https://t.me/dsns_telegram/53284 https://t.me/dsns_telegram/53284"
X Link 2025-11-19T07:46Z 17.7K followers, 28.6K engagements
".@ZelenskyyUa arriving early this morning in Ankara for talks with Erdogan. Unclear if @SEPeaceMissions will be there in light of the snowballing corruption scandal in Kyiv. (👇) Understand Witkoff-Yermak talks tomorrow in Turkey called off. Witkoff might not have been aware of the scandal he was walking into when agreeing the meeting Im told. Understand Witkoff-Yermak talks tomorrow in Turkey called off. Witkoff might not have been aware of the scandal he was walking into when agreeing the meeting Im told"
X Link 2025-11-19T08:04Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Death toll from Russian overnight strikes on Ternopil is now up to [--] per Ukrainian police. https://t.me/UA_National_Police/53659 At least [--] killed in early Russian air strikes on western Ukrainian city of Ternopil emergency officials say. Zelenskiy says Russia launched more than [---] drones [--] cruise/ballistic missiles in the attack; Kharkiv Ivano-Frankivsk also targeted. https://t.co/pQ8BXUj1AA https://t.co/63LOBnwVdD https://t.me/UA_National_Police/53659 At least [--] killed in early Russian air strikes on western Ukrainian city of Ternopil emergency officials say. Zelenskiy says Russia"
X Link 2025-11-19T10:26Z 17.8K followers, 30.5K engagements
"Ukraine's air force releases photo of shrapnel it says comes from Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles that hit the Ternopil apartment buildings. (targeting civilian residences with guided missiles is an unequivocal war crime). https://t.me/kpszsu/47889single Death toll from Russian strikes on Ternopil now stands at [--] per Ukrainian emergency services; more [--] people wounded including [--] children. https://t.co/gM50WacWQs https://t.me/kpszsu/47889single Death toll from Russian strikes on Ternopil now stands at [--] per Ukrainian emergency services; more [--] people wounded including [--] children."
X Link 2025-11-19T15:17Z 17.7K followers, [----] engagements
"US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll (who arrived in Kyiv yesterday along w/ a handful of top US officers) will meet today with @ZelenskyyUa-- and Zelenskiy's team will find out how set in concrete the 28-point Witkoff/Dmitriev peace plan really is. (source: https://t.me/Denys_Smyhal https://t.me/Denys_Smyhal"
X Link 2025-11-20T07:03Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
""All of these problems ultimately can be traced back to us. We elected Trump (twice); we have a Supreme Court where his nominees hold the balance of power; and Congress is made up of the people we put there." @NoahRFeldman https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-19/ice-raids-why-isn-t-anyone-stopping-them https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-19/ice-raids-why-isn-t-anyone-stopping-them"
X Link 2025-11-20T08:19Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
".@ZelenskyyUa's office issues a statement confirming it has received the U.S.-drafted peace plan: Zelenskyy "expects to discuss with President Trump in the coming days the available diplomatic opportunities and the main points that are needed for peace.""
X Link 2025-11-20T16:14Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@PjotrSauer New Hampshire has done strange things to visiting Russian students over the years"
X Link 2025-11-22T12:35Z 17.7K followers, [---] engagements
"New Hampshire has done strange things to visiting Russian students over the years A young Dmitriev on a school trip to the US praising Ukraines strong democratic traditions and saying he hoped the country would thrive as an independent nation. https://t.co/8HrSPJTJ0e A young Dmitriev on a school trip to the US praising Ukraines strong democratic traditions and saying he hoped the country would thrive as an independent nation. https://t.co/8HrSPJTJ0e"
X Link 2025-11-22T12:45Z 17.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov says the European "counter-proposal" peace plan is "not constructive and not acceptable to Russia.""
X Link 2025-11-24T14:39Z 17.8K followers, 18.1K engagements
"@The_Lookout_N why unusual"
X Link 2025-11-24T16:33Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
""The Kremlin believes any move by Zelenskyy to accept something close to the 28-point draft would trigger political turmoil in Ukraine an outcome Moscow would welcome." key point by @PjotrSauer (prolly overlooked by some involved in negotiations too) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/24/disarray-over-leaked-us-russia-peace-plan-is-ideal-scenario-for-putin https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/24/disarray-over-leaked-us-russia-peace-plan-is-ideal-scenario-for-putin"
X Link 2025-11-25T07:19Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
""They're talking to Russia now Steve Witkoff is going over maybe with Jared I'm not sure about Jared going but he's involved in the process smart guy they're going to be meeting with President Putin I believe next week in Moscow. via @YouTube https://youtu.be/dMSwsdLuxJUsi=eReSp_v1u_HddFOb https://youtu.be/dMSwsdLuxJUsi=eReSp_v1u_HddFOb"
X Link 2025-11-26T06:38Z 17.8K followers, 30.5K engagements
"Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov confirming that Witkoff is traveling to Moscow next week (along with unspecified others) "They're talking to Russia now Steve Witkoff is going over maybe with Jared I'm not sure about Jared going but he's involved in the process smart guy they're going to be meeting with President Putin I believe next week in Moscow. https://t.co/i1iUh1ZuUq via @YouTube "They're talking to Russia now Steve Witkoff is going over maybe with Jared I'm not sure about Jared going but he's involved in the process smart guy they're going to be meeting with President Putin I"
X Link 2025-11-26T06:51Z 17.8K followers, 22.9K engagements
""There is an opportunity for a win-win outcome to these negotiations." @EmilyHardingDC"
X Link 2025-11-27T11:26Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"full link here: https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-strategy-ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-strategy-ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations"
X Link 2025-11-27T11:26Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"🧐Russia has so many vast resources vast expanses of land Witkoff told @WSJ. If we do all that and everybodys prospering and theyre all a part of it and theres upside for everybody thats going to naturally be a bulwark against future conflicts there." The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europes dismay the president and his envoy are on board. https://t.co/qC5N14j6HX The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europes dismay the president and his envoy are on board. https://t.co/qC5N14j6HX"
X Link 2025-11-29T11:22Z 17.8K followers, 70.3K engagements
"While Witkoff is en route to Moscow for peace talks with Putin Russia fired a ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro overnight. Officials say at least [--] people have been killed [--] wounded. https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA/25989 Putin and Witkoff will meet Tuesday afternoon (at the Kremlin) per spokesman Dmitry Peskov. https://t.co/j58yOp5kWu https://t.me/dnipropetrovskaODA/25989 Putin and Witkoff will meet Tuesday afternoon (at the Kremlin) per spokesman Dmitry Peskov. https://t.co/j58yOp5kWu"
X Link 2025-12-01T10:59Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"What's unique about the cryptocurrency A7A5 is that it appears to be not only a Kremlin vehicle to circumvent Western war sanctions; it also appears to be a pillar of a larger Kremlin effort to build a parallel financial system independent of the West. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cryptocurrency-moldova-kyrgyzstan-a7-sanctions/33609918.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-cryptocurrency-moldova-kyrgyzstan-a7-sanctions/33609918.html"
X Link 2025-12-01T19:25Z 17.9K followers, 20K engagements
"Confused about how this A7A5 cryptocurrency scheme is set up @disconnect has got you covered"
X Link 2025-12-02T11:04Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin releases video of Witkoff and Kushner meeting Putin along with Kirill Dmitriev and Yuri Ushakov. (Unclear who the translator for the Americans is.) Before meeting Putin Witkoff and Kushner took in the sights of central Moscow escorted by Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev. (shopping at TsUM looks like) https://t.co/a0cjxpOhDK Before meeting Putin Witkoff and Kushner took in the sights of central Moscow escorted by Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev. (shopping at TsUM looks like) https://t.co/a0cjxpOhDK"
X Link 2025-12-02T18:55Z 17.8K followers, 294.5K engagements
"In new US national security strategy US prescribes a bit of policy psychoanalysis therapy for Europe: "We want Europe to remain European to regain its civilizational self-confidence and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation.""
X Link 2025-12-05T08:01Z 17.9K followers, 80K engagements
"Scientists find that Norwegian freshwater fish still show elevated levels of cesium-137 nearly [--] years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster: 3-4 times higher than pre-1986 (though declining over time) https://www.dsa.no/nyheter/fortsatt-radioaktivitet-i-norsk-ferskvannsfisk-som-folge-av-tsjornobyl-ulykken https://www.dsa.no/nyheter/fortsatt-radioaktivitet-i-norsk-ferskvannsfisk-som-folge-av-tsjornobyl-ulykken"
X Link 2025-12-05T12:11Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"A Russian court says [--] soldiers were convicted of the [----] torture/murder of Russell "Donbas Cowboy" Bentley an American notorious for joining Russian-backed forces in Ukraine. He was a regular guest on Russian state TV criticizing the U.S. government. https://t.me/uovs_info/1149 https://t.me/uovs_info/1149"
X Link 2025-12-08T11:13Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"per @IgnatiusPost [--] idea under discussion for ending Russia's war is quick Ukrainian membership in the EU . This would be remarkable given that Moscow opposed a similar idea in [----] sparking the Maidan protests Yanukovych's flight. and Russia's first invasion of Ukraine"
X Link 2025-12-10T12:47Z 17.8K followers, [----] engagements
"👀Putin and Venezuela's Maduro have spoken by phone the Kremlin says. https://t.me/tass_agency/352579 https://t.me/tass_agency/352579"
X Link 2025-12-11T15:20Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"White House envoy John Coale says the Trump administration is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash (a major revenue source for Minsk). Says more political prisoners will also be released. https://t.me/pul_1/19439 https://t.me/pul_1/19439"
X Link 2025-12-13T12:11Z 17.8K followers, [---] engagements
"New satellite imagery from today (Dec. 16) of the piers at Russia's Novorossiysk naval base where Ukraine claimed it damaged Russian submarine with a submersible drone. @vantortech"
X Link 2025-12-16T16:57Z 17.9K followers, 325.5K engagements
"Sat imagery of the same pier taken Dec. [--]. @vantortech"
X Link 2025-12-16T16:58Z 17.9K followers, 16.8K engagements
"@ZelenskyyUa @oldLentach Putin is asked about Trump's peace plan for Ukraine. He (again) insists that Russia isn't to blame for war claims it was caused by a "coup d'etat" in [----] in Kyiv: "It is wrong to say that we are rejecting peace proposals. The ball is the court of the Kyiv regime's leaders.""
X Link 2025-12-19T11:00Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@ZelenskyyUa @oldLentach "This isn't a Direct Line it's a circus." https://x.com/tvrain/status/2001950883198996785s=20 - https://t.co/A2Ua74jCkS https://x.com/tvrain/status/2001950883198996785s=20 - https://t.co/A2Ua74jCkS"
X Link 2025-12-19T11:17Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@oldLentach Putin responds to a @BBCSteveR question about Russia's future. w/ a lecture about NATO's past expansion (including the famously misconstrued "Not One Inch" quote) "There will be no special military operations if the West treats Russia with respect and respects its interests.""
X Link 2025-12-19T12:01Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@oldLentach @BBCSteveR Now we've come to the part of this spectacle when journalists offer gifts to Putin in this case a book of Russian poetry about Tajikistan and Central Asia"
X Link 2025-12-19T12:36Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@oldLentach @BBCSteveR Now we're into hard-hitting questions for Putin: "Do you believe in love at first sight""
X Link 2025-12-19T13:13Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"@oldLentach @BBCSteveR It is now [--] hours and counting for this year's Direct Line with Putin"
X Link 2025-12-19T13:16Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"👀A Russian general was killed in a car bomb in southeastern Moscow this morning per Investigative Committee: Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov who heads the operational training directorate for the General Staff died in the blast. https://t.me/sledcom_press/26235 https://t.me/sledcom_press/26235"
X Link 2025-12-22T07:30Z 17.9K followers, 122.1K engagements
"More photos of the blast/crime scene courtesy @tass_agency"
X Link 2025-12-22T08:21Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Roscosmos says it plans to build a power-generating plant on the Moon by [----] -- and state-run atomic company Rosatom and Russia's primary nuclear research institute Kurchatov are primary participants. 🧐 https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/18974 https://t.me/roscosmos_gk/18974"
X Link 2025-12-24T13:10Z 17.9K followers, 12K engagements
"The last Russian lunar effort -- in August 2023-- ended in failure when an unmanned probe smashed into the surface of the Moon. 👇 https://www.rferl.org/amp/russia-lunar-landing-crash-space-program-problems/32557717.html https://www.rferl.org/amp/russia-lunar-landing-crash-space-program-problems/32557717.html"
X Link 2025-12-24T13:14Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"A meeting of Putin Gerasimov and top Russian commanders (unmistakably timed on the eve of Trump-Zelensky talks) in which Putin again signals no need to compromise and repeats the "root causes" of the Ukraine war. ("Kyiv started it. Moscow is trying to finish it." etc. )"
X Link 2025-12-28T11:11Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"full video here: Kremlin transcript here: http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78870 https://t.me/tass_agency/354611 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/78870 https://t.me/tass_agency/354611"
X Link 2025-12-28T11:11Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"bonkers Kremlin rumormongering about ex-Dep. Def. Min. Yury Sadovenko who died suddenly on 12/25 in a Moscow hospital weeks after a heart operation. A confidant of Sergei Shoigu Sadovenko was sacked in May [----]. Reportedly he was giving the FSB evidence of military corruption. - - - . https://t.co/DwYhzOQaGU - - - . https://t.co/DwYhzOQaGU"
X Link 2025-12-28T12:05Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Theres no unique serial number on a load of lobster meat." https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/lobster-heist-costco-massachusetts-1fb67311st=F6e9ck https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/lobster-heist-costco-massachusetts-1fb67311st=F6e9ck"
X Link 2025-12-30T11:52Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"A former senior Kremlin official said he was very worried about the dark picture inside Russia. We cant turn the clock back easily; political will is needed to reverse this and it simply does not exist." @FrancescaEbel https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/30/russia-war-ukraine-society-dissent/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/30/russia-war-ukraine-society-dissent/"
X Link 2026-01-01T12:10Z 17.9K followers, 31.9K engagements
"Fascinating that the Defense Ministry decided to video (and publish) its officials giving U.S. defense attaches flight/technical data allegedly taken from a Ukrainian drone downed over Novgorod region; allegedly attacking a Putin residence. The U.S. officials look thrilled"
X Link 2026-01-02T07:27Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"White House publishes "perp walk" video of Nicolas Maduro in U.S. custody presumably on U.S. soil (though unclear where exactly. Those are Drug Enforcement Agency officers escorting him"
X Link 2026-01-04T09:55Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Zelenskiy has dismissed SBU chief Vasil Malyuk-- the latest top personnel shuffle that's included the head of military intelligence (Kyrylo Budanov) becoming chief-of-staff and digital minister (Mykhailo Fedorov) becoming Def Minister. @ukrpravda_news https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2026/01/05/8014655/ https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2026/01/05/8014655/"
X Link 2026-01-05T10:54Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Russia's Bashkortostan -- a region that has suffered the highest number of confirmed KIA in Ukraine -- has again upped its signing bonus for new volunteers. As of Jan. [--] it's being doubled to [--] million rubles ($12000) after being cut in early Dec. https://www.idelreal.org/a/million-za-kontrakt-na-voynu-s-ukrainoy-bashkortostan-uvelichil-vyplaty-na-fone-defitsita-byudzheta-i-rosta-tarifov-zhkh/33638454.html https://www.idelreal.org/a/million-za-kontrakt-na-voynu-s-ukrainoy-bashkortostan-uvelichil-vyplaty-na-fone-defitsita-byudzheta-i-rosta-tarifov-zhkh/33638454.html"
X Link 2026-01-06T07:04Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Always entertaining to get an extended video tour of a Russian nuclear-powered (attack) submarine the K-561 Kazan"
X Link 2026-01-06T11:15Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Cool historical photo of GRU Maj. Gen. Dmitry Polyakov being arrested in Moscow by the KGB in [----]. He was one of more than a dozen double agents whose identities were blown by Aldrich Ames. Polyakov was the jewel in the crown" CIA Director James Woolsey once said. Breaking news: Aldrich Ames the CIA officer whose spying for Moscow was the most damaging breach in the agencys history reportedly causing the deaths of at least [--] recruited CIA or allied intelligence agents died at [--]. https://t.co/oHw3FtuosF Breaking news: Aldrich Ames the CIA officer whose spying for Moscow was the most"
X Link 2026-01-07T11:51Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"On March [--] [----] (2 days before US invasion of Iraq) Bush and Putin speak by phone. Putin lectures Bush on the U.N. charter and int'l law: "The most important thing and I have already mentioned this is that we should not substitute the law of force for international law"
X Link 2026-01-07T19:25Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Nearly the entirety of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhya's region were blacked out overnight due to Russian attacks on the energy grid. In the city Dnipro reports of water problems this morning; people buying out bottled water from markets. https://t.me/energyofukraine/5796 https://t.me/energyofukraine/5796"
X Link 2026-01-08T08:04Z 17.9K followers, 22.2K engagements
"⚡Russia's Defense Ministry confirms that it fired a nuclear-capable Oreshnik IRBM missile at Ukriane overnight; Video appears to show MIRVs hitting near Lviv"
X Link 2026-01-09T06:17Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Ukraine had warned of a possible missile launch from Russia's Kasputin Yar base just before midnight. https://t.me/kpszsu/51931 https://t.me/kpszsu/51931"
X Link 2026-01-09T06:27Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Ukraine's Air Force issued a statement overnight stating a ballistic missile had been fired at Lviv all but identifying it as an Oreshnik (though not by name)"
X Link 2026-01-09T06:58Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"https://x.com/zelenskyyua/status/2009542786756792621s=46 In Kyiv and the region the aftermath of the massive Russian strike is still being dealt with. All necessary services are deployed. Twenty residential buildings alone were damaged. Recovery operations after the strikes also continue in the Lviv region and other regions of our https://t.co/AMkwfKHOkC https://x.com/zelenskyyua/status/2009542786756792621s=46 In Kyiv and the region the aftermath of the massive Russian strike is still being dealt with. All necessary services are deployed. Twenty residential buildings alone were damaged."
X Link 2026-01-09T09:10Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Ukraine's SBU security agency releases photos of debris it says is from the Russian Oreshnik IRBM that hit Lviv overnight. (source: https://t.me/SBUkr https://t.me/SBUkr"
X Link 2026-01-09T12:19Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"The Arab neighbors despite all the problems and contradictions want to see a weakened Iran but an Iran that they understand. Lets not have illusions that a regime change in Iran would necessarily lead to a more friendly regime there. @KozhanovNikolay Why Iranian protests are different this time. Ever since the Iran-Iraq war the regime claimed legitimacy from keeping the country at peace. Then its adventurism triggered Junes 12-day war the bombing of Tehran and the end of the Islamic Republics aura of invincibility. This Why Iranian protests are different this time. Ever since the Iran-Iraq"
X Link 2026-01-12T10:11Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Sergei Shoigu Russian Security Council head (and Putin confidant) speaks with Iran's Ali Larijani condemning "attempts by external forces to interfere in (Iran's) internal affairs;" also voicing Moscow's readiness to cooperate more with Tehran https://t.me/tass_agency/356453 https://t.me/tass_agency/356453"
X Link 2026-01-12T17:31Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"amid serious rumors that Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov is on his death bed (getting dialysis at a Moscow hospital) Chechen govt releases dodgy video of meeting (supposedly Monday) chaired by Kadyrov who's heavily slurring (unclear if more than normal). Sons Akhmat Adam get cameos"
X Link 2026-01-13T11:02Z 17.9K followers, 22.7K engagements
"More than [---] Russian drones and missiles fired at Ukraine cities overnight targeting energy infrastructure and civilian residence per authorities. Large parts of Kyiv are still without power or water or heat-- or all [--]. This is Kharkiv region 👇"
X Link 2026-01-14T09:22Z 17.9K followers, 19.7K engagements
"What happened to Grahams Russia sanctions bill (sure doesn't look it's going to come up for a vote this week as promised) via @politico https://politi.co/458PrCg https://politi.co/458PrCg"
X Link 2026-01-14T19:26Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
""Russia cannot really do anything to change the US course of action or to restrain it. And so in that kind of situation: what is Vladimir Putin going to say And so he says nothing. @HannaNotte https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-iran-venezuela-upheaval-kremlin-reaction/33647996.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-iran-venezuela-upheaval-kremlin-reaction/33647996.html"
X Link 2026-01-15T07:25Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian per Kremlin spokesman. Details to come. https://t.me/kommersant/99418 https://t.me/kommersant/99418"
X Link 2026-01-16T10:13Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin readout of Putin's phone call with Pezeshkian https://t.me/news_kremlin/7057 Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian per Kremlin spokesman. Details to come. https://t.co/3xttIqj0Uo https://t.me/news_kremlin/7057 Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian per Kremlin spokesman. Details to come. https://t.co/3xttIqj0Uo"
X Link 2026-01-16T12:02Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Danish soldiers arriving in Greenland (along with troops from Germany Sweden Norway France Finland the Netherlands and Britain). "Denmark will maintain an increased presence in Greenland in 2026." Fredag landede soldater i Nuuk Lufthavn med et fly fra Danmark. Her vil de indg i Forsvarets gede tilstedevrelse i Grnland. Sammen med NATO-allierede vil de deltage i forskellige velser. Tyskland Sverige Norge Frankrig Finland Holland og Storbritannien deltager ogs. https://t.co/Y6jEYa8i00 Fredag landede soldater i Nuuk Lufthavn med et fly fra Danmark. Her vil de indg i Forsvarets gede"
X Link 2026-01-17T14:40Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Chechen security officials are now checking phones of patients and employees at the Grozny hospital trying to clamp down on leaks (about Kadyrov's son's condition and the overall mess of an crash presumably) https://www.kavkazr.com/a/v-chechne-siloviki-proveryali-telefony-sotrudnikov-boljnitsy-kuda-posle-avarii-privezli-adama-kadyrova/33652993.html [--] person was killed and around [--] people were hospitalized [--] seriously as a result of this Chechnya road accident involving the security convoy of Ramzan Kadyrov's son Adam. Adam is reportedly in critical condition in a Moscow hospital."
X Link 2026-01-18T11:25Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Norway's prime minister. 👇 https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/statement-from-the-prime-minister/id3146486/ https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/statement-from-the-prime-minister/id3146486/"
X Link 2026-01-19T11:04Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"And here is a 30-second video released just now of Lukashenko (wordlessly) signing the order accepting Trump's offer to join the Board of Peace. Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has also been invited by Trump to join the "Board of Peace" https://t.co/IwRItPqrZz Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has also been invited by Trump to join the "Board of Peace" https://t.co/IwRItPqrZz"
X Link 2026-01-20T15:34Z 17.9K followers, 16.4K engagements
"And Putin plans on meeting Witkoff on Thursday per Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov https://t.me/tass_agency/357724 Witkoff says he's planning to depart for Moscow on Thursday to meet with Putin. https://t.me/tass_agency/357724 Witkoff says he's planning to depart for Moscow on Thursday to meet with Putin"
X Link 2026-01-21T11:04Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin video showing Putin addressing Trump's Greenland offer. drawing parallel to the U.S. purchase of Alaska suggesting Trump should offer a good price Danes should accept ("Denmark has always treated Greenland as a colony and quite harshly if not cruelly towards it.")"
X Link 2026-01-21T21:35Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Kremlin seems happy about [--] hours of Witkoff-Kushner talks per adviser Yuri Ushakov who lasered in on the Trump-Putin Alaska meeting: "without resolving the territorial issue according to the formula agreed in Anchorage there is no hope of achieving a long-term settlement." Putin greeting Witkoff and Kushner at the Kremlin this evening (along with an unannounced U. S. official per RIA: Josh Grunbaum of the General Services Administration). Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov and negotiator Kirill Dmitriev also present per usual. https://t.co/ntZ7hFewKK Putin greeting Witkoff and Kushner at the"
X Link 2026-01-23T06:58Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"👀The situation with the health of Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov is extremely grave and the Kremlin is "working on a solution" to determine his successor. "As long as Kadyrov is alive nothing will happen" another source close to the Kremlin says. . . 🔽 https://t.co/3ta6iVEbhB . . 🔽 https://t.co/3ta6iVEbhB"
X Link 2026-01-23T09:46Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
""America is understandably sentimentally attached to the European continent and of course to Britain and Ireland. .We want to work with aligned countries that want to restore their former greatness." "Cultivating resistance to Europes current trajectory within European nations" https://t.co/hrIccT547R "Cultivating resistance to Europes current trajectory within European nations" https://t.co/hrIccT547R"
X Link 2026-01-24T09:25Z 17.9K followers, [--] engagements
""Russia will remain a persistent but manageable threat to NATOs eastern members for the foreseeable future." https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/2003864773/-1/-1/0/2026-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY.PDF New U.S. National Defense Strategy highlights Russias supposed weakness and says allies in Europe Middle East and South Korea should take care of their own security with critical but more limited U.S. support. https://media.defense.gov/2026/Jan/23/2003864773/-1/-1/0/2026-NATIONAL-DEFENSE-STRATEGY.PDF New U.S. National Defense Strategy highlights Russias supposed weakness and says allies in"
X Link 2026-01-24T09:41Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Russia pummeled Ukraine; causing yet more blackouts and heating disruptions (amid freezing temperatures) as its negotiators are meeting with Ukrainian and American officials in Abu Dhabi. Pretty clear signal what the Kremlin's negotiating position is. Overnight Russia carried out a massive attack on our regions launching over [---] attack drones and [--] missiles of various types. Kyiv and the region as well as the Sumy Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions were targeted. In Kharkiv a maternity hospital a dormitory housing https://t.co/K0TQNNvu4T Overnight Russia carried out a massive attack on our"
X Link 2026-01-24T10:09Z 17.9K followers, [---] engagements
"The Kremlin is (again) hammering on the "Anchorage Formula" (Trump and Putin's August meeting) as a priority for the ongoing trilateral talks with Ukraine. Unclear exactly what that entails particularly since the White House originally dissed the Anchorage meeting - 🔻 🔻 🔻 - 🔻 🔻 🔻"
X Link 2026-01-26T08:11Z 17.9K followers, [----] engagements
"And since Gulnara is in the news today here's a reminder what her sister has been up to http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/07/the-art-of-zen-parfumerie-meet-the-harmonist http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/07/the-art-of-zen-parfumerie-meet-the-harmonist"
X Link 2017-07-28T15:26Z 17.9K followers, [--] engagements
"new superseding indictment against #Manafort. Appears first time that Konstantin Kilimnik has been named in US court papers"
X Link 2018-06-08T17:58Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"hm. Defense lawyers want a psychiatric evaluation for Yevgeny Nikulin; accused of hacking LinkedIn and DropBox and extradited from Prague this year. (and possibly important link in [----] DNC hack)"
X Link 2018-08-10T20:07Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"suffice to say Khusyaynova who's based in St. Petersburg Russia is highly unlikely to ever appear in a US courtroom to face the charges. Also noteworthy that USEDVA filed this case not Mueller or USDC prosecutors). US files criminal charges against Russian citizen Elena Khusyaynova for conspiracy to interfere in US elections; her effort was (allegedly) funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin a.k.a. Putin's chef https://t.co/pismcE95Wg US files criminal charges against Russian citizen Elena Khusyaynova for conspiracy to interfere in US elections; her effort was (allegedly) funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin"
X Link 2018-10-19T18:57Z 17.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Hunter Biden's photo and accompanying quote as Burisma board member are still up on the webpage for the energy forum that Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky founded. this year's forum was held in May the same month Biden apparently stepped down from Burisma"
X Link 2019-10-02T12:37Z 17.4K followers, [--] engagements
"The @StateDept confirms that after the Nyonoksa radiation explosion Moscow cut off monitoring station data to the Vienna-based organization that monitors the test ban treaty. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/20/skyfall-nuclear-cruise-missile-explosion-covered-r/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/20/skyfall-nuclear-cruise-missile-explosion-covered-r/"
X Link 2019-10-21T15:11Z 17K followers, [--] engagements
"FBI letter sent yesterday/last night to Senate Homeland Security regarding 1) the Hunter Biden laptop investigation and 2) foreign influence operations on the US election. (short version "no comment")"
X Link 2020-10-21T07:08Z 17.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Fiona Hill (former WH NSC adviser on Russia affairs) speaking on the record: 😳 https://www.thedailybeast.com/after-capitol-riot-trump-officials-rush-to-keep-him-from-sparking-another-conflictat-home-or-abroad https://www.thedailybeast.com/after-capitol-riot-trump-officials-rush-to-keep-him-from-sparking-another-conflictat-home-or-abroad"
X Link 2021-01-08T07:14Z 17.5K followers, 24.2K engagements
"@marson_jr Likewise"
X Link 2021-01-17T17:21Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Video of the moment when Navalny ally/lawyer Lyubov Sobol is grabbed by riot cops while speaking in Moscow. (Video by @tvrain)"
X Link 2021-01-23T11:18Z 17.5K followers, 17.1K engagements
"In Manezh Square Moscow (the entrance to Red Square is in the background). Video by @AvtozakLIVE"
X Link 2021-02-02T18:20Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"The Biden administration (and @SecBlinken) are getting punchy regarding the Nord Stream [--] pipeline. (Might be more bark than bite tho.) https://bit.ly/30XNaYU https://bit.ly/30XNaYU"
X Link 2021-03-18T20:26Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Tajikistans president is (reportedly) the only foreign leader attending todays events on Red Square alongside Putin"
X Link 2021-05-09T07:41Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"Red Square today. (Photo by @tass_agency)"
X Link 2021-05-09T08:01Z 17.4K followers, [--] engagements
"Red Square flyover; as seen from the far side of the Kremlin. (Video by @pdmnewsru)"
X Link 2021-05-09T08:23Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@ElenaChernenko @jeffreycarr @GroupIB @mkolomychenko"
X Link 2021-09-29T15:16Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@gkates @VagrantJourno The brunch at Barvy would like to have a word"
X Link 2022-02-15T12:31Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"state of emergency ordered in Rostov Oblast which neighbors Ukraine to the east and southeast to deal with an influx of people evacuating Donetsk/Luhansk"
X Link 2022-02-19T10:08Z 17.5K followers, [--] engagements
"WNBA center Brittney Griner appeared in a Moscow court today where she reportedly pleaded not guilty (to drug charges). The court extended her detention for another two months according to @mash_breaking"
X Link 2022-03-17T11:13Z 17.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Russian officials say an explosion aboard the missile cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea has forced the evacuation of the entire crew. No confirmation/evidence yet that an anti ship missile was to blame (as some Ukrainian sources are claiming). ⚡ "" : https://t.co/kWtXn6mn0r https://t.co/NzJywRz6Io ⚡ "" : https://t.co/kWtXn6mn0r https://t.co/NzJywRz6Io"
X Link 2022-04-14T05:19Z 17K followers, [--] engagements
"Solzhenitsyn would have supported the Ukraine war. Discuss"
X Link 2022-08-15T14:29Z 17.7K followers, [---] engagements
"The scene on Red Square right now"
X Link 2022-09-30T15:28Z 17.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@dpeleschuk @avalaina why anger"
X Link 2022-10-07T09:42Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Putin is scheduled to give a big-ish speech today at the Valdai Discussion Group. Theme of the speech: The World After Hegemony: Justice and Security for All. https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/39361 https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/39361"
X Link 2022-10-27T06:57Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"@dpeleschuk (Video is [--] years old.)"
X Link 2022-12-15T10:25Z 17.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Putin has signed formal order authorizing the [----] spring draft (there are two annually). The Defense Ministry plan on conscripting [------] men between April [--] and July [--]. (by law they're not allowed to serve in combat zones like Ukraine)"
X Link 2023-03-30T18:28Z 17.5K followers, 16.7K engagements
"👇an indication of how sensitive the Kremlin is to popular sentiment: A top Russian General Staff officer went on state-TV this morning to try and assure people: "Not a single conscript will be deployed to the zone of the special military operation" (a.k.a. Ukraine)"
X Link 2023-03-31T08:19Z 17.5K followers, 16.7K engagements
"A 226-foot-long Russian cargo plane got stuck at the Toronto airport last year after Canada closed its airspace to Russian-owned aircraft. https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-plane-stranded-canada-parking-fees-89d18eacst=h6atx559cklorns&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-plane-stranded-canada-parking-fees-89d18eacst=h6atx559cklorns&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter"
X Link 2023-04-17T08:00Z 17K followers, [---] engagements
"A Moscow court is holding a pretrial detention hearing today for @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich who was detained last month on espionage charges (charges The Journal says are patently false). The U.S. ambassador was spotted at the courthouse today. per @tass_agency"
X Link 2023-04-18T09:27Z 17.5K followers, [----] engagements
"the latest drama at @yandex: Lukoil chief Vagit Alekperov Severstal's Alexei Mordashov possibly Novatek owner Leonid Mikhelson are on the short list to buy out Yandex's proposed new Russian holding per @thebell_io. Norilsk's Potanin also possible. https://thebell.global.ssl.fastly.net/glavnymi-pretendentami-na-pokupku-kontrolya-v-novom-yandekse-okazalis-mordashov-alekperov-i-potanin https://thebell.global.ssl.fastly.net/glavnymi-pretendentami-na-pokupku-kontrolya-v-novom-yandekse-okazalis-mordashov-alekperov-i-potanin"
X Link 2023-05-04T07:55Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements
"And Putin has now reportedly blessed Yandex's sale/reorganization. New owners of Russian spinoff expected to be Potanin Mordashov Alekperov and VTB Bank per @meduzaproject and @thebell_io. Kudrin was the dealmaker. https://meduza.io/feature/2023/05/21/putin-soglasoval-spisok-pokupateley-rossiyskogo-kuska-yandeksa-kontrolnyy-paket-razdelit-konsortsium-rossiyskih-milliarderov https://meduza.io/feature/2023/05/21/putin-soglasoval-spisok-pokupateley-rossiyskogo-kuska-yandeksa-kontrolnyy-paket-razdelit-konsortsium-rossiyskih-milliarderov"
X Link 2023-05-22T05:46Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements
"purported video of yesterday's alleged Ukrainian naval drone attack on the Russian ship Ivan Khurs in the Black Sea claims the ship was indeed damaged. not sure of the provenance but sure looks real. h/t @AbraxasSpa (source:"
X Link 2023-06-29T23:46Z 17.2K followers, 126.3K engagements
"👀.@yandex says Nasdaq has agreed to NOT delist its ADR/shares from the stock exchange conditional on the proposed restructuring which includes divesting ownership and control of core businesses including all Russia-based businesses by the end of 2023"
X Link 2023-06-08T08:46Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The company's proposed reorganization (reportedly) includes selling its core Russian business to a group of Kremlin-connected billionaire oligarchs (and VTB Bank) and spinning off several other foreign ventures into a separate company. Putin has reportedly blessed the idea"
X Link 2023-06-08T08:48Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Pretty sizeable protest outside the Russian Embassy in Prague today. There was a counter demonstration too against Russophobia (not surprisingly things got heated) video by @radiosvoboda)"
X Link 2023-06-10T15:18Z 17.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Putin says that Russia has already transferred tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus. https://t.me/tass_agency/196705 "We have missiles and bombs that we have received from Russia. The bombs are three times more powerful than those (dropped on) Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka (in an interview with Russian state TV) https://t.co/wRX1CiRRDN https://t.me/tass_agency/196705 "We have missiles and bombs that we have received from Russia. The bombs are three times more powerful than those (dropped on) Hiroshima and Nagasaki." Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka (in"
X Link 2023-06-16T15:11Z 17.5K followers, 29.4K engagements
"Another Russian general reportedly killed in Ukraine: Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov deputy commander of the Southern Military District died as a result of a Ukrainian rocket/missile strike on a rear command post in Berdyansk"
X Link 2023-07-11T09:05Z 17.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a factory in Naberezhnye Chelny today doing Shoigu-y things like pretending he knows intricate details of armored vehicle production/design (while blithely unconcerned with the fallout from the mutiny). source:"
X Link 2023-07-11T14:43Z 17.3K followers, 12.8K engagements
"Germany says traces of undersea explosives found on yacht linked to Nord Stream pipeline blasts"
X Link 2023-07-12T06:19Z 17.2K followers, [----] engagements
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