Fuad Alakbarov
Political Commentator. Journalist. Photographer. Interests: South Caucasus, Central Asia, football. Director at Caspian Circle.
Bylines at Daily Sabah, Open Democracy, The Jamestown Foundation, The Jerusalem Post.
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Journalists, media, academics and analysts focused primarily on Russia.
Central Asia
Journalists, media, academics and analysts focused primarily on Central Asia.
@bellacaledonia.bsky.social
Imagining a Scottish Democracy since 2007. Bylines at the Guardian, Open Democracy, Herald, DeSmog, Bella Caledonia, Sunday National.
@rorymacneish.bsky.social
I'm a freelance journalist with bylines in The Glasgow Bell, The Scotsman, the Scottish Left Review, The National, Greater Govanhill Magazine and Bella Caledonia
@samagreene.bsky.social
Director of Democratic Resilience, CEPA. Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@pettirosso.me
Native New Yorker working on a series of ceramic sculptures ✡️ https://www.pettirosso.me I’ll be showing my work at the GO-BKLYN Ceramic Sale 5/31-6/1
@leylalatypova.bsky.social
Tatar from Bashqortostan 🐝 | Journalist & political analyst | Changing the way you think of Russia by amplifying voices from ethnic republics and Indigenous communities ✊🏽 | https://linktr.ee/latypovaleyla
@yerdaulet.bsky.social
Founder & CEO at JASA • Co-Founder of @qazaqnuclear.bsky.social • Emerging Security and Sustainability Professional • Nuclear Affairs, AI Governance + Policy, and Energy Transition • Peace and Justice
@ljlinderman.bsky.social
Senior Fellow and Director of Programs, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the American Foreign Policy Council. guria stan
@felixlight.bsky.social
Reuters correspondent in Tbilisi, covering Russia, Caucasus, ex-USSR. Also travel stuff. Views my own.
@frankmaracchione.bsky.social
Postdoc, Pol/IR-Uni of Kent, PhD from Pol/IR-University of Sheffield - Global Political Economy/IR, South-South norms&production, China, Central Asia, Uzbekistan. With SPERI - Sheffield Pol Economy Inst and Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs. (he/him)
@sherkhashimov.bsky.social
Freelance journalist and researcher from Central Asia. sherkhashimov.com
@jonathancampion.com
Central Asia news editor | Cricket with The Metronomes | Author of 'Getting Out' 🇺🇦🏏 | Norfolk and Caucasus too. 🌏 jonathancampion.com 📷 lifeincentralasia.picfair.com
@joannalillis.bsky.social
Almaty-based journalist reporting on Central Asia, author of Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan (2019) and Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan (out in November 2025)
@donnachadcu.bsky.social
Professor of Politics, Dublin City University (DCU) Ukraine | Russian imperialism | South Caucasus | Central Asia | Belarus | Moldova | unrecognised states | Irish history, politics and foreign policy
@kobeachain.bsky.social
Irish diplomat in Brussels, leading on Asia-Pacific policy and Transatlantic relations. Personal account
@erikrscott.bsky.social
Historian of Russia, the Caucasus, and the world during the Cold War and after. Editor of The Russian Review. Author of Defectors.
@cerianbond.bsky.social
Deputy director, Centre for European Reform, London @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social . Supporter of democracy, the rule of law, the EU & Ukraine. Opponent of authoritarianism, corruption & Putin's Russia.
@martater.bsky.social
Mainly interested in the North Caucasus. Author of "La Chechenia de Kadirov. El régimen de Putin en el Cáucaso". Coauthor of "Sistema mediático y propaganda en la Rusia de Putin".
@aijanco.bsky.social
Political analyst Academic tamada Research: political populism, foreign policy analysis, political risk analysis, occasionally sustainable energy
@jordanovaan.bsky.social
On #CentralAsia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. #PhD&memes, mostly. Call sign: Academic kelin. PlovINT, random rants. 🇨🇿+🇩🇪
@alexgabuev.bsky.social
Director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. Senior Advisor at DGA Group.
@danigaravelli.bsky.social
Freelance journalist and writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Books, music, sunsets, hills.
@yurikageyama.bsky.social
AP Reporter https://apnews.com/author/yuri-kageyama Poet Filmmaker NEWS FROM FUKUSHIMA http://vimeo.com/366466200 THE VERY SPECIAL DAY http://vimeo.com/355039138 Isaku's Mom https://isakukageyama.com/ Yuricane band http://yurikageyama.com/
@glasgowwestend.bsky.social
Hyperlocal words + pictures | Not as parochial as you think - but not far off | Starting out again here 🏴 🌍 https://linktr.ee/GlasgowWestEndToday
@daniellebett.bsky.social
@daleharvey.bsky.social
Software Developer in Glasgow, currently working on Firefox, formerly Couch/PouchDB dev. Interested in #photography (Landscape and Live Music), #munrobagging, #cycling, #webapps and lots of other things.
@calummackenzie.bsky.social
Korrespondent für Russland, Kaukasus, Zentralasien, Belarus bei Schweizer Radio SRF. Tbilisi/Moskau
@samharshbarger.bsky.social
Oxford History MPhil student. Interested in the history/politics of diaspora and energy, especially 🇦🇿 + the Soviet oil industry + decolonization.
@olesyavart.bsky.social
Conflicts and security issues in the South Caucasus. Former senior analyst at Crisis Group and journalist at the New York Times & Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. King's College London/War Studies alumna. Contact me at olesya.vartanyan@gmail.com
@cassmacg.bsky.social
PhD student & Physiotherapist. Research interests: mechanisms of inequities in chronic pain experiences & potential responses to promote equity | intersectionality | qualitative methodologies | health systems GCU & NHS Lanarkshire
@patrickcaskie.bsky.social
random mix of rangers, football, basketball and numbers https://x.com/patrickcaskie clippings.me/patrickcaskie
@shaunwalker7.bsky.social
Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian shaun.walker@theguardian.com
@colinmillar.bsky.social
Football news reporter and journalist for The Athletic. Author of The Frying Pan of Spain.
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
FT columnist. Also have podcast. Author of three and a half books. Four kids. Two cats. One wife. Numerous friends. Fulham fan.
@ianfraser.bsky.social
Author and journalist. Latest edition of my book ‘Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain’, about the pivotal role of what's now called NatWest in the global banking crash, was reissued in 2024. Recovering financial editor.
@zachlowy.bsky.social
Chief editor of @breakingthelines.com. Freelance journalist for FotMob, BetUS and others.
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@moosecatear.bsky.social
"Chocolatier". Love food, books, football, comedy, joy, you know, the usual. Cymraeg, living in Scotland. 🏴🏴
@foreigncorr1.bsky.social
Journalist, photographer, broadcaster, painter. Contributing Foreign Editor @heraldscotland @ScotNational Contributor @BBCScotland @BBCWorld - www.davidpratt.co.uk - views own
@maxseddon.bsky.social
moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com