Tom Balmforth
@szabolcspanyi.bsky.social
Journalist investigating Central Europe 🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇰🇨🇿 at VSquare.org and Direkt36.hu. Corruption, illiberalism, 🇷🇺 and 🇨🇳 meddling. 🙏 buymeacoffee.com/szabolcspanyi 📝 authory.com/szabolcspanyi 🗞️ vsquare.org/newsletter ✉️ szabolcs.panyi@vsquare.org
@tomburgis.bsky.social
Investigations correspondent for The Guardian. Bestselling author of Kleptopia, Cuckooland and The Looting Machine. The truth will out, it just sometimes takes a while. Stories: theguardian.com/profile/tom-burgis Books: tomburgis.com
@maxhess.bsky.social
Founder - Enmetena Advisory, Fellow @FPRI & @IISS_org. Eurasia, political economy, sanctions, international affairs, debt & sovereignty. Buy my book Economic War: Ukraine & The Global Conflict Between Russia & The West: https://linktr.ee/EconomicWar
@michaelstone.bsky.social
Reuters reporter covering the U.S. arms trade. Mainly focused on Ukraine for now. Read my stories here: https://www.reuters.com/authors/mike-stone/; RP's≠endorsements. Views=own.
@markmackinnon.bsky.social
Senior International Correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper. Now based in London, after stops in Moscow, Beijing and the Middle East. Author of The New Cold War (the book, not the thing). Add me to your top secret group chats!
@ikoshiw.bsky.social
Isobel Koshiw, foreign correspondent with FT. Former Guardian. Hater of the void.
@andrewheavens.bsky.social
By Andrew Heavens, author of "The Prince and the Plunder", about how Britain took piles of loot and one small boy from Ethiopia. Interested in all things pillaged, and in Bob, and in skiffle.
@andrewramsaygray.bsky.social
European Affairs Editor at Reuters, covering EU & NATO from Brussels. Previously: Lanark, London, Germany, Geneva, Balkans, Iraq, West Africa & Washington. Ex-Politico editor/podcaster.
@conorhumphries.bsky.social
Reuters corro Dublin. Politics. Finance. Airlines. Northern Ireland. Ex-Moscow, Kyiv... conor.humphries @ reuters.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/conorhumphries
@humeyrapamuk.bsky.social
@Reuters deputy US foreign policy editor. Eye on State Department. Before: London, Cairo, Dubai & Turkey. @columbiajourn @kocuniversity alum. Personal account.
@mashatsvetkova.bsky.social
Reuters journalist I mostly do investigative reporting on the Russian war in Ukraine. If you have a tip, please email maria.tsvetkova@tr.com and we will find a secure way to communicate
@markurban.bsky.social
Writing stuff for Sunday Times, BBC guy covering war & peace + sometime presenter of Newsnight 1990-2024, IWM trustee, author Big Boys Rules, Generals, Rifles, Task Force Black, The Tank War, Skripal Files, Red Devils and more!
@sambendett.bsky.social
Uncrewed, autonomous, robotic systems and Artificial Intelligence. Russian and Ukrainian weapons development. CNA, CNAS and CSIS. Opinions my own.
@niktwick.bsky.social
Editor with @libmod.de in Berlin, responsible for @russlandverstehen.eu; Longtime Journalist and Russia watcher. Formerly with the OSCE SMM in Donetsk 🇺🇦, @dpa.com Moscow and @themoscowtimes.com 📧 n.vontwickel@greyfriars.oxon.org; @niktwick.69 on Signal
@kozlovsky.bsky.social
Amnesty International Researcher writing mostly about Russia | Only personal opinions here
@minczifra.bsky.social
Political & security analyst. 🇪🇺🇭🇺🇺🇸. FPRI Eurasia fellow, Bear Market Brief contributor. Ex-CEPA, ESI. Posts about 🇷🇺, 🇪🇺, illiberalism and its limits. Posts reflect my own views. Здесь вам не Toth. www.noyardstick.com minczifra.substack.com
@thebarentsobserver.com
Europe's northernmost independent English-Russian online newspaper. Cross-border news from the Arctic, Russia, and Nordic. Fighting censorship, supporting democracy! Our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebarentsobserver
@tonyhalpin.bsky.social
Team Leader and editor at Bloomberg News covering Russia, Ukraine, central Asia and the Caucasus region. Presently in Dubai.
@kozlov.bsky.social
Reporter covering Russia, Central Asia, South Caucasus for The Moscow Times | ex-BBC Russian political correspondent in Moscow | The Kozlovpaper | MBA in Media management | SSE Riga | https://linktr.ee/pyotrkozlov
@bodner.bsky.social
NBC News international reporter. Moscow bureau exile. Now in London. Tweets on Russia, etc. Former Space Camp shuttle commander. Sailor.
@mikeeckel.bsky.social
Opponent of Quiet Desperation. Contains Multitudes. In Search Of Meanness Or Sublimity. Former Moscow Correspondent. Vladivostok Fanboy. @RFERL
@mark-p-barry.com
Followed U.S.-DPRK relations for 35 yrs. Met Kim Il Sung in 1994; my NGO met Kim Jong Il in 2005. Assoc. Ed. Emer., Int'l J. on World Peace. Ph.D., U. of Virginia, IR; M.A., Georgetown U., Nat. Sec. St. 🇰🇷🇰🇵🇺🇸 📩 m.barry@hji.edu 🌐 mark-p-barry.com
@marktfitz.bsky.social
Grandpa. Ex-Exec Director of IISS-Americas & head of IISS NonProlif & Nuclear Policy Program. Ex-expat in UK. Former State Dept.
@remcobreuker.bsky.social
Ongenuanceerde Koreanist des moederlands | (N-)Korea/history/human rights/Prof Leiden 한국/고려/북한/역사/레이덴대학교수| boek-De Koreaanse golf | #WOinActie | editor Korean Histories | https://linktr.ee/remcobreuker | https://www.amboanthos.nl/auteur/remco-breuker/
@dubstepindprk.bsky.social
North Korea analyst, prof of security studies & researcher of dictatorships. Wrote a book in 2021 on 🇰🇵-3rd World ties. Most importantly: dad & husband. Views my own. https://benjaminryoung.weebly.com/
@wjamesreuters.bsky.social
UK Breaking News Editor at Reuters. Occasional news insights but mostly photos and silly stuff.
@svdberg.bsky.social
Journalist @Reuters & host of the @asymmetricalh.bsky.social podcast on international justice. Reports on international justice, war crimes courts & Dutch news. Also posts about cats, books & neurodiversity (she/her)
@michellenichols.bsky.social
Reuters United Nations bureau chief (far from home in Australia). Reposts are not endorsements.
@edwardluce.bsky.social
FT's US columnist/commentator. Author of several books including forthcoming biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski (Simon & Schuster 2025). People lacking a sense of humour might get muted.
@ironemu.bsky.social
Executive Editor, @Reuters. Give thanks for the twin pillars of civilization: literature and cricket.
@johnsipher.bsky.social
Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere.
@journotopia.bsky.social
Investigative reporter for Reuters • Pulitzer Prize winner • Author of "The Trouser People: Burma in the Shadow of the Empire" • Co-author of “Aum: The Cult at the End of the World”
@intelcrab.bsky.social
Open source investigator. An actual human. Not a real crab, believe it or not.
@christopherjm.ft.com
Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 15 years in Ukraine. https://www.ft.com/christopher-miller Author of the book, THE WAR CAME TO US, published by Bloomsbury: https://www.amazon.com/dp/139940685X
@yoruk.bsky.social
Obsessive ship-spotting by the Bosphorus -.-. .-. .. -- . .- / .. ... / ..- -.- .-. .- .. -. . 50501
@thelookout.bsky.social
Military and defense issues, as seen from NATOs northern flank. Special interest: The Russian Navy. Independent Defense Analyst, all analysis and opinions are my own Contact: the.lookout.n@protonmail.com
@chriso-wiki.bsky.social
Independent military history author and researcher. If you find my writings interesting or useful, any tips are appreciated: http://ko-fi.com/chrisowiki
@blackbirdgroup.bsky.social
@Black_BirdGroup Finnish OSINT group. Currently following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Don't DM, Email us: contact@blackbirdgroup.fi Map: https://tinyurl.com/BlackbirdMap Our site: https://blackbirdgroup.fi/
@covertshores.bsky.social
Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT, illustrations. Mostly typos http://www.hisutton.com/
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.