Tony Halpin
Team Leader and editor at Bloomberg News covering Russia, Ukraine, central Asia and the Caucasus region. Presently in Dubai.
@ilvestoomas.bsky.social
Unsuccessfully retired ex-prez, ex-MEP, ex-foreign minister, ex-ambassador, ex-director of RFE-RL Estonian service, etc, ex cetera. Except for @darthputinkgb.bsky.social, I take seriously only those who post here under his or her own name.
@umland.bsky.social
Analyst, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, UI: bsky.app/profile/sceeus-ui.bsky.social. Editor, book series SPPS & Ukrainian Voices: www.ibidem.eu/en/Series/Society-Politics/. Assoc. Prof., Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-4646
@berlinbridge.bsky.social
Security & geopolitics | Previously based in 🇦🇫🇨🇳🇲🇲🇷🇼🇬🇧🇺🇸 | Capital Germany 40 under 40 | ☕ http://buymeacoffee.com/jberlin | Don’t just get mad, get busy | https://berlinbridge.substack.com
@kyivindependent.com
Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine Become a member: http://kyivindependent.com/membership/ One-time donation: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/?interval=onetime
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social
Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia, member of @TheEmmys. I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to. Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."
@michaelkofman.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@apolyakova.bsky.social
President & CEO @cepa.org; Prof Johns Hopkins SAIS; former Brookings Institution; Berkeley PhD, Russia, Europe, democracy, tech policy. Views my own. Media requests: press@cepa.org
@andreisoldatov.bsky.social
Author of The Compatriots, The Red Web, The New Nobility, Senior Fellow at CEPA, King’s Centre for the Study of Intelligence, editor of http://Agentura.ru telegram: http://t.me/agenturaru
@shaunwalker7.bsky.social
Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian shaun.walker@theguardian.com
@yarotrof.bsky.social
Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal. 📕Author of No Country for Love, Our Enemies Will Vanish, Siege of Mecca and Faith at War 📕 Yarotrof.com
@evgenyfeldman.bsky.social
photographer & photo editor & editor at Meduza | часто пишу про американскую политику | rtwt≠согласие
@ksonin.bsky.social
Political economist, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor at University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.
@ilitschko.bsky.social
Russian cyber espionage and cybercrime| Carleton University and MGIMO | GTA Khachipuri
@jgmaber.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Researching and teaching on Russian politics and security, and gender and conflict. Expect cat photos.
@ichbinilya.bsky.social
Writer and senior editor at OCCRP. Investigative journalism, democracy, corruption, US politics, Europe and Eurasia. More fun than this profile IRL. Currently in Amsterdam!
@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
@massdara.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia.
@joerglau.bsky.social
International Correspondent German weekly DIE ZEIT (@zeit.de), Cold War kid, cyclist. Mein neues Buch über zur deutschen Außenpolitik hier bestellen: https://www.droemer-knaur.de/buch/joerg-lau-worte-die-die-welt-beherrschen-9783426562420
@michaeldwyer.bsky.social
Publisher/editor with the great www.hurstpublishers.com team, biryani (mutton), Herzog and Madeira wine aficionado, gardener, Irish citizen, NUFC. History, politics, colonialism, war, intelligence/cyber, religions. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
@artemchapaev27.bsky.social
Producer & Editor @ The Insider (theins.press) Ex: Andrey Rylkov Found., Zona Prava, OpenRussia, Amnesty Int., Open Society Foundation, Art group Voina, Solidarnost', Sakharov movement. Living as 🏳️🌈LGBTQ+ refugee in Granada, Spain🇪🇦
@nmacfarquhar.bsky.social
New York Times correspondent and author covering Russia, the Middle East and sometimes homegrown extremism.
@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
@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.
@dougsaunders.bsky.social
International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net
@irgarner.bsky.social
Russian Prof @ Pilecki Institute, Warsaw/Fellow @ Centre for International and Defence Policy, Ontario | FrHistS | Author of "Z Generation: Russia's Fascist Youth” - get it @ http://linktr.ee/igarner | 🇨🇦
@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!
@vespertinklynd.bsky.social
Political questions are far too serious to be left to politicians. Hannah Arendt
@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. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
@carlschreck.bsky.social
Investigations with RFE/RL. Russia watcher. 1990s German rap. Good handles, decent J, suspect finisher. Usually bumping Roger Miller.
@kayaburgess.bsky.social
Science Reporter & Religious Affairs Correspondent at The Times of London | Shortlisted for Specialist Journalist of the Year at the 2024 Press Awards and Science Journalist of the Year at the 2025 Press Awards | My account
@jackmalvern.bsky.social
Journalist, formerly for The Times. I don't write the headlines.
@iikkakorhonen.bsky.social
Head of BOFIT (Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies), not representing the official views of my employer, RTs not endorsements https://t.co/E0YqzEKBp7
@martinnicholls.bsky.social
Creative director, The New European. Dodgy photoshop enthusiast. Centrist - probably. Dad - definitely.
@abarbashin.bsky.social
Russia foreign and domestic politics. Editorial Director at ridl.io
@faburkhardt.bsky.social
Research Associate, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies | Russia & executive power, elites, digital authoritarianism | "post-Soviet" space | Co-Editor at Russian Analytical Digest, Russland-Analysen, Ukraine-Analysen
@carlacanivete.bsky.social
Editor with the Economy & Government team for Middle East and North Africa @bloomberg. Opinions are my own.
@jackhewson.com
PBS Newshour Special Correspondent | Freelance Producer-Director 🎥 | DuPont-Columbia winner 2023 | BAFTA-nominated 2025 | jackhewson.com/showreel | Based in Istanbul
@skolimowski.bsky.social
Team Leader for Economy and Government in Central and Eastern Europe at Bloomberg in Warsaw. Retweets are not endorsements