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Nathalie Tocci @nathalietocci.bsky.social Professor at John Hopkins University SAIS Europe. Senior fellow, IeP Bocconi University. Views my own
Giselle Bosse @gisellebosse.bsky.social Full Professor / Jean Monnet Chair at Maastricht University / European Democracy Hub Fellow
Eye on Transcaucasia @scaucasus.bsky.social News channel on South Caucasus. Human Rights researcher. RT's & links are not endorsements.
Pieter Omtzigt @omtzigt.bsky.social Member of Parliament, Nieuw Sociaal Contract, Netherlands
Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social Editorial Director and Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (@ecfr.eu)
https://ecfr.eu/
Neil Hauer @neilphauer.bsky.social Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Chechnya), Russia, Ukraine, Syria, heavy metal. Stories @CNN, @CBC, @NYMag, @guardian etc. 🇨🇦 neil.hauer@gmail.com. Eng/рус/հայ.
VSquare.org @vsquare.bsky.social 🔎 Investigating Central Europe | We are a non-profit investigative journalism platform: https://vsquare.org
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András Bíró-Nagy @bironagyandras.bsky.social 'The Path of Hungary's EU Membership' (Palgrave): https://sl1nk.com/j7ldzgu
Xiaoxue Martin @xiaoxuemartin.bsky.social China Research Fellow at Clingendael Institute, think tank in the Netherlands. @clingendael.bsky.social
Find my work here: https://www.clingendael.org/person/xiaoxue-martin
Posts are personal.
Lieke Wijnia @liekew.bsky.social I curate, write, research and teach. About art, religion, heritage, meaning making. I work as Senior researcher Art & Rurality at Hanze.
Exhibit "Lou Loeber. Artist and Idealist", now on view at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.
Tigran Balayan @tbalayan.bsky.social Ambassador of #Armenia 🇦🇲 to Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Belgium🇧🇪 and the European Union🇪🇺 
Lijphart @lijphart.bsky.social More democrat than left or rightwing I Proportional Representation I European I Democracy close to home I For a clean football pyramid I Media pluralism I Microstates I Flags I International Justice | Lijphart admirer
Louise van Schaik @louisevanschaik.bsky.social Head of Unit EU & Global Affairs Clingendael Institute
Europe, #EU, energy transition, geopolitics, climate, food, water & health politics, climate/nature-security
PhD with interest in (global) politics and history
Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) | CEPA’s mission is to ensure a strong and democratic transatlantic alliance for future generations. Media inquiries: press@cepa.org
Samuel Charap @scharap.bsky.social 
Julia Soldatiuk-Westerveld @jsoldatiuk.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow EU and Global Affairs at Clingendael Institute | EU foreign policy & enlargement | peace processes| security sector reform | post-conflict recovery
Sinan Can @sinancan77.bsky.social Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker for BNNVARA (Dutch Public TV)
Founder of Shams-Rumi Foundation
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Jennes de Mol @jennesdemol.bsky.social 🇳🇱Ambassador @NLinPoland|#Standwith🇺🇦 |#classics|🚴|#beekeeping|#MadeinEindhoven
Tata Tedoradze🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @tatatedoradze.bsky.social I am from Georgia and 20% of my country is occupied by Russia!
Слава Україні!
Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team Founder & Chief Innovation Officer @ Bluesky
Working on @attie.ai
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Bluesky Starter Pack @blueskystarterpack.com BlueskyStarterPack.com
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Tony van der Togt @tonyphd.bsky.social Independent Russia expert; PhD candidate at Leiden University, Institute of History; retired Dutch diplomat; former Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Russia and Eastern Europe Center; views are my own.
Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social საზოგადოებრივ-პოლიტიკური ონლაინგამოცემა
Socio-political online media based in Georgia 🇬🇪
Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social News product at Bloomberg. Before that, was in Moscow for 15 years with @bloomberg.com & @themoscowtimes.com. Still one eye on Russia. Chess fan. Views are mine
Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me Russia watcher supreme at @meduza.io. (All skeets here are my views alone.) Ugly American based in Portland, Oregon. Signal: @KevinRothrock.01 / Find all my junk here: https://linktr.ee/kevinrothrock
Сергей Смирнов @sssmirnov.bsky.social Главный редактор "Медиазоны" https://zona.media/ В конце концов ведь мы профессионалы
katyaarenina @poreznasobake.bsky.social www.proekt.media
Elizaveta Nesterova @nesteliza.bsky.social Mediazona reporter
Taisia Bekbulatova @protivorechie.bsky.social Founder of @holodmedia and @kosa_media
No one likes us, we don't care
На войну мы все насрем @dm-e.bsky.social Журналист, zona.media
Andrey Kozenko @akozenko.bsky.social Journalist
Sultan @sult.bsky.social чел из медиа
Seva @seva.bsky.social book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG. substack: https://hegemon.substack.com/
Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social Opponent of Quiet Desperation. Contains Multitudes. In Search Of Meanness Or Sublimity. Former Moscow Correspondent. Vladivostok Fanboy. Chaotic Good. @RFERL
Matthew Bodner @bodner.bsky.social NBC News international reporter. Moscow bureau exile. Now in London. Tweets on Russia, etc. Former Space Camp shuttle commander. Sailor.
Pyotr Kozlov @kozlov.bsky.social Bloomberg |ex-The Moscow Times Reporter covering Russia, Central Asia, South Caucasus | alumni: BBC Russian Kremlin correspondent | The Kozlovpaper | MBA in Media management, SSE Riga | https://linktr.ee/pyotrkozlov
Samantha Berkhead @samberkhead.bsky.social Editor-in-chief @themoscowtimes.com 🪆
Charlie Hancock @hancock2001.bsky.social Opinion Editor at The Moscow Times – Pitch to c.hancock@themoscowtimes.com | Also studying MA IR&War at KCL and writing "Crisis Europa" Substack on European security | Ex-Bloomberg | My Views | Also on bird app, trying to post here more
Paul Gogo @paugog.bsky.social Journaliste basé à Moscou. Ex corres en Ukraine.
Correspondant Ouest-France, la Libre Belgique, BFM... en Russie.
"Moscou parano" aux éditions du Rocher le 11 mars
paulgogo2@gmail.com
Elena Chernenko @elenachernenko.bsky.social Kommersant newspaper, special correspondent (based in Moscow). Personal area of interest: arms control, non-proliferation, cyber diplomacy. Views are my own. 
Anastasia Mikhaylova @alphalyr.bsky.social journalist The Insider 
Медиазона @zona.media Независимое новостное медиа
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Mediazona English @en.zona.media Independent news from Russia. Investigative reporting, courtroom live-blogging, digital censorship coverage (now censored in Russia)
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yegor skovoroda @skovoroda.bsky.social mediazona journalist
Roman Dobrokhotov @dobrokhotov.bsky.social Verified parody account
Theins.press editor-in-chief
Meduza in English @meduza.io Breaking news in Russia, investigative reports, interviews, and opinions. In English. You’re welcome. https://meduza.io/en
The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com Independent news from Russia since 1992.
https://linktr.ee/moscowtimes
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Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia. 
Oliver Carroll @olliecarroll.bsky.social Foreign Correspondent at The Economist
www.olliecarroll.uk
Galochka Latygovskaya @galamz.bsky.social мать в медиазоне
maria georgieva @mariageorgieva.bsky.social award-winning investigative journalist, documentarist. Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia. IRE, European Impact Award finalist ‘24. Rory Peck Award finalist ‘25. Hiertapriset '26.
https://linktr.ee/maria_georgieva
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goryashko @goryash.bsky.social 
Eilish Hart @eilishhart.bsky.social Writing, editing, and translating stories about Russia, Ukraine, and beyond. Former @meduza.io deputy editor, best known for The Beet. DM for 📧 or📱
Emily S. @emsr.bsky.social Deputy editor at Meduza in English @meduza.io
Ilya Lozovsky @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!
Sam Breazeale @sambreazeale.bsky.social Editor of Novaya Gazeta Europe’s international edition. Previously @meduza.io. Based in Riga, Latvia. Contact: s.breazeale@novayagazeta.eu
Maximilian Hess @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:
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Robyn Dixon @robyndixon.bsky.social Washington Post. These days following Russia's war on Ukraine. I'm hoping I won't need to explain "Never been to Potomac" here.
Kadri Liik @kadriliik.bsky.social Professional focus on Russia, other interests many and varied.
Georgi Kantchev @georgikantchev.bsky.social Wall Street Journal correspondent based in Berlin | Bulgarian abroad | georgi.kantchev@wsj.com |
Alexander Borodikhin @borodikhin.bsky.social Reporter and Editor at Mediazona (en.zona.media). I mostly dislike things
David Frenkel @merrik.bsky.social gory media associated with newsworthy events
Yid Army | ・ ෴ ・ | zona.media
Janis Kluge @jakluge.de Russia & Economics
All views private
German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin)
Picture: Tamek Kowalski
Tony Halpin @tonyhalpin.bsky.social Team Leader and editor at Bloomberg News covering Russia, Ukraine, central Asia and the Caucasus region. Presently in Dubai.
The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com Europe's northernmost independent English-Russian online newspaper. Cross-border news from the Arctic, Russia, and Nordic. Fighting censorship, supporting democracy! Our news-portal:
barentsobserver.com
Dr Maria Shagina @mshagina.bsky.social Diamond-Brown Senior Research Fellow for Economic Sanctions, Standards and Strategy, IISS | Ex @FIIA_fi and UniZurich | Economic statecraft, sanctions & energy.- L Pavel Lokshin @lokshin.bsky.social Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Caucasus, Central Asia. Mostly for Germany’s “Die Welt". 📍Zürich
Mack Tubridy @macktubs.bsky.social Militant Wisconsinite.
András Tóth-Czifra @minczifra.bsky.social Political & security analyst. 🇪🇺🇭🇺🇺🇸. FPRI Eurasia fellow, chief editor of Bear Market Brief. Delphi GRC fellow. Ex-CEPA, ESI. Posts about 🇷🇺, 🇪🇺, illiberalism & its limits. My own views.
Здесь вам не Toth.
www.noyardstick.com
minczifra.substack.com
Oscar Jonsson @oajonsson.bsky.social Russia, modern warfare and old literature.
Yakov Feygin @buddyyakov.bsky.social Political economy, Russia, ext. Also pictures of cats. Recovering historian doing financial engineering for the public sector the Center For Public Enterprise and still sometimes missing academia.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674240995
Regina Gimalova @gimalova.bsky.social https://verstka.media/
yulia sugueva @sugueva.bsky.social 🏔️🏔️🏔️
Oleg Kozlovsky @kozlovsky.bsky.social Amnesty International Researcher | Only personal opinions here
Margot @filippova.bsky.social Photo editor at zona.media
Anastasia Alekseeva @alextasy.bsky.social Producer of Mediazona YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/@mediazzzona
Jenny Mathers @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.
Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com PhD UCL SSEES, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist at EUObserver, outdoor research fellow.
Alena Popova @alenapopova.bsky.social Founder at Cyber Guardians for Democracy | Cyber threats & Geopolitics
Nikolaus von Twickel @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
The Eurasian Knot🎙️ @euraknot.bsky.social Making an audio documentary about Lovett Fort-Whiteman, the only known Black American victim of Stalin's Terror.
"Nothing of them is left over except the same ghostly objecthood—a bare gelatinous blob of undifferentiated human labor."--Marx, Capital.
Ian Litschko @ilitschko.bsky.social Russian cyber espionage and cybercrime| Carleton University and MGIMO | GTA Khachipuri 
tim frye @timfrye.bsky.social Political Science at Columbia, Editor Post-Soviet Affairs, Autocracy, democracy, and the NBA. Most recently, Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia and Workplace Politics: How Politicians and Employers Subvert Elections.
Konstantin Sonin @ksonin.bsky.social Political economist, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor at University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.
Neil MacFarquhar @nmacfarquhar.bsky.social New York Times correspondent and author covering Russia, the Middle East and sometimes homegrown extremism. 
Mark Youngman @threatologist.com Helping analysts cut through the noise on Russian security — open-source investigation, verified intelligence, rigorous analysis. Founder of Threatologist and the Russian Security Research Lab. Newsletter: Tracing Patterns.
Katie Marie Davies @katiemariedavies.bsky.social Journalist reporting on tech, social affairs and business, with a focus on Russia, Belarus, Central Asia and the South Caucasus☀️- G Gennady Rudkevich @grudkevich.bsky.social Economist. Former Assistant Professor of Political Science, focusing on Russia and Central Asia. All views my own.
Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social Politics Prof, NYU; Director @NYUJordanCenter for Adv Study of #Russia; Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics @CSMaP_NYU (http://csmapnyu.org); long suffering NY Mets fan; @j_a_tucker on other platforms; he/him
Artem Chapaev @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🇪🇦
Evgeny Feldman @evgenyfeldman.bsky.social photographer & photo editor | часто пишу про американскую политику | rtwt≠согласие
Sasha Slobodov @sashaslobodov.bsky.social Editor, Researcher & Journalist | Russia & Belarus Researcher at ACLED | Formerly: News Editor at Meduza in English, International Fellow at Caucasus Research Resource Center | South Caucasus, Central Asia & Russia | Portfolio: sashaslobodov.com
Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com Insights on int'l security, intel, Russia | Research Fellow @ICDS-Tallinn.bsky.social | ivanklyszcz.com | Tweets reflect my views only
Paul Goode @jpaulgoode.bsky.social Russia, Eurasia, nationalism, propaganda, autocracy
Natasha Kuhrt @natashakuhrt.bsky.social Senior Lecturer Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Co-founder, co-Convenor BISA WG East European/Eurasian security. Research interests: Russian foreign,security policy esp Russia-China. Nationalism. Genocide. International Law. Peacekeeping
Hanna Notte @hannanotte.bsky.social Russia | Director for Eurasia @JamesMartinCNS | Snr Associate @csiserep | Fellow @kennaninstitute | Book: WE SHALL OUTLAST THEM | http://hannanotte.com | Berlin-based
Rob Person @rtperson3.bsky.social Prof. of International Relations at West Point, CFR Member. Specialist on Russian and post-Soviet politics, Eurasian foodie, partisan of tweed. Views & плов recipe my own.
Kirill Shamiev @kirland.bsky.social Civ-mil, public policy & RU politics. PhD in PoliSci. Fellow at @ECFR. Tweets in personal capacity only. Shamiev.org