Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS. Study very bad things that happen to people who don't deserve it, write books, overuse sarcasm. Lviv-Haifa-Jerusalem-Madison-New Haven-Washington-Bologna.
Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social assistant editor at mother jones 🌀
bylines in the intercept, truthout, the lever, the baffler, etc / DM for signal
Paul Goode @jpaulgoode.bsky.social Russia, Eurasia, nationalism, propaganda, autocracy
Acting the Fulemin @actingthefulemin.bsky.social I am here to complain about the Toronto Maple Leafs and societal decline
Ben Mauk @benmauk.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Cleveland/Berlin.
http://www.ben-mauk.com
http://benmauk.substack.com
Francis Wade @franciswade.bsky.social Political violence, nation-states & democracy • @LRB, @guardian, @nybooks, etc • Commissioning Editor @Noema • francis.h.wade@gmail.com
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Selim Koru @selimkoru.bsky.social Scholar of political ideas, Nietzsche, Turkey.
@TEPAV
Tweets in English & Turkish.
Words: @nytimes, @WarOnTheRocks, etc.
Substack: https://kulturkampftr.substack.com/
ido @ido.bsky.social European cybersecurity editor, Ingeniøren; before that at the BBC and New Statesman.
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social Freelance journalist & photojournalist covering Syria, the Middle East, and breaking global news.
Coffee: https://ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool
NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com Media platform covering global conflict zones. Focus on the Ukraine-Russia war. Consider supporting us once via buymeacoffee.com/noelreports or by becoming a member via patreon.com/NOELREPORTS.
Gabriel Armas-Cardona @garmascardona.bsky.social Mostly professional with some geopolitical musings.
#InternationalLaw & #HumanRights | #GlobalHealth & #Right2Health | #OneHealth & Law | Rights in Conflict | Maybe domestic 🇺🇸, 🇳🇱, 🇩🇪, and 🇦🇲 issues.
Cookies and the Caucasus @cookiescaucasus.bsky.social Former Tbilisi ex-pat, back in the USA
Marina Ohanjanyan @marinaohan.bsky.social Clingendael Institute | Russia, Eastern Europe & South Caucasus | geopolitics | human rights | democracy | politieke junkie | opinions my own
Laurent Carbonneau @laurentdcar.bsky.social innovation and industrial policy | vp of policy/advocacy at the council of canadian innovators | formerly PSE policy, NDP staffer, early modern intellectual history
Oz Katerji @ozkaterji.bsky.social Ukraine correspondent. British-Lebanese conflict journalist & filmmaker. Director of The Battle For Kyiv. Interested in human rights. RTs ≠ endorsement.
https://ko-fi.com/ozkaterji
Aaron Schwartzbaum @aaron-schwa.bsky.social Political risk and product by day, puns by night. Just kidding, the puns are by day, too. My handle in the bad place is @aaron_schwa. 
Ani Mejlumyan @animejlumyan.bsky.social Producer at Lions led by Donkeys. Research analyst and Investigative journalist. Geographic focus: Caucasus, Eastern Europe.
Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social Freelance journalist/researcher with a passion for the struggle for democracy, human rights & wildlife preservation. Reporting on wars, uprisings & conservation
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
Jack Margolin @jackmargolin.bsky.social Personal acct. Conflict finance, guns, crime in data/PAI . I tweet on E. Europe, E. Africa, civil wars, and black metal.
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.
Veli-Pekka Kivimäki @vpkivimaki.bsky.social Intelligence analyst by day, OSINT in academia, engineer at heart. Now: Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. Adjunct, Johns Hopkins. Past: Finnish Defence Forces, Bellingcat, Microsoft, Nokia.
The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com Independent news from Russia since 1992.
https://linktr.ee/moscowtimes
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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. 
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.
Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social Sci fi and Fantasy Author. Holocaust and Genocide Historian. Host of the Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast @lionsledbydonkeys.bsky.social
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Joanna Lillis @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)
George van Eesteren @georgevee.bsky.social Documentary Producer | Freelance Journalist | Researcher | 🇬🇧🇳🇱 pleasantly addicted to story seeking across Eurasia
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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The Economist @economist.com News and analysis with a global perspective, since 1843. We’re here to help you understand the world around you. Subscribe here: https://econ.st/4fAeu4q
Sarah Lawrynuik @sarahlawrynuik.bsky.social Audio correspondent @economist.com; reporting on & posting about Ukraine, climate change, dystopian reality, Canada. Bylines at CBC News, @canadaland.com, @theguardian.com, etc. ☕️ Runs on: curiosity, coffee, sarcasm. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧/🇺🇦
Jakub Janovsky @rebel44cz.bsky.social Military history, SCW, OSINT, space, electric cars. NATO/EU/Ukraine supporter. Oryx Blog Administrator.
http://ko-fi.com/rebel44cz
Guga Chomakhidze @gugachomakhidze.bsky.social Researcher | Europe, Eurasia & Caucasus | Seen in @ForeignPolicy.com, @France24.com, @cepa.org and @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Giorgi Revishvili @revishvili.bsky.social Military Analyst • Former Senior Advisor at the NSC of Georgia• Focused on Russian Foreign and Security Policy • Views my own https://russiaanalyzed.substack.com
Irakli Sirbiladze @iraklisirbiladze.bsky.social Researcher; Georgia, the EU and Eurasia; IR Theory; GMF's ReThink.CEE Fellow 2023; Queen Mary University of London graduate.
Andrew Perpetua @andrewperpetua.bsky.social If you think I deserve a tip: http://paypal.me/ukrdailyupdate
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War Mapper @warmapper.org Mapping conflicts
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OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical.bsky.social PAI enjoyer, OSINT guy @truth.bsky.social , my views/freezing cold takes are my own. Standard spiel about not endorsing retweets, likes, and comments.
Seva @seva.bsky.social book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG. substack: https://hegemon.substack.com/
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org Geopolitics, Russia, China, Cyber
Chairman @silverado.org
Author of WorldOnTheBrink.com
Host GeopoliticsDecanted.com podcast
Founder Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS
Co-Founder CrowdStrike
@DAlperovitch elsewhere
Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social Reporting on tech and conflict for NBC News.
Previously WSJ, Harvard Shorenstein Center, BuzzFeed News.
Email: jane.lytvynenko@nbcuni.com
Signal: janelytv.74
Currently based in New York.
Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com Chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times. 16 years living and reporting 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
Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social Visual Investigations at The New York Times
Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Defense analysis with a focus on the Russian and Ukrainian militaries.
The Intel Crab @intelcrab.bsky.social Open source investigator. An actual human. Not a real crab, believe it or not. 
Michael Horowitz @michaelhorowitz.bsky.social Geopolitical and security analyst, Views are my own.
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Roman Dobrokhotov @dobrokhotov.bsky.social Verified parody account
Theins.press editor-in-chief
Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
wint @dril.bsky.social Never Bullshit
I challenge any and every one who wants to kick my ass to a debate .
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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)
https://en.zona.media/
Медиазона @zona.media Независимое новостное медиа
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Sergey Radchenko @radchenko.bsky.social Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. The author of “To Run the World.”
Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social Incoming Washington bureau chief at The Economist. Previously defence editor for eight years.
Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
Nicole Grajewski @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Sciences Po CERI | Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
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
max seddon @maxseddon.bsky.social moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com
Dan Storyev ☀️ Дэн Сторев @storyevtime.bsky.social Mysterious Russian soul understander. Occasional academic/photo/journo. Frmr Managing editor OVD-info. Views & typos mine. he/он/el.
Fabrice Deprez @fabricedeprez.bsky.social Journalist covering #Ukraine with the Financial Times / Also seen in La Croix, Les Jours, Foreign Policy & others
Dara Massicot @massdara.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia and Eurasia Program. I cover military issues in Russia and Eurasia. 
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
Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social Live straight out of Bucha 🇺🇦
Pre-order my new book "The Land of Tears and Hope": https://geni.us/tearsandhope
Kirill Shamiev @kirland.bsky.social Civ-mil, public policy & RU politics. PhD in PoliSci. Fellow at @ECFR. Tweets in personal capacity only. Shamiev.org
Aleksandar Djokic (Александар Джокич) @polidemitolog.bsky.social Political analyst. Former assistant professor at RUDN Moscow. PhD in political science. Bylines in Euronews, Bloomberg, Novaya Gazeta and Radar. Views my own.
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☀️
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
Oliver Carroll @olliecarroll.bsky.social Foreign Correspondent at The Economist
www.olliecarroll.uk- G Gennady Rudkevich @grudkevich.bsky.social Economist. Former Assistant Professor of Political Science, focusing on Russia and Central Asia. All views my own.
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
Mark MacKinnon @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).
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Alec Luhn @alecluhn.com Environment reporter @NewScientist.com | Kavli, Schmidt & Covering Climate Now winner 🏆 | 2x Emmy nominee | non-beefeater 🚫🐄 | icemushroom.substack.com ✉️
Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social Journalist; author of Butler to the World and Moneyland
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.
War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social Experience. Conflict. Commentary.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
John Helin @jjhelin.bsky.social Journalist, Fact checker @ http://HS.fi
Ukraine War Analysis with Black Bird Group
Political History at the University of Helsinki
📞 +358413106215
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Matthew Kupfer @matthewkupfer.bsky.social News editor, DemocracyDocket | Ex: Voice of America, San Francisco Standard, OCCRP, Kyiv Post, Moscow Times | Opinions mine | DM for Signal
Yaroslav Trofimov @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
Francis Scarr @fscarr.bsky.social Watching Russia and its media for BBC Monitoring
Anton Barbashin @abarbashin.bsky.social Russia foreign and domestic politics. Editorial Director at ridl.io
Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7.bsky.social Correspondent focusing on Central and Eastern Europe for The Guardian
shaun.walker@theguardian.com
Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org The Global Think Tank.
carnegieendowment.org
Antonia Langford @antonialangford.bsky.social international journalist, as seen in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, The Kyiv Post, The i and many more
Alexander Gabuev 陈寒士 @alexgabuev.bsky.social Director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. Senior Advisor at DGA Group.
Timur Olevskiy @olevskiy.bsky.social Editor-in-chief of the newsroom The Insider (https://theins.ru/en, https://theins.press) Mediamanager Journalist, who worked in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and the Middle East. Political and social journalism, investigations
Giorgi Gogia @ggogia.bsky.social Associate Europe and Central Asia Director at Human Rights Watch
Nataliya Vasilyeva @nataliyavasilyeva.bsky.social Freelance reporter @nytimes.com Past: Jerusalem and Moscow, ex-Telegraph, AP survivor. Shortlisted for 2024 UK Press Awards Foreign Correspondent of the Year.
Roland Oliphant @rolandoliphant.bsky.social Chief Foreign Something @telegraph.co.uk
@msnegovaya.bsky.social @msnegovaya.bsky.social 
Pjotr Sauer @pjotrsauer.bsky.social Reporter covering Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia for The Guardian. Write to me: pjotr.sauer@theguardian.com
The Insider @theins.press The Insider is a Russia-focused, independent media outlet. We're fully committed to investigative journalism and to debunking fake news.
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Carnegie Politika @ceip-politika.bsky.social Latest insights from the top experts on Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, part of @carnegieendowment.org
https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia
Jake Cordell @jakecordell.bsky.social Russia & Ukraine reporter @afpnews.bsky.social
Now: Warsaw
Before: Moscow, Tbilisi, Prague, London
jake.cordell@afp.com
Steve Gutterman @sgutterman.bsky.social Russia, Ukraine, Belarus Editor at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
Mary Ilyushina @ilyushina.bsky.social The Washington Post Eastern Europe Reporter, mainly covering Russia and Ukraine
Maria Tsvetkova @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
Sarah Rainsford @sarahrainsfordbbc.bsky.social BBC Eastern Europe correspondent. Expelled from Moscow. Now in Warsaw. In Ukraine when I can. My book on all that & more is "Goodbye to Russia" (online & in good book shops). I may also be a little bit obsessed with a certain spaniel