With no tone of irony, indicted war criminal, Putin takes a break from his 20 year global terror binge to ask "How can I negotiate with a regime that attacks civilians?". kyivpost.com/post/37295

Does it make sense for Ukraine to seize Russian land as leverage for negotiations? Everything will depend on the cost. Ukraine prepares for Trump trade with Russian land grab ft.com/content/f35eda… via @ft

“Russia tried to draw these red lines, but the US decided "we are going to cut these red lines into dozens of small thin red threads, to cross them bit by bit so that there was no big event which could become a cause of war" Markov said Robyn Dixon & me washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/…

⚡️BREAKING: Telegram founder Pavel Durov was arrested at Le Bourget Airport Alongside his Russian citizenship, Durov also holds French nationality. He is accused of complicity in drug trafficking, crimes against children, and fraud due to lack of moderation on Telegram — TF1

"Western officials have said Telegram has been a useful tool for Russia's GRU to recruit for sabotage campaigns across Europe. In addition, Telegram had become a primary platform for Russia to disseminate disinformation in Europe & Ukraine" Mary Ilyushina washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

"A key element of communications between the lobbyists and lawmakers was the suggestion that the lawmakers should make further aid to Ukraine conditional on preserving the UOC, according to three Republican congressional staffers" w/David L. Stern washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/…

Amsterdam’s arguments about Ukraine were similar to a propaganda campaign laid out by Kremlin political strategists in internal 2023 Kremlin documents, part of a cache obtained by a European intelligence service and reviewed by The Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/…

Russia’s activities “are more sophisticated than in prior election cycles,” said a senior ODNI official, noting the use of “authentic US voices” to “launder” Russian government propaganda & spread socially divisive narratives Ellen Nakashima washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Ukraine’s seizure of territory in Kursk “did raise questions on the part of Russian elites — where is this all headed?” CIA chief Burns said at a conference in London, alluding to previously undisclosed intelligence on reactions in Moscow. Greg Miller washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/…

Great to be at #FTWeekendFestival with giuliano da empoli Gabriel Gatehouse and Fred Studemann today.

and the book The Wizard of the Kremlin by giuliano da empoli, may I say it is the best book I have read this year. Evocative & artful in recreating the world of the Kremlin advisor credited with forging Russia's managed democracy, who then saw those efforts expand far beyond his vision