'Too many Western observers have been quick to dismiss the implications of coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, & Russia. The 4 countries have their differences. Yet their shared aim of weakening the US provides a strong adhesive.' Andrea Kendall-Taylor foreignaffairs.com/china/axis-uph…

Congrats Abbie Cheeseman on winning our 2024 Stern-Bryan fellowship -- and to all of our finalists, an exceptional group of early career journalists. Can't wait to see what you all do next.

Stunned fury in Moscow. Medvedev fantasizes about a second civil war in America, other officials focus on the fact that the House voted on Hitler’s birthday. Putin’s bet that he will outlast Western resolve has failed, at least for 2024. t.me/medvedev_teleg…

The rule for considering the bill passed with more Democratic than Republican support but it also won a majority of GOP votes, making it clear that despite a pocket of deep resistance from the far right, there is broad bipartisan backing for the $95bn aid nytimes.com/2024/04/19/us/…

A Russian hacking group is suspected of carrying out a cyberattack in January that caused a tank at a Texas water facility to overflow, according to a cybersecurity firm.

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Grim dispatch by Dan Sabbagh from Kharkiv. Russia is pulverising the city

The attack on 🇮🇱 tonight was of a magnitude that 🇺🇦 suffers on a fairly regular basis. Same drones. Similar missiles. Week after week. Month after month.

Penguin publishing house @VintageBooks will publish Alexei @Navalny’s memoir, PATRIOT, on 22 October 2024.

Begun shortly after his poisoning, this is the full story of #Navalny ’s life and a rousing call to continue the work for which he sacrificed his life.

Journalists urge 'small changes' to anti-SLAPP bill to stop it becoming 'ineffective, inaccessible, and ultimately redundant'.

Letter signed by likes of Catherine Belton Tom Burgis Eliot Higgins Richard Sambrook Lionel Barber Matthew Caruana Galizia Paul Caruana Galizia pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/edit…

'Trump's Republican Party treats Ukraine as the enemy and Russia as a friend. Defining that stance as isolationist is lazy and wrong. It is actively pro-Russian.' My column on America's moment of truth in Ukraine. ft.com/content/98f37c…

A top EU court has struck down sanctions against Russian oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, citing insufficient evidence they backed Putin's war against Ukraine. The ruling's a major blow to the EU’s sanctions regime against Moscow:

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I'd like to ask European politicians: 'What's changed since you sanctioned Russian oligarchs?'

Neither Fridman nor Aven have spoken out against the war or made any efforts to stop it — they've simply hired expensive lawyers and influential lobbyists.

Anti-war Russians in Europe…

Free version of scoop with Catherine Belton revealing recent Kremlin documents planning for U.S. disinformation campaign. Shocking to see in black and white. wapo.st/3PSCYuQ #disinformation #Russia #Ukraine