Sunny Manhattan day.

neweasterneurope.eu/2025/05/05/twe… My latest piece on the Yeltsin Centre in my adopted home city Yekaterinburg for New Eastern Europe

eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/victo… My latest for Russia in Global Affairs on WW2 narratives UK and Russia. С днём победы.

eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/heali… Britain's sanctions have failed. My latest Russia in Global Affairs

Tis the season #dacha

open.substack.com/pub/jamescpear… I wrote something about Russianin wine drinking habits under sanctions.

jamescpearce.substack.com/p/russian-wine… My latest. There's some good Russian wines out there selling well. But it's stiff competition. #Russia #wine #sanctions

Stalin makes an appearance at a Georgian-Armenian restaurant in Yekaterinburg. (The food is actually very good and reasonably priced and they make their own wine). Very talented head chef. Such is but life.

theguardian.com/world/2025/aug… I'll be honest, I don't care. I don't think most people do or will have the head space for this. What, you're not gonna watch football anymore? Boycott games you were never gonna attend anyway? This stuff is getting a little old now, barely news worthy.

Woody Allen is right: cutting off artistic conversations is not a good way to help. He can go wherever and talk to whoever he wants. You have to STFU. Or what, you gonna boycott his films now too? Good luck with that! #Russia #Moscow #woody_allen

38% of Poles blame Ukraine for the drone attack on Poland last night, according to a study by the Res Futura Foundation. What a dramatic evolution in Polish attitudes toward Ukrainians since February 2022. Is this already a crisis, or not yet?

open.substack.com/pub/jamescpear… My latest on why Russian spies might like my hometown of Grays.

An op-ed in The Times claims that Western liberalism is in ‘slowly turning rotten’. If the same piece ran in Russian media, it would be dismissed as "propaganda" and promoting "Kremlin talking points." Reality sounds different depending on where it's printed.

neweasterneurope.eu/2025/09/26/rus… My latest for New Eastern Europe on the curious case of Yekaterinburlargestg's mall closure over summer. A rare glimpse into Russian government working properly.

Seems Darren Grimes has deleted this Tweet, his argument for ID, like most of his political arguments is subject to change when a new paymaster appears.

The hottest new podcast 'Russia Unfiltered' is here with myself Jeremy Morris and Jonny Tickle For our 1st episode, we discuss is it ok to like Russia? Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3WIlfG… Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/is-… YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=icO5HA…

I've started a podcast! It's called Russia Unfiltered, and I'm hosting it alongside Dr James C. Pearce and Jeremy Morris, two British academics in Russia. In our first episode, Dr. Pearce, Dr. Morris and I ask: "Is still okay to like Russia in 2025?" Please take a listen!

youtu.be/so-AgDmrnV0 This week on Russia Unfiltered, we discuss the newest wave of migration to Russia: western conservatives. How are they different to previous arrivals and is their vision of Russia accurate? Jonny Tickle Jeremy Morris