Dimitar’s book on Russia in the Balkans is a must read. I’m looking forward to this one!

Supposed aerial footage of Storm Z personnel facing torture, murder and other punishments from their commanders has been uploaded by the (arguably controversial) Gulagu.Net Project youtube.com/watch?v=B2b9YS…

I spoke this morning Michael Kofman about Russian attempts to the seize the initiative in Ukraine, the Ukrainian response to the Israel-Hamas war, Russian nuclear testing concerns, & more

warontherocks.com/episode/therus…

I wanted to share some observations from my trip to Niger last week, my first since the coup in July. I had then come to open a bureau and hire a team for a EU-funded project to help political parties prepare for the next elections - that is history. How times have changed..

Super interesting investigation by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty into PMC Redut. Marat Gabidullin--who worked for PMC Redut in Syria--and I will have an analysis coming out soon that will hopefully compliment it well!

rferl.org/a/russia-gru-f…

R.Politik is pleased to announce the release of our Weekly Digest No. 3 (3) 2023. (rpolitik.com/the-weekly-dig…)

We examine Russia's response to the outbreak of war in the Middle East, Putin’s decision to revoke the ratification of the CTBT, and Wagner’s initial endeavours in…

Boy WSJ really plays fast and loose with some of its international reporting. It’s like these guys are watching an episode of 24

#Russia - #Hamas
#Hamas AttackOnIsrael

What do we know?
What can we say about #Russia 's role and cost-benefit assessment regarding this situation?

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Comment faire du #Wagner après #Wagner ? Avec Benoît Vitkine on vous raconte le dilemme du Kremlin dans Le Monde #Russie #Centrafrique #Ukraine #Mali avec John Lechner en itv
alleyesonwagner Jack Margolin charles bouessel Enrica Picco
lemonde.fr/afrique/articl…

I have no clue who these aficionados are, Fosse is well-known among fiction readers. Sorry it doesn’t go to Jonathan Franzen every year

I have a paper out with small arms survey on the political economy of #SouthSudan since the signing of the 2018 peace agreement smallarmssurvey.org/highlight/new-…

And then they’ll be confused when something happens in Kosovo

I’m told by some US gov folks this is bologna but let’s see

africaintelligence.fr/afrique-centra…

The Russian president has ordered a former commander of the mercenary force to take charge of volunteer units in Ukraine.

So, how could Putin profit from Wagner fighters?

🎧 #InsideStory and Pavel Fredomhauer Michael Clarke John Lechner discuss: aj.audio/TISP-583

Very interesting read

Joining BBC News (World) to discuss the news on #Wagner 's (theoretical) new boss, Andrei Troshev

This book is very good

Waiting for this guy to do journalism

The always insightful John Lechner has great taste in books!

Projet de création de clavier qui permettra d'écrire les variantes du Tifinagh : Tamachaq, Tamahaq, Tawilimidt et Tamajaq. 👇
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