think of everything that has happened in your life since 2014

Russia attacked Ukraine's energy infrastructure again this night. 40 missiles and 40 drones were launched, not all of them were downed. Energy facilities damaged in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa. Ukraine needs more air defence urgently. There's no time for debates

This is how “No more weapons for Ukraine” translates into reality. Russia has destroyed one of the last remaining power plants in Ukraine. This time, in once well-protected Kyiv. Brace yourself for a humanitarian catastrophe on the EU border in the coming months.

I've been made redundant from openDemocracy along with several of my brilliant colleagues.

I'm looking for work. Here are some of my clippings:

Constantly amazed by my colleague Lilia Yapparova's ability to describe the Russian military's cruelty towards its own soldiers while never letting her readers forget what those soldiers are doing in Ukraine. The end of this story is a gut punch.
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This is Kyrgyz Fried Chicken erasure

The governor of Russia’s Murmansk region Andrei Chibis was stabbed after a meeting w/ townspeople tonight. He’s now in the hospital.

“It’s difficult to remember similar attacks on high-ranking officials in recent decades,” Farida Rustamova says

After Donald Trump's NATO comments last month, I wanted to know if my current home of Latvia is really at risk of being invaded by Russia—so I turned to Baltic defense expert Lukas Milevski, political scientist Henrik Larsen, and Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges.
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Mysterious airport luggage tag found in a bar in Gdańsk led me to something great
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This week The Beet brings you a very special treat: A trip to Bishkek’s Dordoi Bazaar & an accompanying recipe courtesy of the wonderful Caroline Eden! Plus, my little chat w/ Caroline about her recent trip to Odesa & her forthcoming memoir “Cold Kitchen.” meduza.io/en/feature/202…

Need a crash course on the last six years of Russian history? Animator Egor @Zhgun recently updated his timelapse cartoon series on the Putin era, and he packs dozens of major events into a four-minute video. Here's a breakdown of everything you'll see. meduza.io/en/feature/202…

Offering you a trip to Bishkek's Dordoi Bazaar, with its moveable cafés and shipping container shops, over on the superb news website Meduza in English this Easter.

With special thanks to Eilish Hart who is a total delight to talk to.

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Today is an anniversary that I hoped would never come. Our friend Evan has been held hostage in a Russian prison for exactly a year. He should not spend a second longer in his cell. Wrote about this grim day for POLITICO Magazine #FreeEvan Free Evan Gershkovich
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In his last bit of writing for Eurasianet, departing Central Asia editor Peter Leonard reflects on the troubled state of journalism about and in the region eurasianet.org/perspectives-t…

One year since Evan was cynically detained on a reporting trip. He is not a spy. Journalism is not a crime. He does not belong in prison. #IStandWithEvan

The Iranian military has been purchasing “spy” airships in Russia (similar to the Chinese “spy balloon” that was shot down in the U.S. in 2023). The Iranian side named its aerostat project Damavand, in honor of the dormant volcano in northern Iran 🌋🌋meduza.io/en/feature/202…