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Jan 23 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Here's an interesting #YachtWatch tidbit:
Nautilus International, a union for those working in the maritime sector, helped recover a record amount of money for members for unpaid wages and benefits in 2022. 1/

nautilusint.org/en/news-insigh…
The organization says the high amount is partially attributed to the number of people now working in the super yacht sector. But then there is also this: many crew members on Russian-owned yachts couldn't get their money. 2/
We already knew that Nautilus helped crew members on Roman Abramovich's ECLIPSE. Not sure how those payments are being made, but ECLIPSE enjoyed a summer of cruising in Turkey. 3/
nautilusint.org/en/news-insigh…
I wrote last year about some of the challenges the crew face, for @ProjectBrazen @WhaleHunting_ 4/

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Jan 24
Quick update: the yacht captain who was arrested for helping Viktor Vekselberg evade sanctions involving his yacht TANGO has been released by Spanish authorities. The court took his passport and he has to check in every two weeks while they work out extradition #YachtWatch 1/
Here's the story from the local paper: 2/
cronicabalear.es/2023/puesto-en…
According to the DOJ indictment, the yacht captain, Richard Masters, used his yacht management company Master Yachts to help Vekselberg evade sanctions. 3/ justice.gov/opa/pr/arrest-…
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Jan 17
Pro-Russia and pro-Wagner propaganda cartoon focusing on tossing the French out of West Africa. My favorite line is the guy yelling, "It's my country!" while shooting a French snake with the Russian looking on approvingly. A few thoughts:
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It fits the common Russian theme of blaming democracies for all the world's ills, while encouraging an autocratic partnership with Russia. But what is so funny about so many Russian influence ops is this notion that Russia is encouraging a country to be sovereign. 2/
We have so many examples of Russia encouraging people to fight for their sovereignty against Europe or the US. But, in fact, what Russia is encouraging is submission to Russia. It's not sovereignty at all. 3/
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Dec 7, 2022
A quick thread on this. We see quite a pattern: far-right groups and politicians aiming to overthrow a government and who are in contact with Russia. We've got the case today in Germany. 1/
Keep in mind, we've had plenty of reporting that the political party AfD (Alternative for Germany) has ties to Russia. Here's just one article, about them visiting eastern Ukraine (paid for by Russia). 2/ euractiv.com/section/politi…
And remember this gem, that a man was arrested in Germany for handing over the floorpan of the Reichstag to Russian intel. 3/
theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
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Nov 4, 2022
A few thoughts I’ve already shared but I think are worth sharing again:
What is happening in Ukraine is the kinetic part of a much larger war. Putin’s war is a war on democratic institutions. Democracy anywhere is a threat to autocrats everywhere. 1/
That’s why Putin believes democracy cannot be allowed to flourish in Ukraine.

Additionally, Putin spent years and a lot of money on influence ops in order to destabilize democracies precisely so they would not unite to stop him. 2/
A huge part of his calculation in invading Ukraine (further) was that the West would not unite—to mount sanctions, to provide weapons, to back Ukraine—bc he had worked for years to divide them. 3/
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Oct 18, 2022
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Apr 14, 2022
US Department of Justice just indicted three Russians for attempting to illegally and covertly influence US policy toward Ukraine.

You guys are going to love my next book (coming soon!) 1/

justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/r…
I know these things are not as sexy or eye-catching as assassinations and poisonings, but this type of influence op is the bread and butter of Putin's destabilization efforts. On the surface it might look benign. It is not. 2/
This is a covert effort to launder a pro-Russia agenda into US policy circles. 3/
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