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Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, author of a book "In Their Own Words." I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to.
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Dec 25, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Nov 6, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Anton Krasovsky claimed that Ukraine doesn't exist and the US is still the British empire (because we speak English). He also says that "he suffered for being like Putin." Perhaps he believes that burning and drowning Ukrainian kids means being like Putin.
Oct 17, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
In case you were wondering why Russia can’t condemn Hamas, aside from their cozy relationship. Russians are doing this in Ukraine.




Sep 12, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov boasted about his tearful interview with Alex Jones (video below) and raged about EU's travel regulations (another video below), which he had the gall to compare to the Nazi concentration camps.
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Jul 5, 2023 6 tweets 5 min read
Meanwhile in Russia: photos from the search of Yevgeny Prigozhin's properties are published by the media (thread) ⤵️











Jun 27, 2023 9 tweets 2 min read
Lukashenko is starting to reveal the alleged details of his negotiations with Prigozhin (thread):

*This is Google Translate, which is not familiar with some expressions. I made a few corrections so you can get the gist of what is being said.
Apr 2, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
TASS reports that Vladlen Tatarsky died in an explosion.
Here is Tatarsky talking about events like Bucha being beneficial for Russia's image:
Mar 29, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
Genocidal dehumanization 101.
Putin's propagandists are quite obsessed with comparing Ukrainians to pigs.
Feb 20, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Meanwhile in Russia: lots of long faces in the studio.
Nov 18, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Not leaving Twitter, but here are some alternative ways to stay in touch (short thread below):

youtube.com/@russianmediam… Facebook: facebook.com/RussianMediaMo…
Oct 15, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Meanwhile in Russia (thread):
Oct 15, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
When Russian military correspondents were stomping for the regime, I bet they never imagined it would turn on them. Head of RT Margarita Simonyan was swearing up and down that "according to her sources" this wasn't happening. Apparently, it is. ⤵️ I wonder why nobody told her.
Oct 7, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Like I told you in April (except it's now in 18 languages, not just 15) ⤵️
Image Here is that recent report: 6068438.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/6068438/…
Sep 29, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
Perhaps now people will understand why they shouldn't have shared clips where someone took my translated videos and added their own fake translations "for fun." This was the real purpose of doing that: now stupid @Facebook is marking my authentic translations with this notice. @Meta, what's wrong with you?
Apr 23, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Russia claims that accusations it might use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine are "absurd." Let's take a trip down memory lane and recall various threats to do so on Kremlin-controlled state TV, where not much happens without official approval.
Thread:
Apr 15, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
The possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons against Ukraine has been continually raised by the state-controlled media and Russian lawmakers. Here is one of many examples:
Another example:
Apr 8, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read
Putin came, bearing flowers, to give his respects to the late nationalist extremist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who predicted the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine to take place at 4 AM on February 22, 2022. That might have been part of the original plan. Thread:
Apr 3, 2022 6 tweets 3 min read
Remarkably, the author ADMITS there is no Nazism in the Ukrainian gov't & therefore claims that phantom Nazism is "disguised as a desire for independence" and a Western path of development. Russia simply sees Ukraine's desire for independence as "Nazism."
This state media article argues that even the name of "Ukraine" should not be allowed to remain, and any surviving "republics" should be forced to rely solely on Russia for its survival.
Apr 3, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
Human Rights Watch:

“The cases we documented amount to unspeakable, deliberate cruelty and violence against Ukrainian civilians. Rape, murder, and other violent acts against people in the Russian forces’ custody should be investigated as war crimes.”

hrw.org/news/2022/04/0… "These include a case of repeated rape; two cases of summary execution, one of six men, the other of one man; and other cases of unlawful violence and threats against civilians between February 27 and March 14, 2022. Soldiers were also implicated in looting civilian property."
Mar 30, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
Putin has been misinformed by his advisers about the Russian military’s struggles in Ukraine, according to declassified U.S. intelligence. It shows growing tension between Putin & the Ministry of Defense, including Russian defense minister, Sergei Shoigu.
nytimes.com/2022/03/30/wor… "Putin’s rigid isolation during the pandemic and willingness to publicly rebuke advisers who do not share his views have created a degree of wariness, or even fear, in senior ranks of the Russian military."
Mar 14, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
Marina recorded this video before interrupting Channel One's live broadcast. I translated it for you (thread):

“What is currently happening in Ukraine is a crime. Russia is a country-aggressor.” /1

"All responsibility for this aggression lies on the conscience of one person: Vladimir Putin. My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian. They were never enemies." /2