Author of Public Sphere newsletter: publicsphere.news. Freelance Journalist reporting on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe. lukegjohnson@proton.me.
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13 May 2024
I have a new feature @CJR on the battle over Poland's public broadcaster.
"Poland’s fight over public broadcasting offers a window into the question of whether institutions commandeered by populists can ever go back to normal." cjr.org/world/tvp-poland-jou…
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24 Nov 2025
The pivotal actor in these negotiations are the Europeans. They can send Ukraine 140 billion Euros interest-free so it can survive, or accede to a plan wherein the U.S. gets a cut of the Russian assets, for some reason publicsphere.news/p/how-will…
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28 Feb 2025
And now the air raid sirens are going off in Kyiv.
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Luke Johnson (ljohnson.bsky.social) retweeted
9 Dec 2024
The scenes coming from #Sednaya are haunting — this wasn’t just a prison & torture center, it was a concentration camp. A true horror.
Mountains of bodies. Rooms full of disposed clothes & shoes. Skeletons. Bodies partially destroyed by acid.
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Luke Johnson (ljohnson.bsky.social) retweeted
13 Nov 2024
@INDEX_Ukraine launches the Victoria Amelina Fellowship for writers from Ukraine and abroad in partnership with PEN Ukraine. The Fellowship will take place in Amelina’s native city of Lviv to honour her memory and carry on the ethos of her work.
🔗index-ukraine.org/news/victo…
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Luke Johnson (ljohnson.bsky.social) retweeted
12 Nov 2024
When the first thing you say about your CIA pick is what a great job he did going after your political opponents... This is a signal. Get ready.
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Luke Johnson (ljohnson.bsky.social) retweeted
12 Nov 2024
BREAKING: Germany is expected to hold early elections on February 23.
The governing SPD and the opposition CDU/CSU parliamentary groups have reportedly agreed on the date. It comes after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition.
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12 Nov 2024
Last month, Trump's incoming NSA, Mike Waltz, told @NPRinskeep that the U.S. can "take the handcuffs off" Ukraine's long-range weapons. It would be ironic if Biden let Trump make this much-delayed decision for him. npr.org/2024/11/04/nx-s1-517…
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11 Nov 2024
Because there weren't State Dept officials on this call, the Kremlin can deny it happened. x.com/RFERL/status/185591647…
11 Nov 2024
The Kremlin has denied media reports of a phone call between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that the reports were "completely false." rferl.org/a/russia-us-trump-…
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8 Nov 2024
Looking forward to discussing the Georgian elections this Wednesday w/a great panel. Register here: crm.n-ost.org/civicrm/event/…
n-ost Kitchen Talks - a monthly live series bringing together journalists, experts & the public to discuss Europe's media landscape. More info and upcoming talks: n-ost.org/projects/kitchen-t…
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8 Nov 2024
Trump talked about this over and over on the campaign trail; it will happen. edition.cnn.com/2024/11/07/p…
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Luke Johnson (ljohnson.bsky.social) retweeted
8 Nov 2024
Pro-Palestinian mob harassing a Ukrainian refugee. Demanding to show his passport.
8 Nov 2024
A Ukrainian refugee forced to chant Free Palestine amid a pogrom in Amsterdam is quite an illustration of how all the conflicts are converging in the world on fire.
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8 Nov 2024
West EU in 2024: Antisemitic pogrom in Amsterdam proudly broadcast o social media.
Jews have been unsafe in many west-EU nations with mass Muslim migration and now it’s organised violence on the streets.
Not in Eastern Europe though, by irony of history (and lack of migration)
8 Nov 2024
Horrific scenes from Amsterdam last night, echoing Europe's darkest history:
Hundreds of fans of Israel’s @MaccabiTLVFC were ambushed and brutally attacked in Amsterdam last night after the match against @AFCAjax.
Mobs chanted anti-Israel slogans and proudly shared videos of their violent acts on social media—kicking, beating, even running over Israeli citizens.
On the eve of Kristallnacht—when Jews in Nazi Germany faced brutal attacks—it is horrifying to witness antisemitic violence on the streets of Europe once again.
@IsraeliPM Netanyahu and Foreign Minister @gidonsaar announced Israel is sending an aid mission, including two rescue planes.
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8 Nov 2024
Same, seeing a lot of "the thing I warned about was right!"
8 Nov 2024
No, I am not going to write about what Harris should have done, and pretend that my personal biases/preferences have some kind of universal significance
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6 Nov 2024
Trump: The Threat We Face (link in thread)
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6 Nov 2024
Now, one of the only things standing between the U.S. and the kind of competitive authoritarianism that has flourished in places like Hungary and Georgia are the very rights enshrined by the U.S. Constitution, especially under the First Amendment.
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6 Nov 2024
Americans have the right to assemble and speak freely and to read and write whatever we like. It's up to us to use them.
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5 Nov 2024
This should be a wake-up call to people who think that the Kremlin wants peace and de-escalation.
4 Nov 2024
Exclusive: Russia plotted to put incendiary devices on passenger or cargo planes bound for the U.S. and Canada, Western security officials say on.wsj.com/3Cag65P
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Luke Johnson (ljohnson.bsky.social) retweeted
4 Nov 2024
The Letter to the Editor that the Baltimore Sun won't publish:
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