Chief leader writer of the Financial Times. Ex-Eastern Europe Editor, Moscow, New York, Brussels. Sometimes I'll tweet The FT View. Other views my own.

Joined December 2011
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The #FTView: Britain needs to be bolder in its EU reset. Labour's self-imposed red lines are regrettable, but there's still scope to be more ambitious ft.com/content/7865baeb-772f… via @ft
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The FT View on USAID and the wilful sabotage of American soft power. Trump's suspension of foreign aid is putting help to millions at risk - and opening space for China ft.com/content/d2a9ba8e-81ce… via @ft
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I had the pleasure of briefly sharing an office with Samer Iskandar in Brussels in 1998. One summer Friday night we drove to Paris in his yellow sports car and spent a wonderful weekend with his friends. A beautiful tribute here to a much-missed FT alumnus on.ft.com/3XaUNsW
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Fantastic news, as Viktor Orbán apparently backs down: EU agrees to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova ft.com/content/8d90f585-faa4… via @ft
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If the UK is ever going to reach net zero, how can major expansion and modernisation of the rail system not be part of the solution? ‘Managed decline’: the uncertain future for British rail after cuts to HS2 ft.com/content/cd3bb430-a7c8… via @ft
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Very excited that @paul_d_gould 's excellent novel is published June 8 and already available to pre-order. A fascinating and evocative snapshot of Moscow and its underground LGBT community before and after the Soviet collapse
Excited to see copies of my #Russian novel reaching eager readers! To join them 📢PRE-ORDER NOW📢@unbounders on bit.ly/449zgCm The end of the USSR, #lgbt love and #antiwar demos — all in a book #Putin won't want you to read!
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Still a few hours left to put in applications for this great opportunity for aspiring economics journalists...x.com/FinancialTimes/status/…

Calling aspiring economics journalists: Applications are open for the Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship, deadline 11 May on.ft.com/3p5z6Mq
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It's still not too late to apply for this excellent fellowship opportunity at the FT for aspiring economics journalists
Calling aspiring economics journalists: Applications are open for the Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship, deadline 11 May on.ft.com/3p5z6Mq
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Calling aspiring economics journalists: Applications are open for the Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship, deadline 11 May on.ft.com/3p5z6Mq
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Even by his usual standards, this is a particularly brilliant column by Martin Wolf. Media lies threaten the truth and decency on which democracy depends ft.com/content/85c9beac-ece2…
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Thrilled to see that my upcoming novel (out June 8) is now listed at @Waterstones! A pre-#Putin, #Russia-set mystery and story of thwarted gay love Pre-order at bit.ly/3TsNIjW Or direct from @unbounders at bit.ly/3kTavJ2
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Oh come on, *really*...the picture is Biden *signing the guest book* in the presidential building in Kyiv
True friendship, equality and multipolarity VERSUS US hegemony and neocolonialism
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Not so, Senator. UNHCR: Hungary has taken in 33k Ukrainian refugees. Poland has taken 1.5m (47x more, with population 4x as big). Czech Rep, broadly similar population to Hungary, has taken half a million. 2.1m crossed border into Hungary, nearly all left data.unhcr.org/en/situations…

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Hungary took in a million refugees from Ukraine, something Mr. flag-in-the-bio probably supports. Now he’s dunking on a country of 10 million for the predictable supply shortages.
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Slavonic open day at Oxford, Sat. March 4th: program now online. Spread the word! mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/sites/www…

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Remarkable interview with Russian radio host @aavst20551 brilliantly illuminating the dilemmas & compromises of journalism in Moscow - and also what he told Putin about his place in history. Tk you @polinaivanovva for one of the epic Lunches with the FT ft.com/content/88763367-d15b…
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Beginning of the end of Putinism? No doubt. The question is how long it takes...
It is hard to escape the sense though that the best days for Putin and his ideas are behind him, Michael @McFaul writes. wapo.st/3WEvvjF
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This research is build on the Capital Legal Services documents shared by Distributed Denial of Secrets. There are torrents for the data here: https://ddosecrets. com/wiki/Capital_Legal_Services
“I would like to respond to the Financial Times . . . Spit that shit out, breathe some fresh air.” Eye-popping @FT investigation into how Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin used lawyers to stymie governments & journos Wagner Inc: a Russian warlord and his lawyers ft.com/content/8c8b0568-cdd1…
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