Mark Galeotti
@markgaleotti.bsky.social
Analyst of murky topics from Russian politics to organised crime.
Mark Galeotti is a British historian, lecturer and writer on transnational crime and Russian security affairs and director of the consultancy Mayak Intelligence. He is an honorary professor at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, and an associate fellow in Euro-Atlantic geopolitics at the Council on Geostrategy, as well as formerly a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. .. more
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30+ открыток с Днем полиции. Красивые картинки для сотрудников МВД России
10 ноября отмечается День сотрудника органов внутренних дел Российской Федерации, в недавнем прошлом - День милиции. Скачайте бесплатно красивые открытки и поздравляйте своих друзей, родных и коллег, ...
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The Russians have a dense calendar of days devoted to various professions, and today is Police Day. So AiF offers a bizarre and bewildering array of virtual cards to send to the cop in your life, from cute kitten/puppy ones to cops as... Terminators?
aif.ru/society/gall...
aif.ru/society/gall...
Lovely see see that the estimable @dauntbooks.bsky.social has listed HOMO CRIMINALIS as one of their History and Current Affairs Books of the Year, calling it “fiercely readable and ultimately chilling”
In Moscow's Shadows 223: After Putin Who... or What?
It's fruitless to try and come up with names of potential successors - but maybe we can identify archetypes, the kinds of people who might succeed him, depending on the perceived needs of the day.
www.buzzsprout.com/1026985/epis...
It's fruitless to try and come up with names of potential successors - but maybe we can identify archetypes, the kinds of people who might succeed him, depending on the perceived needs of the day.
www.buzzsprout.com/1026985/epis...
In Moscow's Shadows 223: After Putin, Who... or What? - In Moscow's Shadows
We need to talk about post-Putin. It's fruitless at this point to try and come up with names of potential successors -- but maybe we can identify potential archetypes, the kinds of people who might su...
www.buzzsprout.com
Monday morning re-up: at this stage it's futile to say who will eventually succeed Putin (you know, after his and Xi's 150 years...), but we can consider the kinds of people who might emerge based on the circumstances of the time
In Moscow's Shadows 223: After Putin, Who... or What? - In Moscow's Shadows
We need to talk about post-Putin. It's fruitless at this point to try and come up with names of potential successors -- but maybe we can identify potential archetypes, the kinds of people who might su...
www.buzzsprout.com
In Moscow's Shadows 223: After Putin Who... or What?
It's fruitless to try and come up with names of potential successors - but maybe we can identify archetypes, the kinds of people who might succeed him, depending on the perceived needs of the day.
www.buzzsprout.com/1026985/epis...
It's fruitless to try and come up with names of potential successors - but maybe we can identify archetypes, the kinds of people who might succeed him, depending on the perceived needs of the day.
www.buzzsprout.com/1026985/epis...
Out today!* The updated edition of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PUTIN from Ebury (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social), taking the story into the darker years since it was written in 2018
* Hardcopy in UK, ebook everywhere, hardcopies elsewhere in due course...
* Hardcopy in UK, ebook everywhere, hardcopies elsewhere in due course...
You're welcome!
Manoeuvre Warfare is a Social Construct
Or, we all want to be Napoleon
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Manoeuvre Warfare is a Social Construct
Aptly subtitled "Or, we all want to be Napoleon", a useful rumination on the pitfalls of "manoeuvrism" by @so3brocktree.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Aptly subtitled "Or, we all want to be Napoleon", a useful rumination on the pitfalls of "manoeuvrism" by @so3brocktree.bsky.social
substack.com/home/post/p-...
In Moscow's Shadows 222: Are We Seeing A New Putin? - In Moscow's Shadows
The forthcoming release of the updated version of my WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PUTIN gives me an excuse to consider whether and how Putin has changed since I originally wrote the book in 2018. My conclusi...
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In Moscow's Shadows 222: Are We Seeing A New Putin?
A busy day yesterday meant I was able to record and upload, but not do the social media hype. Anyway, I consider how Putin may have changed over the past 7 years: welcome to 'Putin squared'
www.buzzsprout.com/1026985/epis...
A busy day yesterday meant I was able to record and upload, but not do the social media hype. Anyway, I consider how Putin may have changed over the past 7 years: welcome to 'Putin squared'
www.buzzsprout.com/1026985/epis...
Putin still thinks he’s a genius. All the naysayers are gone
The Russian leader was once willing to listen to his critics. But now he surrounds himself with yes-men and is obsessed with his legacy
www.thetimes.com
With the revised + updated version of my WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PUTIN coming out next week, a chance in @thetimes.com to consider what seems has changed since writing the original in 2018. In short, Putin has become 'Putin squared,' almost a caricature of himself
www.thetimes.com/world/russia...
www.thetimes.com/world/russia...