Jason Corcoran
@jasoncorcoran.bsky.social
Irish journalist/author/speaker covering Russia & CIS. Recent bylines: Sunday Times (UK), Business Insider (US), Moscow Times, Irish Independent. LFC🏆
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Jason Corcoran
@jasoncorcoran.bsky.social
· Nov 18
🎉 Exciting news!
I’ve launched my new website to showcase my journalism and share updates on my forthcoming book Leaving Russia.
It traces my 15 years reporting there and the human cost of Putin’s war — from exiled dissidents to displaced oligarchs. More anon.
👉 jasoncorcoranwrites.com
I’ve launched my new website to showcase my journalism and share updates on my forthcoming book Leaving Russia.
It traces my 15 years reporting there and the human cost of Putin’s war — from exiled dissidents to displaced oligarchs. More anon.
👉 jasoncorcoranwrites.com
Kremlin knows how to flatter Trump: "With Greenland, the US becomes the second largest country in the world after Russia, surpassing Canada in area
Today’s Russian papers on Trump/Greenland: “Europe’s at a total loss. It’s a pleasure to watch.” Government paper: “Europe doesn’t need the American greatness Trump is promoting…the Old World's keen to keep Greenland for itself, even at the risk of Nato’s collapse.” #ReadingRussia
“Europe’s at a loss. It’s a pleasure to watch,” writes Russian newspaper on Trump & Greenland.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Kremlin knows how to flatter Trump: "With Greenland, the US becomes the second largest country in the world after Russia, surpassing Canada in area
A grim and ominous warning for many dual Irish-Russian citizens I know who still travel there
An Irish citizen has been detained by Russian authorities due to messages on his phone which expressed anti-Russian sentiment, according to his Ukrainian wife
Irish citizen detained in Russia over phone messages
An Irish citizen has been detained by Russian authorities due to messages on his phone which expressed anti-Russian sentiment, according to his Ukrainian wife.
www.rte.ie
January 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A grim and ominous warning for many dual Irish-Russian citizens I know who still travel there
Form a line: 'Poland began preparing demands for reparations from Russia for the Soviet invasion of 1939'
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/15/p...
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/15/p...
Польша начала готовить требования о репарациях к России за советское вторжение в 1939 году - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Form a line: 'Poland began preparing demands for reparations from Russia for the Soviet invasion of 1939'
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/15/p...
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/15/p...
Russia splurged one billion rubles trying to make a domestic Viagra and still couldn’t get it up.
Source: Izvestia
iz.ru/2024668/mila...
Source: Izvestia
iz.ru/2024668/mila...
Хоть стой, хоть падай: на создание российской виагры из казны впустую потратили 1 млрд
Почему лекарство не могут разработать почти 10 лет и при чем здесь саблезубые олени
iz.ru
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Russia splurged one billion rubles trying to make a domestic Viagra and still couldn’t get it up.
Source: Izvestia
iz.ru/2024668/mila...
Source: Izvestia
iz.ru/2024668/mila...
Final draft of my book is off to the publisher! 🎉
📖 The seeds for this story were planted in 2015 but it wasn’t until 2023, when my Mum got sick again, that I finally started. She always said 'Jason you have a book in you.' I doubted it but I'm proud to have proved her right.
jasoncorcoranwrites.com
📖 The seeds for this story were planted in 2015 but it wasn’t until 2023, when my Mum got sick again, that I finally started. She always said 'Jason you have a book in you.' I doubted it but I'm proud to have proved her right.
jasoncorcoranwrites.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Final draft of my book is off to the publisher! 🎉
📖 The seeds for this story were planted in 2015 but it wasn’t until 2023, when my Mum got sick again, that I finally started. She always said 'Jason you have a book in you.' I doubted it but I'm proud to have proved her right.
jasoncorcoranwrites.com
📖 The seeds for this story were planted in 2015 but it wasn’t until 2023, when my Mum got sick again, that I finally started. She always said 'Jason you have a book in you.' I doubted it but I'm proud to have proved her right.
jasoncorcoranwrites.com
Moscow’s main Sheremetyevo Airport is experiencing a total transport lockdown due to severe weather and drone attacks, ASTRA reports.
● On the morning of January 10, the airport announced that it was closing to all incoming flights.
● On the morning of January 10, the airport announced that it was closing to all incoming flights.
January 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Moscow’s main Sheremetyevo Airport is experiencing a total transport lockdown due to severe weather and drone attacks, ASTRA reports.
● On the morning of January 10, the airport announced that it was closing to all incoming flights.
● On the morning of January 10, the airport announced that it was closing to all incoming flights.
Trump calls it a goldmine. Exxon calls it uninvestable: One of them can read a balance sheet.
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’ ft.trib.al/ZkznmTx
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’
Chief executive Darren Woods pushes back against president’s call to rush back into troubled country
ft.trib.al
January 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Trump calls it a goldmine. Exxon calls it uninvestable: One of them can read a balance sheet.
Ukraine's leader Zelensky braces his country for more Russian hellfire tonight as the Kremlin seeks to lash out after humiliation in Venezuela and having their shadow oil tankers confiscated
January 8, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Ukraine's leader Zelensky braces his country for more Russian hellfire tonight as the Kremlin seeks to lash out after humiliation in Venezuela and having their shadow oil tankers confiscated
Plot twists worthy of Tom Clancy!
● During the pursuit, the #Marinara changed jurisdiction and re-registered under the Russian flag. However, U.S. authorities say the captain was ordered to stop before the flag change, so the operation can't be considered an attack on Russia.
● During the pursuit, the #Marinara changed jurisdiction and re-registered under the Russian flag. However, U.S. authorities say the captain was ordered to stop before the flag change, so the operation can't be considered an attack on Russia.
January 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Plot twists worthy of Tom Clancy!
● During the pursuit, the #Marinara changed jurisdiction and re-registered under the Russian flag. However, U.S. authorities say the captain was ordered to stop before the flag change, so the operation can't be considered an attack on Russia.
● During the pursuit, the #Marinara changed jurisdiction and re-registered under the Russian flag. However, U.S. authorities say the captain was ordered to stop before the flag change, so the operation can't be considered an attack on Russia.
Russia is "outraged" after the U.S. seized the Russian-flagged shadow oil tanker Marinera.
● The Kremlin says it’s “abnormal.” Apparently, rules matter again, comrades.
● The Kremlin says it’s “abnormal.” Apparently, rules matter again, comrades.
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Russia is "outraged" after the U.S. seized the Russian-flagged shadow oil tanker Marinera.
● The Kremlin says it’s “abnormal.” Apparently, rules matter again, comrades.
● The Kremlin says it’s “abnormal.” Apparently, rules matter again, comrades.
Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska warned of risks to Russia's budget if Venezuelan oil fields come under US control
● The Kremlin is already selling hugely discounted oil at a loss to China and India. #OOTT ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/d...
● The Kremlin is already selling hugely discounted oil at a loss to China and India. #OOTT ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/d...
Дерипаска предупредил о рисках для бюджета России в случае перехода венесуэльских нефтяных месторождений под контроль США - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska warned of risks to Russia's budget if Venezuelan oil fields come under US control
● The Kremlin is already selling hugely discounted oil at a loss to China and India. #OOTT ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/d...
● The Kremlin is already selling hugely discounted oil at a loss to China and India. #OOTT ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/d...
"They could kidnap Putin, too."
● Russian nationalist Z-war correspondents called the US operation against Maduro a "model special military operation" as opposed to Ukraine invasion.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/t...
● Russian nationalist Z-war correspondents called the US operation against Maduro a "model special military operation" as opposed to Ukraine invasion.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/t...
«Так и Путина похитить могут». Z-военкоры назвали «эталонной СВО» операцию США против Мадуро - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"They could kidnap Putin, too."
● Russian nationalist Z-war correspondents called the US operation against Maduro a "model special military operation" as opposed to Ukraine invasion.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/t...
● Russian nationalist Z-war correspondents called the US operation against Maduro a "model special military operation" as opposed to Ukraine invasion.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/t...
Putin, the arsonist, has strong opinions about fire safety.
January 3, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Putin, the arsonist, has strong opinions about fire safety.
Operation 'Let's not talk about Epstein this year.'
Trump claims US has captured Venezuelan dictator and wife
Trump claims US has captured Venezuelan dictator and wife
US president says on social media that operation to capture Nicolás Maduro carried out with US law enforcement
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Operation 'Let's not talk about Epstein this year.'
Chechen tyrant Ramzan Kadyrov was urgently hospitalized ahead of a State Council meeting with Putin in Moscow. He has not appeared in public for a week.
Source: @novayagazeta_en novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...
Source: @novayagazeta_en novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...
Рамзан Кадыров был экстренно госпитализирован перед заседанием Госсовета в Москве. Вот уже неделю он не появляется на публике — Новая газета Европа
25 декабря в Москве под председательством Владимира Путина прошло традиционное предновогоднее заседание Госсовета. На нем присутствовали губернаторы и представители всех регионов России кроме одного ...
novayagazeta.eu
December 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Chechen tyrant Ramzan Kadyrov was urgently hospitalized ahead of a State Council meeting with Putin in Moscow. He has not appeared in public for a week.
Source: @novayagazeta_en novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...
Source: @novayagazeta_en novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...
Reposted by Jason Corcoran
More incoherent presidential brain mush that leads to a big nothing
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
More incoherent presidential brain mush that leads to a big nothing
🚨 Russia's energy majors have begun selling their oil at a loss due to record discounts for China and India: @reuters.com
● If your flagship industry loses money on every barrel, the collapse isn’t coming -- it’s underway.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/r...
● If your flagship industry loses money on every barrel, the collapse isn’t coming -- it’s underway.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/r...
Россия начала торговать нефтью в убыток из-за рекордных скидок для Китая и Индии - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🚨 Russia's energy majors have begun selling their oil at a loss due to record discounts for China and India: @reuters.com
● If your flagship industry loses money on every barrel, the collapse isn’t coming -- it’s underway.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/r...
● If your flagship industry loses money on every barrel, the collapse isn’t coming -- it’s underway.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/r...
Meanwhile in planet Russia, residents of Valdai did not notice the arrival and destruction of nearly a hundred Ukrainian drones near Putin's residence.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/z...
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/z...
Жители Валдая не заметили прилета и уничтожения почти сотни дронов рядом с резиденцией Путина - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Meanwhile in planet Russia, residents of Valdai did not notice the arrival and destruction of nearly a hundred Ukrainian drones near Putin's residence.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/z...
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/30/z...
Happy New Year comrades !
Putin's State Duma has urged Moscow residents to prepare for internet outages on New Year's Eve due to #drone attacks
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/29/v...
Putin's State Duma has urged Moscow residents to prepare for internet outages on New Year's Eve due to #drone attacks
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/29/v...
В Госдуме призвали жителей Москвы готовиться к отключению интернета в новогоднюю ночь - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Happy New Year comrades !
Putin's State Duma has urged Moscow residents to prepare for internet outages on New Year's Eve due to #drone attacks
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/29/v...
Putin's State Duma has urged Moscow residents to prepare for internet outages on New Year's Eve due to #drone attacks
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/29/v...
Yakutia in Russia's Far East has nearly run out of heating coal due to crippling debt and a lack of funds, according to local government.
● It's currently minus 42 Celsius in Yakutia today !! ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/26/v... ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/26/v...
● It's currently minus 42 Celsius in Yakutia today !! ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/26/v... ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/26/v...
В Якутии почти закончился уголь для отопления из-за долгов и нехватки денег - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yakutia in Russia's Far East has nearly run out of heating coal due to crippling debt and a lack of funds, according to local government.
● It's currently minus 42 Celsius in Yakutia today !! ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/26/v... ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/26/v...
● It's currently minus 42 Celsius in Yakutia today !! ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/26/v... ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/26/v...
Tass reports ex-Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Sadovenko has died suddenly in Moscow at the tender age of 57.
● Was it natural causes or part of the biggest purge of Russia's defense and security organs since the Stalin era ?
● Was it natural causes or part of the biggest purge of Russia's defense and security organs since the Stalin era ?
December 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Tass reports ex-Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Sadovenko has died suddenly in Moscow at the tender age of 57.
● Was it natural causes or part of the biggest purge of Russia's defense and security organs since the Stalin era ?
● Was it natural causes or part of the biggest purge of Russia's defense and security organs since the Stalin era ?
"Patience has run out."
● Big businesses across Russia have announced the onset of the worst industrial crisis since the 1990s, according to data cited by Kremlin newspaper Kommersant ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/25/t...
● Big businesses across Russia have announced the onset of the worst industrial crisis since the 1990s, according to data cited by Kremlin newspaper Kommersant ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/25/t...
«Терпение иссякло». Крупный бизнес заявил о наступлении сильнейшего с 1990-х кризиса в промышленности - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"Patience has run out."
● Big businesses across Russia have announced the onset of the worst industrial crisis since the 1990s, according to data cited by Kremlin newspaper Kommersant ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/25/t...
● Big businesses across Russia have announced the onset of the worst industrial crisis since the 1990s, according to data cited by Kremlin newspaper Kommersant ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/25/t...
"Sanctions are eating away at the economy."
● For the first time since the war began, thousands of cafes, restaurants, and sushi bars in Russia have begun closing, according to data cited by Kremlin media Kommersant ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/24/v...
● For the first time since the war began, thousands of cafes, restaurants, and sushi bars in Russia have begun closing, according to data cited by Kremlin media Kommersant ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/24/v...
«Санкции доедают экономику». В России впервые с начала войны начали тысячами закрываться кафе, рестораны и суши-бары - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Sanctions are eating away at the economy."
● For the first time since the war began, thousands of cafes, restaurants, and sushi bars in Russia have begun closing, according to data cited by Kremlin media Kommersant ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/24/v...
● For the first time since the war began, thousands of cafes, restaurants, and sushi bars in Russia have begun closing, according to data cited by Kremlin media Kommersant ru.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/24/v...
Fascinating that Putin’s key adviser Dmitry #Kozak was reportedly dead set against the war - he was born in Ukraine.
Kirill Dmitriev, too, though there’s little sign, he had any qualms about the invasion of his birthplace.
Kirill Dmitriev, too, though there’s little sign, he had any qualms about the invasion of his birthplace.
Dmitri Kozak had worked with President Vladimir Putin of Russia for three decades before resigning in September. Associates described their breakdown in relations, and a rare moment of dissent in 2022 when he pushed back against the Ukraine war.
The Putin Confidant Who Pushed Back Against Russia’s War in Ukraine
Dmitri N. Kozak had worked with President Vladimir V. Putin for three decades before quitting in September. His associates described his break with the Russian leader.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Fascinating that Putin’s key adviser Dmitry #Kozak was reportedly dead set against the war - he was born in Ukraine.
Kirill Dmitriev, too, though there’s little sign, he had any qualms about the invasion of his birthplace.
Kirill Dmitriev, too, though there’s little sign, he had any qualms about the invasion of his birthplace.
Reposted by Jason Corcoran
I’m old enough to remember when Andrei Kozlov, reformist deputy head of Russia’s Central Bank, was gunned down in 2006 for cracking down on dirty banks.
● Now, the same institution headed by Elvira Nabiullina is enrolling its own bureaucrats in automatic-weapons training
jasoncorcoranwrites.com/blog
● Now, the same institution headed by Elvira Nabiullina is enrolling its own bureaucrats in automatic-weapons training
jasoncorcoranwrites.com/blog
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’m old enough to remember when Andrei Kozlov, reformist deputy head of Russia’s Central Bank, was gunned down in 2006 for cracking down on dirty banks.
● Now, the same institution headed by Elvira Nabiullina is enrolling its own bureaucrats in automatic-weapons training
jasoncorcoranwrites.com/blog
● Now, the same institution headed by Elvira Nabiullina is enrolling its own bureaucrats in automatic-weapons training
jasoncorcoranwrites.com/blog