Nikolaus von Twickel
@niktwick.bsky.social
Editor with @libmod.de in Berlin, responsible for @russlandverstehen.eu; Longtime Journalist and Russia watcher. Formerly with the OSCE SMM in Donetsk 🇺🇦, @dpa.com Moscow and @themoscowtimes.com 📧 n.vontwickel@greyfriars.oxon.org; @niktwick.69 on Signal
In which Mike Kofman points to that Russian military culture / regime problem where a ”degree of falsification of information from the battlefield .. permeates the Russian military all the way up and eventually gets to a briefing of Gerasimov to Putin“
On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I speak to the always insightful Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social about the battle for Pokrovsk and what it means for the broader trajectory of Russia's war against Ukraine. www.powervertical.org/2025/11/07/t...
THE POKROVSK ENDGAME – AND AFTERMATH
powervertical · THE BATTLE OF POKROVSK Russia continues to focus its firepower on the strategic and battered eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said th…
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November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In which Mike Kofman points to that Russian military culture / regime problem where a ”degree of falsification of information from the battlefield .. permeates the Russian military all the way up and eventually gets to a briefing of Gerasimov to Putin“
Saw this film today at the Cottbus Festival and am still in awe. An incredible and real documentary about how a Russian provincial school descends into a totalitarian indoctrination camp. Everyone should watch it!
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Saw this film today at the Cottbus Festival and am still in awe. An incredible and real documentary about how a Russian provincial school descends into a totalitarian indoctrination camp. Everyone should watch it!
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What a fascinating case.
🧵Today is the 10th anniversary of one of Washington’s most persistent unsolved mysteries: the death of Mikhail Lesin. A former Putin media minister who built the Russia Today, Lesin’s body was found in the Dupont Circle Hotel on Nov. 5, 2015.
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
What a fascinating case.
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Der Kreml geht zuletzt wieder verstärkt gegen russische #Medien im Exil bzw. deren Förderer vor. Vorige Woche wurde bekannt, dass der in Berlin ansässige JX Fund, der Exilmedien unterstützt, zur "unerwünschten Organisation" erklärt worden ist: jx-fund.org/newsroom/new... 4/4
Statement: JX Fund designated an “undesirable organisation”
On October 16th, the Russian Ministry of Justice listed the JX Fund as an “undesirable organisation”. This designation prohibits any activity by JX Fund in the Russian Federation and criminalizes coop...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Der Kreml geht zuletzt wieder verstärkt gegen russische #Medien im Exil bzw. deren Förderer vor. Vorige Woche wurde bekannt, dass der in Berlin ansässige JX Fund, der Exilmedien unterstützt, zur "unerwünschten Organisation" erklärt worden ist: jx-fund.org/newsroom/new... 4/4
The empathy.
Leavitt's tribute to Dick Cheney: "I know the president is aware of the former vice president's passing"
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The empathy.
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Unsere Reihe geht kommenden Mittwoch (12. November) mit dem Imre Kertész Kolleg in #Jena weiter: Dort diskutieren
@emesef.bsky.social, @ervitz.bsky.social, @umland.bsky.social und der Schriftsteller Marko Martin. Prof Joachim v. Puttkamer moderiert:
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@emesef.bsky.social, @ervitz.bsky.social, @umland.bsky.social und der Schriftsteller Marko Martin. Prof Joachim v. Puttkamer moderiert:
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Herausforderung Russland – deutsch-polnische Diskussion in Jena
Am 12. November um 18:00 Uhr diskutiert unsere deutsch-polnische Expertengruppe in Jena über die aktuelle Russlandpolitik. Eine Gemeinschaftsveranstaltung mit dem Imre Kertész Kolleg in der Jenaer Rat...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Unsere Reihe geht kommenden Mittwoch (12. November) mit dem Imre Kertész Kolleg in #Jena weiter: Dort diskutieren
@emesef.bsky.social, @ervitz.bsky.social, @umland.bsky.social und der Schriftsteller Marko Martin. Prof Joachim v. Puttkamer moderiert:
russlandverstehen.eu/de/herausfor...
@emesef.bsky.social, @ervitz.bsky.social, @umland.bsky.social und der Schriftsteller Marko Martin. Prof Joachim v. Puttkamer moderiert:
russlandverstehen.eu/de/herausfor...
Infowars seems fitting for providing information from the »Department of War«
Among the range of right-wing slop news sites who joined the Pentagon press corps this week is Infowars, the conspiracy website run by Alex Jones. Breanna Morello, who said she left "Fox Corp over the Covid mandate," will be representing the group.
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Infowars seems fitting for providing information from the »Department of War«
In which Chris Weafer identifies the game changing killer sanctions against Russia – not European ones (which don't matter) but huge US tariffs against China, Turkey and the Emirates for buying Russian oil
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Keeping Russian Economy Afloat: Kremlin's Economic High Wire Act
Podcast-Folge · Geopolitics Decanted with Dmitri Alperovitch · 22.10.2025 · 44 Min.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
In which Chris Weafer identifies the game changing killer sanctions against Russia – not European ones (which don't matter) but huge US tariffs against China, Turkey and the Emirates for buying Russian oil
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It was real. First Russia sanctions under Trump this term. home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
October 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It was real. First Russia sanctions under Trump this term. home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
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Good morning Bulgaria and Romania!
October 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Good morning Bulgaria and Romania!
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The US is imposing sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, aiming to “degrade” Putin’s war chest and support Trump’s effort to end the war in Ukraine.
The move marks the first time the Trump administration has imposed direct costs on Moscow over its full-scale invasion.
The move marks the first time the Trump administration has imposed direct costs on Moscow over its full-scale invasion.
US sanctions Russia’s Rosneft and Lukoil
[FREE TO READ] Measures mark Donald Trump’s first effort to impose direct cost on Moscow over invasion of Ukraine
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October 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The US is imposing sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, aiming to “degrade” Putin’s war chest and support Trump’s effort to end the war in Ukraine.
The move marks the first time the Trump administration has imposed direct costs on Moscow over its full-scale invasion.
The move marks the first time the Trump administration has imposed direct costs on Moscow over its full-scale invasion.
Mit Maria Domańska, Irina Scherbakowa und Ralf @fuecks.bsky.social. Moderiert von @mwehner.bsky.social, gefördert von der @bpb.de
Am 30. Oktober um 18:00 Uhr diskutiert unsere deutsch-polnische Expertengruppe in #Erfurt über die "Herausforderung #Russland" – Herzliche Einladung!
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Herausforderung Russland – Diskussion in Erfurt
Am 30. Oktober diskutiert unsere deutsch-polnische Expertengruppe in Erfurt über die aktuelle Russlandpolitik. Eine Gemeinschaftsveranstaltung mit der Stiftung Ettersberg. Am 30. Oktober diskutiert un...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Mit Maria Domańska, Irina Scherbakowa und Ralf @fuecks.bsky.social. Moderiert von @mwehner.bsky.social, gefördert von der @bpb.de
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Am 30. Oktober um 18:00 Uhr diskutiert unsere deutsch-polnische Expertengruppe in #Erfurt über die "Herausforderung #Russland" – Herzliche Einladung!
russlandverstehen.eu/de/herausfor...
russlandverstehen.eu/de/herausfor...
Herausforderung Russland – Diskussion in Erfurt
Am 30. Oktober diskutiert unsere deutsch-polnische Expertengruppe in Erfurt über die aktuelle Russlandpolitik. Eine Gemeinschaftsveranstaltung mit der Stiftung Ettersberg. Am 30. Oktober diskutiert un...
russlandverstehen.eu
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Am 30. Oktober um 18:00 Uhr diskutiert unsere deutsch-polnische Expertengruppe in #Erfurt über die "Herausforderung #Russland" – Herzliche Einladung!
russlandverstehen.eu/de/herausfor...
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"Heute und Gestern" hat ein starkes Heft mit #Ukraine-Schwerpunkt herausgebracht, u.a. mit Beiträgen von @umland.bsky.social, @efdavies.bsky.social, @jakluge.de, @niktwick.bsky.social. Ich habe etwas zur ukrainischen Innenpolitik geschrieben: h-und-g.info/forum/schwer...
Klein
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October 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"Heute und Gestern" hat ein starkes Heft mit #Ukraine-Schwerpunkt herausgebracht, u.a. mit Beiträgen von @umland.bsky.social, @efdavies.bsky.social, @jakluge.de, @niktwick.bsky.social. Ich habe etwas zur ukrainischen Innenpolitik geschrieben: h-und-g.info/forum/schwer...
Hintergrund: www.tiflis24.de/post/ein-pap...
October 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Hintergrund: www.tiflis24.de/post/ein-pap...
In the good onld days the headline would be 'doesn't want to *expletive* around'
Trump says Venezuelan President Maduro 'doesn't want to fuck around' with US reut.rs/4hdlzt8
Trump says Venezuelan President Maduro 'doesn't want to fuck around' with US
President Donald Trump said on Friday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro does not want to “fuck around” with the United States, amid escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In the good onld days the headline would be 'doesn't want to *expletive* around'
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Recall that Trump's father was the child of immigrants, and that his mother and two of his wives were immigrants.
Trump on immigrants: "They send up their worst people. They send up people that are criminals. They send up people from jails. And the best ones they send are people that don't work very hard and that are on a social form of welfare."
October 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Recall that Trump's father was the child of immigrants, and that his mother and two of his wives were immigrants.
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What does the night bring us?
Monitoring channels warn:
400+ drones,
and maybe missiles.
Devices are charged.
How different our Fridays are.
Yours and mine.
Yes, yes. I’ll stay strong, alive, caffeinated,
and only a little jealous.
Monitoring channels warn:
400+ drones,
and maybe missiles.
Devices are charged.
How different our Fridays are.
Yours and mine.
Yes, yes. I’ll stay strong, alive, caffeinated,
and only a little jealous.
October 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
What does the night bring us?
Monitoring channels warn:
400+ drones,
and maybe missiles.
Devices are charged.
How different our Fridays are.
Yours and mine.
Yes, yes. I’ll stay strong, alive, caffeinated,
and only a little jealous.
Monitoring channels warn:
400+ drones,
and maybe missiles.
Devices are charged.
How different our Fridays are.
Yours and mine.
Yes, yes. I’ll stay strong, alive, caffeinated,
and only a little jealous.
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Uh oh: Die Berlinskaja Prawda expandiert in die ostdeutschen Provinzen: www.xing.com/jobs/berlin-...
Journalisten (m/w/d) gesucht - Projekt Halle by Berliner Verlag | XING Jobs
Bewirb Dich als 'Journalisten (m/w/d) gesucht - Projekt Halle by Berliner Verlag' bei Berliner Verlag GmbH in Berlin. Branche: Verlagswesen / Beschäftigungsart: Vollzeit / Karriere-Stufe: Mit Berufser...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Uh oh: Die Berlinskaja Prawda expandiert in die ostdeutschen Provinzen: www.xing.com/jobs/berlin-...
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Jetzt: Pressefrühstück mit Michail #Chodorkowski bei @libmod.de
October 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Jetzt: Pressefrühstück mit Michail #Chodorkowski bei @libmod.de
My thoughts exactly..
@michaelbociurkiw.bsky.social :
Interesting, is it not that Putin, who’s wanted on war crimes charges, is coming to an EU/NATO-member country. Wonder what the two blocs think of that? Will other member states grant overfly rights to Putin’s presidential aircraft? share.google/oaJtv8vRdg3x...
Interesting, is it not that Putin, who’s wanted on war crimes charges, is coming to an EU/NATO-member country. Wonder what the two blocs think of that? Will other member states grant overfly rights to Putin’s presidential aircraft? share.google/oaJtv8vRdg3x...
The Return to Budapest: History’s Dark Echo in Trump’s Peace Push
Trump and Putin’s planned Hungary talks raise awkward questions — from overflight rights and a war-crimes suspect in NATO airspace to old ghosts from the Budapest Memorandum
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October 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My thoughts exactly..
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Guter Artikel von @hannuschka.bsky.social über den neuen Messengerdienst "Maks", der in Russland quasi Bürgerpflicht werden soll www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...
Angst vor Putins „Spionage-App“: Russland will Bürger zu WhatsApp-Alternative zwingen
Westliche Messenger sind dem Kreml schon lange ein Dorn im Auge – nun gibt es eine russische Alternative. Um die App unters Volk zu bringen, greifen die Behörden zu perfiden Methoden.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Guter Artikel von @hannuschka.bsky.social über den neuen Messengerdienst "Maks", der in Russland quasi Bürgerpflicht werden soll www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...