Alanna Novetsky
@alannanov.bsky.social
Comms & media freedom for @helsinkicomm.bsky.social🌻
SAIS grad. Wannabe Baltimore historian. New York Yankees apologist. Views my own.
SAIS grad. Wannabe Baltimore historian. New York Yankees apologist. Views my own.
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Putin just told reporters that Russia is ready to fight till the “last Ukrainian”.
Peace is what Moscow wants, they say. 🤫🤔
Peace is what Moscow wants, they say. 🤫🤔
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Putin just told reporters that Russia is ready to fight till the “last Ukrainian”.
Peace is what Moscow wants, they say. 🤫🤔
Peace is what Moscow wants, they say. 🤫🤔
Looking forward to moderating this briefing and learning from these incredible panelists. Join us.
UPCOMING BRIEFING—The MAX App: Russia’s Pocket-Sized Approach to Mass Surveillance
📅Dec. 2
🕑2pm
🏛️Rayburn 2358-C
Join us to explore the implications of Russia’s approach to digital surveillance, including prospects for access to the open internet in Russia & occupied Ukraine. (1/3)
📅Dec. 2
🕑2pm
🏛️Rayburn 2358-C
Join us to explore the implications of Russia’s approach to digital surveillance, including prospects for access to the open internet in Russia & occupied Ukraine. (1/3)
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Looking forward to moderating this briefing and learning from these incredible panelists. Join us.
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UPCOMING BRIEFING—The MAX App: Russia’s Pocket-Sized Approach to Mass Surveillance
📅Dec. 2
🕑2pm
🏛️Rayburn 2358-C
Join us to explore the implications of Russia’s approach to digital surveillance, including prospects for access to the open internet in Russia & occupied Ukraine. (1/3)
📅Dec. 2
🕑2pm
🏛️Rayburn 2358-C
Join us to explore the implications of Russia’s approach to digital surveillance, including prospects for access to the open internet in Russia & occupied Ukraine. (1/3)
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
UPCOMING BRIEFING—The MAX App: Russia’s Pocket-Sized Approach to Mass Surveillance
📅Dec. 2
🕑2pm
🏛️Rayburn 2358-C
Join us to explore the implications of Russia’s approach to digital surveillance, including prospects for access to the open internet in Russia & occupied Ukraine. (1/3)
📅Dec. 2
🕑2pm
🏛️Rayburn 2358-C
Join us to explore the implications of Russia’s approach to digital surveillance, including prospects for access to the open internet in Russia & occupied Ukraine. (1/3)
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NEW: RU law enforcement and the MoD may have coerced at least 20,000 Central Asian migrants to fight in Ukraine within the Russian military.
Russian Force Generation and Technological Adaptations Update, August 13, 2025: isw.pub/ForceGenUpda...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ 🧵 (1/7)
Russian Force Generation and Technological Adaptations Update, August 13, 2025: isw.pub/ForceGenUpda...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ 🧵 (1/7)
August 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEW: RU law enforcement and the MoD may have coerced at least 20,000 Central Asian migrants to fight in Ukraine within the Russian military.
Russian Force Generation and Technological Adaptations Update, August 13, 2025: isw.pub/ForceGenUpda...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ 🧵 (1/7)
Russian Force Generation and Technological Adaptations Update, August 13, 2025: isw.pub/ForceGenUpda...
Other Key Takeaways ⬇️ 🧵 (1/7)
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As Putin wages war on Ukraine, he intensifies his repression of the Russian people. Banning private messaging apps & forcing Russians to use MAX will increase surveillance while further limiting their access to information about the outside world.
Russia is pushing a “super app” messenger for all citizens — including so it can ban WhatsApp and reduce reliance on Telegram. What could possibly go wrong?
My 5-minute breakdown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
My 5-minute breakdown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Putin's MAX app could snoop on Russians - ABC listen
With almost 100 million users, WhatsApp is Russia's most popular messaging service.
But that's about to change. The service - which is owned by Facebook's parent company Meta is widely expected to be...
www.abc.net.au
August 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
As Putin wages war on Ukraine, he intensifies his repression of the Russian people. Banning private messaging apps & forcing Russians to use MAX will increase surveillance while further limiting their access to information about the outside world.
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Russia is pushing a “super app” messenger for all citizens — including so it can ban WhatsApp and reduce reliance on Telegram. What could possibly go wrong?
My 5-minute breakdown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
My 5-minute breakdown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Putin's MAX app could snoop on Russians - ABC listen
With almost 100 million users, WhatsApp is Russia's most popular messaging service.
But that's about to change. The service - which is owned by Facebook's parent company Meta is widely expected to be...
www.abc.net.au
August 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Russia is pushing a “super app” messenger for all citizens — including so it can ban WhatsApp and reduce reliance on Telegram. What could possibly go wrong?
My 5-minute breakdown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
My 5-minute breakdown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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On August 1, 1975, 35 countries signed the Helsinki Final Act, enshrining respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity & human rights as a basis for relations among states. Today, bipartisan Commission leadership reaffirmed their commitment to these principles. 🧵(1/3)
August 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On August 1, 1975, 35 countries signed the Helsinki Final Act, enshrining respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity & human rights as a basis for relations among states. Today, bipartisan Commission leadership reaffirmed their commitment to these principles. 🧵(1/3)
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Russia continues to launch combined missile and drone attacks on mostly civilian targets in Ukraine in order to terrorize the civilian population. 🧵 (1/2)
July 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Russia continues to launch combined missile and drone attacks on mostly civilian targets in Ukraine in order to terrorize the civilian population. 🧵 (1/2)
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Georgian Dream is attempting to hide their corruption and crimes against the Georgian people by cracking down on free press. They have tried to silence journalist Mzia Amaglobeli who has been in pre-trial detention since January on politically motivated charges. 🧵(1/2)
July 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Georgian Dream is attempting to hide their corruption and crimes against the Georgian people by cracking down on free press. They have tried to silence journalist Mzia Amaglobeli who has been in pre-trial detention since January on politically motivated charges. 🧵(1/2)
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UPCOMING BRIEFING—Intercepting Terror: Strengthening Ukrainian Air Defense
📅July 24
🕑2pm
🏛️Cannon 210
Join our expert panel to discuss challenges Ukraine faces in defending against Russia's aerial attacks on cities and what allies can do to help stop the nightly assaults.
📅July 24
🕑2pm
🏛️Cannon 210
Join our expert panel to discuss challenges Ukraine faces in defending against Russia's aerial attacks on cities and what allies can do to help stop the nightly assaults.
July 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
UPCOMING BRIEFING—Intercepting Terror: Strengthening Ukrainian Air Defense
📅July 24
🕑2pm
🏛️Cannon 210
Join our expert panel to discuss challenges Ukraine faces in defending against Russia's aerial attacks on cities and what allies can do to help stop the nightly assaults.
📅July 24
🕑2pm
🏛️Cannon 210
Join our expert panel to discuss challenges Ukraine faces in defending against Russia's aerial attacks on cities and what allies can do to help stop the nightly assaults.
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Russian and Ukrainian drones use cellphone internet networks to operate, so shutdowns are one way authorities try to counter the attacks, said @katstepanenko.bsky.social, a Russia analyst at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War.
July 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Russian and Ukrainian drones use cellphone internet networks to operate, so shutdowns are one way authorities try to counter the attacks, said @katstepanenko.bsky.social, a Russia analyst at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War.
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Ukraine is fighting not only for its own survival, but for freedom and security around the world.
Join us this Thursday for a hearing to discuss the regional risks of a bad deal in Ukraine. For more information and to stream live, please visit: www.csce.gov/press-releas...
Join us this Thursday for a hearing to discuss the regional risks of a bad deal in Ukraine. For more information and to stream live, please visit: www.csce.gov/press-releas...
June 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ukraine is fighting not only for its own survival, but for freedom and security around the world.
Join us this Thursday for a hearing to discuss the regional risks of a bad deal in Ukraine. For more information and to stream live, please visit: www.csce.gov/press-releas...
Join us this Thursday for a hearing to discuss the regional risks of a bad deal in Ukraine. For more information and to stream live, please visit: www.csce.gov/press-releas...
These are types of bombers that Russia has been using to launch KH-101 cruise missiles at civilian areas across Ukraine, including in the attack that destroyed Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital last summer. Huge strategic win + countless innocent Ukrainian lives saved. 🇺🇦
Ukraine’s forces launched a massive drone attack on airfields deep inside Russia that were home to strategic bombers used in air raids, in possibly their most audacious attack of the war. “More than 40 aircraft have been hit,” an official told @financialtimes.com.
www.ft.com/content/16f3...
www.ft.com/content/16f3...
Ukraine stages audacious attack on airfields deep in Russian territory
Strikes come as Zelenskyy says he will send delegation to Turkey for peace talks this week
www.ft.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
These are types of bombers that Russia has been using to launch KH-101 cruise missiles at civilian areas across Ukraine, including in the attack that destroyed Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital last summer. Huge strategic win + countless innocent Ukrainian lives saved. 🇺🇦
Boggles my mind that Viktoria was just two years older than me when she was killed. She sacrificed everything to travel in & out of Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine to show the world the daily terrors of life under Russian occupation. Will be in my thoughts Shabbat, also World Press Freedom Day. 💔
Viktoria Roshchyna was a brave journalist who Russia tortured & killed because she reported the truth about life in Ukraine under Russian occupation.
We must honor her memory by advocating for all those trapped under the brutal conditions Viktoria gave her life to expose.🧵1/2
We must honor her memory by advocating for all those trapped under the brutal conditions Viktoria gave her life to expose.🧵1/2
May 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Boggles my mind that Viktoria was just two years older than me when she was killed. She sacrificed everything to travel in & out of Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine to show the world the daily terrors of life under Russian occupation. Will be in my thoughts Shabbat, also World Press Freedom Day. 💔
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Just out on @POLITICOEurope:
My op-ed on how some of the EU’s most influential members are setting a dangerous precedent when it comes to media freedom.
It’s time to call out the provocateurs www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
My op-ed on how some of the EU’s most influential members are setting a dangerous precedent when it comes to media freedom.
It’s time to call out the provocateurs www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
If the EU is to support media freedom, its members must lead by example
If the bloc hopes to influence the aspiring autocrats in candidate countries, it must establish a strong culture of independent media within its own borders.
www.politico.eu
April 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Just out on @POLITICOEurope:
My op-ed on how some of the EU’s most influential members are setting a dangerous precedent when it comes to media freedom.
It’s time to call out the provocateurs www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
My op-ed on how some of the EU’s most influential members are setting a dangerous precedent when it comes to media freedom.
It’s time to call out the provocateurs www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...
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Myths and facts about Russia's war on Ukraine:
April 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Myths and facts about Russia's war on Ukraine:
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Today, the bipartisan leadership of the US Helsinki Commission issued a statement responding to Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik's destabilizing and secessionist actions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
April 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Today, the bipartisan leadership of the US Helsinki Commission issued a statement responding to Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik's destabilizing and secessionist actions in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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that major league baseball isn't called "major league baseballs" is a perpetuation of the one-baseball myth, one easily dispelled in the age of streaming. one can now simultaneously watch two games, in different cities, played with different baseballs. mlb does not use one ball and hasn't since 1997
March 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
that major league baseball isn't called "major league baseballs" is a perpetuation of the one-baseball myth, one easily dispelled in the age of streaming. one can now simultaneously watch two games, in different cities, played with different baseballs. mlb does not use one ball and hasn't since 1997
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Ben Macintyre on Gordievsky: “…I got to know Gordievsky well, spending more than 100 hours in his overheated living room. His neighbours had no idea that the bearded, diminutive man living next door, under an assumed name, had averted World War Three” www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
Oleg Gordievsky: the loneliest and bravest man I ever met
The KGB double agent, who died on Friday, was steely, intelligent and could charm anyone — including Angelina Jolie — writes Ben Macintyre, author of a book about the spy
www.thetimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Ben Macintyre on Gordievsky: “…I got to know Gordievsky well, spending more than 100 hours in his overheated living room. His neighbours had no idea that the bearded, diminutive man living next door, under an assumed name, had averted World War Three” www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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The Serbian authorities denied having used a sonic weapon against protesters, even blaming protesters for it:
Serbian officials deny illegal sonic weapon attack on peaceful protesters
Serbian officials denied Sunday that the country's security forces used a military-grade sonic weapon to disperse and scare protesters at a huge anti-government rally in the capital. Serbia has not d...
www.yahoo.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Serbian authorities denied having used a sonic weapon against protesters, even blaming protesters for it:
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The Kremlin is likely preparing to intensify a narrative that accuses Ukrainian forces of war crimes in Kursk in an attempt to discredit the Ukrainian military, erode Western support for Ukraine, and spoil or delay straightforward discussions about the 30-day ceasefire that Trump proposed to Putin.
March 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Kremlin is likely preparing to intensify a narrative that accuses Ukrainian forces of war crimes in Kursk in an attempt to discredit the Ukrainian military, erode Western support for Ukraine, and spoil or delay straightforward discussions about the 30-day ceasefire that Trump proposed to Putin.
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MORE: Putin is offering an alternative ceasefire agreement that is contrary to the intentions and goals of the US-Ukrainian ceasefire proposal. It would grant Russia greatly disproportionate advantages and set conditions for the Kremlin to renew hostilities on terms extremely favorable to Russia.
March 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
MORE: Putin is offering an alternative ceasefire agreement that is contrary to the intentions and goals of the US-Ukrainian ceasefire proposal. It would grant Russia greatly disproportionate advantages and set conditions for the Kremlin to renew hostilities on terms extremely favorable to Russia.
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Putin's "postwar goal is to leave Ukraine in a weakened state that isn’t aligned with the West and is ripe for his next imperial assault. He wants to own or dominate Ukraine, full stop." www.wsj.com/opinion/russ...
Opinion | The Kremlin Keeps Escalating
Russia responds to Trump by raising its ‘peace’ demands.
www.wsj.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Putin's "postwar goal is to leave Ukraine in a weakened state that isn’t aligned with the West and is ripe for his next imperial assault. He wants to own or dominate Ukraine, full stop." www.wsj.com/opinion/russ...
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🆕 Check out Nina Kuriata's newest article - Odesa’s true identity: countering Russian propaganda and imperialist myths
🔗Read it here: demsecinstitute.org?p=1240
🔗Read it here: demsecinstitute.org?p=1240
Odesa’s true identity: countering Russian propaganda and imperialist myths - Democratic Security Institute
While behind Ukraine’s physical front line, the port city of Odesa has become a focal point for the memory war now being waged by Moscow. The varied realities of life in the city over the past few cen...
demsecinstitute.org
March 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🆕 Check out Nina Kuriata's newest article - Odesa’s true identity: countering Russian propaganda and imperialist myths
🔗Read it here: demsecinstitute.org?p=1240
🔗Read it here: demsecinstitute.org?p=1240