Krassi Twigg
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Krassi Twigg
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Journalist, Bulgarian in London, member of the girl duo behind BBC geopolitical pod #TheGlobalJigsaw, arty-crafty hobbyist, 🐈 Zhivko’s favourite human

Work: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrk/episodes/downloads
A linguistic jigsaw exploring how the Chinese Communist Party gets lost in translation and whether it's accidental or intentional
September 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Congrats again to @ikrassi.bsky.social @fulelo.bsky.social Krisztina Satori from BBC Monitoring on another great production, with their usual mix of precision, story-telling flair and the sorts of soundscapes that you can only get by trawling through hours of archive sound files
August 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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and we try to understand its impact on local life and on the region’s complex geopolitics
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
With #BBCMonitoring's @jboswall.bsky.social , Collins Nabiswa and Barry Marston
Presented by @ikrassi.bsky.social
Light visualisation, part 1:
youtu.be/cgEkF4-d04o?...
BBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, Life under JNIM
The al-Qaeda offshoot JNIM is one of the deadliest Jihadist groups in the world
www.bbc.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Thank you Hans, glad you found it useful 😊
May 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Here’s Part one on the Kremlin’s language of war. Featuring Vitaly Shevchenko and Margaryta Maliukova, who have been observing this linguistic tug of war for nearly three years now

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, The language of war: Russia
Decoding the Kremlin’s warspeak
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 3:10 PM
And what would the potential loss of Syria military bases mean for Russia’s missions in Africa? If you want to understand what a slap in the face for Moscow events in Syria are - give it a listen www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, Russia’s gateway to Africa in jeopardy
What would the potential loss of Syrian bases mean for Russia?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 8:31 PM
One is on Russia’s language of war www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (part two on Ukraine’s language of war to follow) - full of euphemisms and linguistic distortions - fascinating stuff!
The Global Jigsaw - The language of war: Russia - BBC Sounds
Decoding the Kremlin’s warspeak
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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#BBCNews - Ukraine's spies target Russian figures in increasingly brazen attacks
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Ukraine's spies target Russian figures in increasingly audacious attacks
Attacks on Russian figures have become more brazen as Ukrainian special services penetrate security in Moscow.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:16 PM