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Jake Cordell
@jakecordell.bsky.social
Russia & Ukraine reporter @afpnews.bsky.social
Now: Warsaw
Before: Moscow, Tbilisi, Prague, London
jake.cordell@afp.com
"I don’t want to know what happens to the cars after" - a German car trader asked how a luxury vehicle he sold was quickly re-exported to Russia, despite sanctions

www.ft.com/content/d5ab...
Russian smugglers import luxury cars from Europe despite sanctions
Wealthy customers hit with hefty charges as importers forced to take longer routes
www.ft.com
December 30, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Evan Gershkovich's first story back @wsj.com after being released from a Russian jail earlier this year.

With a dateline for the ages: ABOARD A RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL JET

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Tracking Putin’s Most Feared Secret Agency—From Inside a Russian Prison and Beyond
The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading the biggest campaign of internal repression since the Stalin era.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:34 AM
The Russian government's citizens advice platform appears to have, for some reason, published new information about Moscow's Oreshnik hypersonic missile

- Range: 5,500km
- Warhead: 1.5T
- Nuclear yield: 900 kilotons (45 x Hiroshima)
- Time to hit NATO's Brussels HQ: 17 mins

t.me/obyasnayemrf...
November 27, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Russian rouble hits 104 against USD, lowest since March 2022. Interest rates already at a 20-year high and threat of stagflation escalating.

Numbers already running far ahead of warnings in this article from 2 months ago: www.barrons.com/news/russia-...
November 25, 2024 at 3:15 PM