Katri Pynnöniemi
@katri.bsky.social
Professor, Mannerheim Chair of Russian Security Studies, University of Helsinki and National Defence University of Finland
Very good news!
I’m thrilled that the Kennan Institute is back as an independent institution and delighted to have joined as a non-resident fellow www.kennaninstitute.org
Kennan Institute | Advancing Scholarship and Statecraft
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November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Very good news!
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‼️ Operation Midas: Ukrainian anti-corruption agency reveals how funds from Energoatom were laundered
Operation Midas: Ukrainian anti-corruption agency reveals how funds from Energoatom were laundered
Investigators have revealed that a Kyiv-based office of a recently uncovered criminal organisation handled the legalisation of illicit funds obtained from contractors of Energoatom, Ukraine's state-ow...
www.pravda.com.ua
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
‼️ Operation Midas: Ukrainian anti-corruption agency reveals how funds from Energoatom were laundered
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🔴 YouTube has deleted the Ukrainian memorial project “Memorial of Heroes” without the right to appeal.
The channel documented stories of Ukrainians killed by Russia, hosting 18 films and over 100 profiles.
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The channel documented stories of Ukrainians killed by Russia, hosting 18 films and over 100 profiles.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🔴 YouTube has deleted the Ukrainian memorial project “Memorial of Heroes” without the right to appeal.
The channel documented stories of Ukrainians killed by Russia, hosting 18 films and over 100 profiles.
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The channel documented stories of Ukrainians killed by Russia, hosting 18 films and over 100 profiles.
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Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted searches on Monday morning at the home and businesses of Timur Mindich, a businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 production company, just hours after he reportedly fled the country, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing law enforcement sources.
NABU raids home of businessman and co-owner of Kvartal 95 studio Timur Mindich, who is no longer in Ukraine
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted searches on Monday morning at the home and businesses of Timur Mindich, a businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 production company, just h...
hromadske.ua
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted searches on Monday morning at the home and businesses of Timur Mindich, a businessman and co-owner of the Kvartal 95 production company, just hours after he reportedly fled the country, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing law enforcement sources.
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This might be the first spy who appears to be literally wearing one of those 'spy disguises' you could pick up in a joke shop in Newquay in 1993.
Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say
Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activists
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This might be the first spy who appears to be literally wearing one of those 'spy disguises' you could pick up in a joke shop in Newquay in 1993.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Lukusuositus!
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Lukusuositus!
Warm congratulations for Gudrun, for writing a very important book!
Helps to understand Russian thinking on war & warfare
Helps to understand Russian thinking on war & warfare
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Warm congratulations for Gudrun, for writing a very important book!
Helps to understand Russian thinking on war & warfare
Helps to understand Russian thinking on war & warfare
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Caribbean boat strikes are illegal and bad strategy even if everyone they’ve killed was a narcotics trafficker. Not terrorists, not attacking America, not at war at all. The legal and strategically smart move for drug smuggling boats is interdiction.
Worse, the AP found some weren’t even criminals.
Worse, the AP found some weren’t even criminals.
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Caribbean boat strikes are illegal and bad strategy even if everyone they’ve killed was a narcotics trafficker. Not terrorists, not attacking America, not at war at all. The legal and strategically smart move for drug smuggling boats is interdiction.
Worse, the AP found some weren’t even criminals.
Worse, the AP found some weren’t even criminals.
Recommended reading!
By Celine Marange (Irsem) & Susan Stewart (SWP) an emerging model of Euroopan Security with Ukraine www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
By Celine Marange (Irsem) & Susan Stewart (SWP) an emerging model of Euroopan Security with Ukraine www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
The Tipping Point: An Emerging Model of European Security with Ukraine and without Russia
This joint study by the SWP and the Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM, Paris) starts from the premise that Ukraine’s and Russia’s visions...
www.swp-berlin.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Recommended reading!
By Celine Marange (Irsem) & Susan Stewart (SWP) an emerging model of Euroopan Security with Ukraine www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
By Celine Marange (Irsem) & Susan Stewart (SWP) an emerging model of Euroopan Security with Ukraine www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...
Co-written with Mario Baumann from DGAP - applying Gerasimov's table to explain how escalation & active measures are alingned dgap.org/en/research/...
European Security in the Era of Hybrid Warfare
Russian hybrid warfare operations against Europe have increased sharply since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Conventionally inferior, Russia is playing in the “gray zone” to undermine public...
dgap.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Co-written with Mario Baumann from DGAP - applying Gerasimov's table to explain how escalation & active measures are alingned dgap.org/en/research/...
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🤬🤬Tonight was the most massive strike on Ukraine's oil and gas infrastructure during the entire war, according to monitors.
On the map – the approximate route of UAVs and missiles at night.
On the map – the approximate route of UAVs and missiles at night.
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
🤬🤬Tonight was the most massive strike on Ukraine's oil and gas infrastructure during the entire war, according to monitors.
On the map – the approximate route of UAVs and missiles at night.
On the map – the approximate route of UAVs and missiles at night.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed the ex-head of Ukraine's state-owned grid operator for failing to protect energy infrastructure from Russian attacks, the latest in what is widely seen as a political attack on the former official.
Zelensky blames ex-energy chief for grid’s failure to withstand Russian assaults amid talk of scapegoating
"He was the head of a large system, and this system was supposed to ensure the security of our energy sector. He was obliged to do this — and he did not," the president told journalists on Nov. 7.
kyivindependent.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed the ex-head of Ukraine's state-owned grid operator for failing to protect energy infrastructure from Russian attacks, the latest in what is widely seen as a political attack on the former official.
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You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Maria Popova, McGill University: Russian manipulation of the facts endures because when #JeffreySachs and others tirelessly promote it, opponents politely disagree and the conversation is presented as a debate of equally valid viewpoints. www.policymagazine.ca/when-confron...
When Confronting Russian Propaganda, Truth is Not Optional - Policy Magazine
In late October, Italian Senator Carlo Calenda went viral for bluntly calling economist Jeffrey Sachs a liar. During a debate between the two on the Italian
www.policymagazine.ca
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Maria Popova, McGill University: Russian manipulation of the facts endures because when #JeffreySachs and others tirelessly promote it, opponents politely disagree and the conversation is presented as a debate of equally valid viewpoints. www.policymagazine.ca/when-confron...
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Putin instructs Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, & intel agencies to submit proposals on the possibility of preparing for nuclear weapons tests. Trump unleashed the genie from the bottle. Especially dumb because Moscow loves reminding the world about its nukes. tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...
Путин поручил проработать подготовку ядерных испытаний
Президент ждет доклад от МИД, Минобороны, спецслужб и гражданских ведомств
tass.ru
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Putin instructs Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, & intel agencies to submit proposals on the possibility of preparing for nuclear weapons tests. Trump unleashed the genie from the bottle. Especially dumb because Moscow loves reminding the world about its nukes. tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...
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“🇪🇺 states should first try to reduce the uncertainty as much as possible to turn it partly into (more manageable) risk” – In the first publication of our European Zeitenwende project, our Mario Baumann & 🇫🇮 expert @katri.bsky.social describe the means of 🇷🇺 hybrid warfare ... /1
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“🇪🇺 states should first try to reduce the uncertainty as much as possible to turn it partly into (more manageable) risk” – In the first publication of our European Zeitenwende project, our Mario Baumann & 🇫🇮 expert @katri.bsky.social describe the means of 🇷🇺 hybrid warfare ... /1
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Denmark to invest DKK 10 mln in Ukrainian culture – Berezhna #Ukraine
Denmark to invest DKK 10 mln in Ukrainian culture – Berezhna
Denmark will invest DKK 10 million (EUR 1.34 million) in Ukrainian culture and the restoration of Ukrainian cultural heritage, Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy of Ukraine – Minister of Culture of Ukraine Tetiana Berezhna announced on Monday following a meeting with Minister for Culture, Media and Sports of Denmark Jakob Engel-Schmidt.
en.interfax.com.ua
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Denmark to invest DKK 10 mln in Ukrainian culture – Berezhna #Ukraine
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RT no longer needs to broadcast to exist: it now lives in the cognitive reflexes of its audience.
RT has transformed itself into autonomous mental software, capable of functioning without its creator.
By Guillaume Sancey ⤵️
desk-russie.info/2025/10/27/a...
RT has transformed itself into autonomous mental software, capable of functioning without its creator.
By Guillaume Sancey ⤵️
desk-russie.info/2025/10/27/a...
Anatomy of Media Influence, From Novosti to RT • russian desk
From 2017 until its ban in 2022, RT France transformed distrust of the media into a culture of mistrust, the effects of which still persist.
desk-russie.info
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
RT no longer needs to broadcast to exist: it now lives in the cognitive reflexes of its audience.
RT has transformed itself into autonomous mental software, capable of functioning without its creator.
By Guillaume Sancey ⤵️
desk-russie.info/2025/10/27/a...
RT has transformed itself into autonomous mental software, capable of functioning without its creator.
By Guillaume Sancey ⤵️
desk-russie.info/2025/10/27/a...
"They should propose a Europeanisation of NATO’s command structure, appointing European four-star officers to lead the NATO air, land and maritime commands, with US three-stars serving as their deputies to ensure continued integration."
The most effective deterrent to Russian aggression? According to Pete Hegseth: "a lethal, capable and European-led NATO."
My co-authors—Leoni Habedank and Katrine Westgaard—and I spell out what it takes to make NATO, its structures and its forces mostly European: ecfr.eu/article/look... @ecfr.eu
My co-authors—Leoni Habedank and Katrine Westgaard—and I spell out what it takes to make NATO, its structures and its forces mostly European: ecfr.eu/article/look... @ecfr.eu
Look what you made us do: How to realise a European-led NATO
America’s gradual retreat from European security under the current Trump administration is reshaping NATO’s centre of gravity. To keep the alliance credible and united, Europeans not only need to…
ecfr.eu
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"They should propose a Europeanisation of NATO’s command structure, appointing European four-star officers to lead the NATO air, land and maritime commands, with US three-stars serving as their deputies to ensure continued integration."
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'Russia has recently attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile (9M729 Novator) whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in his first term, Ukraine's foreign minister said. Russia has fired the missile at Ukraine 23 times since August.' (Reuters)
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 AM
'Russia has recently attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile (9M729 Novator) whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in his first term, Ukraine's foreign minister said. Russia has fired the missile at Ukraine 23 times since August.' (Reuters)
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MFA spokesperson urges journalists not to believe Putin's proposals on 'corridors' in war zone: I saw it with my own eyes in 2014 in Ilovaisk #Ukraine
MFA spokesperson urges journalists not to believe Putin's proposals on 'corridors' in war zone: I saw it with my own eyes in 2014 in Ilovaisk
en.interfax.com.ua
October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
MFA spokesperson urges journalists not to believe Putin's proposals on 'corridors' in war zone: I saw it with my own eyes in 2014 in Ilovaisk #Ukraine
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Saksassa tuomittiin kolme ihmistä Venäjän tiedustelupalvelun tilaamien sabotaasitekojen suunnittelusta.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/30/v...
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/30/v...
В Германии осудили трех человек, готовивших диверсии по заказу российской разведки - Русская служба The Moscow Times
www.moscowtimes.ru
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Saksassa tuomittiin kolme ihmistä Venäjän tiedustelupalvelun tilaamien sabotaasitekojen suunnittelusta.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/30/v...
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/30/v...