Michael Weiss
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. macspaunday@protonmail.com
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We know the familiar pattern: “Moscow still loves a loser: failed journalists, has-beens, also-rans, sex pests and disgruntled narcissists end up going to work for the Kremlin.”
More essential reading from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
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More essential reading from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
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How Russian Spies Infiltrate U.S. Institutions
Read a 1988 KGB textbook on how to recruit agents working for the U.S. government abroad.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We know the familiar pattern: “Moscow still loves a loser: failed journalists, has-beens, also-rans, sex pests and disgruntled narcissists end up going to work for the Kremlin.”
More essential reading from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
More essential reading from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
New: We've translated in full a 1988 KGB training manual on how to infiltrate U.S. government facilities in the Middle East and North Africa. Something of a Russian growth industry these days, you might say. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
How Russian Spies Infiltrate U.S. Institutions
Read a 1988 KGB textbook on how to recruit agents working for the U.S. government abroad.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New: We've translated in full a 1988 KGB training manual on how to infiltrate U.S. government facilities in the Middle East and North Africa. Something of a Russian growth industry these days, you might say. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
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My friend @michaeldweiss.bsky.social weighs in on the recent New York City mayoral election and...whew open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
On New York Exceptionalism
Zohran Mamdani’s election has been turned into a broader comment on American politics. But it’s as local as it gets.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
My friend @michaeldweiss.bsky.social weighs in on the recent New York City mayoral election and...whew open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
Everyone loves or hates New York now. No thanks, says this New Yorker: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
On New York Exceptionalism
Zohran Mamdani’s election has been turned into a broader comment on American politics. But it’s as local as it gets.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Everyone loves or hates New York now. No thanks, says this New Yorker: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
New on Foreign Office, I talked to two of my favorite missile junkies, Fabian Hoffmann and Colby Badhwar, about Tomahawks, Flamingos, Ukraine's deep strike needs, Alabuga, and "A House of Dynamite": open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New on Foreign Office, I talked to two of my favorite missile junkies, Fabian Hoffmann and Colby Badhwar, about Tomahawks, Flamingos, Ukraine's deep strike needs, Alabuga, and "A House of Dynamite": open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
New: Meet the Unit 29155 operative who became such a well-known international judo champ in his cover life, the GRU decided to erase his real identity: theins.ru/en/inv/286477
A champion like no other: The curious life of a Unit 29155 operative
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s military Intelligence, the GRU, has dramatically stepped up its activities across Europe — from assassinations and acts of sabotage...
theins.ru
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New: Meet the Unit 29155 operative who became such a well-known international judo champ in his cover life, the GRU decided to erase his real identity: theins.ru/en/inv/286477
A new GRU investigation dropping tomorrow. And later this week: a translated KGB trainining manual about infiltrating U.S. institutions. Oh, and cruise missile talk with two special guests. Subscribe to and follow Foreign Office: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A new GRU investigation dropping tomorrow. And later this week: a translated KGB trainining manual about infiltrating U.S. institutions. Oh, and cruise missile talk with two special guests. Subscribe to and follow Foreign Office: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
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New: I acquired the private memoir of Gen. Alexander Zorin, a senior GRU officer who was Putin's envoy to Syria and is now leading POW exchanges with Ukraine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
The Accidental Revelations of a Russian Spy’s Memoir
Alexander Zorin’s desire to make himself larger than life inadvertently exposes Moscow’s lies about how the war in Syria was waged
newlinesmag.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New: I acquired the private memoir of Gen. Alexander Zorin, a senior GRU officer who was Putin's envoy to Syria and is now leading POW exchanges with Ukraine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
Sat down with Ed Bogan, a 24-year veteran of CIA and (maybe) former acting CoS Kyiv to discuss his and his aunt’s trip to Uzhhorod, the war, America’s role in it, and states of exception: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Sat down with Ed Bogan, a 24-year veteran of CIA and (maybe) former acting CoS Kyiv to discuss his and his aunt’s trip to Uzhhorod, the war, America’s role in it, and states of exception: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
Life achievement unlocked.
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Life achievement unlocked.
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A new Russian film fictionalizes the adventures of the spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin. His memoir and the film’s draft scripts reveal Russian lies about its military operations in Syria, writes @michaeldweiss.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Accidental Revelations of a Russian Spy’s Memoir
Alexander Zorin’s desire to make himself larger than life inadvertently exposes Moscow’s lies about how the war in Syria was waged
newlinesmag.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A new Russian film fictionalizes the adventures of the spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin. His memoir and the film’s draft scripts reveal Russian lies about its military operations in Syria, writes @michaeldweiss.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
New: I acquired the private memoir of Gen. Alexander Zorin, a senior GRU officer who was Putin's envoy to Syria and is now leading POW exchanges with Ukraine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
The Accidental Revelations of a Russian Spy’s Memoir
Alexander Zorin’s desire to make himself larger than life inadvertently exposes Moscow’s lies about how the war in Syria was waged
newlinesmag.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New: I acquired the private memoir of Gen. Alexander Zorin, a senior GRU officer who was Putin's envoy to Syria and is now leading POW exchanges with Ukraine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
Tomorrow a story I've worked on for over a year drops at @newlinesmag.bsky.social. It's GRU-related, but it's also unlike anything I've ever investigated or written. I don't know of anything remotely like it in the annals of GRU espionage.
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Tomorrow a story I've worked on for over a year drops at @newlinesmag.bsky.social. It's GRU-related, but it's also unlike anything I've ever investigated or written. I don't know of anything remotely like it in the annals of GRU espionage.
Humphrey unbound.
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Humphrey unbound.
Will be on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social tomorrow at 6 am-ish to discuss sanctions, Trump, Putin, deep strikes, and Donetsk.
a man in a tie sits at a table with a bottle of beer on it
ALT: a man in a tie sits at a table with a bottle of beer on it
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Will be on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social tomorrow at 6 am-ish to discuss sanctions, Trump, Putin, deep strikes, and Donetsk.
Now out from behind paywall.
Spoke to Ambassador Dan Fried, a veteran sanctions architect under multiple administrations, about the latest sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, what they mean and what they don't mean. substack.com/@macspaunday...
So Trump Finally Sanctioned Russia... Now What?
Michael talks to Ambassador Dan Fried about U.S. sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil.
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Now out from behind paywall.
Spoke to Ambassador Dan Fried, a veteran sanctions architect under multiple administrations, about the latest sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, what they mean and what they don't mean. substack.com/@macspaunday...
So Trump Finally Sanctioned Russia... Now What?
Michael talks to Ambassador Dan Fried about U.S. sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil.
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Spoke to Ambassador Dan Fried, a veteran sanctions architect under multiple administrations, about the latest sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, what they mean and what they don't mean. substack.com/@macspaunday...
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...
Bessent going further now:
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Bessent going further now:
Also good, if true.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Also good, if true.
Welcome development. Storm Shadow attack on the Russian chemical factory in Bryansk was part of this. Restrictions lifted before the Ze visit. And Hegseth isn’t calling the shots; SACEUR is now.
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Welcome development. Storm Shadow attack on the Russian chemical factory in Bryansk was part of this. Restrictions lifted before the Ze visit. And Hegseth isn’t calling the shots; SACEUR is now.
Moonstar and Skywalker shall never be silenced!
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Moonstar and Skywalker shall never be silenced!
Something happened in the last five days on Russia-Ukraine. In which I parse the news and try to figure out what that something was: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
Something Happened
... in the war in Ukraine. You'll never guess what.
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Something happened in the last five days on Russia-Ukraine. In which I parse the news and try to figure out what that something was: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
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"All the intricacies and the elaborate schemes that the Soviets cooked up to snare people, to to dupe people, to inveigle and influence people. And now all of this stuff is literally being tweeted in real time."
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social talks Anna Paulina Luna and JFK with @timmiller.bsky.social:
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social talks Anna Paulina Luna and JFK with @timmiller.bsky.social:
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"All the intricacies and the elaborate schemes that the Soviets cooked up to snare people, to to dupe people, to inveigle and influence people. And now all of this stuff is literally being tweeted in real time."
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social talks Anna Paulina Luna and JFK with @timmiller.bsky.social:
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social talks Anna Paulina Luna and JFK with @timmiller.bsky.social:
He’s already backpedaling. x.com/atrupar/stat...
Aaron Rupar on X: "Q: Did you tell Zelenskyy he needed to cede all of the Donbas region to Russia? TRUMP: No, we never discussed it. We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are. Q: What do you think should happen with the Donbas region? TRUMP: I think 78% of the https://t.co/y6y8wMz6LR" / X
Q: Did you tell Zelenskyy he needed to cede all of the Donbas region to Russia? TRUMP: No, we never discussed it. We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are. Q: What do you think should happen with the Donbas region? TRUMP: I think 78% of the https://t.co/y6y8wMz6LR
x.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
He’s already backpedaling. x.com/atrupar/stat...