Yaroslav Trofimov
@yarotrof.bsky.social
Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal. 📕Author of No Country for Love, Our Enemies Will Vanish, Siege of Mecca and Faith at War 📕 Yarotrof.com
L’édition française de mon roman est déjà en vente! Bonne lecture. www.amazon.fr/gp/aw/d/2889...
August 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
L’édition française de mon roman est déjà en vente! Bonne lecture. www.amazon.fr/gp/aw/d/2889...
Which cover do you like more?
July 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Which cover do you like more?
The paperback is out in the UK and Europe, in a few months in the US. yarotrof.com/books/no-cou...
July 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The paperback is out in the UK and Europe, in a few months in the US. yarotrof.com/books/no-cou...
The paperback of my novel 📕No Country for Love📕 is hitting the stores in the UK and Europe tomorrow. Get yours! www.amazon.co.uk/No-Country-L...
July 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The paperback of my novel 📕No Country for Love📕 is hitting the stores in the UK and Europe tomorrow. Get yours! www.amazon.co.uk/No-Country-L...
Mon roman 📕Ce Pays Qui N’aimait Pas l’Amour📕 sort en France à fin août — et peut déjà être précommandé! www.amazon.fr/pays-qui-nai...
June 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Mon roman 📕Ce Pays Qui N’aimait Pas l’Amour📕 sort en France à fin août — et peut déjà être précommandé! www.amazon.fr/pays-qui-nai...
Ukraine’s SBU said it damaged the bridge between Crimea and Russia, blowing up one of the pillars. Extent of structural damage from the underwater explosion is unclear. t.me/SBUkr/14960
June 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Ukraine’s SBU said it damaged the bridge between Crimea and Russia, blowing up one of the pillars. Extent of structural damage from the underwater explosion is unclear. t.me/SBUkr/14960
The savior of Russia.
May 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The savior of Russia.
After reports of initial wavering, the U.S. signed up to tough language on Russia in the G7 finance ministers’ meeting statement.
May 23, 2025 at 6:14 AM
After reports of initial wavering, the U.S. signed up to tough language on Russia in the G7 finance ministers’ meeting statement.
And here is a photo of the piece, for those who cannot access.
May 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
And here is a photo of the piece, for those who cannot access.
You hear a lot in the U.S. about how a dynamic and competitive America has left the decaying lazy Europe far behind in the 21st century. That is only true in nominal GDP terms, which reflect the overvalued $. The picture is completely different if you look at purchasing parity-adjusted statistics.
April 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
You hear a lot in the U.S. about how a dynamic and competitive America has left the decaying lazy Europe far behind in the 21st century. That is only true in nominal GDP terms, which reflect the overvalued $. The picture is completely different if you look at purchasing parity-adjusted statistics.
Stunning declines in favorable opinion of the United States among its closest allies since the election, with swings of 20% to 30% in major European nations, Japan, Korea and Australia. And most of this polling was done before Trump’s trade war! www.ipsos.com/en/americas-...
April 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Stunning declines in favorable opinion of the United States among its closest allies since the election, with swings of 20% to 30% in major European nations, Japan, Korea and Australia. And most of this polling was done before Trump’s trade war! www.ipsos.com/en/americas-...
Ukrainian drones strike the headquarters of Russia’s 112th Missile Brigade, which Ukrainian intelligence says was responsible for the Palm Sunday massacre in Sumy. Location: Shuya, nearly 500 miles from Ukraine.
April 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Ukrainian drones strike the headquarters of Russia’s 112th Missile Brigade, which Ukrainian intelligence says was responsible for the Palm Sunday massacre in Sumy. Location: Shuya, nearly 500 miles from Ukraine.
“Many” Ukrainian civilians killed in a Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy as residents were heading to church for Palm Sunday services, local officials say. One of the missiles apparently hit a trolley bus.
In other news, Witkoff’s sightseeing in St Petersburg seems to have gone great.
In other news, Witkoff’s sightseeing in St Petersburg seems to have gone great.
April 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
“Many” Ukrainian civilians killed in a Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy as residents were heading to church for Palm Sunday services, local officials say. One of the missiles apparently hit a trolley bus.
In other news, Witkoff’s sightseeing in St Petersburg seems to have gone great.
In other news, Witkoff’s sightseeing in St Petersburg seems to have gone great.
As Trump undermines alliances, weakens America’s economy and neuters its soft power, China senses that its time has arrived. My @WSJ Review piece. www.wsj.com/world/as-the...
April 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
As Trump undermines alliances, weakens America’s economy and neuters its soft power, China senses that its time has arrived. My @WSJ Review piece. www.wsj.com/world/as-the...
You know what else President Trump believes in, in addition to his long-held conviction that tariffs will usher a golden age? That some U.S. Treasuries may be fraudulent and that the U.S. debt is smaller than people think. (Video below from February.)
April 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
You know what else President Trump believes in, in addition to his long-held conviction that tariffs will usher a golden age? That some U.S. Treasuries may be fraudulent and that the U.S. debt is smaller than people think. (Video below from February.)
More Americans favor than oppose additional aid to Ukraine (a flip since January) and a not-insignificant 25% support annexing Canada and Greenland, per WSJ poll.
April 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
More Americans favor than oppose additional aid to Ukraine (a flip since January) and a not-insignificant 25% support annexing Canada and Greenland, per WSJ poll.
Trump: Tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary. Europe is out there to screw us. We must close our borders.
Musk: I support zero tariffs between Europe and North America, and also freedom of movement so Europeans and Americans can easily work in each other’s countries.
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Musk: I support zero tariffs between Europe and North America, and also freedom of movement so Europeans and Americans can easily work in each other’s countries.
🤔
April 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Trump: Tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary. Europe is out there to screw us. We must close our borders.
Musk: I support zero tariffs between Europe and North America, and also freedom of movement so Europeans and Americans can easily work in each other’s countries.
🤔
Musk: I support zero tariffs between Europe and North America, and also freedom of movement so Europeans and Americans can easily work in each other’s countries.
🤔
Fresh from his meetings in the White House, Putin’s envoy has thoughts — not on a ceasefire in Ukraine but on Americans exercising First Amendment rights.
April 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Fresh from his meetings in the White House, Putin’s envoy has thoughts — not on a ceasefire in Ukraine but on Americans exercising First Amendment rights.
A Russian Tu 22M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region of Russia, the fourth loss of such aircraft in the past two years. Russia uses these planes, which are no longer manufactured, for missile strikes on Ukraine, and only about 30 are still operational. t.me/kobzevii/10394
April 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A Russian Tu 22M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region of Russia, the fourth loss of such aircraft in the past two years. Russia uses these planes, which are no longer manufactured, for missile strikes on Ukraine, and only about 30 are still operational. t.me/kobzevii/10394
Russian battle-damage assessment of the Ukrainian HIMARS hit on four helicopters in the Belgorod region last month. Source: t.me/dosye_shpion...
April 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Russian battle-damage assessment of the Ukrainian HIMARS hit on four helicopters in the Belgorod region last month. Source: t.me/dosye_shpion...
The Biden administration’s fury when Ukraine sank the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is all you need to know to understand how misguided its “escalation management” policy was. A historic opportunity was lost in 2022.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The Biden administration’s fury when Ukraine sank the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is all you need to know to understand how misguided its “escalation management” policy was. A historic opportunity was lost in 2022.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Russia’s message to Trump: don’t expect a ceasefire in Ukraine anytime soon.
A positive outcome of ceasefire talks “won’t happen this year, or maybe at the end of the year,” said Grigori Karasin, the Russian negotiator at the latest talks in Riyadh.
A positive outcome of ceasefire talks “won’t happen this year, or maybe at the end of the year,” said Grigori Karasin, the Russian negotiator at the latest talks in Riyadh.
March 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Russia’s message to Trump: don’t expect a ceasefire in Ukraine anytime soon.
A positive outcome of ceasefire talks “won’t happen this year, or maybe at the end of the year,” said Grigori Karasin, the Russian negotiator at the latest talks in Riyadh.
A positive outcome of ceasefire talks “won’t happen this year, or maybe at the end of the year,” said Grigori Karasin, the Russian negotiator at the latest talks in Riyadh.
According to the DNI assessment, Russia had more than 750,000 military casualties during its war in Ukraine. By comparison, the U.S. had just over a million service members killed or wounded in World War II. The U.S. at the time had a population roughly the same size as Russia today.
March 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
According to the DNI assessment, Russia had more than 750,000 military casualties during its war in Ukraine. By comparison, the U.S. had just over a million service members killed or wounded in World War II. The U.S. at the time had a population roughly the same size as Russia today.
Russian negotiator Karasin describes the U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia as “interesting, difficult but sufficiently constructive,” adds that expert groups will “likely” continue meetings. Doesn’t sound like a breakthrough.
March 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Russian negotiator Karasin describes the U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia as “interesting, difficult but sufficiently constructive,” adds that expert groups will “likely” continue meetings. Doesn’t sound like a breakthrough.
Meanwhile, as the war goes on, Ukrainian special operations forces track down on the ground and destroy 4 Russian military helicopters in Belgorod
March 24, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Meanwhile, as the war goes on, Ukrainian special operations forces track down on the ground and destroy 4 Russian military helicopters in Belgorod