Zelensky’s visit to Ireland scrapped as his chief of staff resigns amid corruption investigation m.independent.ie/world-news/e...

Andrei Yermak is ousted as Zelensky's chief of staff. ● The timing is difficult for Ukraine, but in Moscow they’d simply wonder why no one fell out of a window.

Good to be on Newstalk to look at the prospects for peace in Ukraine as Trump's envoy heads back to Moscow. 👉 Spoiler: How can Witkoff negotiate with Putin when he’s been exposed coaching Kremlin aides on how to pitch their lines to Trump? Intervu @ 2hr mark www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/the...

A sign of the times when even Santa Claus and his elves need protection from Russia...

Good to be back live on the The Hard Shoulder on @newstalkfm.bsky.social with host Ciara Doherty to look at the prospects for peace in Ukraine as Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff heads back to Moscow. ● Spoiler: The odds are slim

Russia's Central Bank y'day disclosed a 10 trillion ruble "time bomb" on banks' balance sheets. 👉 My MoscowTimes OpEd in July: Russian Banks Will Fall. The Question Is How Hard. @themoscowtimes.com

New Peace Plan, really? It’s just the Kremlin microwaving their previous fantastical notion and serving it up as diplomacy - anything to dodge the sanctions coming in hot.

New Peace Plan, really? It’s just the Kremlin microwaving their previous fantastical notion and serving it up as diplomacy - anything to dodge the sanctions coming in hot.

Mayday to the Royal Navy as the Russian spy ship Yantar heads again to Ireland's largely unprotected waters

🎉 Exciting news! I’ve launched my new website to showcase my journalism and share updates on my forthcoming book Leaving Russia. It traces my 15 years reporting there and the human cost of Putin’s war — from exiled dissidents to displaced oligarchs. More anon. 👉 jasoncorcoranwrites.com

Ticking time-bomb 💣 Russian companies are spending 40% of their profits paying just the interest on their debt, according to a Kremlin think tank. Source: @themoscowtimes.com www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/17/r...

Oh my days !! Coybig. Feel sorry for my Hungarian barber Gabor

My @themoscowtimes.com OpEd: Rich Russians with multiple passports or 'golden visas' can open doors with their money, while ordinary Russians become increasingly alienated www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/11/v...

#Lukoil's value has plunged by 19%, losing $10 billion since US sanctions were surprisingly imposed on Oct 23. ● The sanctions have also sabotaged the Russian oil producers' plans to sell foreign assets to Putin's allies. #OOTT www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/12/s... www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/12/s...

Putin allows Citigroup to sell uts Russian bank: Bloomberg ● Preferential treatment for a US bank by Putin? European lenders still present in Russia claim to be seeking exits for the past few years... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#OpEd Rich Russians with multiple passports or golden visas can open doors with their money, while ordinary Russians become increasingly alienated, argues Jason Corcoran.

My @themoscowtimes.com OpEd: Rich Russians with multiple passports or 'golden visas' can open doors with their money, while ordinary Russians become increasingly alienated www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/11/v...

Russians are complaining en masse about mobile internet outages across the country. Source: Kremlin Telegram Baza ● The most severe outages are occurring in Putin's hometown St. Petersburg, Sochi, Tula, Voronezh, Ryazan, Krasnodar, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, and Ufa.

The EU Bans Russians from Multi-Entry Schengen Visas, but I wonder who it will hurt the most. ● Many oligarchs and senior Putin officials still retain 'golden passports' and 'golden visas' to continue their travel on their private jets to the West. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/07/e...

Kremlin's chief sociologist warned of the threat of civil war in Russia ● Alexander Kharichev also cited loss of political, territorial, and cultural sovereignty, depopulation, loss of public trust, and collapse of the political system as main challenges www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/05/v...

Russian gas exports to Europe have hit rock bottom and their lowest since the Brezhnev era 50 years ago. source: Reuters www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/03/e...

Russia's Red Wings Airlines has experienced a breakdown in nearly all of its long-haul aircraft, leaving several thousand Russians stranded abroad. #sanctions Source: Shot Telegram www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/29/u...

Putin's regime brings the hammer down on an 18-year-old busker from St Petersburg. Who's next ?

Firesale for Lukoil's foreign assets after Russia's second-largest oil producer was hit by US #sanctions ● Lukoil’s value sank by 7.2% in just a few days, causing nearly $4 billion in losses. #OOTT www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/27/r...

AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok all regularly cite Russian propaganda. Source: @WIRE www.wired.com/story/chatbo...

A third of Russians report a lack of money for food as pessimism about the economy reaches a record high in 20 years of research: Gallup Research @MoscowTimes_ru www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/27/t...

#Golfgate 2.0 ? A last-minute prentender to become Ireland's next President spotted near a polling station in Malahide. #Aras25

One for your collection, @electionlit.bsky.social!

#Golfgate 2.0 ? A last-minute prentender to become Ireland's next President spotted near a polling station in Malahide. #Aras25

My @themoscowtimes.com OpEd: 'Can Russians Be Trusted With Dollars? The Finance Ministry Doesn't Think So.' www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/23/c...

#OpEd A proposed law to grant Putin powers over Russians' foreign currency transactions would suffocate personal freedom and the economy, warns Jason Corcoran.

Wowski ! Chinese state-owned oil companies have suspended purchases of Russian oil: Reuters ● The reason is the surprise sanctions imposed by Trump's US admin against Rosneft and Lukoil, the Kremlin’s oil champions.

My @themoscowtimes.com OpEd: 'Can Russians Be Trusted With Dollars? The Finance Ministry Doesn't Think So.' www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/23/c...

Trump's US Treasury sanctions Rosneft and Lukoil, Putin's oil champions ● This is the first significant direct sanctions on Russia action taken by Trump during his second term, but will he ever pony up the Tomahawks for Ukraine. #Oott

AP and CNN reports this evening Putin-Trump summit in Budapest has been canned. ● I am guessing Putin didn't fancy being transported to Hungary via the Druzhba oil pipeline.

Back to the USSR: Putin will have the right to ban Russians from any foreign currency transactions as part of new repressive measures to stamp out "speculators." Source: Interfax www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/20/p...

When Trump’s idea of peace talks sounds more like an episode of 'Survivor: Kremlin Edition.'

About as sensible and viable as Boris Johnson's 350bn euro tunnel linking Scotland to Northern Ireland.

Good to be back live on @newstalkfm.bsky.social on the Hard Shoulder with host @jonathanhealy.bsky.social Jonathan Healy to talk about Zelensky's plea for Tomahawks as Trump plans another rendezvous with Putin in Budapest.

Putin's Economy Minister has warned of the threat of a debt crisis in Russia's large companies due to soaring interest rates ● About 24% of companies are currently at risk of bankruptcy: Kremlin think-tank. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/10/16/v...

Russia’s stocks plunged by the most in three years after a senior diplomat said that progress toward a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine had stalled. ● The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) Index sank 4.05% to 2,563.3 points. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/08/r...

Russia has ramped up imports of gasoline from Belarus to ease mounting fuel shortages caused by Ukrainian attacks on its oil refineries, Reuters reported.

Putin's gasoline crisis is spreading. Gazprom Neft, the Kremlin-controlled oil producer, has run out of fuel in all of it stations in the southern city of Krasnodar. #OOTT ● Nationwide shortages were previously reported at independently-owned outlets Source: Krasnodar Telegram

⚡️ Protesters in #Tbilisi broke through iron barriers to enter the presidential palace. ● The situation is escalating as tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets of the capital this afternoon to express their opposition to the municipal elections.

My latest @themoscowtimes.com OpEd: Putin can't hide it: Gasoline in Russia is being rationed from its western Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad to Vladivostok in the Far East.  #OOTT www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/30/p...

🚨 Almost 40% of Russian oil refinery capacity has been shut down by Ukrainian #drone strikes ● Russia is taking emergency measures, inc starting to buy gasoline from China, South Korea, and Singapore, eliminating duties, and even paying importers extra from the budget Source: The Insider

#OpEd Fuel rationing hits ordinary Russians directly. Though state media blames bad weather, history shows that excuses can only go so far, writes Jason Corcoran. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/30/p...

Russia is preparing to buy gasoline from abroad due to a shortage, which is "getting critical" for Putin's war economy. #OOTT www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/09/30/s...

My latest @themoscowtimes.com OpEd: Putin can't hide it: Gasoline in Russia is being rationed from its western Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad to Vladivostok in the Far East.  #OOTT www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/30/p...

Russians will face sharp price increases on vodka and tobacco to fill Putin's budget deficit @moscowtimes.bsky.social www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/09/29/r...