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@AndreiSoldatov

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Author of Our Dear Friends of Moscow, The Compatriots, The Red Web, The New Nobility, @CEPA, @kclintelligence, https://t.co/hYmcWiozMe, https://t.co/hsKpH5YtAc

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Joined March 2012
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
9 months
.@irinaborogan and I are thrilled to announce that our new book, Our Dear Friends in Moscow, will be released this June, with @public_affairs, and is now available for pre-order, 📚 https://t.co/GfHzYZNTV6
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hachettebookgroup.com
Two of Russia’s most prominent investigative journalists tell the "gripping" (Foreign Policy) story of how the hopes of their generation of optimistic Russ...
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
8 hours
Looking forward to the conversation!
@RolandOliphant
Roland Oliphant
2 days
Three authors and giants of Russia reporting, @AndreiSoldatov @irinaborogan and @CatherineBelton, on stage tomorrow to talk Putinism, betrayal, exile, and survival. Come and listen
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@MoscowTimes
The Moscow Times
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The Moscow Times spoke to five residents of Russia’s second-largest city about how the war has transformed their everyday lives.
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themoscowtimes.com
Nearly four years after Russia launched a full-scale war on Ukraine, St.
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@CatherineBelton
Catherine Belton
15 hours
Excited to be joining @AndreiSoldatov @irinaborogan tonight to discuss their most important book - & certainly the most moving -- the inside story of the unravelling of Russia's free media & friendships turned sour "Our Dear Friends in Moscow"
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theconduit.com
Tue 14 Oct, 6pm - 7:30pm How do you understand a country where the truth itself is under siege?
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@RolandOliphant
Roland Oliphant
2 days
Three authors and giants of Russia reporting, @AndreiSoldatov @irinaborogan and @CatherineBelton, on stage tomorrow to talk Putinism, betrayal, exile, and survival. Come and listen
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theconduit.com
Tue 14 Oct, 6pm - 7:30pm How do you understand a country where the truth itself is under siege?
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
4 days
“Our Dear Friends in Moscow” reviewed in @TheTLS
@TheTLS
The TLS
4 days
'If you’re an ambitious professional from a well-connected family, they write, choosing to “stay inside and play a role” is straightforward.' Howard Amos: How Vladimir Putin divided a generation
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
3 days
Really enjoyed being on the espionage panel at Cliveden Festival with @gordoncorera, @mccloskeybooks, @JakeWSimons, and @simonmontefiore. #ClivedenLitFest2025
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
4 days
“Our Dear Friends in Moscow” reviewed in @TheTLS
@TheTLS
The TLS
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'If you’re an ambitious professional from a well-connected family, they write, choosing to “stay inside and play a role” is straightforward.' Howard Amos: How Vladimir Putin divided a generation
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@heraldscotland
The Herald
6 days
BREAKING Flights were held due to the presence of a drone within the exclusion zone 👇
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
6 days
I'm very much looking forward to returning to @clivedenlitfest this weekend for the panel on modern espionage with the brilliant @gordoncorera, @mccloskeybooks and @JakeWSimons, to be chaired by @simonmontefiore! #ClivedenLitFest2025 More info: https://t.co/EMPViSR20R
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@KingsRussia
Russia Institute
15 days
EVENT: Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation @irinaborogan and @AndreiSoldatov will join us to discuss the struggle against Vladimir Putin’s ruthless campaign to turn Russia into an revanchist dictatorship More 👇 https://t.co/AhGsimqO7Y
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eventbrite.co.uk
Our Dear Friends tells the story of a group of young Russians against the backdrop of Putin’s campaign to turn Russia into a dictatorship
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@RP_France_OSCE
France at OSCE đŸ‡«đŸ‡·đŸ‡ȘđŸ‡ș
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đŸ‡«đŸ‡· On 3 October, French photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed in Ukraine while fulfilling his mission to inform on the horrors of war. France pays tribute to his courage, which honours the entire profession. A criminal investigation for war crime has been opened in France
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@michaeldweiss
Michael Weiss
8 days
Great piece by ⁊@AndreiSoldatov:⁩ How the KGB used John le Carré to airbrush its image
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telegraph.co.uk
The Soviet intelligence agency drew on the writer’s books to portray themselves as professional and rational
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
7 days
Finally, some meaningful action.
@FT
Financial Times
@FT
8 days
Intelligence agencies say that Russian spies, posing as diplomats, often run assets or operations beyond their host countries, in order to better elude surveillance https://t.co/gs03JbBR6t
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
8 days
We were very touched by the attention a panel about our book Our Dear Friends in Moscow received at the @Internazionale festival in Ferrara this weekend! The queue in front of the teatro comunale and the hall before the start of our discussion.
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@ForeignAffairs
Foreign Affairs
9 days
Read @AndreiSoldatov and @irinaborogan on the threats posed by the Kremlin’s sabotage operations abroad—and why Western leaders have failed to contain Moscow’s increasingly lethal hybrid warfare strategy: https://t.co/kI5OBSWIGU
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foreignaffairs.com
While Trump courts him, Putin is escalating Russia’s hybrid war against the West.
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
8 days
We were very touched by the attention a panel about our book Our Dear Friends in Moscow received at the @Internazionale festival in Ferrara this weekend! The queue in front of the teatro comunale and the hall before the start of our discussion.
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@cepa
CEPA
10 days
Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies | "Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies." @AndreiSoldatov and @irinaborogan
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cepa.org
Putin’s intelligence services are being cleansed of non-Russians. Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies.
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
12 days
While Russia's services were always Russian-dominated, this has been strongly reinforced in recent years. @irinaborogan and I on Putin’s services being cleansed of non-Russians, for @cepa.
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cepa.org
Putin’s intelligence services are being cleansed of non-Russians. Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies.
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@AndreiSoldatov
Andrei Soldatov
12 days
RT @shashj: Home secretary says of Manchester attack: "this individual was not known to the security services." Manchester synagogue victim

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theguardian.com
Police arrest three more people, bringing the total to six, Justice secretary faces calls of ‘shame on you’ as crowd gathers to remember victims of terror attack
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