Tom Rowley
@te_rowley
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Journalist, editor. Interested in 🏛️💵✊in Ukraine, Russia, Europe and beyond. Ex @opendemocracyru. Email: [email protected]
Joined November 2014
Our 2024 investigation into the Caspian Pipeline Consortium - a 1,500km Western-backed pipeline that guarantees Kazakhstan's oil exports via Russia - has been awarded the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting. Which is exceptionally cool 🦾.
New investigation by @ICIJorg shows how a key oil pipeline, once hailed as the "start of Russian-American dialogue", turned into a crucial source of leverage for the Kremlin's war on the West.
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RT @RBadanin: Коллеги врать не станут!
icij.org
A new book by Russian ICIJ member center Proekt goes where none has gone before: Putin’s personal life and his inner circle.
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RT @OCCRP: A German court has convicted a former Bundestag lawmaker of bribing officials on behalf of Azerbaijan, sentencing him to a suspe….
occrp.org
A German court has convicted a former Bundestag lawmaker of bribing officials on behalf of Azerbaijan, sentencing him to a suspended prison term in a major ruling tied to the Azerbaijani Laundromat...
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Case in point:.
The Kremlin’s laundromat: Billionaire Moldovan fraudster Vladimir Plahotniuc repeatedly flew to Moscow for secret high-level talks in the past few years, using fake passports. He last flew to Moscow in April 2025.
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"This book cost us our homeland". For @icij, I had the privilege of reading @wwwproektmedia's new book on Putin and his circle - a volume which draws extensively on their investigative reporting on Russia over the past decades.
Some of the most sensitive areas of Vladimir Putin’s private life – and how they are intertwined with Russia’s political history – are reported in a new book by two of Russia’s best investigative journalists, Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin. Learn more:
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PSA: this is not a "boy crying wolf" scenario. Russia's influence and interference campaign is real. Though perhaps it will force the EU's hand when it comes to Moldova. .
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Do sign up for Proximities by Barry below - it has been incredibly useful!.
I'm planning a few projects but first step will be to relaunch my newsletter Proximities. It summarises three non-Western news stories a day and you can read it in under two mins. Monday - Friday it's completely free. There will also be a paid tier with a bonus Saturday edition.
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RT @CristianCantir: A good example of the difficulties of fighting Russian propaganda in Moldova: a recent study reveals that some of the T….
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Additional intrigue: according to journalist Vladimir Solovyov (not that one), Russia has also placed an extradition order for Plahotniuc, who has reportedly been visiting Moscow regularly of late (there are several criminal cases open against him there).
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You can see inside Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc's getaway house outside Athens here - he was on the run for 6 years. Greek police say they found 21 identity documents at the property from jurisdictions such as Vanuatu, Romania, Ukraine, Iraq, Russia and Bulgaria.
BREAKING: RISE Moldova has identified the exact location in Saronida, Greece, where oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc and former MP Constantin Țuțu stayed before their arrest at Athens International Airport. The villa is located on Ifaistou Street, near the Aegean Sea.
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Always wondered why Birmingham is obsessed with Blues music, hard guitars and metal - this @brumdispatch piece fills in on some of the infrastructure that made it happen.
birminghamdispatch.co.uk
Heavy metal pioneers were forged in a heavy metal environment
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RT @paulaerizanu: Breaking: Moldovan breakaway oligarch Plahotniuc has been detained by Interpol Greece, according to Moldovan police . htt….
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Stalingrad-comparisons aside, this is another pretty clear signal that Russia is serious about interfering in Moldova's election in about 9 weeks time - do follow Cristian for the drumbeat of how it's going.
New, and very silly, Russian propaganda narrative about Moldova this weekend: the upcoming September 2025 legislative elections are a Stalingrad because they'll have a bearing on the fight for Moldova's ideological, diplomatic, and political future (.
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Days after EU sanctions Ilan Shor's new party, Deschide infiltrates Shor's paid activist network - in this case at least 242 people in Moldova receiving around $800 per month. Pretty clear signal that Russia wants to buy Moldova's parliamentary election.
deschide.md
Un nou mecanism de corupere electorală prinde contur în R. Moldova, având în prim-plan blocul „Victoria”, condus de condamnatul fugarul Ilan Șor. Potrivit unor date obținute din interiorul formațiu...
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EU sanctions Ilan Shor's Victory Bloc and associated political leaders in Moldova - clearly an attempt to throw a spanner in the works of their pretty intense campaigning, which is heavily backed by Russia.
Today the #EU Council has imposed restrictive measures against 7 individuals and 3 entities responsible for actions aimed at destabilising the sovereignty and stability of the Republic of Moldova. The new designations target close associates of Ilan #Shor
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RT @OCCRP: Spanish police have arrested Dmitry Artyakov, son of a top Russian defense official, for allegedly laundering millions through l….
occrp.org
Spanish police have arrested Dmitry Artyakov, son of a top Russian defense official, for allegedly laundering millions through luxury real estate purchases in Girona using funds linked to the Troika...
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It's not surprising that the outlet offers these services (many do) - just surprising that they're so open.
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Found a news website in a certain country with a clear price-list for carrying out journalistic investigations for prospective clients (presumably against their commercial/political opponents). There's some great prices out there right now, don't miss them
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RT @atanessi: Azerbaijan--Armenia summit in Abu Dhabi: the first proper Aliyev--Pashinyan meeting ever. Both sides appear keen to cut Russi….
bbc.com
Встреча в Абу-Даби может быть новой попыткой двух стран договориться — и сделать это без посредничества России.
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RT @atanessi: The deaths of two brothers in Russian custody have laid bare a diplomatic rift with Azerbaijan, as it challenges Moscow's dom….
bbc.co.uk
The rift exposes wider geopolitical shifts in the region, as Azerbaijan challenges Moscow's dominant role.
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