I’m really excited that my book on the history of Russia’s “illegal” spies comes out soon. It’s taken me years of work and covers a century of Soviet/Russian history... Below, a short thread about the book, as well as info on how to pre-order a copy.

Report from Kyiv on the consequences in Ukraine of the sudden and total shutdown of US foreign aid via USAID, initially for 90 days “It just impacts our morale … Do we redirect these projects to other agencies? We don’t really know what to do”

“Never in the postwar period has remembrance been as important as now … We are at an enormous turning point. Everything’s changed very quickly... In these times we need some tangible points of reference." My interview with Auschwitz museum director

@Geofutures Ha… yeah it’s interesting how this all works in practice. I also spoke to people who studied the whole year with him And didn’t suspect a thing….

@Geofutures Yep, he’s a major character

@brmacmillan a fascinating character indeed. he's only mentioned in passing, too many stories to tell them all well so i've had to be selective.

Please pre-order the book if it sounds interesting! I would be super grateful – these early sales are apparently very useful and important. UK amazon link here: US preorder links here:

‘Now all the rules are different’: Ukraine braces for dealmaker Trump to enter negotiations Some analysis of upcoming year for Ukraine - cautious hopes that Trump might bring something positive (underpinned by grim admission that it's probably unlikely)

Latest on Baltic cable saga, as Finns find 100km drag mark on seabed. It all points to deliberate sabotage. Estonian official: "If you’re dragging an anchor, it can’t be that you don’t notice it, because the ship would go off course. It’s not possible."

Wrote this on Ukraine’s really hard dilemmas as it faces a military personnel shortage. Increasingly older men in the trenches and alarming signs such as trained air defence units being depleted to send people to the front

A letter I've signed, along with a few dozen current and former international correspondents of the Guardian and the Observer, expressing alarm over the plans to sell the Observer without consultation, and solidarity with our colleagues there.

RT @PjotrSauer: Our deep dive with @shaunwalker7, looking at Trump's "peace plan" and how future negotiations might unfold, based on interv…

Spent some time, with @PjotrSauer, speaking to people in Kyiv, Moscow and Washington about Trump's plans for peace and how "negotiations" might look:

@howardamos @BloomsContinuum Congrats!

With thanks to @christogrozev for his sharing his - as usual, breathtakingly good - digging, as well as my colleagues @ashifa_k and @PjotrSauer who helped a lot with the research.