maria georgieva

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intressant detta: www.dn.se/insidan/sa-u...

Great investigation by many people I admire and enjoy working with.

— likely hired via sanctioned private security firms such as RSB Group and Moran Security Group to deter boardings, control regular crews, and collect intelligence, raising the risk of armed confrontation and even sabotage operations near #NATO waters.

Systematically adding two‑man teams of ex‑Wagner fighters, GRU Spetsnaz veterans, paratroopers, and other security operatives as “technicians” without maritime credentials on sanctioned oil tankers like Kira K, Qendil, Lebre, and others since mid‑2025 —

From Wagner to GRU, Russian Military Men Are Manning Moscow’s Shadow Fleet Cargo ships transporting sanctioned Russian oil through the Baltic Sea are routinely setting sail with two extra crew on board: a pair of Russian men with backgrounds in security organizations.

#Russia is quietly staffing its sanctions‑busting “shadow fleet” in the Baltic with ex‑Wagner fighters and GRU‑linked veterans, turning oil tankers into potential armed intel platforms that raise the risk of any Western boarding or seizure www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

Maria Georgieva on "Dread" or "Ужас" | Substack New work of investigative reporter Maria Georgieva. In Swedish, English, Russian, sometimes maybe in Bulgarian. Click to read Maria Georgieva on "Dread" or "Ужас", a Substack publication. Launched a y...

mariageorgieva.substack.com

Yes, I think it was your interview for DN that I came across this morning and got me on this thread...

In Tsarist Russia writers developed the art of "Aesopian language", using cultural references to deniably communicate subversive messages. In Russia today singing "I want to watch ballet" can get you arrested.

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Very interesting. I interviewed Stoptime recently.

#Russian people sing a forbidden song in St Petersburg. YouTube video by Jermilia

Bit of nostalgia: I arrived in Leningrad in June 1988, walked into this square and listened to people debating politics openly. This is last November, St Petersburg kids singing MC Noize's protest song "Swan Lake Collective". The band was arrested and now lives in exile. youtu.be/r_8PdHH4v4s

– When I sang, I knew Sasha could hear me through the wall. It was our way of communicating when we weren’t allowed to talk: mariageorgieva.substack.com/p/our-songs-... #Russia

– Back then I sang for those who stayed behind when I was still in Russia. Now I sing for emigrants, as an emigrant myself. But the feeling of unity is the same.

My interview with the young Russian group Stoptime and Naoko here:

mariageorgieva.substack.com/p/our-songs-...

Gatumusikanterna väckte ryska regimens vrede – spelar i Sverige Den unga trion Stoptime fördes bort av polis när de framförde låtar på gatan i Sankt Petersburg. Nu har de lämnat Ryssland och spelar snart i Stockholm.

Läs min intervju med Stoptime: www.dn.se/kultur/gatum...

War‑related spending and social promises are outpacing sustainable revenues, pushing the state toward more borrowing, higher taxes and future inflation.

The Russian economy has effectively split into a fast‑growing “military–state” sector and a stagnating civilian sector, with non‑defense industries squeezed by labor shortages and higher costs.

Some links.

The Bell's: “Russia’s economy after four years of war,” detailing how massive military spending, sanctions and isolation have structurally changed the economic model and masked growing vulnerabilities:
thebell.io/neobratimaya...

The human cost is staggering. UN and research estimates point to over 40,000 Ukrainian civilian casualties and some 100,000–140,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed, with true numbers likely far higher.

Four years into #Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, independent outlet Mediazona have confirmed at least 200,000 Russian soldiers killed, with losses spread across 27,000 towns + villages reveals how the Kremlin relies on the poorest regions to feed its war machine

zona.media/article/2026...

2018 besökte jag Moskvas enda kadettskola för kvinnor. Med fotograf Evgeny Feldman.

Different countries started from opposite intuitions – “Why would he?” versus “Why wouldn’t he?” – and that single mental frame led to totally different conclusions from essentially the same information.

Must-read from Shaun.

The piece ends on a stark lesson for future crises: don’t rule out scenarios just because they feel implausible, since that bias can blind even experienced services to what the evidence actually supports:
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Мессенджер Max тайно принадлежит Путину. Доказываю | Расследование YouTube video by Андрей Захаров

Here's the original report for all you Russian-speakers: youtu.be/3_LvSeMupHo?...

Must-see!

Har precis gjort en intervju med två modiga ryssar från Sankt Petersburg om ofriheten som unga ryssar lever i, läs mer i DN snart!

Medverkar i sverige live, svt, vid 17.38 idag för att prata om rekryteringen av ryska soldater till fronten.

De som är beredda att strida för pengar har till stor del redan rekryterats, medan resten väger de ekonomiska erbjudandena mot risken att aldrig återvända.

Pics: 2021, courtroom in Moscow: Aleksandr Cherkasov,
Courtroom in Kirov 2016: Evgeny Feldman
Protests in Moscow 2012 and 2021: following Olga ”The boy who lived”-protester, 2021, Maria Turchenkova.

Two years after Navalny’s death in a remote Arctic penal colony, in a joint move timed to the anniversary of his death, several European countries stated that tests detected the rare toxin epibatidine — a substance derived from Ecuadorian dart frogs — in tissue taken from Navalny’s body.