The 300 “people” in your replies calling you a traitor because you don’t want to drown refugees

"The room gave off a musty smell—one familiar to anyone who has ever entered a Russian bureaucratic building. On the wall hung a poster of a smirking Putin in a suit and sunglasses along with the word 'Svoy,' meaning: One of our own. Through the window I could see the glowing white and red lights of a KFC," writes WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich.⁠ ⁠ "The man in the suit, an investigator, in Russian law enforcement parlance, calmly told me he was charging me with espionage, a crime that carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. 'Do you understand what that means?' he asked.⁠ ⁠ "I nodded. An odd sense of relief flooded through me. It's a feeling I've been trying to understand ever since.⁠ ⁠ "'If there's anything you'd like to say,' the investigator continued, 'now would be a good time.'⁠ ⁠ "I asked again to see the Journal's lawyers. The investigator got up and left me waiting with the agent and another who joined him. The agent who had checked my biography and I started talking. He seemed eager for the chance to speak with an American, especially one he believed to be a spy. I was curious to talk to an FSB agent—and to distract myself from thinking about what would come next.⁠ ⁠ "He asked questions about life back home, complained that it took too long for the U.S. to come to the Soviet Union's aid in World War II, and asked whether I thought Ukraine could mount a successful counteroffensive against Russia's invading forces in the current war. Much of our conversation on that night in late March 2023 has been lost to the fog of shock, but one moment remains with me with absolute clarity.⁠ ⁠ "'You can't step in the same river twice,' the agent told me deep into the night, as we were preparing to part. 'Your life will be completely different now.'"⁠ ⁠ Read the exclusive excerpt from WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's new book: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4AMGmNI

A first in my career: a malicious actor has copied the entire NV article archive, created a fake site, and planted a single (1) fake story in it, which is then further spread via a network of bots on social networks. Investigations are ongoing.

After Lithuania voted to lift its ban on hosting nuclear weapons this week, RIA Novosti published a piece saying Russia should invade or nuke it. "Russia awaits another special operation. It'll be very quick." RIA deleted the piece, but it's here: web.archive.org/web/20260925…

Canada’s Capital during the Fall 🇨🇦🍁

New round of mobilization would add strain to Russian political system, but on its own is unlikely to trigger a marked increase in protest activity ridl.io/mobilization-after-t…

An article by Marcus Kolga and me was published in *The Globe and Mail* today; among other things, we describe how the conduct of Washington Capitals @NHL player Alexander Ovechkin supports the Russian regime and its imperialist war in Ukraine theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e…

At the drive thru

Пропагандисты из РИА Новости опубликовали колонку о том, что «Россию ждет еще одна СВО» — в Литве. А потом удалили ее  meduza.io/news/2026/09/25/pr…

"I'm British and Russia is NOT my enemy!" "Jag är svensk och Ryssland är INTE min fiende!" "I'm American and Russia is NOT my enemy!" "Jeg er dansker, og Rusland er IKKE min fjende!" "Jestem Polakiem i Rosja NIE jest moim wrogiem!" "Olen suomalainen, eikä Venäjä ole viholliseni!" "Ich bin Deutscher, und Russland ist NICHT mein Feind!" "მე ქართველი ვარ და რუსეთი ჩემი მტერი არ არის!" "Jeg er norsk, og Russland er IKKE min fiende!" "I'm Australian and Russia is NOT my enemy!" "私は日本人です。ロシアは私の敵ではありません！" "Ik ben Nederlander en Rusland is NIET mijn vijand!"

Putin: The war will continue until its root causes are eliminated. The root cause of the war:

In his latest unhinged rant, Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov says he has questions about why Britain is still allowed to exist He says Britain has given the world nothing of value other than Shakespeare and Dickens

Russian soldiers tortured a 3-year-old boy and forced him to watch them sexually assault and kill his mother during the occupation of Kherson.

I'm russian and russia is my enemy 🤷‍♀️

And right on cue, Alberta separatist influencer pops up with “Ukraine is a Nazi state.” To frustrated federalists in the “send a message” camp, please think twice before lending folks like this your vote, and the democratic credibility they crave.

Today at the UN Security Council I had a simple message for the Russian representative: It's time to tell Putin the truth. The world knows that Russia is failing in this war. The Russian people can feel it and ministers know it too. The UK will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.

Putin is becoming increasingly dangerous as his war with Ukraine drags on - but just because he can escalate against NATO doesn’t mean he will choose to do so, NATO’s deputy Europe commander told me. @KristenMichalPM likened Putin to a “rat in the corner.” apnews.com/article/nato-russ…

What particularly amuses me sometimes is how often Putin is portrayed as some dark genius of the old Soviet KGB school, with people trying to analyze and second-guess his elaborate, multilayered plans, tactics, and strategies, as though he were some grandmaster of international espionage who has never lost his touch. When, in reality, Putin was just a faceless Soviet bureaucrat stationed in Dresden who, in the early 1990s, soon became a functionary of the mafia running St. Petersburg City Hall, responsible for feeding bullshit to foreign businessmen looking to invest in their city.