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Anne Applebaum

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Journalist and historian. Has written extensively about the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Mar 7, 2023
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Interesting thread

Tweet Mar 7, 2023
It's striking just how quickly Moscow's authority in Central Asia has collapsed. A thread, spinning off the claim by National Anti-Corruption Committee (NAC) Kirill Kabanov chair that "there is no respect for Russia in Central Asia" 1/ www.mk.ru/poli
by Mark Galeotti
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Feb 1, 2023
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Interesting thread

Tweet Feb 1, 2023
Late to this excellent and thoughtful piece by @StevenErlanger that provoked much debate inside @EurasiaGroup. But I don't buy the idea that there's a structural shift underway in the EU - with power and influence moving east. Longish thread 1/ www.n
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Jan 23, 2023
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Interesting thread

Tweet Jan 23, 2023
Lavrov's 2023 Africa Tour 🧵OPEN THREAD The second tour since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Lavrov is reportedly visiting South Africa, eSwatini, Botswana, Angola, Tunisia, Mauritania, Algeria and Morocco. As part of my Russia-Global Sou
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Dec 19, 2022
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Important thread - read to the end

Tweet Dec 19, 2022
Russia against Putin. A thread on what's going on with the public opinion of the Russian society. (A lot. It changes rapidly, and definitely not in the way Putin would like it to change). 1/18
by Leonid Volkov
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Dec 3, 2022
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Amazing thread

Tweet Dec 2, 2022
One painting from every year of the 17th century, from China to India and Italy to Mexico and everywhere in between, in chronological order. 1601: The Calling of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio 1/100 twitter.com/culturaltutor/status/1598536718910599168
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Nov 27, 2022
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Life in Kyiv. Incredible thread

Tweet Nov 27, 2022
Good evening. Day 5 after the latest Russian attack on Kyiv. Day 277 of the war. I am president of the Kyiv School of Economics, a former minister of economy of Ukraine, and a professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh. I left the US for
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Oct 30, 2022
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"The FSB has funneled tens of millions of dollars from some of Russia’s biggest state companies to cultivate a network of Moldovan politicians and reorient the country toward Moscow" - another brilliant piece of work from @CatherineBelton

Article Aug 28, 2022
Russia’s security service works to subvert Moldova’s pro-Western government
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Mar 26, 2022
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Important thread on the fate of Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory. Once again: this is exactly what the Soviet NKVD and Red Army did in central Europe in 1939 and again in 1945. Same playbook.

Tweet Mar 25, 2022
It is difficult to keep track of the developments in the occupied territory. Here are observations from the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, which I like many others monitor closely. A thread 🧵 /1
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Mar 10, 2022
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Must read. On Lavrov's mysteriously loaded mistress, and her daughter.

Tweet Mar 10, 2022
I would like you to meet Polina Kovaleva. Polina is a 26-year-old glamorous Russian girl from London🇬🇧. She lives in a huge apartment in Kensington and loves to party, her instagram feed looks like a non-stop holiday. That’s not unheard of, but there
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Mar 8, 2022
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Mind-blowing thread

Tweet Mar 7, 2022
Jesus, Ukraine just killed Gen. Maj. Vitaly Gerassimov, chief of staff of the 41 Army. At Kharkiv. Russia, if you're listening: delete your army.
by Christo Grozev
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Mar 7, 2022
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really good thread

Tweet Mar 7, 2022
As we ask "how will this end?" one possible answer (more likely than Putin caving or being overthrown) is that the Russian army will start to disintegrate as it did at the end of World War I -- battered, poorly supplied, unable to move forward, not a
by Tom Malinowski
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum · Mar 4, 2022
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Read this for an insight into the ignorant, self-pitying world of the wealthy Russian elite. She believes the lies she hears on state television. Her credit cards are frozen. The whole world is ganging up on her!

Article Mar 3, 2022
“There’s a Narrative in Russia That You Won’t Hear in the U.S. Media”
by Vicky Ward
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