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Anna Arutunyan

@scrawnya

Writer. Formerly @CrisisGroup & @themoscownews. Author of Rebel Russia, Downfall (with Mark Galeotti), Hybrid Warriors & The Putin Mystique
A Russian-American abroad. amazon.com/Anna-Arutunyan… Joined January 2011
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Anna Arutunyan @scrawnya
The Russians were doing this before it became cool
Kevin Rothrock Verified account @MrKevinRothrock Nov 3
Yikes. Ukrainian prosecutors have formally named @IuliiaMendel, Zelensky’s former press secretary, a treason suspect, citing her Tucker Carlson interview and social media posts. She is also accused of the crime of "justifying Russia’s aggression." gp.gov.ua/ua/posts/ukray…
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Anna Arutunyan @scrawnya
The benefit is to the Kremlin, not consumers. Aside from the temporary license to sell, which it welcomed so much that it lifted its export ban, now Washington is invested in Kyiv reducing its long-range strikes on Russian refineries without Moscow having to do the same.
Stanimir Dobrev Verified account @delfoo Oct 9
@scrawnya What benefits exactly? 0 tons of diesel was exported from Russia last week not due to a lack of paying buyers but due to Russian inability to actually ship fuel. Any diesel fuel in October that Russia ships to the US is at expense of domestic buyers amid the sowing campaign.
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Anna Arutunyan @scrawnya
So Moscow leveraged sanctions relief in energy truce. But seems that Kyiv's refusal of an energy truce as long as economic benefits for Moscow were in play has led to Moscow getting the economic benefits anyway (because Trump needed the diesel) without any energy truce for Kyiv.
Kevin Rothrock Verified account @MrKevinRothrock Oct 9
Presumably, this is what's behind the "new ideas" reportedly animating Kushner/Witkoff's latest. On the one hand, that Russia would entertain any truce for something short of Kyiv's capitulation is remarkable, though the reality here is probably, unfortunately, something else.
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Anna Arutunyan @scrawnya
The liberal-nationalist horseshoe that also shows how absurd the whole "axis of authoritarianism" discourse (not just from Snyder) really is. Good highlights from Mr. Kevin
Kevin Rothrock Verified account @MrKevinRothrock Aug 21
A very interesting article from Marlène Laruelle on the mirrored "master concepts" that fuel the prophecies of Timothy Snyder and Alexander Dugin. I've marked some of the most provocative passages. theideasletter.org/essay/in-the-c…
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