My debut for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: Putin’s Long Arm Turns Exile Into 'Civic Death' ● New legislation would turn exile into “civic death” — cutting critics off from passports, bank accounts, property and consular services. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/putins-lon...

Putin’s Long Arm Turns Exile Into 'Civic Death'

Jason Corcoran reports on new Russian legislation that will punish exiled critics by restricting access to passports, bank accounts, property and consular services

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My debut for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: Putin’s Long Arm Turns Exile Into 'Civic Death' ● New legislation would turn exile into “civic death” — cutting critics off from passports, bank accounts, property and consular services. www.bylinesupplement.com/p/putins-lon...

Putin’s Long Arm Turns Exile Into 'Civic Death'

Jason Corcoran reports on new Russian legislation that will punish exiled critics by restricting access to passports, bank accounts, property and consular services

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A private banquet in central Moscow ended in an explosion with three dead and 20 injured. ● The incident occurred at the Balzi Rossi restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square amid unconfirmed reports that a Russian General was hosting a party. SOURCE: nexta_tv

Delighted to see my book Leaving Russia featured by Macro-Advisory as one of "two standout books about Russia so far in 2026" alongside Michael Pugh's Riding Through War and Peace. ● Chris Weafer and Macro produce the most comprehensive annual review of books on Russia and Eurasia.

Delighted to see my book Leaving Russia featured by Macro-Advisory as one of "two standout books about Russia so far in 2026" alongside Michael Pugh's Riding Through War and Peace. ● Chris Weafer and Macro produce the most comprehensive annual review of books on Russia and Eurasia.

Great to back on LMFM radio live with host Gerry Kelly to talk about my book Leaving Russia and the war with Ukraine. ●I last spoke to Gerry in 2014 from St. Petersburg after the first sanctions were imposed after the annexation of Crimea !

EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: How Russian Oligarchs sought Irish "golden passports" jasoncorcoran2022.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: How Russian Oligarchs sought Irish golden passports

Bloomberg reported last week that Russia's wealthiest oligarchs transferred "tens of billions" of dollars overseas in the past year as concerns about Putin's deteriorating war economy intensified.

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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: How Russian Oligarchs sought Irish "golden passports" jasoncorcoran2022.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: How Russian Oligarchs sought Irish golden passports

Bloomberg reported last week that Russia's wealthiest oligarchs transferred "tens of billions" of dollars overseas in the past year as concerns about Putin's deteriorating war economy intensified.

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My @themoscowtimes.com OpEd: #Crimea was Putin's crown jewel. Now it's becoming his milestone. ● When Russians no longer feel safe on holidays, it's much more than a tourism crisis. It's a crack in the myth that made him. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/16/e...

Even If Ukraine Doesn't Recapture Crimea, Kyiv Has Damaged Russia's Credibility - The Moscow Times

Opinion | This summer, none of our friends or relatives still in Russia will holiday in Crimea.

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My @themoscowtimes.com OpEd: #Crimea was Putin's crown jewel. Now it's becoming his milestone. ● When Russians no longer feel safe on holidays, it's much more than a tourism crisis. It's a crack in the myth that made him. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/16/e...

Even If Ukraine Doesn't Recapture Crimea, Kyiv Has Damaged Russia's Credibility - The Moscow Times

Opinion | This summer, none of our friends or relatives still in Russia will holiday in Crimea.

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#Aughinish Alumina exports making their way to the Russian military supply chain cannot be ruled out, an Irish Government report is expected to say @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Aughinish Alumina report will not rule out that material is used in Russian weapons

At the highest level in Government there is much sensitivity about the Co Limerick plant

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Shares in @gazprom.bsky.social, Russia's gas export monopoly, sank to a 17-year low on news of the suspension of gas pipeline negotiations with China. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/15/a...

Leaving Russia - Wartime Brain Drain that Stripped Russia of a Generation of Talent! Silicon Curtain May 10, 2026 Conversations & Debates Corcoran a long-term Moscow correspondent, who spent 14 years in Moscow who became personally entangled in the story he was covering. youtu.be/SvCHj0VKiBo?...

Leaving Russia - Wartime Brain Drain that Stripped Russia of a Generation of Talent!

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Kremlim-owned VTB Bank has imposed restrictions on cash withdrawals from bank cards in #Crimea amidst a worsening economic crisis, according to Russian media RBC ● VTB, Russia's second-biggest lender, operates a network of 1,400 ATMs in Crimea, ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/11/v...

Ireland faces moral choice over #Aughinish Alumina, says @DmytroKuleba, Ukraine's former Foreign Minister ● Failure to stop exports from Ireland will "be stained with the blood of Ukrainians." #Rusal #Deripaska www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Ireland faces moral choice over Aughinish Alumina, says former Ukrainian foreign minister

Failure to stop export of alumina from to Russia will be ‘stained with the blood of Ukrainians’, says Dmytro Kuleba

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A UAE-based oligarch speaking out isn't the same as a Kremlin insider breaking ranks. ● While Melnichenko is one of Russia's wealthiest industrialists, he's not one of the pivotal power brokers so his criticism is only symbolically interesting.

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It pays to watch Russia for warnings of fatigue or discontent. Our cover this week features the most stunning such warning so far. A leading oligarch speaks out, warning of the looming disaster facing his country bit.ly/4eTHOoB

Shares in VTB, Russia's second-biggest bank, plunged to historic lows amid fears of a banking crisis in Russia. ● Shares fell 9% today amid a cash outflow, loan defaults, and forecasts that Putin's economy could face a deep banking crisis. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/08/a...

Huge pressure on Ireland to nationalise Russian-owned #Aughinish refinery after European Parliament voted in favour of a proposal to ban alumina exports to Russia. www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...

MEPs vote in favour of ban on alumina exports to Russia

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a proposal to ban alumina exports to Russia.

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MEPs from Ireland's ruling Fianna Fáil party will abstain in a European Parliament vote tomorrow on a call for a ban on #alumina exports to Russia. ● MEPs from their coalition partners (Fine Gael) will vote in favour. #Rusal #Aughinish www.rte.ie/news/politic...

FF MEPs to abstain from vote over Russian alumina exports

Fianna Fáil MEPs will abstain in a European Parliament vote tomorrow on a call for a ban on alumina exports to Russia.

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Many thanks to Dion Fanning and The Currency for running an excellent interview and a podcast about my book Leaving Russia over the weekend. thecurrency.news/articles/232...

“Up until the invasion of Ukraine, foreign journalists were left alone in Russia. That changed” - The Currency

Russia has baffled the west for centuries. Arthur Miller said there could be found in images of Russia “a longing, an aspiration … a sense of contradiction, and paradox reaching down to the roots of R...

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Many thanks to Dion Fanning and The Currency for running an excellent interview and a podcast about my book Leaving Russia over the weekend. thecurrency.news/articles/232...

“Up until the invasion of Ukraine, foreign journalists were left alone in Russia. That changed” - The Currency

Russia has baffled the west for centuries. Arthur Miller said there could be found in images of Russia “a longing, an aspiration … a sense of contradiction, and paradox reaching down to the roots of R...

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Queues at Russian gas stations are now visible from space, according to BBC Verify.

Gutted to miss Dalkey Book Festival this year while I was in he UK for the launch of Leaving Russia. Delighted to make it into @gutterdalkey.bsky.social today, though, where the lovely staff let me sign their copies

Staggering: Ireland’s Deputy PM @simonharrisireland.bsky.social says he has not been involved in any discussions regarding a potential nationalisation of the Russian oligarch-owned #Aughinish Alumina refinery. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Ireland to 'develop approach' with EU over Aughinish

Taoiseach Mícheál Martin has said Ireland will "develop an approach" with the European Commission on how to respond to the shipments of alumina from the Aughinish Alumina refinery in Co Limerick to Ru...

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Gutted to miss Dalkey Book Festival this year while I was in he UK for the launch of Leaving Russia. Delighted to make it into @gutterdalkey.bsky.social today, though, where the lovely staff let me sign their copies

"Russia could be left without bread." ● The head of a State Duma committee warned the Kremlin is concealing the scale of the country's escalating fuel crisis. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/02/s...

It was a pleasure to join my good friend and former FT colleague Simoney Kyriakou @moorgatemermaid.bsky.social on the Margin Notes podcast to discuss my new book Leaving Russia and the dramatic rise and fall of Russia as an investment destination. www.ftadviser.com/content/9969...

Leaving Russia: how the war has destroyed decades of progress

Investing in emerging markets has had a resurgence of interest in recent years.

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Herman Gref, the boss of Russia’s largest lender Sberbank, has made a surprise call for a quick end to the war amid growing economic stagnation ● Gref, Putin's former Economy Minister, heads a bank controlling 45% of nation's deposits and a third of all loans.

Just about recovered from last Friday's UK launch of Leaving Russia at Pushkin House in London. It was a joy to celebrate with friends and colleagues and huge thank you to everyone who braved the dome of searing heat to make it to Bloomsbury Square.

Irish government has approached the EU for funding possible #Aughinish Alumina nationalisation ● I can't claim any credit but my recent @irishexaminer and @MoscowTimes OpEds jested the Putin oligarchs must have Kompromat on the government because they weren't considering it.