Miles Johnson
@miles-johnson.bsky.social
Investigative reporter at the Financial Times. Author of CHASING SHADOWS. Podcast: HOT MONEY: THE NEW NARCOS. www.ft.com/miles-johnson
Arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer properties originated in Russia. Full video with @miles-johnson.bsky.social now on YouTube (no FT subscription needed) www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5fV...
Arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer properties originated in Russia
YouTube video by Financial Times
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This is a great read, with a lot of details and moving seamlessly between Calabrian cosche, narcos in Colombia and Middle Eastern terrorists in Syria, Iran and Lebanon (since the 1970s/1980s) @miles-johnson.bsky.social
Chasing Shadows: A true story of drugs, war and the secret world of international crime
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Very excited that the FT’s brilliant podcast team have produced an audio version of my most recent FT Weekend Magazine story. It is called THE BROKER, and it’s about a failed American baseball player and stock broker who becomes a major international arms dealer.
On 28 Jan, 127 editors, lawyers, journalists and campaigners emailed Sir Keir Starmer calling for anti-SLAPP Provisions to be included in the King's Speech. Today 39 others joined our call, meaning 166 support steps to protect the right to speak out: antislapp.uk/2026/02/13/s...
Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto—Parties paying Iran using conventional finance risk being blocked from western-based financial systems as a result of US, EU and UK sanctions. www.ft.com/content/d1ce... @miles-johnson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto
Overture from Ministry of Defence Export Center comes as heavily sanctioned states turn to digital assets
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If you prefer print: FT Weekend Magazine is out today.
New FT Magazine cover story out today - How a failed baseball player and ex-Merrill Lynch broker became an international arms dealer.
Today’s must read FT investigation exposes new clandestine ties between Russian and Iran’s nuclear programmes From @miles-johnson.bsky.social and @maxseddon.bsky.social
Iranian nuclear experts held second covert meeting with Russian weapons institute
[FREE TO READ] US claims meeting is part of an effort by Tehran to acquire sensitive military technologies from Moscow
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Latest from me - How a tiny US gun shop won – and botched – a $1bn Ukraine contract. Based in an Arizona strip mall and boasting ‘reasonable prices’, OTL Firearms landed an order for vast quantities of rockets and other Soviet-standard munitions. It never delivered. on.ft.com/4qsKYDe
How a tiny US gun shop won — and botched — a $1bn Ukraine contract
[FREE TO READ] Based in an Arizona strip mall and boasting ‘reasonable prices’, OTL Firearms landed an order for vast quantities of rockets and other Soviet-standard munitions. It never delivered
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Looking forward to talking about journalism and great stories with some esteemed colleagues at the FT Weekend Festival in London this Saturday: ukftweekendfestival.live.ft.com/agenda/sessi...
FT Weekend Festival
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Eye-opening investigation on whether Iran is moving closer to building nuclear weapons, and also how deep Iran-Russia relations run www.ft.com/content/00f6...
The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia
An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research
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An FT investigation has found that an Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce components with civil applications that could have potential use in nuclear weapons research on.ft.com/3HjTumm
NEW INVESTIGATION: The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia, with @maxseddon.bsky.social Last August a delegation of Iranian nuclear scientists flew from Tehran to Moscow. They appeared like civilians working for a small Tehran-based consulting firm. But it was a cover story.
The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia
An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research
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UK investigates possible Russian involvement in Starmer arson attacks https://www.ft.com/content/0fb7a268-1bf6-4faf-ac60-67c53ddf1e62
UK investigates possible Russian involvement in Starmer arson attacks
Counterterrorism police looking into fires at properties connected to prime minister keep open mind about motive
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How Ukraine lost hundreds of millions on arms deals gone wrong https://www.ft.com/content/0bac7e00-1cd1-4874-aab7-011122752d9c
How Ukraine lost hundreds of millions on arms deals gone wrong
Desperate to source munitions, Kyiv paid foreign brokers for weapons and shells that were sometimes unusable or never arrived
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Thank you to The Sunday Long Read for featuring my FT Weekend Magazine story “The fugitive prince” in their excellent weekly email round up:
"The only question was whether he would escape alive." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to @miles-johnson.bsky.social & @financialtimes.com! Subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z www.ft.com/content/51f8...
The fugitive prince
A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine
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Today's featured #longreads 1/2: “The fugitive prince” by @miles-johnson.bsky.social “To his enemies, he is simply Paul Lambrino, a fantasist who, even after everything that happened, claims heirship to a nonexistent throne.”
The fugitive prince
A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine
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"He had fought his entire life to be accepted, yet here he was, facing disgrace and years behind bars, not as Prince Paul of Romania, but as Paul Lambrino, crook." @miles-johnson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com #longreads https://longreads.com/2025/01/22/the-fugitive-prince/
My FT Magazine story “The Fugitive Prince” is available as a free audio version in the player at the top of this webpage. It is read by me, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval and scored by Breen Turner. #longreads www.ft.com/content/51f8...
The fugitive prince
A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine
ft.com
My story in the FT Weekend Magazine today - The Fugitive Prince: how a man with a claim to a royal title and a vast fortune made a deal with a notorious businessman that cost him more than he could have imagined. www.ft.com/content/51f8...
