Stephanie Baker
@stephanie-baker.bsky.social
Senior Writer at Bloomberg News/Businessweek for investigations. Author of Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia. www.stephaniebakerwriter.com @bloomberg.com
Russian influence operators called it Project 2026. The plan wasn’t just to spread fabricated stories on social media platforms. It outlined efforts to create an alternative information ecosystem. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Russia’s Wiki Warfare Tries to Distort Reality, Documents Show
Leaked files reveal the Social Design Agency’s efforts to control the information that underpins search engines and AI chatbots.
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I joined @bloombergtv.bsky.social for our new weekend show to talk about Ukrainian drone attacks and Russia’s widening fuel shortages. Civilian fuel sales are now suspended in Crimea
Great to be on @lbc.co.uk with Matthew Wright to talk about the significance of the British military boarding a Russian shadow fleet tanker for the first time in the English Channel. #Russia #sanctions #oil
A clip from my recent interview on @siliconcurtain.bsky.social podcast about my investigation into Russian cognitive warfare. X is the Kremlin’s favorite platform for narrative laundering. Full episode here: youtu.be/MEMVkeWot18?... #russia #ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer effectively walked back tighter sanctions on Russian derived jet fuel, diesel and LNG maritime services by issuing licenses allowing both to continue. Another bungled policy. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a0c62...
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Listen to Bloomberg’s Big Take podcast about my story on how Russia is spreading disinformation on an industrial scale. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Our mini documentary on How to Spot a Russian Deep Fake is now out from behind the Bloomberg paywall and available on youtube. Have a watch below. #Russia #Ukraine #Putin #disinformation www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9GQ...
How to Spot a Russian Deepfake | Bloomberg Investigates
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Great to be on the Telegraph’s Ukraine: The Latest podcast to talk about my latest investigation into a Russian disinformation operation known as Storm-1516 #Russia #Ukraine full episode: youtu.be/OKk-l_JWnQ4?...
I went on BBC Newshour last night to talk about the impact of Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil assets. The global oil price spike and Trump’s sanctions waivers have rescued Putin from a financial crunch. Have a listen about 30 minutes in. #Russia #Ukraine #oil #Iran www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Newshour - Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal - BBC Sounds
Iran says Trump must now choose between an impossible military operation and a bad deal
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We spent a year tracking a covert Russian disinformation operation called Storm-1516 to catalogue almost 200 fabricated stories spread by mostly anonymous influencers that have racked up hundreds of millions of views on X. They're changing the conversation. #Russia www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Russian Disinformation War’s Most Potent Weapon Is Bending Realities
Storm-1516 campaign uses fabricated videos, phony websites and anonymous influencers to spread tales about election fraud, corruption and sexual abuse.
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On why the markets are the only check on Trump. (Monday’s show)
Always a pleasure to go on the Telegraph’s podcast Ukraine the Latest to discuss sanctions on Russia, particularly the impact of events in Iran and Venezuela. I’m on @ 27 minutes in. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
Russia forces African recruits to become suicide bombers & Zelensky declares ‘state of emergency’
Podcast Episode · Ukraine: The Latest · 15/01/2026 · 46m
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The new Great Game in Central Asia > The Russian war machine’s scramble to secure an unlikely component for its ammunition – cotton pulp – looks to a new plant in Uzbekistan with ties to an Uzbek tycoon, Rustam Muminov, recently sanctioned by the UK and EU. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Russia’s Munitions Push Sparks Scramble for Central Asian Cotton
The Russian war machine’s scramble to secure an unlikely component for its ammunition – cotton pulp – may have found a potential supply in Uzbekistan, where a new plant’s capacity far outstrips domest...
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Enjoyed talking to Andrew Marr on LBC tonight about the EU meeting on whether to use frozen Russian assets to back a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine. Crunch time
Five major lawsuits filed today against US chip manufacturers Texas Instruments, Intel, AMD and distributor Mouser in Texas for failing to stop their technology from getting into Russian missiles and Iranian drones killing and maiming Ukrainian civilians. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Intel, AMD Accused of Failing to Block Chips in Russian Missiles
Microchip manufacturers Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. were accused in a series of lawsuits of failing to keep their technology out of Russian-made weapons used to...
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I spoke with BBC World Service over the weekend about Ukraine’s attacks on two shadow fleet oil tankers linked to Russia in the Black Sea. Message from Kyiv: trade with Russia means you could lose your ship
Honored to moderate a panel at BAFTA last night after the screening of #Timestamp, a documentary about how Ukrainian schoolchildren are struggling during the war. With Christina Lamb and producers Olha Bregman and Zoya Lytvyn.
Great to be on @CNN.com albeit very early this morning to talk about the latest on Russia and Ukraine.
Bloomberg Scoop: “Here’s what I think would be amazing,” Witkoff then added. “Maybe he says to President Trump: you know, Steve and Yuri discussed a very similar 20-point plan to peace and that could be something that we think might move the needle a little bit” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
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A rollercoaster on BBC 5 Live’s call-in show this morning discussing latest talks to bring peace to Ukraine. Had to respond to one caller who said the war in Ukraine was a civil war, not an invasion. Some Brits still in a Russian echo chamber
Putin's war chest is shrinking because of Trump's recent sanctions on Rosneft/Lukoil - not because of the toothless Senate bill threatening tariffs on buyers of Russian oil. Graham's bill has waivers galore, and Trump can already impose tariffs if he wants to www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Russia’s Oil Flows and Prices Deepen Slide in Hit to War Funding
The value of oil shipments from Russian ports fell to the lowest since April 2023
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On @bbcworldservice Newshour I discuss Trump’s decision to give Hungary’s Viktor Orban a 1 year exemption from his recent Russian oil sanctions and why Hungary’s continued import of Russian oil is such a problem. With @OwenBennettJone clip below:
I went on BBC News Radio 4 today with Jonny Dymond to talk about the EU’s scramble to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back up a 140 billion euro loan to Ukraine, and why it’s taken so long. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Always a pleasure to go on Ukraine: The Latest from @telegraphnews.bsky.social with Dominic Nicholls and Francis Dearnley to talk about where we stand in the ecoomic war against Russia with Trump's latest oil sanctions. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
Ukraine strikes elite Russian unit on Black Sea oil rig & rescues camel from overrun Russian position
Podcast Episode · Ukraine: The Latest · 04/11/2025 · 50m
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Great to be on @NPR.org with Ayesha Rascoe to talk about the Trump administration’s new sanctions on Russian oil after Putin’s refusal to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine. Listen here www.npr.org/2025/10/26/n...
How the U.S.'s new sanctions on Russia could impact the war in Ukraine
The Trump administration has levied new sanctions against Russia, targeting the country's oil industry. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Stephanie Baker about the implications.
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I went on Times Radio this morning to talk about Trump’s decision to impose sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil. It is a significant turning point and the first time Trump has hit Russia directly with sanctions in his second term. This will squeeze Russia’s revenues
Trump finally sanctions Russia’s two largest oil producers Rosneft and Lukoil after Putin refused a ceasefire. This is a major turning point and hopefully will be backed up by threats of secondary sanctions on anyone that does business with them.
Another big turnout for our panel on Trump’s second tumultuous term at the Cheltenham Literature Festival moderated by the always sharp @hugorifkind.bsky.social Rifkind alongside @joshglancy.bsky.social and Katy Balls. We covered the world, from Gaza/Israel to Russia/Ukraine, tariffs and ICE.
