Caroline von Gall

‼️Для наших подписчиков: если вы живёте или бываете в России, вам нужно минимизировать риски. Прочитайте рекомендации наших юристов: storage.googleapis.com/kldscp/memoria… Подробнее о происходящем — в треде.

Schreckliche Helden: Eine Konferenz der Sacharow-Gesellschaft widmet sich russischen Kriegsheimkehrern, von denen viele mit ihrer Gewaltbereitschaft auffallen. Dass sie Privilegien genießen, schürt den Ärger noch. #Echobox=1774095847" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">faz.net/aktuell/feuill…

Russian officials have added my boss, Ivan Kolpakov, to the national wanted list. It's just the latest police attack on Meduza. Last year, cofounder Galina Timchenko was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for her work at Meduza. zona.media/news/2026/03/1…

👀"Russian state hackers are engaged in a large-scale global cyber campaign to gain access to Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to dignitaries, military personnel and civil servants," per the Dutch intelligence and security services MIVD and AIVD. english.aivd.nl/latest/news/20…

It was never about “Russian speakers.” Only about destruction and domination. People are still there. Phosphorus over Kostiantynivka. Video: @28ombr

Election Expert Silenced: Russia Labels Alexander Kynev a “Foreign Agent” Kynev is one of the country’s leading researchers of elections, a long-time analyst of political processes in Russia and the post-Soviet space, with a particular focus on regional politics and elections at all levels. He has worked as a consultant for #Yabloko and previously headed the analytical department of the now-liquidated election watchdog #Golos. Kynev is the author of multiple books and hundreds of academic and publicist texts on Russian elections and regional governance, including for REM (links are provided below). Despite making several controversial statements in recent years, including on Ukrainian and European politics, REM considers Kynev’s expertise on Russian elections critically important. He remains based in Russia and is not affiliated with any pro-government institutions. In November 2025, Kynev proposed a protest strategy for the 2026 State Duma elections he called “Vote Out of Spite.” The idea was simple: citizens should go to polling stations precisely because the authorities insist participation is pointless. 🗣️ “The only motivation that can work is: vote out of spite. Participation itself is protest — acting despite everything. The entire system is built to keep you away and ensure everything is tightly controlled. It doesn’t matter whom you vote for. Vote for anyone. Even the LDPR. Voting while sitting on the couch is not protest,” Kynev said at the time. After being designated a “foreign agent,” Kynev wrote on his Telegram channel that the decision was an attempt to “silence” him and warned of financial and administrative “strangulation.” May 2022: To Russian opposition after the disaster of 2022: Enlighten, not repent. russian-election-monitor.org/enlighten-not-… August 2023: "The current government is not going anywhere". On political changes in Russia. russian-election-monitor.org/the-current-go… September 2023: Elections without change? russian-election-monitor.org/elections-with… August 2024: Who rules Russian regions. Alexander Kynev on how the system of power has changed over 30 years. russian-election-monitor.org/who-rules-russ… August 2024: The main intrigue of September elections — will Communists regain their positions? russian-election-monitor.org/the-main-intri… #RussianPolitics #RussianElections #ForeignAgents #PoliticalRepression #Kynev

I've been working on this for ages in various countries: the story of the intelligence buildup to Putin's 2022 invasion. How did the US and Britain find out so much, and why were Europe and Ukraine sceptical. It's a long one: theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…