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@buccocapital ft.com/content/92c3be…

@acranberg @michaeljburry You should read the J Doe series maybe before dismissing this all as conspiracy. He discusses Canada at length (and touches on Keystone). I’m no energy expert, but found the detailed analysis rather interesting.

It is a compelling conspiracy theory that is refiners big bet on heavy oil compelled the us to grab the Venezuelan oil industry. There’s just one teeny problem with that theory: the facts. It’s true that Vx heavy oil exports are down by about 700,000 B/D (though the US could easily allow Chevron to produce more). But meanwhile Canadian heavy oil exports have skyrocketed to 3 mmbbl/day and the Keystone pipeline allows low cost access to the Gulf Coast to over 800,000 b/d. This already nicely offsets any Vz loss.

This is a terrific, tragic history of the Venezuelan oil saga, with US involvement. Puts the events of this weekend into an honest, informed perspective that will wow your friends and family. This is free, not mine, and I don't know the author, but it is really good, very helpful. Venezuelan Historical Primer: Friend, Foe, Vassal open.substack.com/pub/endtropy/p…

@ukinhungary @PaulFox_FCDO Paul — you retiring? Properly?

Mr Justin McKenzie Smith has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to 🇭🇺 in succession to @PaulFox_FCDO, who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Mr McKenzie Smith will take up his appointment during October 2025. FULL ANNOUNCEMENT👇 bit.ly/43Qgr9h

@csFraudAnalysis I wrote it because we assumed it was Wirecard operatives and we’d busted them. Never been able to identify them. Yes, I knew about Novichok then, but we had no idea of the extent of Marsalek’s 🇷🇺

#wirecard why did @murphyp write this story in February 2019? Have the people on the fotos been identified? Are they related to Orlin Roussev? ft.com/content/7300ac… "Former Alphavillain Sam Jones was wandering back over Southwark Bridge the other day when he noticed this chap and his female partner..." Paul Murphy, Dan McCrum, Sam Jones have all been Alphavillains? And paul (at that time) already knew about the Nowichok files. And probably Dan McCrum did know that too. And why did they even republish that story later? " We thought we’d re-up this piece from earlier this year today, for no particular reason. Enjoy. ---- Former Alphavillain Sam Jones was wandering back over Southwark Bridge the other day when he noticed this chap and his female partner..." Can anyone explain that? British humour? But have this people ("east european accent") been real?

@viceroyresearch @OCCRP Wow

Patience is bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Viceroy have held our tongues on the initiation of multiple criminal & civil proceedings relating to illegal surveillance, defamation, & threats made against us & our families. An exposé is available thanks to the @OCCRP. Enjoy. 1/2

@tigerzhang911 @ArashMassoudi @BondHack @sjhmorris @FT paul.murphy@ft.com

The Greensill trial begins today. Great memories from some of the most fun we've ever had reporting on a story... Here's one of the classics with @BondHack @sjhmorris How SoftBank’s dalliance with Greensill ended in disaster (from 2021) ft.com/content/72713b… via @ft

@csFraudAnalysis @danmccrum @thkrausslach @nytimes @mcelarier @meyerar I don’t know what you are saying here. What informant? How do the Kilbeys come into it? Where did what come from?

@danmccrum @thkrausslach @nytimes @mcelarier how does it feel to have used a Putin spy as an informant, @murphyp ? How much Money did Marsalek really pay to the Kilbeys? And where did it come from? #wirecard if you don't want me to give the answers, you should definitely Start asking the right questions... @meyerar

the financial Times is believed to have published misleading Statements in the wirecard case in at least two articles according to witness Statements in the munich court. so it is not too surprising to read misleading Statements here as well. it seems to be a kind of Routine!

@ramielobeidi Hi Rami. I don't seem to be able to direct message you... Paul

Libya is far different from Syria in a certain context. Syrians won’t regret the rule of cowardly Bashar and his regime, they will regret choosing a greater evil than that which governed them. Such is the tragedy of Syria.

@csFraudAnalysis Far too much here lost in translation. But there’s no conspiracy, nothing hidden.

#wirecard Ich halte das Gebahren der FT hier für ziemlich schäbig. x.com/murphyp/status…

@Wirecardsaga @Telegraph @haylesdixon It’s quite public. Marsalek gave me — as in “we, the FT” — the Novichok docs in October 2018. Old story.

@murphyp @Telegraph @haylesdixon Mr Murphy, speak out the truth about how this Nowichok thing appeared. What do you mean if you say "Marsalek was a source of information for us" in 2018 (!) Who is "us"? #wirecard This is entertaining gossip that is covering the truth #wirecard You are part of a scandal.

🇷🇺 When Jan Marsalek boarded a plane to Minsk, he left behind a £1.59bn black hole in his company’s finances and set the opening scenes of one of Germany’s biggest financial scandals. He is now one of Europe’s most wanted men. Read about him here ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/0…

@Telegraph @haylesdixon ft.com/content/511ecf…

"Now, no one can catch him" Read @haylesdixon's comprehensive investigation into Russian spymaster Jan Marsalek ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/0…

@JG_Nuke Jack -- can you ping me? paul.murphy@ft.com

$50B in Capex later… 😂 Why spend 10 seconds opening your calendar to check manually when you can take three photos, make three verbal prompts, and wait 15 seconds each time for the Ai to (hopefully) do it for you?

@WallStCynic @FD Nope. Western intelligence etc were completely ignorant. What you are seeing now is the result of panicky catch up, post WC collapse.

I still have this nagging suspicion, given what we now know, that the German government (and Western intelligence agencies) KNEW Wirecard was a fraud, but were monitoring it to see where some of the money was going. Short-sellers and journalists were getting in the way. @FD

The U.K. has less than 12 months to regain its footing on crypto or face losing its status as a global financial-services leader, former Chancellor Philip Hammond warns trib.al/2SniLLw

The fake hitman, the crypto king and a wild revenge plan gone bad on.ft.com/46YpwM7

@saylor @MicroStrategy It’s just known as averaging down. Old as the hills.

MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 301 bitcoins for ~$6.0 million at an average price of ~$19,851 per #bitcoin. As of 9/19/22 @MicroStrategy holds ~130,000 bitcoins acquired for ~$3.98 billion at an average price of ~$30,639 per bitcoin. microstrategy.com/en/investor-re…

@FAC263 @doctorow @BenLesh Careful, it’s owned by a former world kickboxing champ Introducing Riyadh Al-Azzaw… ft.com/content/a89fb2…

@BenLesh @doctorow Same car today (saw the plate), right across the street from Harrod’s.

Gilded lily

I said I don’t tweet Izzy😡

@izakaminska @jamesmontgomery The name was suggested by a former hedge fund corr at the FT (Stephen..?..American…joined a short fund.) he’d used it for an earlier proposal, which had been declined by the top brass.

@jamesmontgomery @murphyp Yeah that sounds about right. Nice to have it confirmed! I, in any case, didn't get round to seeing the film until a good few years into my stint.

Since it's my last week at FT Alphaville, I thought I might sign off my time at the FT with a little thread about the Jean-Luc Godard film Alphaville, and its amazing foresight.