Chief leader writer of the Financial Times. Ex-Eastern Europe Editor, Moscow, New York, Brussels. Sometimes I'll tweet The FT View. Other views my own.
Joined December 2011
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Sergei Ivanov, once seen as a possible successor to Putin, has died at only 73. I interviewed him along with @CatherineBelton in 2007, when he seemed the presidential frontrunner. A different era.
Ivanov sets out his tough vision for Russia’s future ft.com/content/d61a7d42-edd9…
Terrific profile of Britain's next prime minister, by the FT's Northern England correspondent. The decade that made Andy Burnham ft.com/content/9949d99f-a348… via @ft
Great investigation from @FT. Arson targeting Keir Starmer properties originated in Russia ft.com/content/dd79d6eb-44e4… via @ft
The #FTView: Britain needs to be bolder in its EU reset. Labour's self-imposed red lines are regrettable, but there's still scope to be more ambitious ft.com/content/7865baeb-772f… via @ft
The FT View on USAID and the wilful sabotage of American soft power. Trump's suspension of foreign aid is putting help to millions at risk - and opening space for China ft.com/content/d2a9ba8e-81ce… via @ft
I had the pleasure of briefly sharing an office with Samer Iskandar in Brussels in 1998. One summer Friday night we drove to Paris in his yellow sports car and spent a wonderful weekend with his friends. A beautiful tribute here to a much-missed FT alumnus on.ft.com/3XaUNsW
Fantastic news, as Viktor Orbán apparently backs down: EU agrees to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova ft.com/content/8d90f585-faa4… via @ft
If the UK is ever going to reach net zero, how can major expansion and modernisation of the rail system not be part of the solution?
‘Managed decline’: the uncertain future for British rail after cuts to HS2 ft.com/content/cd3bb430-a7c8… via @ft
If you read one piece this week, make it this one:
One year in a struggling British state school ft.com/content/96a37654-f8ea…
This is very good: ‘Oppenheimer’ is a great film about the wrong man ft.com/content/33623f2d-d686…
Very excited that @paul_d_gould 's excellent novel is published June 8 and already available to pre-order. A fascinating and evocative snapshot of Moscow and its underground LGBT community before and after the Soviet collapse
Excited to see copies of my #Russian novel reaching eager readers!
To join them 📢PRE-ORDER NOW📢@unbounders on bit.ly/449zgCm
The end of the USSR, #lgbt love and #antiwar demos — all in a book #Putin won't want you to read!
Still a few hours left to put in applications for this great opportunity for aspiring economics journalists...xitter.cf/FinancialTimes/status/…
Calling aspiring economics journalists: Applications are open for the Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship, deadline 11 May on.ft.com/3p5z6Mq
It's still not too late to apply for this excellent fellowship opportunity at the FT for aspiring economics journalists
Calling aspiring economics journalists: Applications are open for the Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship, deadline 11 May on.ft.com/3p5z6Mq
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Calling aspiring economics journalists: Applications are open for the Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship, deadline 11 May on.ft.com/3p5z6Mq
Even by his usual standards, this is a particularly brilliant column by Martin Wolf.
Media lies threaten the truth and decency on which democracy depends ft.com/content/85c9beac-ece2…
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Thrilled to see that my upcoming novel (out June 8) is now listed at @Waterstones!
A pre-#Putin, #Russia-set mystery and story of thwarted gay love
Pre-order at bit.ly/3TsNIjW
Or direct from @unbounders at bit.ly/3kTavJ2
Not so, Senator. UNHCR: Hungary has taken in 33k Ukrainian refugees. Poland has taken 1.5m (47x more, with population 4x as big). Czech Rep, broadly similar population to Hungary, has taken half a million. 2.1m crossed border into Hungary, nearly all left data.unhcr.org/en/situations…
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Slavonic open day at Oxford, Sat. March 4th: program now online. Spread the word!
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Remarkable interview with Russian radio host @aavst20551 brilliantly illuminating the dilemmas & compromises of journalism in Moscow - and also what he told Putin about his place in history. Tk you @polinaivanovva for one of the epic Lunches with the FT ft.com/content/88763367-d15b…
