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ben hoyle

@benhoyle

Serialisations Editor for The Sunday Times. All thoughts my own fault etc. Previously Foreign Editor and before that in US and Russia for The Times. Bad at X

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Joined April 2007
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Times #exclusive: Boris Nemtsov was punished for his politics says daughter thetim.es/1aM8k05 (Pic: Reuters)
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A close-knit circle of experts made history - without the world knowing thetim.es/1w4Fl0C
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The @britishmuseum has allowed part of the #Elgin Marbles to leave London for the first time thetim.es/1w4FTn3
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Luhansk rebels forming professional army. Salaries better than for Ukrainian troops (though not yet paid...)
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Just saw a man vote twice in village outside Donetsk. Official who gave him the ballot papers said: "so what? His wife couldn't come"...
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Elena, a museum director, voting in Donetsk: "these are the first real elections we've had here for 23 years".
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Huge convoy of green kamaz trucks heading west towards Donetsk with Grad, anti Aircraft guns and other supplies. Took seven minutes to pass.
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Staggering opinion poll from @levada_ru showing how different Russians think Ukrainians are from them levada.ru/03-09-2014/rossiya…
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Back to Ukraine as old arts colleagues start Cannes FF today. Both stories climax on 25th. security better armed here; shellfish cheaper
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Revolutionary fridge magnets in Kiev
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In Sevastopol where people fear "Nazis with swastikas" from Kiev and pledge to fight them "even with our teeth.” thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/worl…
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Day 2, Sochi: sunshine?check. mountains with snow?Check. Red tape nightmare still barring way to hotel booked for yesterday? That too...
Quite a lot riding on how much independence Yatsenyuk thinks he'd have in the role, which currently amounts to "Presidential punchbag"
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Potentially huge breakthrough in Ukraine- Yanukovych reportedly offering one of main opposition leaders the Prime Minister's job
Kiev a tinderbox today after police ‘kill protester’ in overnight clashes thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/worl…
Greenpeace 30 and Pussy Riot to be freed- my piece on the Russian amnesty thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/a…
Arctic 30 and jailed Pussy Riot members could be free later today in Russian parliament vote on amnesties, Greenpeace and officials say
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Klitschko vacates Heavyweight title to focus on politics espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/i…
V. Klitschko vacates WBC heavyweight belt

V. Klitschko vacates WBC heavyweight belt

Vitali Klitschko, who has not defended his WBC heavyweight world title in 15 months and is one of the central figures involved in the political unrest in his native Ukraine, vacated his belt Monday.

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Cold enough outside that the water bottle in my pocket is now full of ice...
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