Chief Ukraine Correspondent @FT. 16+ years living and reporting in Ukraine. đź“– Author of THE WAR CAME TO US: LIFE AND DEATH IN UKRAINE, @BloomsburyBooks đź“–
Kyiv via Bakhmut; also NYC
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It’s here! U.S. publication day for THE WAR CAME TO US: LIFE AND DEATH IN UKRAINE! Huge gratitude to @BloomsburyBooks @BloomsburyPub for believing in it from the start, and to the many Ukrainians who shared their stories over the years. Get your copy in bookstores across America!
The clones have invaded US politics.
In Ukraine we call these same-named office-seekers “clone candidates.” It’s been a tactic deployed by political parties for decades: recruiting people with exact or similar names to run against established candidates, or going so far as to pay people to change their names to those of incumbents, to peel off votes. Often there are multiples on a single ballot.
An example from Ukraine’s last parliamentary elections in 2019:
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SCOOP: Democrats have insisted they have nothing to do with the other Dan Sullivan on Alaska's Senate ballot.
But aides with the Mary Peltola campaign and DSCC were part of a monthslong secret plan to recruit him to run -- as well as other candidates.
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North Korean labourers are being sent to work in factories across Russia’s agricultural and manufacturing heartlands, according to an investigation that sheds light on the deepening economic partnership between Moscow and Pyongyang.
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Video shows Donald Trump Jr. on a hunting expedition in the Mongolian wilderness. But the video doesn't show one of his more unusual hunting companions: Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev. ft.trib.al/t9WymL8
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Zelenskyy opens door to security guarantees for Russia ft.trib.al/QP7TeT0
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A European diplomat expressed deep scepticism that economic deals were sufficient to persuade Putin to end the war in Ukraine. “It’s not about money,” they said. “It’s about humiliation and control.” 🎯
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The Trump sons’ global network: money, influence and the family business ft.trib.al/GXbuq7d
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Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Wednesday October 28 ft.trib.al/R8jkyGD
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The combined shipments of about 140,000 tonnes are the first licensed by US authorities under Donald Trump’s recent deal with Vladimir Putin to exempt Russian diesel from sanctions ft.trib.al/tegLzOw
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The remote rendezvous in August highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a businessman with ties to the Kremlin. ft.trib.al/rlJWSqz
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Putin spent most of a 90-minute call today lecturing the leaders of Finland and Norway on medieval Slavic history rather than discussing a peace deal in Ukraine, three people familiar with the conversation told the FT. ft.com/content/a384acd1-c90c…
The @FT has obtained the lengthy list of “Business Deals” the US and Russia are discussing. ft.com/content/d703aaae-f607…
Breaking news: The US and Russia are discussing a potential return by American companies to the Russian oil market as part of wider talks to end Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine ft.trib.al/4gZrY6H
The current discussions build on proposals Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner discussed with Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s special economic envoy, during talks over a Ukraine peace plan late last year. Dmitriev estimated the potential projects’ value at $14bn in February.
That push ultimately stalled shortly afterwards, as Ukraine resisted Russian demands to make territorial concessions as a precondition for talks.
“Dmitriev’s plan was waiting until the war froze, but the clock is ticking and war is not stopping, so they have made a decision to move forward now,” one person briefed on the business deals said.
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My understanding from Ukrainian authorities and those involved, as of now, is that there will likely be no direct evacuation of Oleshky residents from the east bank to the west bank of the Dnipro — which is to say from occupied territory directly to Ukrainian-controlled Kherson.
People who agreed to leave Oleshky would be taken to Crimea or Russia before they were able to return to Ukraine, people with knowledge of the discussions told the @FT.
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Russia and Ukraine begin local ceasefire in frontline city
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People who agreed to leave Oleshky would be taken to Crimea or Russia before they were able to return to Ukraine, people with knowledge of the discussions told the @FT.
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Russia and Ukraine begin local ceasefire in frontline city
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New: The US and Russia are discussing bringing American oil majors back to Russia, reviving energy exports to Europe via the Druzhba pipeline and a host of other business deals as Washington seeks to entice Putin to end the war in Ukraine. as.ft.com/r/2349d7fb-66a0-43…
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Breaking news: The US and Russia are discussing a potential return by American companies to the Russian oil market as part of wider talks to end Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine ft.trib.al/4gZrY6H
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Also on the agenda:
– access for US airlines to Russian airspace for transit and overflights, which would reduce fuel costs
– US companies restart co-operation with Russia on producing and supplying titanium, a crucial component in civilian aircraft
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NEW: We got the list of “Business Deals” the US and Russia are discussing.
They include a potential return by US companies to the Russian oil market as part of wider talks to end Putin’s war, including JVs in Sakhalin and restoring the Druzhba pipeline:
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New @FT: The US and Russia are discussing a potential return by American companies to the Russian oil market as part of wider talks to end Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.
w/ @ak_mack @maxseddon @HenryJFoy
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The White House and the Kremlin have suggested that after the war ends a joint venture involving US and Russian oil majors could be resumed off the coast of Sakhalin, an island in the Far East, according to people familiar with the matter.Â
They were also talking about involving the American majors in a plan to resume sales of Russian oil to Europe via the Druzhba pipeline, they added. @FT
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