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Do Putin's Oligarchs Have Kompromat on the Irish Government?
● My OpEd for @irishexaminer today looks at Ireland's continuing deference to #Rusal and refusal to consider nationalising the #Aughinish refinery.
Jason Corcoran
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Jason Corcoran
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Author of the book, Leaving Russia, published in May 2026. Journalist for Sunday Times (UK), Business Insider (US), Moscow Times, Irish Independent. LFC 🏆
Joined March 2012
- Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer work on Moscow's metro system, leading to long queues as people fumble about for cash
- Unbelievable ! One of our Moscow relatives today asked us if it's true that Poland is planning to invade Russia. They were serious ● The Poles captured Smolensk in June 1611 but retreated after they were ousted from Moscow in September 1612. I haven't heard of any new plans
- Ukraine's flag unfurled today on Dublin's Grafton Street for the #March4Peace🇮🇪🇺🇦 in stark contrast to the tanks and nukes on Red Square tomorrow for Russia's V/Z-Day.
- Incredible: Alexei @navalny said that the judge, who replaced his suspended sentence with a real one, handed him a letter "with regrets about her decision. ● Judge Natalia Repnikova gave him the letter through her lawyers. She regretted her decision and called him "a brave man"
- Desperate days for my friends in Moscow: Some are in a terrible state driving to the border or trying to find a plane out via Dubai, Istanbul, Baku 🚨🚨Martial law looks likely tomorrow and Russian airspace may close entirely tomorrow for civilians as the Iron Curtin comes down
- Goodbye #ruble Tuesday: JP Morgan has completely withdrawn from the Russian ruble. The largest US bank has closed all remaining positions in Russian currency, citing unforeseeable risks in connection with the buildup of Russian forces on the border with Ukraine.
- Is nothing sacred ? In the Vinnitsa region, a priest of the Moscow Patriarchate beat another priest from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with a cross ✝️
00:00 - The Moscow bank run: a queue for a Tinkoff ATM in the Liga shopping center in Khimki. There are about 70 people in line. Eyewitnesses say the money in the ATM runs out within 40 minutes. @bazabazon
00:00 - Bank run accelerates in #Moscow after Putin imposed crippling capital controls last night to protect a collapsing economy. This is Svetnoi Boulevard in the heart of Moscow.
00:00 - Thousands of Russians who came to say goodbye to #Navalny move from the church towards the cemetery. It's a bigger turnout than I expected given the increased repressions.
00:00 - Disturbing footage from a #Boeing-737 that made an emergency landing in Krasnoyarsk in Russia after cabin depressurization. ● The cabin pressure control system on the flight from Sochi failed. Western jets seized by the Kremlin are deteriorating due to lack of servicing & parts
00:00 - Cafe #Pushkin, the most famous restaurant in Moscow, l is on fire in another case of suspected arson. The lavish culinary emporium has long been favoured by oligarchs, bureaucrats, and the city's mafia
00:00 - "Putin Murderer !" is chanted by Alexey #Navalny's supporters as his hearse his driven away and covered with carnations flung from behind the barricades
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