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Shaun Walker
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Central & Eastern Europe Correspondent, The Guardian. The Illegals - a History of Russia's Most Audacious Spies (out April 2025) [email protected]
Warsaw, Kyiv, London
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    Shaun Walker
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    Jan 7, 2025
    I’m really excited that my book on the history of Russia’s “illegal” spies comes out soon. It’s taken me years of work and covers a century of Soviet/Russian history... Below, a short thread about the book, as well as info on how to pre-order a copy.
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    Shaun Walker
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    Feb 25, 2022
    Driving on the road towards Kyiv and the radio announcer is giving out instructions on how to make Molotov cocktails.
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    Shaun Walker
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    Feb 27, 2022
    Two presidents meet with their respective defence ministers.
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    Shaun Walker
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    May 23, 2022
    Moscow 1991 / Moscow 2022
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    Shaun Walker
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    Mar 7, 2022
    Zelenskiy with another video from his office in the heart of Kyiv. Not many presidents would still be there and not in a bunker, on the 12th day of an invasion, with multiple intelligence reports of hit squads out to get him. His resilience is proving hugely inspiring here.
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    Shaun Walker
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    Apr 9, 2022
    Poster at Kyiv main railway station…
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    Shaun Walker
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    Mar 6, 2022
    Written down like this Zelenskiy’s address tonight reads like a powerful poem.
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    Shaun Walker
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    Mar 6, 2022
    Odessa mayor Gennady Trukhanov, generally known as pro-Russian, has come down firmly on the side of Kyiv in recent days. “I don’t know what kind of bastard you have to be to press the button to drop bombs on Odessa”
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    Shaun Walker
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    Apr 4, 2022
    Left behind by a fleeing Russian convoy in a Ukrainian village: 50 Syrian Pounds
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    Shaun Walker
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    Mar 7, 2022
    Road sign in Odessa Straight on: fuck off Left: fuck off again Right: fuck off to Russia
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    Shaun Walker
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    Mar 25, 2022
    Watching some guy complain in English to a friendly waitress that the food is bad and the bill is slow to come, in a Kyiv hotel restaurant on the 30th day of a war, has brought on perhaps the strongest wave of that German word for being embarrassed for someone else I’ve ever had.
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    Shaun Walker
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    Mar 1, 2022
    Unbearable scenes at Kyiv central station. Old people, kids, disabled people, pets, this train is already packed full. People fear it could be the last chance to flee.
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    Shaun Walker
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    Feb 15, 2022
    The best Putin massive table memes spotted on Twitter, a short thread: x.com/55privet555/st…
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    Shaun Walker
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    Apr 4, 2022
    A story in two parts: 1. Today I met a woman who ran a beauty salon. The Russians occupied her town, shot at her brother, stole friend's car. Seven soldiers broke into her salon and slept there, stole boxes of beauty products and all the equipment, shat in the neighbouring shop.