Jason Corcoran
@jasoncorcoran.bsky.social
Author of book 'Leaving Russia' published in April 2026. Journalist for Sunday Times (UK), Business Insider (US), Moscow Times, Irish Independent. LFC🏆
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I'm thrilled and proud that my book, Leaving Russia, will be published by @quartetbooks in April.
👉 Please find a short thread below about the book and how to pre-order a copy. More info on jasoncorcoranwrites.com
👉 Please find a short thread below about the book and how to pre-order a copy. More info on jasoncorcoranwrites.com
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What are today’s Russian papers reporting about the second anniversary of Alexei Navalny’s death & the joint statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany & The Netherlands that Mr Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin?
Nothing.
#ReadingRussia
Nothing.
#ReadingRussia
Russian papers avoid mentioning Alexei Navalny and poisoning claim.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 7:17 AM
What are today’s Russian papers reporting about the second anniversary of Alexei Navalny’s death & the joint statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany & The Netherlands that Mr Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin?
Nothing.
#ReadingRussia
Nothing.
#ReadingRussia
Two years ago, #Navalny was murdered in a remote Arctic gulag by a cowardly regime.
● No one challenged Putin in 24 years like Navalny did, exposing corruption at the highest levels and offering hope for a democratic Russia.I wrote about the man I knew and his legacy
m.independent.ie/world-news/e...
● No one challenged Putin in 24 years like Navalny did, exposing corruption at the highest levels and offering hope for a democratic Russia.I wrote about the man I knew and his legacy
m.independent.ie/world-news/e...
‘Alexei was so brave it really was beyond comprehension’ – Irish journalist remembers his times with late Russian opposition leader
I doubled over on Friday when I read the news that Alexei Navalny had died in captivity in a remote Arctic outpost in Putin’s bleak Gulag Archipelago.
m.independent.ie
February 16, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Two years ago, #Navalny was murdered in a remote Arctic gulag by a cowardly regime.
● No one challenged Putin in 24 years like Navalny did, exposing corruption at the highest levels and offering hope for a democratic Russia.I wrote about the man I knew and his legacy
m.independent.ie/world-news/e...
● No one challenged Putin in 24 years like Navalny did, exposing corruption at the highest levels and offering hope for a democratic Russia.I wrote about the man I knew and his legacy
m.independent.ie/world-news/e...
Reposted by Jason Corcoran
I'm thrilled and proud that my book, Leaving Russia, will be published by @quartetbooks in April.
👉 Please find a short thread below about the book and how to pre-order a copy. More info on jasoncorcoranwrites.com
👉 Please find a short thread below about the book and how to pre-order a copy. More info on jasoncorcoranwrites.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I'm thrilled and proud that my book, Leaving Russia, will be published by @quartetbooks in April.
👉 Please find a short thread below about the book and how to pre-order a copy. More info on jasoncorcoranwrites.com
👉 Please find a short thread below about the book and how to pre-order a copy. More info on jasoncorcoranwrites.com
Proof - not that it was needed - that Putin's regime killed Alexey #Navalny.
Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and allies say
Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and allies say
Former opposition leader’s death while in Arctic jail at age of 47 result of mixture of diseases, according to Moscow
The Foreign Office has blamed the Russian state for the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, which it said was the result of poisoning from a dart containing frog toxin.
The frog poison – called epibatidine – is said to have been used when Navalny, 47, died suddenly on 16 February 2024. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Proof - not that it was needed - that Putin's regime killed Alexey #Navalny.
I'm thrilled and proud that my book, Leaving Russia, will be published by @quartetbooks in April.
👉 Please find a short thread below about the book and how to pre-order a copy. More info on jasoncorcoranwrites.com
👉 Please find a short thread below about the book and how to pre-order a copy. More info on jasoncorcoranwrites.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I'm thrilled and proud that my book, Leaving Russia, will be published by @quartetbooks in April.
👉 Please find a short thread below about the book and how to pre-order a copy. More info on jasoncorcoranwrites.com
👉 Please find a short thread below about the book and how to pre-order a copy. More info on jasoncorcoranwrites.com
Poor old #Bitcoin!
The EU has proposed banning all cryptocurrency transactions with Russia for EU countries, the FT reports, citing an internal agency document.
www.ft.com/content/c225...
The EU has proposed banning all cryptocurrency transactions with Russia for EU countries, the FT reports, citing an internal agency document.
www.ft.com/content/c225...
EU seeks to ban all Russian crypto transactions
Bloc also wants to prohibit some trade with Kyrgyzstan, in first use of new powers against sanctions circumvention
www.ft.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Poor old #Bitcoin!
The EU has proposed banning all cryptocurrency transactions with Russia for EU countries, the FT reports, citing an internal agency document.
www.ft.com/content/c225...
The EU has proposed banning all cryptocurrency transactions with Russia for EU countries, the FT reports, citing an internal agency document.
www.ft.com/content/c225...
Reposted by Jason Corcoran
Telegram founder Pavel Durov acknowledges Russia's accelerated, escalated censorship of Telegram. A noteworthy statement, given that he's recently focused more on criticizing Western regulators.
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Telegram founder Pavel Durov acknowledges Russia's accelerated, escalated censorship of Telegram. A noteworthy statement, given that he's recently focused more on criticizing Western regulators.
Kremlin has begun blocking #Telegram, the widely used messaging app owned by Pavel Durov.
● Duma deputy Andrey Gurulyov claims that there's no other way to protect information and urges all Russians to endure and switch to the FSB’s own messenger, MAX.
● Duma deputy Andrey Gurulyov claims that there's no other way to protect information and urges all Russians to endure and switch to the FSB’s own messenger, MAX.
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Kremlin has begun blocking #Telegram, the widely used messaging app owned by Pavel Durov.
● Duma deputy Andrey Gurulyov claims that there's no other way to protect information and urges all Russians to endure and switch to the FSB’s own messenger, MAX.
● Duma deputy Andrey Gurulyov claims that there's no other way to protect information and urges all Russians to endure and switch to the FSB’s own messenger, MAX.
Russia Central Bank cuts rates, yet cucumbers are up 43% - not annually, but in a month!
● Super insight from @bbcstever.bsky.social and a clear signal from Putin's war economy.
● Super insight from @bbcstever.bsky.social and a clear signal from Putin's war economy.
From today’s Russian papers: cucumber prices in Russia jump 42.85% in a month, number of loss-making companies rising, wage arrears growing, “…gap between pensions & wages increasing.” #ReadingRussia
Russia: wage arrears growing, cucumber prices jump 43% in a month
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Russia Central Bank cuts rates, yet cucumbers are up 43% - not annually, but in a month!
● Super insight from @bbcstever.bsky.social and a clear signal from Putin's war economy.
● Super insight from @bbcstever.bsky.social and a clear signal from Putin's war economy.
Whoever's dead is dead !"
● Russia's State Duma stated that there is no budgetary funding to rescue Samolet, the country's largest real estate developers.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/06/k...
● Russia's State Duma stated that there is no budgetary funding to rescue Samolet, the country's largest real estate developers.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/06/k...
«Кто умер, тот умер». В Госдуме заявили об отсутствии денег в бюджете для помощи одному из крупнейших застройщиков страны - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Whoever's dead is dead !"
● Russia's State Duma stated that there is no budgetary funding to rescue Samolet, the country's largest real estate developers.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/06/k...
● Russia's State Duma stated that there is no budgetary funding to rescue Samolet, the country's largest real estate developers.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/06/k...
Za Zdarovye! Putin gives the keys to the Great Firewall of Russia to the FSB as vodka prices soar
With the FSB set to secure broad powers to cut communications, one Russian paper criticises the idea: “It's impossible to imagine the functioning of a modern economy without a functioning Internet.” Another paper on prices in 2026: “Vodka up 17%, cucumbers 21.3%.” #ReadingRussia
Russian paper concerned about "Off-switch for the Internet"
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Za Zdarovye! Putin gives the keys to the Great Firewall of Russia to the FSB as vodka prices soar
Calling Denmark ‘irrelevant’ while it's literally holding pieces of your debt is like mocking Lego while standing barefoot on it.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Denmark was “irrelevant” and that he was not concerned about Europe pulling out of the US government bond market.
Denmark is ‘irrelevant’, says Scott Bessent
Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary swats away concern about Europe possibly using the bond market to pressure Washington as it threatens Greenland.
www.politico.eu
January 21, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Calling Denmark ‘irrelevant’ while it's literally holding pieces of your debt is like mocking Lego while standing barefoot on it.
Moscow has been hit by the biggest wave of restaurant and bar closures since the COVID-19 pandemic.
● According to Kremlin Telegram channel Baza, a staggering 423 establishments closed in the capital by the end of 2025, a record high since 2020.
● According to Kremlin Telegram channel Baza, a staggering 423 establishments closed in the capital by the end of 2025, a record high since 2020.
January 20, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Moscow has been hit by the biggest wave of restaurant and bar closures since the COVID-19 pandemic.
● According to Kremlin Telegram channel Baza, a staggering 423 establishments closed in the capital by the end of 2025, a record high since 2020.
● According to Kremlin Telegram channel Baza, a staggering 423 establishments closed in the capital by the end of 2025, a record high since 2020.
Kremlin knows how to flatter Trump: "With Greenland, the US becomes the second largest country in the world after Russia, surpassing Canada in area
Today’s Russian papers on Trump/Greenland: “Europe’s at a total loss. It’s a pleasure to watch.” Government paper: “Europe doesn’t need the American greatness Trump is promoting…the Old World's keen to keep Greenland for itself, even at the risk of Nato’s collapse.” #ReadingRussia
“Europe’s at a loss. It’s a pleasure to watch,” writes Russian newspaper on Trump & Greenland.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Kremlin knows how to flatter Trump: "With Greenland, the US becomes the second largest country in the world after Russia, surpassing Canada in area
A grim and ominous warning for many dual Irish-Russian citizens I know who still travel there
An Irish citizen has been detained by Russian authorities due to messages on his phone which expressed anti-Russian sentiment, according to his Ukrainian wife
Irish citizen detained in Russia over phone messages
An Irish citizen has been detained by Russian authorities due to messages on his phone which expressed anti-Russian sentiment, according to his Ukrainian wife.
www.rte.ie
January 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A grim and ominous warning for many dual Irish-Russian citizens I know who still travel there
Form a line: 'Poland began preparing demands for reparations from Russia for the Soviet invasion of 1939'
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/15/p...
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/15/p...
Польша начала готовить требования о репарациях к России за советское вторжение в 1939 году - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Form a line: 'Poland began preparing demands for reparations from Russia for the Soviet invasion of 1939'
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/15/p...
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/15/p...
Russia splurged one billion rubles trying to make a domestic Viagra and still couldn’t get it up.
Source: Izvestia
iz.ru/2024668/mila...
Source: Izvestia
iz.ru/2024668/mila...
Хоть стой, хоть падай: на создание российской виагры из казны впустую потратили 1 млрд
Почему лекарство не могут разработать почти 10 лет и при чем здесь саблезубые олени
iz.ru
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Russia splurged one billion rubles trying to make a domestic Viagra and still couldn’t get it up.
Source: Izvestia
iz.ru/2024668/mila...
Source: Izvestia
iz.ru/2024668/mila...
Final draft of my book is off to the publisher! 🎉
📖 The seeds for this story were planted in 2015 but it wasn’t until 2023, when my Mum got sick again, that I finally started. She always said 'Jason you have a book in you.' I doubted it but I'm proud to have proved her right.
jasoncorcoranwrites.com
📖 The seeds for this story were planted in 2015 but it wasn’t until 2023, when my Mum got sick again, that I finally started. She always said 'Jason you have a book in you.' I doubted it but I'm proud to have proved her right.
jasoncorcoranwrites.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Final draft of my book is off to the publisher! 🎉
📖 The seeds for this story were planted in 2015 but it wasn’t until 2023, when my Mum got sick again, that I finally started. She always said 'Jason you have a book in you.' I doubted it but I'm proud to have proved her right.
jasoncorcoranwrites.com
📖 The seeds for this story were planted in 2015 but it wasn’t until 2023, when my Mum got sick again, that I finally started. She always said 'Jason you have a book in you.' I doubted it but I'm proud to have proved her right.
jasoncorcoranwrites.com
Moscow’s main Sheremetyevo Airport is experiencing a total transport lockdown due to severe weather and drone attacks, ASTRA reports.
● On the morning of January 10, the airport announced that it was closing to all incoming flights.
● On the morning of January 10, the airport announced that it was closing to all incoming flights.
January 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Moscow’s main Sheremetyevo Airport is experiencing a total transport lockdown due to severe weather and drone attacks, ASTRA reports.
● On the morning of January 10, the airport announced that it was closing to all incoming flights.
● On the morning of January 10, the airport announced that it was closing to all incoming flights.
Trump calls it a goldmine. Exxon calls it uninvestable: One of them can read a balance sheet.
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’ ft.trib.al/ZkznmTx
US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’
Chief executive Darren Woods pushes back against president’s call to rush back into troubled country
ft.trib.al
January 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Trump calls it a goldmine. Exxon calls it uninvestable: One of them can read a balance sheet.
Ukraine's leader Zelensky braces his country for more Russian hellfire tonight as the Kremlin seeks to lash out after humiliation in Venezuela and having their shadow oil tankers confiscated
January 8, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Ukraine's leader Zelensky braces his country for more Russian hellfire tonight as the Kremlin seeks to lash out after humiliation in Venezuela and having their shadow oil tankers confiscated
Plot twists worthy of Tom Clancy!
● During the pursuit, the #Marinara changed jurisdiction and re-registered under the Russian flag. However, U.S. authorities say the captain was ordered to stop before the flag change, so the operation can't be considered an attack on Russia.
● During the pursuit, the #Marinara changed jurisdiction and re-registered under the Russian flag. However, U.S. authorities say the captain was ordered to stop before the flag change, so the operation can't be considered an attack on Russia.
January 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Plot twists worthy of Tom Clancy!
● During the pursuit, the #Marinara changed jurisdiction and re-registered under the Russian flag. However, U.S. authorities say the captain was ordered to stop before the flag change, so the operation can't be considered an attack on Russia.
● During the pursuit, the #Marinara changed jurisdiction and re-registered under the Russian flag. However, U.S. authorities say the captain was ordered to stop before the flag change, so the operation can't be considered an attack on Russia.
Russia is "outraged" after the U.S. seized the Russian-flagged shadow oil tanker Marinera.
● The Kremlin says it’s “abnormal.” Apparently, rules matter again, comrades.
● The Kremlin says it’s “abnormal.” Apparently, rules matter again, comrades.
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Russia is "outraged" after the U.S. seized the Russian-flagged shadow oil tanker Marinera.
● The Kremlin says it’s “abnormal.” Apparently, rules matter again, comrades.
● The Kremlin says it’s “abnormal.” Apparently, rules matter again, comrades.
Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska warned of risks to Russia's budget if Venezuelan oil fields come under US control
● The Kremlin is already selling hugely discounted oil at a loss to China and India. #OOTT ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/d...
● The Kremlin is already selling hugely discounted oil at a loss to China and India. #OOTT ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/d...
Дерипаска предупредил о рисках для бюджета России в случае перехода венесуэльских нефтяных месторождений под контроль США - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska warned of risks to Russia's budget if Venezuelan oil fields come under US control
● The Kremlin is already selling hugely discounted oil at a loss to China and India. #OOTT ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/d...
● The Kremlin is already selling hugely discounted oil at a loss to China and India. #OOTT ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/d...
"They could kidnap Putin, too."
● Russian nationalist Z-war correspondents called the US operation against Maduro a "model special military operation" as opposed to Ukraine invasion.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/t...
● Russian nationalist Z-war correspondents called the US operation against Maduro a "model special military operation" as opposed to Ukraine invasion.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/t...
«Так и Путина похитить могут». Z-военкоры назвали «эталонной СВО» операцию США против Мадуро - Русская служба The Moscow Times
ru.themoscowtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
"They could kidnap Putin, too."
● Russian nationalist Z-war correspondents called the US operation against Maduro a "model special military operation" as opposed to Ukraine invasion.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/t...
● Russian nationalist Z-war correspondents called the US operation against Maduro a "model special military operation" as opposed to Ukraine invasion.
ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/03/t...