Michael Weiss
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
Editor @insidereng, host @foreignoffpod, https://substack.com/@macspaunday, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror: http://goo.gl/Jb6uEA. Next book on the GRU for @vikingbooks. [email protected]
My chat with the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social on Ukraine and the United States. Was meant to be 30 minutes and ended up going for an hour. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/o…
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My chat with the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social on Ukraine and the United States. Was meant to be 30 minutes and ended up going for an hour. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/o…
Reposted by Michael Weiss
With the U.S. continuing to advance Russian interests over Ukraine’s, join @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and me on Thinking Live today, Nov. 24, at 2:00pm ET, as we break down what’s really happening.
snyder.substack.com
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
With the U.S. continuing to advance Russian interests over Ukraine’s, join @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and me on Thinking Live today, Nov. 24, at 2:00pm ET, as we break down what’s really happening.
snyder.substack.com
snyder.substack.com
Tomorrow at 2pm EST I’ll be joining @timothysnyder.bsky.social on his Substack Live to discuss Ukraine, focusing on what we believe Americans need to know. Do join.
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Tomorrow at 2pm EST I’ll be joining @timothysnyder.bsky.social on his Substack Live to discuss Ukraine, focusing on what we believe Americans need to know. Do join.
On MS NOW tomorrow at 10am EST with Ana Cabrera to talk Ukraine.
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
On MS NOW tomorrow at 10am EST with Ana Cabrera to talk Ukraine.
Reposted by Michael Weiss
Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
macspaunday.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
Reposted by Michael Weiss
“He must have got this from K.”: How a Russian operative used the American media to bring a risible “peace deal” into existence
The 28-point plan looks like a Russian information op, not a serious diplomatic effort, Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social argues.
The 28-point plan looks like a Russian information op, not a serious diplomatic effort, Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social argues.
“He must have got this from K.”: How a Russian operative used the American media to bring a risible “peace deal” into existence
Rhetoric around Russia’s war in Ukraine has once again shifted to discussions about a potential “diplomatic solution.” However, the “deal” on the table — a 28-point plan that contains many of Moscow’s...
theins.press
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“He must have got this from K.”: How a Russian operative used the American media to bring a risible “peace deal” into existence
The 28-point plan looks like a Russian information op, not a serious diplomatic effort, Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social argues.
The 28-point plan looks like a Russian information op, not a serious diplomatic effort, Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social argues.
Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
Reposted by Michael Weiss
“Zorin loses track of his lies … and the lies of his government, because he’s indifferent to both in pursuit of his own delusions of grandeur.”
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social covers the fictionalized career of Russian spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin.
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social covers the fictionalized career of Russian spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin.
The Accidental Revelations of a Russian Spy’s Memoir
Alexander Zorin’s desire to make himself larger than life inadvertently exposes Moscow’s lies about how the war in Syria was waged
newlinesmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Zorin loses track of his lies … and the lies of his government, because he’s indifferent to both in pursuit of his own delusions of grandeur.”
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social covers the fictionalized career of Russian spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin.
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social covers the fictionalized career of Russian spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin.
Reposted by Michael Weiss
We know the familiar pattern: “Moscow still loves a loser: failed journalists, has-beens, also-rans, sex pests and disgruntled narcissists end up going to work for the Kremlin.”
More essential reading from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
More essential reading from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
How Russian Spies Infiltrate U.S. Institutions
Read a 1988 KGB textbook on how to recruit agents working for the U.S. government abroad.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We know the familiar pattern: “Moscow still loves a loser: failed journalists, has-beens, also-rans, sex pests and disgruntled narcissists end up going to work for the Kremlin.”
More essential reading from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
More essential reading from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
New: We've translated in full a 1988 KGB training manual on how to infiltrate U.S. government facilities in the Middle East and North Africa. Something of a Russian growth industry these days, you might say. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
How Russian Spies Infiltrate U.S. Institutions
Read a 1988 KGB textbook on how to recruit agents working for the U.S. government abroad.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New: We've translated in full a 1988 KGB training manual on how to infiltrate U.S. government facilities in the Middle East and North Africa. Something of a Russian growth industry these days, you might say. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
Reposted by Michael Weiss
My friend @michaeldweiss.bsky.social weighs in on the recent New York City mayoral election and...whew open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
On New York Exceptionalism
Zohran Mamdani’s election has been turned into a broader comment on American politics. But it’s as local as it gets.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
My friend @michaeldweiss.bsky.social weighs in on the recent New York City mayoral election and...whew open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
Everyone loves or hates New York now. No thanks, says this New Yorker: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
On New York Exceptionalism
Zohran Mamdani’s election has been turned into a broader comment on American politics. But it’s as local as it gets.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Everyone loves or hates New York now. No thanks, says this New Yorker: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
New on Foreign Office, I talked to two of my favorite missile junkies, Fabian Hoffmann and Colby Badhwar, about Tomahawks, Flamingos, Ukraine's deep strike needs, Alabuga, and "A House of Dynamite": open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New on Foreign Office, I talked to two of my favorite missile junkies, Fabian Hoffmann and Colby Badhwar, about Tomahawks, Flamingos, Ukraine's deep strike needs, Alabuga, and "A House of Dynamite": open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
New: Meet the Unit 29155 operative who became such a well-known international judo champ in his cover life, the GRU decided to erase his real identity: theins.ru/en/inv/286477
A champion like no other: The curious life of a Unit 29155 operative
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s military Intelligence, the GRU, has dramatically stepped up its activities across Europe — from assassinations and acts of sabotage...
theins.ru
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New: Meet the Unit 29155 operative who became such a well-known international judo champ in his cover life, the GRU decided to erase his real identity: theins.ru/en/inv/286477
A new GRU investigation dropping tomorrow. And later this week: a translated KGB trainining manual about infiltrating U.S. institutions. Oh, and cruise missile talk with two special guests. Subscribe to and follow Foreign Office: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A new GRU investigation dropping tomorrow. And later this week: a translated KGB trainining manual about infiltrating U.S. institutions. Oh, and cruise missile talk with two special guests. Subscribe to and follow Foreign Office: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
Reposted by Michael Weiss
New: I acquired the private memoir of Gen. Alexander Zorin, a senior GRU officer who was Putin's envoy to Syria and is now leading POW exchanges with Ukraine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
The Accidental Revelations of a Russian Spy’s Memoir
Alexander Zorin’s desire to make himself larger than life inadvertently exposes Moscow’s lies about how the war in Syria was waged
newlinesmag.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New: I acquired the private memoir of Gen. Alexander Zorin, a senior GRU officer who was Putin's envoy to Syria and is now leading POW exchanges with Ukraine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
Sat down with Ed Bogan, a 24-year veteran of CIA and (maybe) former acting CoS Kyiv to discuss his and his aunt’s trip to Uzhhorod, the war, America’s role in it, and states of exception: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Sat down with Ed Bogan, a 24-year veteran of CIA and (maybe) former acting CoS Kyiv to discuss his and his aunt’s trip to Uzhhorod, the war, America’s role in it, and states of exception: open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...
Life achievement unlocked.
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Life achievement unlocked.
Reposted by Michael Weiss
A new Russian film fictionalizes the adventures of the spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin. His memoir and the film’s draft scripts reveal Russian lies about its military operations in Syria, writes @michaeldweiss.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Accidental Revelations of a Russian Spy’s Memoir
Alexander Zorin’s desire to make himself larger than life inadvertently exposes Moscow’s lies about how the war in Syria was waged
newlinesmag.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A new Russian film fictionalizes the adventures of the spy-diplomat Gen. Alexander Zorin. His memoir and the film’s draft scripts reveal Russian lies about its military operations in Syria, writes @michaeldweiss.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
New: I acquired the private memoir of Gen. Alexander Zorin, a senior GRU officer who was Putin's envoy to Syria and is now leading POW exchanges with Ukraine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
The Accidental Revelations of a Russian Spy’s Memoir
Alexander Zorin’s desire to make himself larger than life inadvertently exposes Moscow’s lies about how the war in Syria was waged
newlinesmag.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New: I acquired the private memoir of Gen. Alexander Zorin, a senior GRU officer who was Putin's envoy to Syria and is now leading POW exchanges with Ukraine.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
Tomorrow a story I've worked on for over a year drops at @newlinesmag.bsky.social. It's GRU-related, but it's also unlike anything I've ever investigated or written. I don't know of anything remotely like it in the annals of GRU espionage.
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Tomorrow a story I've worked on for over a year drops at @newlinesmag.bsky.social. It's GRU-related, but it's also unlike anything I've ever investigated or written. I don't know of anything remotely like it in the annals of GRU espionage.
Humphrey unbound.
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Humphrey unbound.
Will be on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social tomorrow at 6 am-ish to discuss sanctions, Trump, Putin, deep strikes, and Donetsk.
a man in a tie sits at a table with a bottle of beer on it
ALT: a man in a tie sits at a table with a bottle of beer on it
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Will be on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social tomorrow at 6 am-ish to discuss sanctions, Trump, Putin, deep strikes, and Donetsk.
Now out from behind paywall.
Spoke to Ambassador Dan Fried, a veteran sanctions architect under multiple administrations, about the latest sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, what they mean and what they don't mean. substack.com/@macspaunday...
So Trump Finally Sanctioned Russia... Now What?
Michael talks to Ambassador Dan Fried about U.S. sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil.
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Now out from behind paywall.
Spoke to Ambassador Dan Fried, a veteran sanctions architect under multiple administrations, about the latest sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, what they mean and what they don't mean. substack.com/@macspaunday...
So Trump Finally Sanctioned Russia... Now What?
Michael talks to Ambassador Dan Fried about U.S. sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil.
substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Spoke to Ambassador Dan Fried, a veteran sanctions architect under multiple administrations, about the latest sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, what they mean and what they don't mean. substack.com/@macspaunday...