Anton Shekhovtsov
@shekhovtsov.substack.com
PhD UCL SSEES, visiting professor at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist for EUObserver @euobserver.bsky.social, outdoor research fellow
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I’m honoured to announce the release of the volume "Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity", a multi-author study that examines the politically driven hostility towards Ukraine deeply rooted in Russian geopolitical chauvinism: buff.ly/obr8I30
The Russo-American “peace plan” claims to confirm Ukraine’s sovereignty, but several clauses strip it away, from enforced neutrality to limits on Ukraine’s own defence. A “deal” designed to make Ukraine capitulate and be destroyed. buff.ly/ujgTKLr 1/5
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Russo-American “peace plan” claims to confirm Ukraine’s sovereignty, but several clauses strip it away, from enforced neutrality to limits on Ukraine’s own defence. A “deal” designed to make Ukraine capitulate and be destroyed. buff.ly/ujgTKLr 1/5
Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
The Kremlin is preparing a 20-22 per cent VAT rise and is instructing loyal media to blame the West for the hike in order to shield Putin from domestic backlash over the growing costs of his war economy. 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Kremlin is preparing a 20-22 per cent VAT rise and is instructing loyal media to blame the West for the hike in order to shield Putin from domestic backlash over the growing costs of his war economy. 1/2
For 3.5 years, UK investigators had enough evidence to charge former Reform UK politician Nathan Gill with bribery, but held back. What explains the delay, and should we believe he was the only British politician who took money from (pro-)Russian agents? shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/uncovering...
Uncovering Ex-Reform UK Wales Leader's Russian Links
I did so five years before the UK moved to prosecute
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November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
For 3.5 years, UK investigators had enough evidence to charge former Reform UK politician Nathan Gill with bribery, but held back. What explains the delay, and should we believe he was the only British politician who took money from (pro-)Russian agents? shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/uncovering...
Uncovering Ex-Reform UK Wales Leader's Russian Links
I did so five years before the UK moved to prosecute shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/uncovering...
I did so five years before the UK moved to prosecute shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/uncovering...
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Uncovering Ex-Reform UK Wales Leader's Russian Links
I did so five years before the UK moved to prosecute shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/uncovering...
I did so five years before the UK moved to prosecute shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/uncovering...
Future historians, if there are any, will call our time the age of indecency and dishonour.
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Future historians, if there are any, will call our time the age of indecency and dishonour.
The Russo-American ”peace plan for Ukraine” is a plan for Ukraine’s destruction. It must be resisted at all costs.
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The Russo-American ”peace plan for Ukraine” is a plan for Ukraine’s destruction. It must be resisted at all costs.
Moscow pays young Baltics residents to spread same narratives that preceded Ukraine invasion euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/18/r... Investigators say typical recruits are those without steady income, motivated by small cash and cryptocurrency payments rather than ideology.
Moscow pays young Baltics residents to spread same narratives that preceded Ukraine invasion SepSepar
Russia ramps up influence operations in Baltic countries, using low-income recruits and online creators to push pro-Kremlin narratives.
euromaidanpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Moscow pays young Baltics residents to spread same narratives that preceded Ukraine invasion euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/18/r... Investigators say typical recruits are those without steady income, motivated by small cash and cryptocurrency payments rather than ideology.
The old Russian demand for Ukraine’s capitulation – essentially its destruction – is once again being re-branded as a “new peace plan” allegedly backed by American “security guarantees”. Only a fool with no grasp of even recent history could believe any part of this “plan”.
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The old Russian demand for Ukraine’s capitulation – essentially its destruction – is once again being re-branded as a “new peace plan” allegedly backed by American “security guarantees”. Only a fool with no grasp of even recent history could believe any part of this “plan”.
"Trump has said he will take legal action against the BBC over how his speech was edited by Panorama"...
Because, you know, if BBC had not manipulated his speech in October 2024, the MAGA crowds would not have stormed the Capitol in January 2021.
Those bloody time loops!
Because, you know, if BBC had not manipulated his speech in October 2024, the MAGA crowds would not have stormed the Capitol in January 2021.
Those bloody time loops!
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"Trump has said he will take legal action against the BBC over how his speech was edited by Panorama"...
Because, you know, if BBC had not manipulated his speech in October 2024, the MAGA crowds would not have stormed the Capitol in January 2021.
Those bloody time loops!
Because, you know, if BBC had not manipulated his speech in October 2024, the MAGA crowds would not have stormed the Capitol in January 2021.
Those bloody time loops!
Aww, that’s so sweet of the UN. I’m going to cry with emotion right now.
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Aww, that’s so sweet of the UN. I’m going to cry with emotion right now.
Reuters reports that “Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday providing more aid to Ukraine would not help end the war with Russia and could ‘fuel further corruption’, referring to a graft scandal that has rocked the government in Kyiv”. 1/2
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Reuters reports that “Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday providing more aid to Ukraine would not help end the war with Russia and could ‘fuel further corruption’, referring to a graft scandal that has rocked the government in Kyiv”. 1/2
“Russia's oil processing has fallen just 3% this year despite Ukraine's biggest drone attacks to date as refineries averted a steep decline in fuel production by leveraging spare capacity to offset damage from the strikes” www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“Russia's oil processing has fallen just 3% this year despite Ukraine's biggest drone attacks to date as refineries averted a steep decline in fuel production by leveraging spare capacity to offset damage from the strikes” www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Better late than never: Germany has set up a new expert group to rethink how it trades with China after recent export curbs showed how dependent German industry still is. The team will draft concrete advice as ministers head to Beijing amid growing worries about political and economic pressure.
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Better late than never: Germany has set up a new expert group to rethink how it trades with China after recent export curbs showed how dependent German industry still is. The team will draft concrete advice as ministers head to Beijing amid growing worries about political and economic pressure.
Wow. Russian media outlet “Vot Tak” reports that Thai police arrested a 35yo Russian hacker wanted for attacks on US and EU government systems. FBI agents observed the arrest and seek extradition. He may be Alexey Lukashev, a GRU officer linked to the Fancy Bear hacking group.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wow. Russian media outlet “Vot Tak” reports that Thai police arrested a 35yo Russian hacker wanted for attacks on US and EU government systems. FBI agents observed the arrest and seek extradition. He may be Alexey Lukashev, a GRU officer linked to the Fancy Bear hacking group.
La libertà di parola, la guerra ibrida russa e le istituzioni democratiche www.valigiablu.it/guerra-ibrid...
La libertà di parola, la guerra ibrida russa e le istituzioni democratiche - Valigia Blu
Il caso del convegno annullato a Torino su Russia e Ucraina è un esempio del conflitto tra libertà di espressione e tutela degli spazi pubblici dalla propaganda russa. La Russia sta conducendo una…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
La libertà di parola, la guerra ibrida russa e le istituzioni democratiche www.valigiablu.it/guerra-ibrid...
I hear Dmitry Medvedev’s consciousness has been digitised to save it from his failing body and transferred into a Russian-made robot. The transfer was apparently successful.
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I hear Dmitry Medvedev’s consciousness has been digitised to save it from his failing body and transferred into a Russian-made robot. The transfer was apparently successful.
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REMINDER! Join us tomorrow at 18h for our book presentation
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: 👇
www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: 👇
www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
REMINDER! Join us tomorrow at 18h for our book presentation
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: 👇
www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: 👇
www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie Bank www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie Bank
Australia stopped buying fuel directly from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine but has imported more than 3m tonnes of its oil products since 2023
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November 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie Bank www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I’m smelling Brussels bullshit from miles away.
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I’m smelling Brussels bullshit from miles away.
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Vienna: There’s a New Spy in Town www.kyivpost.com/post/63496 A Ukrainian SBU general suspected of passing information to Moscow has fled to Vienna. Now, Russian TV is using him for a propaganda film. Austrian authorities are keeping a low profile.
Vienna: There’s a New Spy in Town
A Ukrainian SBU general suspected of passing information to Moscow has fled to Vienna. Now, Russian TV is using him for a
propaganda film. Austrian authorities are keeping a low profile.
www.kyivpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Vienna: There’s a New Spy in Town www.kyivpost.com/post/63496 A Ukrainian SBU general suspected of passing information to Moscow has fled to Vienna. Now, Russian TV is using him for a propaganda film. Austrian authorities are keeping a low profile.
Earlier this year, I provided commentary to PBS Frontline for its investigation into the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany. The programme is now out, examining the forces behind the German far right’s growing appeal and the roles played by Russia and the US: www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Earlier this year, I provided commentary to PBS Frontline for its investigation into the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany. The programme is now out, examining the forces behind the German far right’s growing appeal and the roles played by Russia and the US: www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
Reposted by Anton Shekhovtsov
Join us on 12.11. at 18h for our book presentation
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
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November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Join us on 12.11. at 18h for our book presentation
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
"Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" with @shekhovtsov.substack.com
& Tatiana Zhurzhenko.
Moderation: Loïc Simonet
Register: www.oiip.ac.at/events/russi...
Indian Oil Corp, the country's top refiner, has bought five cargoes of Russian oil for December arrival from non-sanctioned entities, traders said, resuming purchases despite pressure from Washington on India to stop buying Russian oil. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Indian Oil Corp, the country's top refiner, has bought five cargoes of Russian oil for December arrival from non-sanctioned entities, traders said, resuming purchases despite pressure from Washington on India to stop buying Russian oil. www.reuters.com/business/ene...