Ilya Lozovsky
@ichbinilya.bsky.social
Writer and senior editor at OCCRP. Investigative journalism, democracy, corruption, US politics, Europe and Eurasia. More fun than this profile IRL. Currently in Amsterdam!
At @occrp.org our years of reporting on Venezuela make clear that the patronage, corruption, and abuses don't end with Maduro and his inner circle.
They extend even to sports leagues. This is El Helicoide, a notorious political prison in Caracas that also hosts pro basketball games.👇
They extend even to sports leagues. This is El Helicoide, a notorious political prison in Caracas that also hosts pro basketball games.👇
January 5, 2026 at 10:41 AM
At @occrp.org our years of reporting on Venezuela make clear that the patronage, corruption, and abuses don't end with Maduro and his inner circle.
They extend even to sports leagues. This is El Helicoide, a notorious political prison in Caracas that also hosts pro basketball games.👇
They extend even to sports leagues. This is El Helicoide, a notorious political prison in Caracas that also hosts pro basketball games.👇
(perhaps naively) rueing the impotence of international law is the correct position, actually
January 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
(perhaps naively) rueing the impotence of international law is the correct position, actually
From my personal photos, a little homage to Amsterdam's Vondelkerk, which burned down last night.
January 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
From my personal photos, a little homage to Amsterdam's Vondelkerk, which burned down last night.
I am dying to know more about this tree. Which side of the wall is this? Who put it up and why? Was it up every year? It seems insane.
Also… is this a real photo? 😑
Also… is this a real photo? 😑
December 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I am dying to know more about this tree. Which side of the wall is this? Who put it up and why? Was it up every year? It seems insane.
Also… is this a real photo? 😑
Also… is this a real photo? 😑
The US has issued visa sanctions against 5 people Marco Rubio called “leading figures of the global censorship-industrial complex.”
To get a flavor of what kind of war the Trump administration is waging here, you can just read the State Dept’s own descriptions of a few of the sanctioned people 👇
To get a flavor of what kind of war the Trump administration is waging here, you can just read the State Dept’s own descriptions of a few of the sanctioned people 👇
December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The US has issued visa sanctions against 5 people Marco Rubio called “leading figures of the global censorship-industrial complex.”
To get a flavor of what kind of war the Trump administration is waging here, you can just read the State Dept’s own descriptions of a few of the sanctioned people 👇
To get a flavor of what kind of war the Trump administration is waging here, you can just read the State Dept’s own descriptions of a few of the sanctioned people 👇
This, via @ClaireSilver12 on X, is Claude building a mansion in Unreal Engine. Doing this requires some coding but the tool is free.
Imagine when this kind of thing becomes widely adopted and integrated into everyone's workflows.
Imagine when this kind of thing becomes widely adopted and integrated into everyone's workflows.
December 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This, via @ClaireSilver12 on X, is Claude building a mansion in Unreal Engine. Doing this requires some coding but the tool is free.
Imagine when this kind of thing becomes widely adopted and integrated into everyone's workflows.
Imagine when this kind of thing becomes widely adopted and integrated into everyone's workflows.
These are reportedly Bari Weiss's notes on the reasons for the delay, as reported by Isabella Simonetti at the WSJ.
I honestly take no pleasure in defending Bari Weiss — I'm not a fan. But...
I honestly take no pleasure in defending Bari Weiss — I'm not a fan. But...
December 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
These are reportedly Bari Weiss's notes on the reasons for the delay, as reported by Isabella Simonetti at the WSJ.
I honestly take no pleasure in defending Bari Weiss — I'm not a fan. But...
I honestly take no pleasure in defending Bari Weiss — I'm not a fan. But...
Love the auto-generated AI prompts over on Facebook, excellent work everyone
December 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Love the auto-generated AI prompts over on Facebook, excellent work everyone
can this be real??
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
can this be real??
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
It’s not the worst example of the genre, but I’m glad they don’t do this postmodern shit anymore. It annoys me that this building is trying to be funny.
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It’s not the worst example of the genre, but I’m glad they don’t do this postmodern shit anymore. It annoys me that this building is trying to be funny.
walking around Amsterdam in the fall: Not Bad
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
walking around Amsterdam in the fall: Not Bad
hey, that’s a nice city
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
hey, that’s a nice city
As far as I can tell, it was all triggered by this Daily Mail story, the top of which reads like this.
Honestly, is this a sound reading of what she said?
Honestly, is this a sound reading of what she said?
October 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
As far as I can tell, it was all triggered by this Daily Mail story, the top of which reads like this.
Honestly, is this a sound reading of what she said?
Honestly, is this a sound reading of what she said?
This was first pointed out by @codendahl.bsky.social, so I listened to the relevant part of the interview myself.
It's just 1 minute long. Here's a translated transcript, along with the original German if you wish.
It's just 1 minute long. Here's a translated transcript, along with the original German if you wish.
October 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This was first pointed out by @codendahl.bsky.social, so I listened to the relevant part of the interview myself.
It's just 1 minute long. Here's a translated transcript, along with the original German if you wish.
It's just 1 minute long. Here's a translated transcript, along with the original German if you wish.
Horrible story about a Russian man who fled the military, hoped for asylum in the United States, but has now been sent back to the gulag.
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Horrible story about a Russian man who fled the military, hoped for asylum in the United States, but has now been sent back to the gulag.
I’m touching it! I’m touching it! Is it working??
September 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I’m touching it! I’m touching it! Is it working??
going back to the basics here
August 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
going back to the basics here
pov: you live in the Netherlands and you go visit Greater Boston, which is pretty progressive and they’ve been building out cycling infrastructure and how bad could it be…
August 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
pov: you live in the Netherlands and you go visit Greater Boston, which is pretty progressive and they’ve been building out cycling infrastructure and how bad could it be…
The Danish site makes no mention of any Russian office or branch. But an archived version of the site does! Here it is, from October 2022 — months after the full-scale war. There’s a Novorossiysk office listed.
July 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Danish site makes no mention of any Russian office or branch. But an archived version of the site does! Here it is, from October 2022 — months after the full-scale war. There’s a Novorossiysk office listed.