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Catherine Belton

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Catherine Belton

@CatherineBelton

Reporting on Russia for @washingtonpost, ex@FT Moscow. Author Putin's People, a NYT Critics' Book of 2020, & for FT, Times. amazon.com/dp/0374238715?…

Joined December 2011

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Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Mar 3, 2024
Всем уже хорошо известно o жестокости Путинского режимa в отношении собственных граждан. Но в честь Навального и всех тех, которые пришли прощаться с ним, мы сделали доступ к русскому переводу книги «Люди Путина» бесплатно. Страна должна знать своих героев postimees-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/2024/03/GGvXV9…
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Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Oct 26, 2024
The AP reported that hours after the Post announced its endorsement decision, Trump greeted executives from Blue Origin, the space company owned by Bezos that has a $3.4bn contract with Nasa to build a spacecraft to carry astronauts to the moon and back.
Jeff Bezos faces backlash at Washington Post over refusal to run endorsement of Kamala Harris
From ft.com
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Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Feb 4, 2024
"The U.S. is a “fat buffalo trying to take a nap” as hungry wolves approach, the European ambassador mused. “I can hear those Champagne bottle corks popping in Moscow — like it’s Christmas every fucking day.” politi.co/41Y97Ww via @politico
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Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Aug 1, 2023
All Russian billionaires suing western courts to lift sanctions will read this and weep. Great indepth investigation on how the companies of Mikhail Fridman, Roman Abramovich, Alisher Usmanov & others are key suppliers for Russia's war machine in Ukraine
Пссы войны
From proekt.media
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Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Oct 24, 2023
Miraculously. With many thanks to friends & family who supported me while writing Putin’s People. To @ArabellaPike for her courageous defence. And to the Russian billionaires & Kremlin who tried so hard to demonstrate how the super-rich can abuse the UK legal system 😉 #antiSLAPP
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Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Apr 21, 2023
"The documents show for the first time the Kremlin’s direct attempts to interfere in German politics by seeking to forge a new coalition between the far left and the AfD, as well as to support protests against the German government."
Kremlin tries to build antiwar coalition in Germany, documents show
From washingtonpost.com
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Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Jan 19, 2021
Thank you @navalny for the reference to 'Putin's People' in your incredible investigation. palace.navalny.com Спасибо огромное!
Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Jun 3, 2022
"Putin “believes the West will become exhausted,” said one well-connected Russian billionaire. "Now he is trying to reshape the situation and he believes that in the longer term he will win." Western leaders are vulnerable to election cycles."
washingtonpost.com
Putin thinks West will blink first in war of attrition, Russian elites say
The Kremlin is seeking to ramp up economic pressure to erode foreign support for Ukraine.
Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Oct 28, 2022
After Ukraine, Moldova is the next country to face pressure from Russia: "The Russians are “doing all they can to turn the lights out,” a Western official said. “They don’t need to do much more than that to destabilize the Moldovan government.”
Russia’s security service works to subvert Moldova’s pro-Western government
From washingtonpost.com
Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Apr 6, 2022
Powerful testimony from @dkaleniuk:"Putin has 2 armies. 1 is visible + obvious + it operates in Ukraine.. Another army is invisible + it has operated across western democracies for decades. This is the army of lawyers, accountants.. They help park billions of $s in the west."
U.S. Helsinki Commission
@HelsinkiComm
Apr 6, 2022
.@dkaleniuk @ANTAC_ua: #Ukraine’s success in fighting corruption is the ultimate threat to Vladimir Putin. csce.gov/international-…
Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Feb 4, 2024
Replying to @CatherineBelton
"The diplomats are aghast that so many U.S. leaders let their zeal for partisan politics prevent the basic functions of government."
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Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
May 21, 2023
This is shocking sign of deep problems in UK system. “The very high costs award made against Carole despite her journalism having been found to be in the public interest is very concerning & has the potential to stifle freedom of expression in the UK.”
Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr facing heavy legal costs in Arron Banks case
From theguardian.com
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Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Jul 24, 2021
This Wednesday @WmCollinsBooks and I will be going to the UK High Court for the first round in our legal battle against Rosneft, the Kremlin oil champion, and three Russian billionaires, over Putin's People.
Catherine Belton
@CatherineBelton
Aug 1, 2020
Not only does the son of former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev gain a peerage, but so too does James Wharton, a paid advisor to former Russian state arms firm boss, Alexander Temerko, at the same time as he was running Boris Johnson's leadership campaign.
In British PM race, a former Russian arms tycoon wields influence
From reuters.com