Erica Marat 🇺🇦

Erica Marat 🇺🇦

@ericamarat.bsky.social

Professor. Opinions are my personal. Posting as a private citizen. Do not represent any institution or group.

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Meduza in English
@meduza.io

The day after Aleksandar Vucic's party lost Serbia's parliamentary election to a student-led movement, regional public broadcaster RTV apologized to viewers for years of uncritical reporting and ignoring problems. meduza.io/en/news/2026...

meduza.ioSerbian public broadcaster apologizes for years of one-sided news coverage during Aleksandar Vučić’s rule — MeduzaRadio Television of Vojvodina (RTV) apologized to viewers live on air for having “turned a blind eye to many things,” Serbian outlets reported.
Erica Marat 🇺🇦
@ericamarat.bsky.social

If you’ve heard of “techno-optimists” wanting to start new societies from scratch because the current ones are losers, look no further. Balaji Srinivasan is trying to create his first “country” inside Kazakhstan (after being booted from Malaysia). Gift link www.wsj.com/tech/a-tech-...

wsj.comA Tech Founder Wanted to Start a New Country. An Actual Country Got in the Way.Balaji Srinivasan says he believes America is descending into anarchy. His solution: Build a new country from scratch.
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@ericamarat.bsky.social

Today's Blusky is what Twitter felt like in late 2020. Congratulatory, self-assured, snarky. Illiberalism and liberalism are cyclical: even when voted out in a democratic election, both remain and continue to compete.

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Adam Bonica
@adambonica.bsky.social

One benefit of holding leaders accountable for crimes is that if Flávio Bolsonaro tries to overturn this election, he knows exactly where he’d end up. In prison, next to his father.

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Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Kate from Kharkiv
@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

A baby girl was killed in her stroller today by a Russian drone strike in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv Region. Her name was Anhelina. Her mother died as well. ​An absolutely barbaric strike on a park full of families with children. ​6 people have been confirmed killed so far, including other children.

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@ericamarat.bsky.social

Pavel Prigozhin, now 28, not only salvaged but expanded operations in Wagner’s African stronghold, the Central African Republic, according to former Wagner associates, government officials, business people and researchers in Bangui, the capital city. Gift link www.wsj.com/world/africa...

wsj.comThe Playboy Who Inherited the World’s Most Notorious Mercenary ForceThe son of Wagner Group’s late founder hangs on to an African stronghold, making a fortune from guns, drugs and gold.

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The Kyiv Independent
@kyivindependent.com

Latvia's decision last week to declare Russian-born journalist and blogger Leonid Ragozin persona non grata has drawn attention to a broader trend: Russians who once presented themselves as opponents of Vladimir Putin are now accused of echoing Kremlin narratives.

kyivindependent.comThe Russian commentators living in Europe who justify Moscow's war against UkraineLatvia's decision last week to declare Russian-born journalist and blogger Leonid Ragozin persona non grata has drawn attention to a broader trend: Russians who once presented themselves as opponents ...
Erica Marat 🇺🇦
@ericamarat.bsky.social

Such a problematic genre among russophiles to compare authoritarianism and lack of any meaningful democratic experience in Russia with the rise of illiberalism through democracy in the United States.

Erica Marat 🇺🇦@ericamarat.bsky.social

oh please, the new Kennan Institute. Give me a break.

Erica Marat 🇺🇦
@ericamarat.bsky.social

This kind of takes excuse lack of meaningful antiwar activism even among the diaspora and encourages russian self-obsession with helplessness. Authoritarianism in the United States exists, but there’s nothing to learn from russia here.

Erica Marat 🇺🇦
@ericamarat.bsky.social

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) unveiled a bipartisan bill on Saturday that he says would block Trump from lifting sanctions, called the Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) already signed on as a co-sponsor though it is unclear who the Democratic sponsor on the bill is.