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Brendan Cole

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I write for Newsweek, mostly about Russia and Ukraine.

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Brendan Cole
5 years
Putin says life for Russians has got tougher, former U.S. ambassador to Moscow asks 'Who is to blame?'
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5 years
И кто виноват?
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North Korea’s #KimJongUn appoints new military chief just as he is praised by Donald Trump for returning Korean War GIs. @duyeonkim from @CNASdc explains how Pyongyang’s denuclearization promises should be taken with a pinch of salt. Via @newsweek .
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8 years
Amid claims of sexism in #NextSG race, @1for7billion praises transparency. Via @IBTimesUK .
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5 years
Putin also blamed the U.S. establishment for the deterioration in ties between Moscow and Washington. @McFaul Via @Newsweek
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Brendan Cole
5 years
Putin says life for Russians has got tougher, former U.S. ambassador to Moscow asks 'Who is to blame?'
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Jehovah's Witness Aleksandr Bokov tells me about his fear when Russian officers knocked at his door in Voronezh and interrogated him and his wife over their beliefs. #Russia , via @Newsweek
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Russia raided over 100 homes of Jehovah's Witnesses in Voronezh Region. The OSCE said the "repression against members of a peaceful religious minority group is truly shocking." The raids were also criticized by the EU and the UK. @brendanmarkcole @newsweek
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In #adoption week, @davidakinsanya , @adoptabetterway , discuss with me adoption in the UK Listen: http://t.co/QvTeDOWeh2
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8 years
Looks like #Guterres still front in #NextUNSG straw polls, but there are fears of a late entrant. Via @IBTimesUK .
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8 years
Could #SriLanka see peace? Foreign minister @MangalaLK tells @ChathamHouse he is confident. Via @IBTimesUK .
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2 years
Margaret Atwood shared my piece about Russian troops freezing in a convoy.
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#Ukraine cold snap set to freeze Russian convoy, could see soldiers quit
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4 years
Biden jokes he can claim victory after winning tiny Dixville Notch: 'They voted so it's over'
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Brendan Cole
5 years
What a victory! #NZ .
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5 years
Oh I do love a two day international! #NZvsIND Scenes!
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Brendan Cole
11 years
@docbrown88 tells me why slang should not be banned from school, unlike what @davidlammy thinks. Listen: http://t.co/jt5pCULIyu
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Brendan Cole
8 years
After a month, missing #Russian prisoner Ildar Dadin contacts family. Via @IBTimesUK @Free_IldarDadin .
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Brendan Cole
8 years
Great exclusive from @IBTimesUK , with elected president of Gambia.
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Gambian President #AdamaBarrow – 'I will bring freedom to all - even those who opposed me' via @IBTimesUK
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Brendan Cole
9 years
#Russia bombs on #Syria not so helpful. The five-year-old victim of Russia's airstrikes on Syria
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10 years
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Brendan Cole
5 years
Why the Conservatives deserve to face extinction if they make Boris Johnson prime minister
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Brendan Cole
8 years
Wife of @Free_IldarDadin tells @IBTimesUK court case leading to his release means they can take their honeymoon.
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Brendan Cole
7 years
Interesting piece for @IBTimesUK by @NataliaAntonova on why #Putin will not turn his back on Assad so easily.
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Brendan Cole
8 years
Kremlin spokeswoman #Zakharova criticised for saying 'Jews behind #Trump victory. Via @IBTimesUK
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Brendan Cole
8 years
It seems #CincinnatiZoo have ceased social media accounts after users went ape over #Harambe death. Via @IBTimesUK .
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8 years
Typical childish response to #Panama papers from @RT_com . Why focus on #Putin and not Cameron's dad? #whataboutism .
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Brendan Cole
6 years
First three billboards changed minds, now it's 300, along the roads in Helsinki, all mocking #Trump and #Putin for how they muzzle the media in campaign by Scandinavia’s biggest paper @hsfi . Via @newsweek ,
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Brendan Cole
8 years
Opposition activist Alexei Navalny is convicted, meaning he can't stand in 2018 #Russia election. Via @IBTimesUK
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Brendan Cole
7 years
Russian LGBT group offers safe haven to gay people in Chechnya. Singer Yury Shevchuk makes plea. Via @IBTimesUK
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Brendan Cole
8 years
@Free_IldarDadin Hi, is anyone from your group available for interview by IBTimes UK about your campaign? Brendan
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2 years
@IanDunt Indeed. Except he said "et tu Brute," using Latin's vocative case.
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Brendan Cole
9 years
How do the British queue? My piece for @BBC_Future and @BBC_Britain .
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Brendan Cole
5 years
Powerful comment from @jacindaardern , the tone she has struck during this crisis has been flawless. Via @Newsweek
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Brendan Cole
9 years
A woman candidate in #Belarus election? Watch out #Lukashenko . My translation from #worldcrunch and #Kommersant . http://t.co/6XJjad0ikd
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Brendan Cole
11 years
#G20 , #Syria discussed in Telling Like It is with @stirringtrouble , @THEJameswhale discuss: Listen: http://t.co/fImBFxihER
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4 years
U.S. mulls paying companies, tax breaks to pull supply chains from China
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Brendan Cole
5 years
Kelly tells Coast Guard cadets he did not want to use troops domestically.
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Ex-Trump chief of staff John Kelly opposed troops' deployment to the border because they should only fight "the away game"
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11 years
I discuss the rise of far right in #hungary , with @colmocinneide , @MarcusDysch , @erikdamato . Listen here: http://t.co/Q6VpoDpMzz
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Brendan Cole
6 years
Holy See says ‘see no evil’. Vatican tells nuns not to tweet too much because they should be praying. Via @Newsweek
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Brendan Cole
9 years
#newzealandflag up for grabs, referendum sees Kiwis vote. @OliviaWannan
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IBTimes UK
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New Zealand chooses new flag in preliminary referendum
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8 years
#Russia and #Ukraine are trading insults as #Crimea incursion claims heat up. Via @IBTimesUK .
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10 years
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Brendan Cole
9 years
@PhilippePauchet Bonsoir, est-ce que vous etes le photographe qui a pris les images a Roubaix? Pourriez-vous parler avec le Daily Mail?
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5 years
Instead of driving, he should have phoned home.
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6 years
wow
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Fuuuuuuuuuuuck
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Brendan Cole
11 years
Syria, royal family talked about by Alexander Nekrassov @stirringtrouble and @THEJamesWhale this week. Listen: http://t.co/vBPv4kJKhW
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Brendan Cole
11 years
#hacking , newsoftheworld, spying as discussed with me by @stirringtrouble and @THEjamesmax . Listen: http://t.co/kZ62Tly7Q4
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8 years
Adviser to #Trump Peter Thiel became #NewZealand citizen without going to country.Via @IBTimesUK
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Brendan Cole
6 years
'President Trump is only president who when things are going well his numbers do not go up' says VP Biden at @CH_Events #CHBiden
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4 years
Coronavirus Shutdown Has Left Many People 'Desperate For Food,' Hunger Nonprofit tells me.
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Brendan Cole
11 years
#Bulgaria blogger @justinetoms , and Dmitar Bechev of @ecfr tell me what is behind protests. Listen: http://t.co/t0GkLw1rgU
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Brendan Cole
8 years
Is #Russia really trying to poach US-trained #Syria rebels tackling #ISIS ? Concern over Moscow's role. Via @IBTimes
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Brendan Cole
11 years
political turmoil in #Bulgaria due to #Oresharski . @dimobe explains. Listen: http://t.co/Mu1gLXV8XC
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11 years
@Domchronicle tells me #spain upping ante over #gibraltar incursions. Listen: http://t.co/Rhx8cdGLN8
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Brendan Cole
8 years
Russia culture minister Vladimir Medinsky calls for better UK-Russian ties, dismisses #Panamapapers . Via @IBTimesUK .
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Brendan Cole
9 years
Dissident in #Kazakhstan finally released. Serikzhan Mambetalin of @kzgreens . More to follow? Via @IBTimesUK
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Brendan Cole
7 years
South Korean presidential Moon Chung-in tells me on Pyongyang, #Trump may not practice what he tweets. @via @IBTimesUK , @ChathamHouse ,
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Brendan Cole
8 years
Was it victory for #AmalClooney over Cherie Blair in getting refugee status for @MohamedNasheed ? Via @IBTimesUK .
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Brendan Cole
5 years
British MPs have to return from their holidays straight away, here's hoping they haven't travelled with Thomas Cook.
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Did Boris Johnson lie to the Queen? UK Supreme Court says suspending parliament was unlawful, null and void
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Brendan Cole
8 years
What future for the #UN Security Council? @IrinaBokova tells @ChathamHouse of vision for #NextSG . Via @IBTimesUK .
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Moscow councillor tells me why he called for Putin's resignation.
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Gordei Nefedov, a deputy from Moscow's Lomonosovsky Municipal Council, told Newsweek he expressed his opinion "as a deputy and as a citizen."
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8 years
@jeremic_vuk has made a strong pitch for the @UN top job at @RUSI_org saying the UN needs reform. Via @IBTimesUK .
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8 years
Is a swap deal between #Russia and #Ukraine over Shavchenko on the cards involving #VictorBout ? Via @IBTimesUK .
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Media freedom in #Hungary in dock @Atlatszo takes legal action on government over NGO claims. Via @IBTimesUK
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8 years
Worrying reports of an attack at American University in #Kabul with students and teachers trapped. Via @IBTimesUK .
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Brendan Cole
11 years
@THEjameswhale , @stirringtrouble , ell me about Prince George #Hinkley , #Major , green taxes Listen: http://t.co/WMfEdW7AQg
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Brendan Cole
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Raul Romeva says @JuntsPelSi will continue independence fight for #Catalonia despite court setback. Via @IBTimesUK .
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Friend of murdered ex-spy Litvinenko tells @IBTimesUK Sergei Skripal case is stern message from Kremlin.
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Brendan Cole
5 years
One is not amused.
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BBC Breaking News
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David Cameron's remarks on Queen and Scottish vote led to 'an amount of displeasure' at the Palace, source tells BBC
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8 years
We are crying with him! Well done Ireland!
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6 years
@KateAndrs @TheLancet Or most likely, one sausage every 10 days.
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Brendan Cole
8 years
Wife of Russian activist @Free_IldarDadin in plea for information about his location. Via @IBTimesUK .
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Brendan Cole
6 years
Jay Z also had a great time at Salisbury Cathedral.
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Brendan Cole
9 years
The fiction of #RT as a proper news source on #Russia , laid bare by @MoscowTimes . http://t.co/OLecnOYmYe
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Brendan Cole
10 years
Hi Camelia, can you do radio interview for Voice of Russia on Iran nuclear talks? Brendan @CameliaFard
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Brendan Cole
11 years
@VanessaMaeHQ has qualified to ski in #Sochi Olympics, she told me about her plans a year ago! Listen: http://t.co/LDWXaDf78A
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@mattkindt Already have, hope to hear back soon. )
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Brendan Cole
8 years
Interesting comment on #Turkey coup via @ChathamHouse
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Turkey - @el_khawaga on a 'remarkable' aspect of post coup reaction. Via @VOANews .
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4 years
Everyone is waiting for next move by #Putin next move in #Belarus . via @Newsweek @franakviacorka
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Putin is playing kingmaker in Belarus. He may not crown Lukashenko again
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6 years
Clearly the Salisbury suspects just like architecture, nothing more. So that's all settled then.
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Alleged Skripal assassins "Alexander Petrov" and "Ruslan Boshirov" are actually telling RT that they came to the UK because their friends told them to see the "famous Salisbury cathedral"
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@UN SG candidate @jeremic_vuk tells me the next leader needs to have backbone. Via @IBTimesUK .
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Brendan Cole
6 years
Jandal vandals, but was it worth giving the team the boot? If the shoe fits..
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Putting a foot wrong at the #QatarvsUAE semis at rhe #Asiancup2019
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Brendan Cole
9 years
My translation of interesting Kommersant piece on Armenian protests.
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Armenia’s Mini Maidan Gives Voice To New Generation – via Kommersant http://t.co/9P5yJaoOwZ http://t.co/CYaMBJ9PWZ
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Brendan Cole
8 years
A strong pitch from @HelenClarkUNDP for top job at #UN . @UNAUK , via @IBTimesUK .
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#Georgia will continue fight to join #NATO . @georgianwineman
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Great piece from @NataliaAntonova on #Putin 's decree overruling international courts. Via @IBTimesUK .
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Brendan Cole
11 years
@JasonLeopold , fascinating stuff for sure.
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8 years
Not sure what awaits the person who comes forward with Chechnya leader #Kadyrov 's missing cat.. Via @IBTimesUK
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