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Madi Kapparov @kapparov.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

For now, no such plans have been announced. Head of the Federation Council Committee on Budget and Financial Markets, Anatoly Artamonov, *proposed* shifting 2 trillion from "ineffective expense categories" to "greater priorities" (everything war-related). Source: www.rbc.ru/economics/23...

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Madi Kapparov @kapparov.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I am still using Twitter and this platform once in a blue moon. I don't write threads anymore. However, over on Substack, I post weekly updates on the Russian economy. Most recent - waiting for the ru CB key rate decision: camarra.substack.com/p/madi-kappa...

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Madi Kapparov: Weekly Economic Update on Russia

Weekly Economic Update on Russia

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Madi Kapparov @kapparov.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

While it is easy to explain away DC's erratic behavior toward European allies by calling Trump a Russian asset, which he probably is, China is not the sole long-term threat to the US economic dominance. The other is the EU.

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Madi Kapparov @kapparov.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Trump’s idea of peace - a piece of Ukraine for russia, a piece of Ukraine for America, and piss for Ukraine.

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Madi Kapparov @kapparov.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

@olgalautman.bsky.social and I did a deep dive into Nomma Zarubina, the alleged Russian intelligence operative (link in a follow-up tweet). As part of the Malign Influence Operations newsletter, we will be publishing deep dives into Russian and other influence agents, operations, and orgs.

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Madi Kapparov @kapparov.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

On this day 30 years ago Russia launched an illegal invasion of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI) in an attempt to recolonize the free Chechen people. ChRI won that war against the empire without international support. Image: Russian troops in Grozny in 1996.

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Madi Kapparov @kapparov.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Geopolitics with markets - Trump, Zelenskyy, Macron meet, defense stocks crash on the expectations of "peace." The example below is RHM. Oh, don't you ever change.

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

. @kapparov.bsky.social and I did a very detailed deep dive into the Russian agent arrested last month. Here is our investigation! Also we just launched this substack exactly for these type of covert and malign influence operations, so please subscribe

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A Foreign Agent in Plain Sight: How Russia Conducts Its Influence Operations in the U.S.

The Case of Nomma Zarubina

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Madi Kapparov @kapparov.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

It is difficult to estimate the full extent of the new round of sanctions yet. It'll clear up after Dec. 20 when Directive 2 comes into effect. The most obvious impact is reflected in the negative shock to the RUB/USD exchange rate driven by a combination of factors.

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Madi Kapparov @kapparov.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Importing Russian sanctions by Kazakhstan - the x-rate case:

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