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annasophiegross.bsky.social @annasophiegross.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

NEW: Nigel Farage’s long-term aide George Cottrell had a secret Polymarket account that received nearly $20mn in cryptocurrency to place bets on Donald Trump winning the US election, at a time when he was providing gifts and benefits to the Reform UK leader. w/ @miles-johnson.bsky.social

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Tom Hannen @tomhannen.ft.com · 15/06/2026

Arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer properties originated in Russia. Full video with @miles-johnson.bsky.social now on YouTube (no FT subscription needed) www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5fV...

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Arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer properties originated in Russia

YouTube video by Financial Times

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Miles Johnson @miles-johnson.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Very excited that the FT’s brilliant podcast team have produced an audio version of my most recent FT Weekend Magazine story. It is called THE BROKER, and it’s about a failed American baseball player and stock broker who becomes a major international arms dealer.

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 13/02/2026

On 28 Jan, 127 editors, lawyers, journalists and campaigners emailed Sir Keir Starmer calling for anti-SLAPP Provisions to be included in the King's Speech. Today 39 others joined our call, meaning 166 support steps to protect the right to speak out: antislapp.uk/2026/02/13/s...

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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto—Parties paying Iran using conventional finance risk being blocked from western-based financial systems as a result of US, EU and UK sanctions. www.ft.com/content/d1ce... @miles-johnson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

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Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto

Overture from Ministry of Defence Export Center comes as heavily sanctioned states turn to digital assets

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Miles Johnson @miles-johnson.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

If you prefer print: FT Weekend Magazine is out today.

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Miles Johnson @miles-johnson.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

New FT Magazine cover story out today - How a failed baseball player and ex-Merrill Lynch broker became an international arms dealer.

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Miles Johnson @miles-johnson.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Latest from me - How a tiny US gun shop won – and botched – a $1bn Ukraine contract. Based in an Arizona strip mall and boasting ‘reasonable prices’, OTL Firearms landed an order for vast quantities of rockets and other Soviet-standard munitions. It never delivered. on.ft.com/4qsKYDe

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How a tiny US gun shop won — and botched — a $1bn Ukraine contract

[FREE TO READ] Based in an Arizona strip mall and boasting ‘reasonable prices’, OTL Firearms landed an order for vast quantities of rockets and other Soviet-standard munitions. It never delivered

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Vali Nasr @valinasr.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Eye-opening investigation on whether Iran is moving closer to building nuclear weapons, and also how deep Iran-Russia relations run www.ft.com/content/00f6...

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The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia

An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 05/08/2025

An FT investigation has found that an Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce components with civil applications that could have potential use in nuclear weapons research on.ft.com/3HjTumm

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Miles Johnson @miles-johnson.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

NEW INVESTIGATION: The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia, with @maxseddon.bsky.social Last August a delegation of Iranian nuclear scientists flew from Tehran to Moscow. They appeared like civilians working for a small Tehran-based consulting firm. But it was a cover story.

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The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia

An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research

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Miles Johnson @miles-johnson.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Thank you to The Sunday Long Read for featuring my FT Weekend Magazine story “The fugitive prince” in their excellent weekly email round up:

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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

"The only question was whether he would escape alive." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to @miles-johnson.bsky.social & @financialtimes.com! Subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z www.ft.com/content/51f8...

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The fugitive prince

A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine

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The Slow Scroll @theslowscroll.com · 23/01/2025

Today's featured #longreads 1/2: “The fugitive prince” by @miles-johnson.bsky.social “To his enemies, he is simply Paul Lambrino, a fantasist who, even after everything that happened, claims heirship to a nonexistent throne.”

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The fugitive prince

A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine

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Longreads @longreads.com · 22/01/2025

"He had fought his entire life to be accepted, yet here he was, facing disgrace and years behind bars, not as Prince Paul of Romania, but as Paul Lambrino, crook." @miles-johnson.bsky.social‬ @financialtimes.com #longreads longreads.com/2025/01/22/the-fugiti…

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Miles Johnson @miles-johnson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

My FT Magazine story “The Fugitive Prince” is available as a free audio version in the player at the top of this webpage. It is read by me, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval and scored by Breen Turner. #longreads www.ft.com/content/51f8...

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The fugitive prince

A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine

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Miles Johnson @miles-johnson.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

My story in the FT Weekend Magazine today - The Fugitive Prince: how a man with a claim to a royal title and a vast fortune made a deal with a notorious businessman that cost him more than he could have imagined. www.ft.com/content/51f8...

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