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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A simple and, for now, free tool for checking email. The post includes an English version. therussiansource.substack.com/p/emailosint

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EmailOSINT

Инструмент для поиска по электронной почте

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

From time to time, I write about the tools I use in my work. This time, I’ll be discussing a basic tool for dealing with Russian personal data breaches. therussiansource.substack.com/p/sherlock

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Бот Sherlock

Базовый инструмент для работы с утечками

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Jakob Kjøgx Bohr @jakobbohr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Russia is tightening security around the shadow fleet. New intel shows that ships travelling through the Baltic are now covered in drone nets, sent for diver inspections in Russia and are possibly still carrying armed guards in secret. With help from @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social Full story:

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Dronenet og dykkere: Rusland beskytter skibe i danske farvande

Skibe fra den russiske skyggeflåde er blevet udstyret med beskyttelse mod droneangreb, når de sejler i Danmark. Ifølge Danwatchs oplysninger har der også været

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Jakob Kjøgx Bohr @jakobbohr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Wagner, Redut, Moran, GRU, private and state security - the mercenaries on the shadow fleet come from a variety of Russian military instituions. They've fought in Ukraine, Syria and Mali before secretly going on board the shadow fleet. But who are they? Read the full piece here.

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De har været i krig i Ukraine og Syrien – nu er de i Østersøen

Russiske lejesoldater, militær- og sikkerhedsfolk har sejlet hemmeligt rundt i Danmark. Danwatch tegner her et billede af, hvem der er tale om.

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Jakob Kjøgx Bohr @jakobbohr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Putins mercenaries’ man the shadow fleet. Through fake job interviews and more than 2000 crew lists Danwatch and our international partners are now able to tell exactly when, why and where Russian mercenaries man tankers from the shadow fleet. Three articles out today. In Danish. Read here.

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Lækkede dokumenter: Putins lejesoldater sejler i Danmark

Danwatch kan sammen med internationale mediepartnere for første gang afsløre, at russiske lejesoldater sejler rundt på skyggeflåden i det skjulte for at overvåg

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Starting in the spring of 2025, Russia deployed mercenaries who had served in the Wagner Group, Redut, the African Corps, and other private military companies to protect tankers in the shadow fleet dossier.center/sea-convoy/

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Операция «Морской конвой»

Как вагнеровцы охраняли российскую нефть

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

One of the Russian GPS spoofers around St Petersburg sports what looks like an aim function. There is a realistic possibility this has been used to drive Ukrainian attack drones into NATO territory. So far, I only have two anecdotes to show for it, data collection ongoing. 🧵

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Two Russians with experience in the GRU special forces and Wagner group were aboard the tanker Qendil, which was delivering Russian oil to India. In December 2025, Ukraine struck this ship in the Mediterranean Sea therussiansource.substack.com/p/wagner-esc...

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“Wagner” escort

“Security guards” linked to Prigozhin's PMC and the GRU were found on board a tanker belonging to Russia's “shadow fleet”

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

There is unconfirmed information that a high-ranking Russian military officer was on board (I even saw that GRU General Averyanov was mentioned). However, according to the ship's documents, Qendil left Novorossiysk on November 4 without passengers and without any Russian citizens among the crew

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The Dossier uncovered one of the most secretive units in the Russian military — the Special Strategic Communications Service (Service K). Its officers handle the “nuclear briefcases” and accompany top leaders. I reveal who they are, their backgrounds, and pay. open.substack.com/pub/therussi...

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All the President's Men. Who is responsible for Vladimir Putin's nuclear briefcase?

Inside Russia's Secret Nuclear Command Unit: The Special Strategic Communications Service

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

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All the President's Men. Who is responsible for Vladimir Putin's nuclear briefcase?

Inside Russia's Secret Nuclear Command Unit: The Special Strategic Communications Service

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The first attempt to poison Alexei Navalny likely happened as early as 2017, Dossier has found. At the time, he was being tailed by a team of seven FSB operatives. dossier.center/aan/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpVu...

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Агенты под прикрытием

Как ФСБ готовила отравление Алексея Навального

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The world’s largest maritime insurance fraud scheme operated in the interests of the Russian authorities. Fake insurance policies were used by Rosneft, NOVATEK, and Defense Ministry contractors, according to investigations by Dossier and NRK www.nrk.no/vestland/xl/... dossier.center/northern-pir...

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NRK avslører: Russer svindlet Vesten med norsk selskap

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 17/06/2025

Wrote a summary of a recent Dossier Center report on Russia maybe using cargo ships to launch drones to spy on German military assets. We already coined the “shadow fleet” for oil tankers. So, this is the “ghost fleet,” maybe? Anybody? meduza.io/en/feature/2...

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An invisible maritime menace Mysterious drones spy on Western defenses as cargo ships linked to Russia cruise European waters — Meduza

Russia may be spying on Western military assets and infrastructure using drones launched from passing civilian ships, and European countries cannot find a way to prove it, let alone stop it, according...

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Jakob Kjøgx Bohr @jakobbohr.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

A Russian national has set up a forgery factory in Norway and has cheated authorities in the Baltic Sea by providing fraudelent papers to the shadow fleet, which have been presented during the controls by Western countries. Authorities had no idea they were being cheated. @glistrup.bsky.social

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Forged papers and a fake company: How Russian businessman cheats Danish authorities

Four people have been charged by Norwegian police with forgery and issuing illegal insurance papers to Russia's shadow fleet. Danwatch and NRK can now reveal ho

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Why is Vladimir Putin still alive? Who protects him from assassination attempts and drone strikes? How do his food tasters make sure he isn’t poisoned? The Dossier Center takes a closer look at the president’s security service, a key division of the FSO dossier.center/putinmen-en/

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All the President’s Men

Who Protects Vladimir Putin

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I translate some materials from the main newsletter into English. Today's email is about the largest leak containing data on Russian airline tickets spanning 16 years and how to work with this leak therussiansource.substack.com/p/russian-ai...

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Russian Airline Ticket Database

The flight database covers extensive Russian domestic flights

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A massive airline ticket leak is publicly available for free. In 2023, hackers breached the Sirena-Travel system, exposing data on 664 million flights over 16 years. More details here therussiansource.substack.com/p/sirena

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База авиабилетов

Перелеты внутри России за 16 лет с плохой реализацией поиска

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I’ve decided to periodically write about the tools I use in my work: bots, open data, registries, leaks, and other resources. The first post about what was once the most important Telegram bot is already published open.substack.com/pub/therussi...

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Michael Kofman @michaelkofman.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

A long thread on the war and the current situation. Although the worst-case scenarios didn’t materialize in 2024, it was the most difficult period since spring 2022. There were positive developments, and bright spots, but the current trajectory is negative. 1/

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The Insider @theins.press · 09/12/2024

Company linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Timchenko ranks among largest LNG exporters, Dossier reports Co-founded by Gennady Timchenko and Billy Ngok, Kunlun Red Star Energy Trading had exported $514m worth of Russian liquefied gas by mid-2024.

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Company linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Timchenko ranks among largest LNG exporters, Dossier reports

Kunlun Red Star Energy Trading, a company linked to Russian billionaire and longtime Putin ally Gennady Timchenko, has become one of the largest exporters of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), the i...

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Ilia Rozhdestvenskii @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Since the beginning of the war, a new major player has appeared on the Russian liquefied gas market - the Hong Kong company Kunlun Red Star Energy Trading. It exported LNG worth $500 million. Its shareholder is an old friend of President Putin, Gennady Timchenko. dossier.center/timchenko-gas/

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Тимченко поддал газу

Как хоккей помог другу Путина войти в лидеры по экспорту СПГ

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