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Anton Shekhovtsov

@shekhovtsov.substack.com
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PhD UCL SSEES, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at CEU, director of the Centre for Democratic Integrity, author of books "Russia and the Western Far Right" and "Russian Political Warfare", columnist at EUObserver, outdoor research fellow.

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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 4h
US withdraws from a top European anti-corruption watchdog, which Russia and Belarus left before. buff.ly/qEIK9Os
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 28/09/2026
Ireland is helping supply Russia’s war machine. buff.ly/C8t1Yyv
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 28/09/2026
A strange situation with the two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine during its incursion into the Kursk oblast. 1/8
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 28/09/2026
Here’s an interview (in English) I did for the French “Rearmer la democratie” podcast, talking about relations and non-relations between Russia and the European far right: dirtypolitics.substack.com/p/pourqu…
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 27/09/2026
U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global Al weapons pact. buff.ly/owBVyox The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 26/09/2026
Heute in der Druckausgabe: „Acht Gründe, warum die Techno-Oligarchie gefährlicher ist als der Faschismus“: buff.ly/UJ3STcv
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 26/09/2026
First blind the Russians, then catch them with robots: Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi shows cutting edge of modern warfare. buff.ly/KqaVSsg
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First blind the Russians, then catch them with robots: Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi shows cutting edge of modern warfare (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,674)
By driving Russian forces back to their 2022 lines and crippling refineries deep in Samara, Operation Vivaldi shows how a tech-heavy Ukrainian corps can threaten not just a single sector near Lyman,…
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 24/09/2026
The CIA warns of a Russian drone attack against Spain, France or Italy. buff.ly/BJIsfFT
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La CIA alerta de un ataque ruso con drones contra Espa�a, Francia o Italia
Rusia prepara nuevos ataques con drones en Europa, pero esta vez ser� contra pa�ses mediterr�neos. Los servicios de Inteligencia de Estados Unidos han recabado informaci�n...
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 24/09/2026
US-Based Digital Forensics Firm Hid its Russian Ownership from U.S. Government Customers. buff.ly/Eua3qBp
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US-Based Digital Forensics Firm Hid its Russian Ownership from U.S. Government Customers
The U.S. Department of War, Secret Service and other federal departments and agencies unwittingly purchased digital forensics software from a Virginia-based firm that was owned by Russian nationals…
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 23/09/2026
Most people who comment hatefully online on particular world developments will never have any influence over those developments – neither advancing nor hindering them – because such matters are, as it were, “above their pay grade”. 1/4
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 23/09/2026
Acht Gründe, warum die Techno-Oligarchie gefährlicher ist als der Faschismus. buff.ly/UJ3STcv
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Acht Gründe, warum die Techno-Oligarchie gefährlicher ist als der...
Der Faschismus wollte einen neuen Menschen formen. Das Silicon Valley will gar keinen mehr. Ein Politikwissenschaftler zieht den Vergleich Punkt für Punkt – und kommt zu einem unbequemen Ergebnis.
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Andreas Umland @umland.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
Buchvorstellung an der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 25.9.2026, 18:00 www.literaturport.de/veranstaltun... @bbaw.bsky.social @shekhovtsov.substack.com @dgoberlin.bsky.social @zois.bsky.social @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social @susannworschech.bsky.social @kiu-network.bsky.social
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 22/09/2026
French President Marine Le Pen has successfully lobbied for the removal of two Russian, Putin-linked billionaires, Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, from the EU sanctions list.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 22/09/2026
Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks. buff.ly/8gUjmYf
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 22/09/2026
What JK Rowling’s Voldemort can teach us about Ukraine war. buff.ly/HN8mcnl
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What JK Rowling’s Voldemort can teach us about Ukraine war
Since the start of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, as the West decided to support Ukraine in its defensive efforts, Moscow has been sounding exactly like Lord Voldemort:…
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 21/09/2026
A journalist asked what I thought about the elections in Russia. I said that elections in Russia would be a great thing, and I look forward to seeing them.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 21/09/2026
Peter Thiel’s Reverse Alchemy: shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/peter-th…
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 21/09/2026
European spy chiefs warn Moscow is planning more decisive action against Nato. buff.ly/I4MfWGG Intelligence officers say Russian campaign could intensify ‘in months, not years’ – but that panic risks playing into Kremlin psy-ops.
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European spy chiefs warn Moscow is planning more decisive action against Nato
Exclusive: Intelligence officers say Russian campaign could intensify ‘in months, not years’ – but that panic risks playing into Kremlin psy-ops
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 20/09/2026
Peter Thiel’s Reverse Alchemy: buff.ly/sTZRTla
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 20/09/2026
Alchemy, psychoanalysis, linguistics, theology, cultural history, and cyberpunk fiction meet in the money-waste-immortality knot behind the techno-oligarchic crypto dream. shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/peter-thie...
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 19/09/2026
Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella condemn Moscow’s hostile actions: Russia cannot “dictate” France’s policy. buff.ly/BloIgrs
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La Russie ne peut "dicter" la politique de la France : Marine Le Pen et Jordan Bardella condamnent les actes d'"hostilité" de Moscou
Dans un communiqué publié ce samedi 19 septembre, les deux figures du Rassemblement national ont affiché une ligne de fermeté face à Moscou.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 19/09/2026
Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds. buff.ly/Ffl3TBT The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 18/09/2026
Russians are growing fearful that Putin may soon order a massive new mobilisation for the war against Ukraine after this weekend's "parliamentary" "elections". buff.ly/4fcYimJ
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 18/09/2026
Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico stated that he has no intention of fulfilling his country’s obligations under Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, or of taking part in the defence of allies in the event of a Russian attack.
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Jana Zikmundova @jzk55.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Since the Russian 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan has become a leading conduit for Russian sanctions evasion: EU-origin dual-use goods flowed into the country and were re-exported onward to Russia at sharply elevated volumes." More to come ❔️ ⤵️
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 17/09/2026
Raiffeisen shares slump after short-seller Grizzly spotlights Russia ties. buff.ly/0jTqjMb
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 17/09/2026
Russia is trying to push Kyrgyz payment system Vexpay into China’s financial bloodstream to keep circumventing Western sanctions and funding its war machine. buff.ly/G2EeCTi
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 16/09/2026
US Attorney General Todd Blanche appears unlikely to investigate a Russian oligarch with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin who allegedly paid thousands of dollars to bankroll festivities for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding. buff.ly/QEzZLBb
abcnews.com
Blanche says investigation into Russian oligarch's wedding gift to Trump Jr. is unlikely
Trump's family members say have no connection to Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 16/09/2026
Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes. buff.ly/W7r08zJ
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 16/09/2026
How Russia turns Europe's divisions into power. buff.ly/h7fZE5X
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 16/09/2026
US charges Russians for allegedly financing terrorism, murder-for-hire plots. buff.ly/T9sxpHO
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DOJ charges Russians for allegedly financing terrorism, murder-for-hire plots
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the charges Tuesday.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 16/09/2026
How Russia Turns Europe’s Divisions into Power. buff.ly/h7fZE5X Anton Shekhovtsov explains why Moscow does not need Europeans to become pro-Russian and why its campaign against Western unity remains tied to Vladimir Putin.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 15/09/2026
Russian spies ‘recruiting UK teenagers’ to carry out acts of violence and sabotage. buff.ly/NXvoutZ
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Russian spies 'recruiting UK teenagers' to carry out acts of violence and sabotage
Russian agents are believed to have 'hijacked' online chat groups where children plan and encourage each other to commit extreme acts - from vandalism to sexual abuse and murder
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 15/09/2026
Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Secretly Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was. buff.ly/yDnKZ9k
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a…
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Andreas Umland @umland.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026
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Book Launch: Anton Shekhovtsov, ed., RUSSIA AGAINST UKRAINE (ibidem-Verlag), Berlin, 25 September 2026, 18:00
Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 14/09/2026
Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship for producing the award-winning documentary on Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza. buff.ly/iR3zL4W
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Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA
Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 13/09/2026
Leaked document reveals Russia’s desperate push into China’s financial system: buff.ly/G2EeCTi
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 12/09/2026
The leader of the largest far-right party on our planet is hugging Putin and writes he is "delighted" to see him again, and people in the comments on his post on X run by the richest techno-oligarch prone to throwing Nazi salutes are angrily asking: "How could you hug that war criminal?!" Come on.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 11/09/2026
A leaked document reveals Russia’s desperate push into China’s financial system via Kyrgyz operator Vexpay: buff.ly/G2EeCTi
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 10/09/2026
Leaked Document Reveals Russia’s Desperate Push into China’s Financial System. shekhovtsov.substack.com/p/leaked-d…
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 10/09/2026
A leaked Russian briefing note for Putin reveals how Russia hopes to use a Kyrgyz payment platform, Vexpay, and Chinese help to slip its war money past Western sanctions: buff.ly/G2EeCTi
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 10/09/2026
Contemporary far-right activism is 88 percent grift. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/20…
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 10/09/2026
In Eastern Europe, they’d distribute free buckwheat on election day in a subtle attempt to buy votes; in the US, they compensate for the lack of imagination in vote-buying with narcissistic shamelessness.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 09/09/2026
Following his previous, more ambiguous response towards the far-right victory in one of the oblasts of East Germany, US President Donald Trump is now casting aside all uncertainty.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 08/09/2026
Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs. buff.ly/8DPsd19
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Daniel Wiklander @dwiklander.se · 07/09/2026
@shekhovtsov.substack.com har alltså haft koll på henne länge. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Pd...
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Experten: Vi har känt till SD-kvinnan i nio år
SD-tjänstemannen med Kreml-kopplingar är sambo med SD-toppen som samordnar Tidöregeringen, har Expo avslöjat. Aftonbladet kan nu avslöja att hon ”flaggats” inom internationella säkerhetskretsar, sedan...
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 07/09/2026
Theme Park “Germania” in construction.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 06/09/2026
Will Kushner and Witkoff use Google Translate to rebrand Moscow’s demands on Ukraine as a Trump Peace Plan, or have the Russians already done so for them using Yandex Translate?
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 04/09/2026
A sting operation against Reform UK, exploiting their greed and disrespect towards UK electoral laws. This has reminded me of the “Ibiza affair” in Austria back in the day, and I now wonder if similar operations are in development in Germany or France. buff.ly/EU16uS8
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 04/09/2026
Nigel Farage and other senior members of Reform UK have been filmed by undercover reporters celebrating secret new foreign donations. buff.ly/EU16uS8
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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