Charles McPhedran
@charliekreuz.bsky.social
Australian journalist, filmmaker between Berlin and Kyiv. Focused on spies, special forces, and why justice is so rarely served. Check out my BBC Radio 4 documentary, “Putin’s Blood Feud” https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002830j
Is it wrong to say the current war has been worse for Ukraine’s population numbers than anything during the twentieth century? And does that make this war *worse* than those events? Looking for demographers’ input…
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Is it wrong to say the current war has been worse for Ukraine’s population numbers than anything during the twentieth century? And does that make this war *worse* than those events? Looking for demographers’ input…
It‘s great that both Democratic and Republican administrations haven’t cared enough to fill this job:
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It‘s great that both Democratic and Republican administrations haven’t cared enough to fill this job:
So that’s why Zelenskyy rang Vance, seemingly first, after the plan leaked.
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So that’s why Zelenskyy rang Vance, seemingly first, after the plan leaked.
Kyiv Post on “success” for the Americans in Geneva today: Convincing its supposed allies that the US administration has *one* position would be a win.
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Kyiv Post on “success” for the Americans in Geneva today: Convincing its supposed allies that the US administration has *one* position would be a win.
Christo Grozev: Russian->US plan originally included an alliance against China.
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Christo Grozev: Russian->US plan originally included an alliance against China.
VERY good question: Who’s pocketing $10 per liter per barrel on Russian oil in Hungary and Slovakia?
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
VERY good question: Who’s pocketing $10 per liter per barrel on Russian oil in Hungary and Slovakia?
So many questions…
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
So many questions…
Seems like the then secretary general of the Council of Europe, a former Norwegian PM, was acting as an intermediary between Epstein and the Kremlin.
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Seems like the then secretary general of the Council of Europe, a former Norwegian PM, was acting as an intermediary between Epstein and the Kremlin.
Revealing interview with a former FSB officer, who reveals how astroturf movements/organised crime were used by first Yanukovych on the Maidan (to suppress protest) and then by the FSB (as “separatists”) in Donbas. This matches a lot of my reporting back then.
theins.ru/en/confessio...
theins.ru/en/confessio...
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Revealing interview with a former FSB officer, who reveals how astroturf movements/organised crime were used by first Yanukovych on the Maidan (to suppress protest) and then by the FSB (as “separatists”) in Donbas. This matches a lot of my reporting back then.
theins.ru/en/confessio...
theins.ru/en/confessio...
Let’s also reflect on the fact that Hatvanpuszta’s renovation began in 2018:
October 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Let’s also reflect on the fact that Hatvanpuszta’s renovation began in 2018:
The AfD is goose-stepping towards 50 percent in some eastern German states (graphic compares current polls for the 2026 state election with the last election in 2021).
October 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The AfD is goose-stepping towards 50 percent in some eastern German states (graphic compares current polls for the 2026 state election with the last election in 2021).
And, of course, MOL is typical of the sort of energy intermediaries the Kremlin uses to politically discipline countries and benefit government insiders [OCCRP report]:
October 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
And, of course, MOL is typical of the sort of energy intermediaries the Kremlin uses to politically discipline countries and benefit government insiders [OCCRP report]:
A feature, not a bug:
September 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A feature, not a bug:
Not a direct answer to your question, but I guess you could guesstimate by looking at language spoken in different districts vs outcome using maps like these:
September 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Not a direct answer to your question, but I guess you could guesstimate by looking at language spoken in different districts vs outcome using maps like these:
Something to briefly pause all the doom and gloom:
September 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Something to briefly pause all the doom and gloom:
We’ve just memory-holed this entire eight years: All of the peace summits, the communiques, the agreements were followed by even greater bloodshed.
August 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We’ve just memory-holed this entire eight years: All of the peace summits, the communiques, the agreements were followed by even greater bloodshed.
Good story. It seems that the Kremlin is pushing for elections in Ukraine and the replacement of Zelenskyy—a repeat of the Georgian Saakashvili scenario. Note the key quote:
August 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Good story. It seems that the Kremlin is pushing for elections in Ukraine and the replacement of Zelenskyy—a repeat of the Georgian Saakashvili scenario. Note the key quote:
Under the previous administration Treasury *had* alleged a pact between the gangs and Bukele’s government. The present administration is shipping people there—and seemingly covering up rights abuses.
August 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Under the previous administration Treasury *had* alleged a pact between the gangs and Bukele’s government. The present administration is shipping people there—and seemingly covering up rights abuses.
Is that true? I know that the Bavarian CSU was long associated with Fidesz. But haven’t things shifted?
August 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Is that true? I know that the Bavarian CSU was long associated with Fidesz. But haven’t things shifted?
Jeezus. ChatGPT wishes a Ukrainian user in Kyiv good night, adding “if you wake up, I’ll be here” 😢
July 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Jeezus. ChatGPT wishes a Ukrainian user in Kyiv good night, adding “if you wake up, I’ll be here” 😢
These stats are crazy—the Left, once East Germany’s ruling party, appear to have gained an entirely new electorate in the old West. Meanwhile, they’re underperforming in the old East, where the AfD is at “late Weimar” levels of support.
July 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
These stats are crazy—the Left, once East Germany’s ruling party, appear to have gained an entirely new electorate in the old West. Meanwhile, they’re underperforming in the old East, where the AfD is at “late Weimar” levels of support.
