Jason Corcoran
@jasoncorcoran.bsky.social
Irish journalist/author/speaker covering Russia & CIS. Recent bylines: Sunday Times (UK), Business Insider (US), Moscow Times, Irish Independent. LFC🏆
A sign of the times when even Santa Claus and his elves need protection from Russia...
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A sign of the times when even Santa Claus and his elves need protection from Russia...
Russia's Central Bank y'day disclosed a 10 trillion ruble "time bomb" on banks' balance sheets.
👉 My MoscowTimes OpEd in July: Russian Banks Will Fall. The Question Is How Hard.
@themoscowtimes.com
👉 My MoscowTimes OpEd in July: Russian Banks Will Fall. The Question Is How Hard.
@themoscowtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Russia's Central Bank y'day disclosed a 10 trillion ruble "time bomb" on banks' balance sheets.
👉 My MoscowTimes OpEd in July: Russian Banks Will Fall. The Question Is How Hard.
@themoscowtimes.com
👉 My MoscowTimes OpEd in July: Russian Banks Will Fall. The Question Is How Hard.
@themoscowtimes.com
🎉 Exciting news!
I’ve launched my new website to showcase my journalism and share updates on my forthcoming book Leaving Russia.
It traces my 15 years reporting there and the human cost of Putin’s war — from exiled dissidents to displaced oligarchs. More anon.
👉 jasoncorcoranwrites.com
I’ve launched my new website to showcase my journalism and share updates on my forthcoming book Leaving Russia.
It traces my 15 years reporting there and the human cost of Putin’s war — from exiled dissidents to displaced oligarchs. More anon.
👉 jasoncorcoranwrites.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🎉 Exciting news!
I’ve launched my new website to showcase my journalism and share updates on my forthcoming book Leaving Russia.
It traces my 15 years reporting there and the human cost of Putin’s war — from exiled dissidents to displaced oligarchs. More anon.
👉 jasoncorcoranwrites.com
I’ve launched my new website to showcase my journalism and share updates on my forthcoming book Leaving Russia.
It traces my 15 years reporting there and the human cost of Putin’s war — from exiled dissidents to displaced oligarchs. More anon.
👉 jasoncorcoranwrites.com
Oh my days !! Coybig. Feel sorry for my Hungarian barber Gabor
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Oh my days !! Coybig. Feel sorry for my Hungarian barber Gabor
Russians are complaining en masse about mobile internet outages across the country.
Source: Kremlin Telegram Baza
● The most severe outages are occurring in Putin's hometown St. Petersburg, Sochi, Tula, Voronezh, Ryazan, Krasnodar, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, and Ufa.
Source: Kremlin Telegram Baza
● The most severe outages are occurring in Putin's hometown St. Petersburg, Sochi, Tula, Voronezh, Ryazan, Krasnodar, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, and Ufa.
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Russians are complaining en masse about mobile internet outages across the country.
Source: Kremlin Telegram Baza
● The most severe outages are occurring in Putin's hometown St. Petersburg, Sochi, Tula, Voronezh, Ryazan, Krasnodar, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, and Ufa.
Source: Kremlin Telegram Baza
● The most severe outages are occurring in Putin's hometown St. Petersburg, Sochi, Tula, Voronezh, Ryazan, Krasnodar, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, and Ufa.
Wowski ! Chinese state-owned oil companies have suspended purchases of Russian oil: Reuters
● The reason is the surprise sanctions imposed by Trump's US admin against Rosneft and Lukoil, the Kremlin’s oil champions.
● The reason is the surprise sanctions imposed by Trump's US admin against Rosneft and Lukoil, the Kremlin’s oil champions.
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wowski ! Chinese state-owned oil companies have suspended purchases of Russian oil: Reuters
● The reason is the surprise sanctions imposed by Trump's US admin against Rosneft and Lukoil, the Kremlin’s oil champions.
● The reason is the surprise sanctions imposed by Trump's US admin against Rosneft and Lukoil, the Kremlin’s oil champions.
Trump's US Treasury sanctions Rosneft and Lukoil, Putin's oil champions
● This is the first significant direct sanctions on Russia action taken by Trump during his second term, but will he ever pony up the Tomahawks for Ukraine.
#Oott
● This is the first significant direct sanctions on Russia action taken by Trump during his second term, but will he ever pony up the Tomahawks for Ukraine.
#Oott
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trump's US Treasury sanctions Rosneft and Lukoil, Putin's oil champions
● This is the first significant direct sanctions on Russia action taken by Trump during his second term, but will he ever pony up the Tomahawks for Ukraine.
#Oott
● This is the first significant direct sanctions on Russia action taken by Trump during his second term, but will he ever pony up the Tomahawks for Ukraine.
#Oott
AP and CNN reports this evening Putin-Trump summit in Budapest has been canned.
● I am guessing Putin didn't fancy being transported to Hungary via the Druzhba oil pipeline.
● I am guessing Putin didn't fancy being transported to Hungary via the Druzhba oil pipeline.
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
AP and CNN reports this evening Putin-Trump summit in Budapest has been canned.
● I am guessing Putin didn't fancy being transported to Hungary via the Druzhba oil pipeline.
● I am guessing Putin didn't fancy being transported to Hungary via the Druzhba oil pipeline.
Putin's gasoline crisis is spreading. Gazprom Neft, the Kremlin-controlled oil producer, has run out of fuel in all of it stations in the southern city of Krasnodar. #OOTT
● Nationwide shortages were previously reported at independently-owned outlets
Source: Krasnodar Telegram
● Nationwide shortages were previously reported at independently-owned outlets
Source: Krasnodar Telegram
October 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Putin's gasoline crisis is spreading. Gazprom Neft, the Kremlin-controlled oil producer, has run out of fuel in all of it stations in the southern city of Krasnodar. #OOTT
● Nationwide shortages were previously reported at independently-owned outlets
Source: Krasnodar Telegram
● Nationwide shortages were previously reported at independently-owned outlets
Source: Krasnodar Telegram
⚡️ Protesters in #Tbilisi broke through iron barriers to enter the presidential palace.
● The situation is escalating as tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets of the capital this afternoon to express their opposition to the municipal elections.
● The situation is escalating as tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets of the capital this afternoon to express their opposition to the municipal elections.
October 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
⚡️ Protesters in #Tbilisi broke through iron barriers to enter the presidential palace.
● The situation is escalating as tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets of the capital this afternoon to express their opposition to the municipal elections.
● The situation is escalating as tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets of the capital this afternoon to express their opposition to the municipal elections.
🚨 Almost 40% of Russian oil refinery capacity has been shut down by Ukrainian #drone strikes
● Russia is taking emergency measures, inc starting to buy gasoline from China, South Korea, and Singapore, eliminating duties, and even paying importers extra from the budget
Source: The Insider
● Russia is taking emergency measures, inc starting to buy gasoline from China, South Korea, and Singapore, eliminating duties, and even paying importers extra from the budget
Source: The Insider
October 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨 Almost 40% of Russian oil refinery capacity has been shut down by Ukrainian #drone strikes
● Russia is taking emergency measures, inc starting to buy gasoline from China, South Korea, and Singapore, eliminating duties, and even paying importers extra from the budget
Source: The Insider
● Russia is taking emergency measures, inc starting to buy gasoline from China, South Korea, and Singapore, eliminating duties, and even paying importers extra from the budget
Source: The Insider
A Ukrainian #drone hit the centre of Novorossiysk, killing at least two people and damaging a hotel building: RIA Novosti
● Debris fell on parked cars, and two more residents were also injured, according to Veniamin Kondratyev, head of the Krasnodar Krai.
● Debris fell on parked cars, and two more residents were also injured, according to Veniamin Kondratyev, head of the Krasnodar Krai.
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A Ukrainian #drone hit the centre of Novorossiysk, killing at least two people and damaging a hotel building: RIA Novosti
● Debris fell on parked cars, and two more residents were also injured, according to Veniamin Kondratyev, head of the Krasnodar Krai.
● Debris fell on parked cars, and two more residents were also injured, according to Veniamin Kondratyev, head of the Krasnodar Krai.
Alexei #Navalny was poisoned before his death in Putin's gulag.
● In a video statement, Navalny’s widow, Yulia revealed that the politician’s supporters managed to smuggle his biological samples abroad. Tests confirmed that he had been poisoned.
● In a video statement, Navalny’s widow, Yulia revealed that the politician’s supporters managed to smuggle his biological samples abroad. Tests confirmed that he had been poisoned.
September 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Alexei #Navalny was poisoned before his death in Putin's gulag.
● In a video statement, Navalny’s widow, Yulia revealed that the politician’s supporters managed to smuggle his biological samples abroad. Tests confirmed that he had been poisoned.
● In a video statement, Navalny’s widow, Yulia revealed that the politician’s supporters managed to smuggle his biological samples abroad. Tests confirmed that he had been poisoned.
The 'Army of Russia' chain of stores is closing due to losses. All 35 stores will cease operations, and all employees will be fired.
● The flagship store, located next to my old apartment on Novinsky boulevard and opposite the US Embassy, has already removed its sign today.
Source: Baza
● The flagship store, located next to my old apartment on Novinsky boulevard and opposite the US Embassy, has already removed its sign today.
Source: Baza
September 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The 'Army of Russia' chain of stores is closing due to losses. All 35 stores will cease operations, and all employees will be fired.
● The flagship store, located next to my old apartment on Novinsky boulevard and opposite the US Embassy, has already removed its sign today.
Source: Baza
● The flagship store, located next to my old apartment on Novinsky boulevard and opposite the US Embassy, has already removed its sign today.
Source: Baza
The U.S. is lifting #sanctions on the Belarusian airline "Belavia" as announced by Trump's Special Representative John Koel during a visit to Minsk.
● It's just a matter of time before US sanctions are lifted on the Kremlin airline @aeroflot.bsky.social
● It's just a matter of time before US sanctions are lifted on the Kremlin airline @aeroflot.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The U.S. is lifting #sanctions on the Belarusian airline "Belavia" as announced by Trump's Special Representative John Koel during a visit to Minsk.
● It's just a matter of time before US sanctions are lifted on the Kremlin airline @aeroflot.bsky.social
● It's just a matter of time before US sanctions are lifted on the Kremlin airline @aeroflot.bsky.social
The Shanghai Surprise !
The idea of a second larger pipeline was first floated by the Kremlin in the mid-2000s as the "Altai pipeline."
#OOTT
The idea of a second larger pipeline was first floated by the Kremlin in the mid-2000s as the "Altai pipeline."
#OOTT
September 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The Shanghai Surprise !
The idea of a second larger pipeline was first floated by the Kremlin in the mid-2000s as the "Altai pipeline."
#OOTT
The idea of a second larger pipeline was first floated by the Kremlin in the mid-2000s as the "Altai pipeline."
#OOTT
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rocks up at the #Alaska summit wearing a USSR sweater.
Nothing like a bit of Cold War cosplay to break the ice !
Nothing like a bit of Cold War cosplay to break the ice !
August 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rocks up at the #Alaska summit wearing a USSR sweater.
Nothing like a bit of Cold War cosplay to break the ice !
Nothing like a bit of Cold War cosplay to break the ice !
Kremlin propagandists have been granted American visas and will fly to #Alaska to serve Putin.
● For the first time in 4 years, the Consular Section of the US Embassy in Moscow accepted documents from the journalists of the Kremlin Pool.
Source: Russian Channel One.
● For the first time in 4 years, the Consular Section of the US Embassy in Moscow accepted documents from the journalists of the Kremlin Pool.
Source: Russian Channel One.
August 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Kremlin propagandists have been granted American visas and will fly to #Alaska to serve Putin.
● For the first time in 4 years, the Consular Section of the US Embassy in Moscow accepted documents from the journalists of the Kremlin Pool.
Source: Russian Channel One.
● For the first time in 4 years, the Consular Section of the US Embassy in Moscow accepted documents from the journalists of the Kremlin Pool.
Source: Russian Channel One.
In 2014, after Russia seized Crimea, Putin’s rumored girlfriend Alina Kabaeva quipped: “I asked for krem (cream), not Krym (Crimea)… now I’m scared to say kolyaska (baby carriage) in case he takes #Alaska.”
August 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
In 2014, after Russia seized Crimea, Putin’s rumored girlfriend Alina Kabaeva quipped: “I asked for krem (cream), not Krym (Crimea)… now I’m scared to say kolyaska (baby carriage) in case he takes #Alaska.”
For any truce, Putin is demanding the transfer of the entire Donetsk region to him, promising to stop the offensive in Zaporizhia and Kherson: Bloomberg News
● Over to Tacolini Trump to unleash secondary sanctions hellfire as his deadline expires.
● Over to Tacolini Trump to unleash secondary sanctions hellfire as his deadline expires.
August 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For any truce, Putin is demanding the transfer of the entire Donetsk region to him, promising to stop the offensive in Zaporizhia and Kherson: Bloomberg News
● Over to Tacolini Trump to unleash secondary sanctions hellfire as his deadline expires.
● Over to Tacolini Trump to unleash secondary sanctions hellfire as his deadline expires.
The Moscow Stock Exchange index jumped by 2.5% led by gas monopoly Gazprom on the news that Trump could meet with Putin in person as early as next week
August 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The Moscow Stock Exchange index jumped by 2.5% led by gas monopoly Gazprom on the news that Trump could meet with Putin in person as early as next week
An "Air-Truce" that allows Comrade Trump to save face while giving Russia the cover to push forward unchecked.
● It’s not peace; it’s a delay tactic enabling Moscow to achieve its goals with less Western scrutiny and its trading partners to evade onerous secondary sanctions
● It’s not peace; it’s a delay tactic enabling Moscow to achieve its goals with less Western scrutiny and its trading partners to evade onerous secondary sanctions
August 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
An "Air-Truce" that allows Comrade Trump to save face while giving Russia the cover to push forward unchecked.
● It’s not peace; it’s a delay tactic enabling Moscow to achieve its goals with less Western scrutiny and its trading partners to evade onerous secondary sanctions
● It’s not peace; it’s a delay tactic enabling Moscow to achieve its goals with less Western scrutiny and its trading partners to evade onerous secondary sanctions