Maximilian Hess
@maxhess.bsky.social
Founder - Enmetena Advisory, Fellow @FPRI & @IISS_org. Eurasia, political economy, sanctions, international affairs, debt & sovereignty.
Buy my book Economic War: Ukraine & The Global Conflict Between Russia & The West:
https://linktr.ee/EconomicWar
Buy my book Economic War: Ukraine & The Global Conflict Between Russia & The West:
https://linktr.ee/EconomicWar
Congrats to @joannalillis.bsky.social on the London launch of Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Congrats to @joannalillis.bsky.social on the London launch of Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan
OFAC clarifies that it is Trump Admin’s policy that it will only approve of sales of Lukoil International’s assets (which Gunvor was willing to pay $22 billion for) if that sale does not see money actually flow to Lukoil while sanctions on Lukoil remain
ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1224
ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1224
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
OFAC clarifies that it is Trump Admin’s policy that it will only approve of sales of Lukoil International’s assets (which Gunvor was willing to pay $22 billion for) if that sale does not see money actually flow to Lukoil while sanctions on Lukoil remain
ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1224
ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/1224
башня Татлина жив! Но, в Англии
(Tatlin’s tower lives, but in England…)
(Tatlin’s tower lives, but in England…)
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
башня Татлина жив! Но, в Англии
(Tatlin’s tower lives, but in England…)
(Tatlin’s tower lives, but in England…)
To quote a colleague, "Tamerlane would be proud"
October 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
To quote a colleague, "Tamerlane would be proud"
Doggo enjoying the Holland Park Opera’s practice sessions
August 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Doggo enjoying the Holland Park Opera’s practice sessions
Idk what’s crazier, the CIA-KGB combined mortgage financing or the $40k upper east side two bedroom apartment
August 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Idk what’s crazier, the CIA-KGB combined mortgage financing or the $40k upper east side two bedroom apartment
If Trump agrees to this stupidity, it will be a devastating mistake. There is a zero percent chance Putin would follow through with the second phase.
August 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
If Trump agrees to this stupidity, it will be a devastating mistake. There is a zero percent chance Putin would follow through with the second phase.
The 1% decrease in Libya’s threatened tariff rate is the funniest example of how nonsensical Trump’s tariff numbers are.
Libya is divided by two rival governments & has no real trade negotiations with the US. 99% of Libyan exports to the US is crude oil, which is tariff exempt.
Libya is divided by two rival governments & has no real trade negotiations with the US. 99% of Libyan exports to the US is crude oil, which is tariff exempt.
July 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The 1% decrease in Libya’s threatened tariff rate is the funniest example of how nonsensical Trump’s tariff numbers are.
Libya is divided by two rival governments & has no real trade negotiations with the US. 99% of Libyan exports to the US is crude oil, which is tariff exempt.
Libya is divided by two rival governments & has no real trade negotiations with the US. 99% of Libyan exports to the US is crude oil, which is tariff exempt.
5 years of gardening and dog raising hobbies led to this photo
June 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
5 years of gardening and dog raising hobbies led to this photo
Live from John Bolton’s bedroom:
June 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Live from John Bolton’s bedroom:
Real duality of reality vibes from the FT this weekend
June 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Real duality of reality vibes from the FT this weekend
Things you see in west london …
May 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Things you see in west london …
The Caucasus: where your major world historical geopolitical conflict plays second fiddle to arguments over who lived on one side of one particular valley in 1897 according to the last Russian imperial census
May 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The Caucasus: where your major world historical geopolitical conflict plays second fiddle to arguments over who lived on one side of one particular valley in 1897 according to the last Russian imperial census
A most scholastic canine
May 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A most scholastic canine
Finally in my possession, two nearly 100 year old copies of Georgian children’s magazine ‘Nakaduli’ (The Brook).
I look forward to spending the next 100 years translating, particularly the songs!
(Thanks to @aaron-schwa.bsky.social for alerting me to their sale!)
I look forward to spending the next 100 years translating, particularly the songs!
(Thanks to @aaron-schwa.bsky.social for alerting me to their sale!)
April 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Finally in my possession, two nearly 100 year old copies of Georgian children’s magazine ‘Nakaduli’ (The Brook).
I look forward to spending the next 100 years translating, particularly the songs!
(Thanks to @aaron-schwa.bsky.social for alerting me to their sale!)
I look forward to spending the next 100 years translating, particularly the songs!
(Thanks to @aaron-schwa.bsky.social for alerting me to their sale!)
Things that also happened at the end of the Roman Empire for $100 please
April 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Things that also happened at the end of the Roman Empire for $100 please
The first spotting of the new paperback edition of ‘Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict between Russia and the West’ in bookshops!
Thanks to Pippa Crawford
Thanks to Pippa Crawford
April 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The first spotting of the new paperback edition of ‘Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict between Russia and the West’ in bookshops!
Thanks to Pippa Crawford
Thanks to Pippa Crawford
With @arnoldplaton.bsky.social beautiful map!
April 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
With @arnoldplaton.bsky.social beautiful map!
The first paperback copies of ‘Economic War’ are here.
Simultaneously, my WW2 poster employing one to “Buy (Treasury) Bonds for peace and security” arrived.
As the afterword is on how the US’s domestic policy is a bigger threat to the international economic order Russia is, seems pretty apt!
Simultaneously, my WW2 poster employing one to “Buy (Treasury) Bonds for peace and security” arrived.
As the afterword is on how the US’s domestic policy is a bigger threat to the international economic order Russia is, seems pretty apt!
April 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The first paperback copies of ‘Economic War’ are here.
Simultaneously, my WW2 poster employing one to “Buy (Treasury) Bonds for peace and security” arrived.
As the afterword is on how the US’s domestic policy is a bigger threat to the international economic order Russia is, seems pretty apt!
Simultaneously, my WW2 poster employing one to “Buy (Treasury) Bonds for peace and security” arrived.
As the afterword is on how the US’s domestic policy is a bigger threat to the international economic order Russia is, seems pretty apt!
This might be the worst case of Cyrillic abuse I have seen in quite a few years
April 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This might be the worst case of Cyrillic abuse I have seen in quite a few years
Setting out my stall in Trump’s anti-American tariff tantrum. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
April 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Setting out my stall in Trump’s anti-American tariff tantrum. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Russian oligarch Boris Rotenberg's wife Karina seems to have had her whole US SDN sanctions designation lifted. In the early 2000s she was living in Georgia (the state) & married to an American, had some notable US property investments per @occrp.org t.co/b8Dhgtpunf ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
April 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Russian oligarch Boris Rotenberg's wife Karina seems to have had her whole US SDN sanctions designation lifted. In the early 2000s she was living in Georgia (the state) & married to an American, had some notable US property investments per @occrp.org t.co/b8Dhgtpunf ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
50 US Senators have introduced a bill that includes the most intense Russia sanctions to date: a 500% additional tariff on any countries buying Russian hydrocarbons & uranium, putting SWIFT into law, and perma-freezing Russian sovereign debt & securities. Wow.
ciosenus.app.box.com/s/moy15li8j8...
ciosenus.app.box.com/s/moy15li8j8...
April 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
50 US Senators have introduced a bill that includes the most intense Russia sanctions to date: a 500% additional tariff on any countries buying Russian hydrocarbons & uranium, putting SWIFT into law, and perma-freezing Russian sovereign debt & securities. Wow.
ciosenus.app.box.com/s/moy15li8j8...
ciosenus.app.box.com/s/moy15li8j8...
Russia demands end of sanctions on Rosselkhozbank for energy ceasefire to come into effect. It is under financial sanctions under Executive Order 13662 which requires Congress' approval to lift cause of CAATSA (post-2022 sanctions Trump can unilaterally lift). Unclear if Russia's ask includes all..
March 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Russia demands end of sanctions on Rosselkhozbank for energy ceasefire to come into effect. It is under financial sanctions under Executive Order 13662 which requires Congress' approval to lift cause of CAATSA (post-2022 sanctions Trump can unilaterally lift). Unclear if Russia's ask includes all..