Nikolaus von Twickel
@niktwick.bsky.social
Editor with @libmod.de in Berlin, responsible for @russlandverstehen.eu; Longtime Journalist and Russia watcher. Formerly with the OSCE SMM in Donetsk 🇺🇦, @dpa.com Moscow and @themoscowtimes.com 📧 [email protected]; @niktwick.69 on Signal
On the first anniversary of the #Georgiaprotests I thought a lot about the "Russian hybrid war" claims. But how much evidence is there that the crackdown on democracy is engineered by Moscow? This recent piece by Rayhan Demytrie suggests that hard evidence is scant www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
On the first anniversary of the #Georgiaprotests I thought a lot about the "Russian hybrid war" claims. But how much evidence is there that the crackdown on democracy is engineered by Moscow? This recent piece by Rayhan Demytrie suggests that hard evidence is scant www.bbc.com/news/article...
Protest ins solidarity with the Georgian opposition.
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Protest ins solidarity with the Georgian opposition.
My little globalization moment this morning was having this Croatian-packed treat from Mauritius 🇲🇺 in my tea!
Cc @nickbouchet.bsky.social
Cc @nickbouchet.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My little globalization moment this morning was having this Croatian-packed treat from Mauritius 🇲🇺 in my tea!
Cc @nickbouchet.bsky.social
Cc @nickbouchet.bsky.social
Cloudflare Says It Has Resolved Outage That Disrupted Parts of the Internet www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Cloudflare Says It Has Resolved Outage That Disrupted Parts of the Internet www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
Outside the French embassy in Kyiv on the morning after the 13 November 2015 attacks in Paris.
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Outside the French embassy in Kyiv on the morning after the 13 November 2015 attacks in Paris.
Saw this film today at the Cottbus Festival and am still in awe. An incredible and real documentary about how a Russian provincial school descends into a totalitarian indoctrination camp. Everyone should watch it!
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Saw this film today at the Cottbus Festival and am still in awe. An incredible and real documentary about how a Russian provincial school descends into a totalitarian indoctrination camp. Everyone should watch it!
Mousehole, Cornwall.
September 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Mousehole, Cornwall.
Wusste gar nicht, dass es im Auswärtigen Amt ein Panzerknacker-Referat gibt 😉
August 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Wusste gar nicht, dass es im Auswärtigen Amt ein Panzerknacker-Referat gibt 😉
The War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo is an impressive collection of children’s belongings and their stories related to the war. Apart from Bosnia the museum now has three items from Gaza and from Ukraine.
July 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo is an impressive collection of children’s belongings and their stories related to the war. Apart from Bosnia the museum now has three items from Gaza and from Ukraine.
Happening now – book talk with @howardamos.bsky.social and Joshua Yaffa in Berlin about Howard’s book »Russia Starts Here«
July 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Happening now – book talk with @howardamos.bsky.social and Joshua Yaffa in Berlin about Howard’s book »Russia Starts Here«
Apropos of nothing – Moscow 2011.
July 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Apropos of nothing – Moscow 2011.
Im Burgendlandkreis (Sachsen-Anhalt) hat meine App den #Sonderfall ausgelöst. Unter anderem soll ich jetzt "GESUND ESSEN: Obst, Gemüse, Blattsalate, leichte Speisen" – aber mein ICE fährt halt weiter...
#Katwarn
#Katwarn
July 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Im Burgendlandkreis (Sachsen-Anhalt) hat meine App den #Sonderfall ausgelöst. Unter anderem soll ich jetzt "GESUND ESSEN: Obst, Gemüse, Blattsalate, leichte Speisen" – aber mein ICE fährt halt weiter...
#Katwarn
#Katwarn
The 19-Century Romanian travel writer JJ Benjamin on the plight of the Persian Jews:
June 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The 19-Century Romanian travel writer JJ Benjamin on the plight of the Persian Jews:
Just in case you missed this piece of gold, er, news: edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/m...
June 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Just in case you missed this piece of gold, er, news: edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/m...
June 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@jakluge.de dazu, wieso der Kreml nicht mit konstanten Rekrutierungszahlen rechnen kann:
May 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
@jakluge.de dazu, wieso der Kreml nicht mit konstanten Rekrutierungszahlen rechnen kann:
Guess where this sugar comes from.
May 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Guess where this sugar comes from.
(Stole this from Sergei Medvedev‘s Facebook)
May 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
(Stole this from Sergei Medvedev‘s Facebook)
Frohe Ostern! Wir haben ein Merz/Esken Ei.
April 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Frohe Ostern! Wir haben ein Merz/Esken Ei.
Alle, die in Halle zu Fuß vom Bahnhof in die Stadt laufen, müssen hier durch.
April 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Alle, die in Halle zu Fuß vom Bahnhof in die Stadt laufen, müssen hier durch.