@KingsRussia alumnus, writer @ColdWarChannel, Soviet architecture photographer. Past @UCL and @SU_HSE
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Josh Bean 🇺🇦 retweeted
Even if the UK is the only country in the world supporting Ukraine, we should keep supporting them.
They are on the front line of our defence. Their sons and daughters are fighting and dying for our freedom.
We should be thanking them.
Josh Bean 🇺🇦 retweeted
Liberal politicians do not understand this. They have no way to understand and connect with the reality of falling living standards.
So they see GDP growth rates and stock market returns and pat themselves on the back. At election time, they repeat ‘we just need more’.
Josh Bean 🇺🇦 retweeted
All over the rich world, people’s lives are getting worse.
It’s harder to afford the basics, keep a roof over your head, and access care when you’re sick.
People will keep voting for whoever they think will bring back prosperity. 1/
If you’ve ever been to Tbilisi and seen this junction at rush hour, you’ll know how insane this is. Solidarity with the Georgian people 🇬🇪
Tens of thousands of people are streaming into Hero’s Square from the demonstration outside parliament, to reinforce the smaller group of beleaguered protesters who were facing arrest.
➡️Live updates: oc-media.org/georgias-foreig…
Given how overlooked the Uzbek Cotton Scandal tends to be as a turning point in Soviet history, I took it upon myself to have a detailed look for @ColdWarChannel. Take a look!
Corruption Scandal That Shook the USSR - Cold War DOCUMENTARY youtu.be/zYwV9Ugk1uM?si=Xgpv… via @YouTube – at Hackney, London
Check out my most recent video for the @ColdWarChannel this time on Mongolia under communism up to the 1960s!
How did Mongolia Survive Between Stalin's USSR and Mao's China? - Cold War youtu.be/GuMhvYfkRcY?si=2KDx… via @YouTube – at Hackney, London
This post is great but can you really call kolbasa “steak” – at East, England
Summer 2022 me and my brother walked 1000 kilometres across Kyrgyzstan through the mountains. Heading off into the hills for a week at a time, carrying steaks and honey. We got attacked by a herd of cows, got in a fist fight with locals who tried to rob us, drank fermented horse milk with apricot jam with herdsman in the valleys. When we made it to towns we’d eat ice cream and shashlik. It’s one of the most pristine countries I’ve ever been to, and the enervating effect of months at altitude had me living with such vitality that I had to go back in 2023.
Josh Bean 🇺🇦 retweeted
My heart goes out to Alexei Navalny and his family. A visionary leader who knew what it would take to bring down Putin, and a braver man than most. Another victim murdered by Russia's fascist state.
Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has died, Russian media report, citing the prison service bbc.in/48mS8yC
Josh Bean 🇺🇦 retweeted
#breaking — I cannot believe it. Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is reported dead by prison authorities.
Heartbroken for his family and team. They have not confirmed the news yet.
Officially a so-called Russia expert as of today (feat. my dad dressed as the corrupt mayor of a provincial Russian town)
Difficult to fathom how cold these blokes must’ve been
My new video for @ColdWarChannel on the Georgian SSR’s economy has just been released! For a tale of corruption, gangsterism, and nationalism, check it out below:
Why was Georgia the Richest Soviet Republic? Cold War DOCUMENTARY youtu.be/1BuNFECbI34?si=scvm… via @YouTube – at Islington, London
Josh Bean 🇺🇦 retweeted
The Majority Never Had It So Good
Only just getting to read this fascinating @RussiaPost_tw piece on the impact of the war on Russia's 'provinces' and rural communities, and why it's not the nightmare some may presume. Depressing and thought-provoking
russiapost.info/regions/majo…
Will we care about the consent of the British people in 50 years when the planet is on fire? – at Camden Town, London
I care about reaching Net Zero by 2050 but on the current path, we risk losing the consent of British people.
No one has yet had the courage to look people in the eye and explain what’s really involved.
That’s wrong, and it changes today with a new approach to meeting Net Zero.
ALT Decorative graphic saying: Pragmatic. Proportionate. Realistic. A new approach to reaching Net Zero.