@reuters Central Asia correspondent. Previously in Russia and the Caucasus. Views all my own. felix.light at https://teapawt.org/t.co/mKg686QOb1
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Kyrgyzstan asks neighbours for help with fuel supplies as Russian shortages bite reuters.com/business/energy/…
Went to Turkmenistan last month, in a rare instance of Western journalists being accredited -- had a look at a few people living increasingly normal lives in a very unusual country
A rare media visit to Turkmenistan, a former Soviet republic and one of the world’s most isolated nations, signals an easing of internal controls under a new leader, Felix Light reports reut.rs/4cUX1n2
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Driving up Vali Asr a few days ago before the strikes ln the oil storage facilities in Tehran turned the skies dark. Can see the Alborz mountains in the back. @CNN
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Trump is obviously a constitutional originalist who believes that the supreme leader must be a marja'
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Have been too shattered to write this but for the sake of clarity — I have also been laid off by the Post. I was one of the few journalists still working inside Russia. My last story went on the front page and featured rare testimonies from wounded soldiers criticizing the war.
Ms. Rodríguez is a follower of the Indian guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, who died in 2011, and faced claims of sexual abuse and money laundering. In Venezuela, other prominent followers of the guru include Mr. Maduro, and his wife, Ms. Flores.
Delcy's "allies say her obsession with work is driven by her vision of Venezuela’s economic development; her detractors say she pursues control for control’s sake, revealing a broader desire for power."
Our Delcy profile, with some interesting tidbits.
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Delcy Rodriguez has been accused of human rights violations, corruption, bribery of international officials. She has been sanctioned by the US, EU, Switzerland, and Canada for corruption and undermining democracy.
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As a teen, Dmitriev praised Ukrainian independence. Today, his Kyiv childhood friend is wounded fighting for Ukraine - while he has become a key Putin loyalist. My profile of a man back in the spotlight he has always relished.
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Reuters journalist Raneen Sawafta and security advisor Grant Bowden were injured in an Israeli settler attack while covering an olive harvest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank over the weekend.
Such incidents are rarely investigated by Israeli authorities & perpetrators rarely held to account, activists say.
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A beautiful obituary by Simon Kuper about my father, who somehow managed to live seven lives in one
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#OpEd "The flame of independent journalism Derk lit 30 years ago has not been extinguished. And we will bring it back to Russia," writes Moscow Times publisher Alexander Gubsky.
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This is a breathtaking, devastating loss. Derk was a pioneer of independent media in Russia and was its mainstay and supporter even after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and institution of military censorship in Russia.
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Our father, Derk Sauer, has passed away. It’s an immeasurable loss, and no words can truly capture what a remarkable father and husband he was. He dedicated his life to defending independent Russian media. In his final days, he asked that people continue to support the free press
A quick update: delighted to be moving to Kazakhstan in October as @Reuters Central Asia correspondent. Sad to be leaving wonderful Georgia, but excited to get to grips with a new adventure. If you're involved with the region at all, I'd love to chat!
But since the text of the still-unsigned treaty was agreed on March 13, authorities on both sides have reported ceasefire violations 26 times. Multiple incidents have been reported on several days in the last month.
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With @Jack_Watling - We take a look at what the requirements might look like for a European force in Ukraine. Bottom line, this is not an insurmountable task, but will require proper resourcing and difficult political choices. @WarOnTheRocks warontherocks.com/2025/03/wi…
Georgia lawmakers elect Western critic as new president - reuters.com/world/europe/law…
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I visited a massive Syrian captagon production & export facility.
It’s a short drive from Damascus, the seat of power of the Assad family which long denied any links to the billion-dollar narcotics trade.
Inside: a periodic table of chemicals and thousands of pills concealed in voltage stabilizers, fruit, decorative pebbles and furniture. They were ready for export
I also heard from the former owner and found signs of who may have been behind it… 🧵
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