Greg Sullivan

@gssullivan.bsky.social

Editor, Bloomberg News, focusing on Russia, economics and government. Also a bit of the Middle East. Dubai based. Formerly EEU and DC. Standard caveat.

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Trump Orders Nuclear Weapons Trials After Russia Tests President Donald Trump said the US would match its rivals in testing nuclear weapons after Russia in recent days announced trials of a nuclear-powered underwater drone and nuclear-capable cruise missi...

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30.10.2025 11:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Russia Renews Flights to Syrian Air Base in Rebuild of Relations Russia has resumed military flights to its Hmeimim airbase in Syria after an almost six-month hiatus, as the two countries work to rebuild relations following the toppling of Moscow’s ally, Bashar al-...

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30.10.2025 10:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rheinmetall Reshapes East Europe’s Soviet-Era Defense Industry The EU is betting billions of euros that the legacy of Bulgaria and Romania as Soviet-era ammunition powerhouses can be revived and retooled for the future battlefield.

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28.10.2025 11:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Russia’s Oil Business Takes a Hit From Fight Between Top Traders A dispute between rival traders is causing trouble for the oil business that Moscow built to keep the pumps working following Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine

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24.10.2025 11:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Russia Seeks Oil Sanctions Workaround to Offset Hit to Budget Russia anticipates a hit to the state budget from US sanctions against the country’s two largest oil producers over the war in Ukraine, though officials say they’re confident they’ll find ways to miti...

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23.10.2025 14:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Putin Scraps Summit Over Lack of Attendance From Arab Leaders There simply weren’t enough Arab leaders saying ‘yes’ to warrant holding a summit. That’s what forced Russian President Vladimir Putin into a last-minute delay of an event he’d hoped would boost his s...

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10.10.2025 11:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Breaking Russia’s Hold Over Its Former Empire When Vladimir Putin joins summits of former Soviet states in Tajikistan this week, the leaders around the table will most likely declare their close bonds with Russia. In reality, many have been dista...

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10.10.2025 11:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Morocco Gen Z Protests Turn Deadly as Violence Gains Ground Morocco reported its first deaths from youth-led protests over poor public services and heavy spending on preparations for the 2030 men’s soccer World Cup.

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02.10.2025 08:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Russia Drafts Plan to Seize Assets If EU Acts on Funds Russia may nationalize and swiftly sell off foreign-owned assets under a new privatization mechanism in retaliation for any European moves to seize Russian holdings abroad, according to a person close...

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02.10.2025 08:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Beirut’s Restaurant Scene Signals Lebanon Is Making a Comeback After a difficult few years, cafés and restaurants are full again as tourists return to the cosmopolitan streets of Lebanon’s capital.

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30.09.2025 09:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump Says NATO Should Down Russian Jets Breaching Airspace President Donald Trump said NATO nations should shoot down Russian aircraft that violated their airspace and struck a more sympathetic tone on Ukraine’s chances of winning the war.

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24.09.2025 14:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Strikes in Qatar, Poland Shake US Influence Among Friend and Foe The shock Israeli strike against Hamas officials in Doha, followed by Russian drones piercing the airspace of NATO ally Poland, delivered twin blows to President Donald Trump’s longtime boast that fri...

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12.09.2025 12:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Russian Wargames Feed NATO Anxiety After Poland Drone Incursion Russia led a mobilization of some 200,000 troops four years ago as part of wargames with its ally Belarus. Months later, President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine.

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12.09.2025 08:26 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Poland Shoots Down Russian Drones After Air Space Violation Poland shot down drones that crossed into its territory during Russia’s latest massive air strike on neighboring Ukraine, calling it an “act of aggression.”

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10.09.2025 09:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Xi and Putin to Take Part in BRICS Trade Summit Without Modi China has confirmed that President Xi Jinping will take part in a virtual BRICS summit convened by Brazil to discuss Donald Trump’s trade policy. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will skip the mee...

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08.09.2025 12:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

High in the Arctic, Norway’s Uneasy Ties With Russia Are Fraying Arctic-power rivalry means Svalbard’s strategic importance is growing — but that can’t hide the Norwegian outpost’s identity crisis.

Fascinating from my colleagues:

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08.09.2025 11:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Echoes of sci-fi novels here.

03.09.2025 11:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Xi Muses on Living to 150 in Rare Hot-Mic Moment With Putin, Kim Chinese President Xi Jinping commented on the possibility of people living to 150 during a hot-mic moment with his Russian and North Korean counterparts, a rare glimpse of an unscripted chat between t...

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03.09.2025 11:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Trump Accuses Xi of ‘Conspiring Against US’ With Putin, Kim President Donald Trump took aim at Chinese leader Xi Jinping as he hosted foreign leaders at a major military parade in Beijing, a reminder of the lingering tensions between the two sides over trade, ...

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03.09.2025 05:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Modi Hails Friendship With Russia, Awaits Putin’s India Trip Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared India and Russia share a “special” relationship, standing by each other in difficult times, in a defiant show of ties as Washington criticizes New Delhi over oil ...

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01.09.2025 08:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Modi Shores Up Ties With China, Russia in Defiance of Trump Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his first trip to China in seven years to reset relations with India’s powerful neighbor while also seeking to strengthen ties with Russia as President Donald Trump r...

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29.08.2025 15:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Slovenia Urges EU to Address Uneven Response to Israel, Russia Slovenia’s top diplomat warned the European Union risked projecting a double standard if it failed to take Israel to task for the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip even as it moves ahead with additional san...

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27.08.2025 13:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump Cranks Up Power Struggle Over Fed with Plan to Fire Official Get caught up.

Donald Trump dramatically escalated his fight for control over the Federal Reserve by moving to oust its first Black woman governor. She responded by refusing to leave: Here is your Evening Briefing.

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Trump Says He’ll Reduce 50-Day Truce Deadline He Gave Putin US President Donald Trump said he would impose a new deadline of 10-12 days for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to reach a truce with Ukraine, ramping up pressures on Moscow to bring the fighting to a h...

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28.07.2025 13:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Trump says the deadline will be in 10-12 days now.

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Trump Says He’ll Reduce 50-Day Truce Deadline He Gave Putin US President Donald Trump said he would reduce the 50-day deadline he gave Russian leader Vladimir Putin to reach a truce with Ukraine.

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28.07.2025 13:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Budapest’s Most Historic Site Gets a Controversial Rebuild Hungary’s Orban government says it is restoring Buda Castle to its historic form. Critics say the new buildings are inauthentic and part of a land grab.

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28.07.2025 09:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ukraine Parliament Set to Vote on New Anti-Graft Bill Next Week Ukraine’s parliament scheduled a vote on President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s new bill to restore powers to two anti-corruption agencies, following public outrage and criticism from the country’s allies.

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25.07.2025 11:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Stalin Makes a Comeback in Putin’s Wartime Crackdown on Dissent At Moscow’s central Taganskaya metro station, commuters stream past a newly-restored monument to a former ruler whose reputation is undergoing a dramatic revision in Russia: Joseph Stalin.

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22.07.2025 11:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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