Rasmus Canbäck

Swedish author & journalist: mostly post-Soviet at @blanksp_t | @rsf_rug Press Freedom Award '24 | South Caucasus | Signal [phone]

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

📢The book is finally out in English!

Obtain your copy by ordering from this link: https://t.co/t0jLeyWaeM

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

OCCRP has obtained corporate documents for 31 companies registered in Azerbaijan, which have managed the safety aspects of “shadow fleet” tankers that avoid sanctions in order to trade in Russian oil and other petroleum products.

https://t.co/Qapk4YXqKx

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

@NersessYon @NikolPashinyan Could be worse

https://t.co/128l7XZWx2

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

@AteoBreaking @MakichyanA I don't think neither my conversation nor Arshak's with him proves a fulfilled act of alleged crime. It's an offer. Though, I'm not a lawyer.

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

I noticed that Armenia has started a criminal investigation against Mika Badalyan, who stated that he helped 1000's of Armenians to come from Russia. @MakichyanA exposed it when he was offered a ticket. On June 1, I asked Badalyan too. This is what he told me.

Translation 👇

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

Sorry. Saw that I missed to include his name.

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

I assume that the news broke in Armenian media, because after that he stopped replying. I contacted him through a pseudonym.

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

@EHellsborn Är det min födelsedag? 😁 16 augusti! Men tack!

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

Snart åker jag till Armenien. Ser att en del analyser skrivs i svensk media, men inte många kommer vara på plats.

Se mina planer 👇

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

[1/7] I'm heading to Armenia to cover the June 7 parliamentary elections and the days that follow.

The plan is to start in Samvel Karapetyan's hometown of Tashir before working our way south via Voskepar and Ijevan, the town where Nikol Pashinyan was born.

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

@AnnaVikstrom 🙏

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

För övrigt en glädjande och hedrande nyhet!

https://t.co/pwweeETdQz

[Grigor Atanesian @atanessi]

Armenia’s internal and external crises came to a head before the Sunday election. But it's not a simple case of pro-Western democracy breaking away from Russia — rather a post-Soviet power struggle with geopolitics, identity politics & salacious rumours thrown into the mix —>

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

[7/7] Reader support makes independent reporting possible. If you'd like to support my coverage, please consider donating through my website.

This reporting trip will cost roughly $1,750, including travel, accommodation, and compensation for the fixer.

https://t.co/EiVxvykSpb

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

@IdenSark Of course. I have a wide network of Artsakhis. I'm particularly interested in their status in Armenia today. It's totally underreported in non-Armenian media.

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

[1/7] I'm heading to Armenia to cover the June 7 parliamentary elections and the days that follow.

The plan is to start in Samvel Karapetyan's hometown of Tashir before working our way south via Voskepar and Ijevan, the town where Nikol Pashinyan was born.

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

If you read my Q&A, then you'll see that I mention that too. The focus will, however, be mostly on the Russian interference. The reason is the extend of it and the methods. It's allegedely much more visible on the ground and in practice. Political endorsement is not physical in the same way.

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

[1/7] I'm heading to Armenia to cover the June 7 parliamentary elections and the days that follow.

The plan is to start in Samvel Karapetyan's hometown of Tashir before working our way south via Voskepar and Ijevan, the town where Nikol Pashinyan was born.

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

[7/7] Reader support makes independent reporting possible. If you'd like to support my coverage, please consider donating through my website.

This reporting trip will cost roughly $1,750, including travel, accommodation, and compensation for the fixer.

https://t.co/EiVxvykSpb

[Rasmus Canbäck @CanbackRasmus]

[6/7] I recommend you to read a Q&A that I made a week ago. It was first published in Swedish at @blanksp_t. Here's a translated version on my buymeacoffee.

https://t.co/k2nIPUup8A