Dominic Lewenz

Emerging Market oil analyst, economist, incogneto celebrity, now on twitter, (well, it is the only place i can find out when the local bank holidays happen)

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

I think adds 45,000 troops (so 6-7% vs current numbers in Ukraine).

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

Looks like Russia moving forward on mobilising, taking the army up to over 2.4 million! https://t.co/gRIQFjvaWi

[Rock'n Roll of All @rocknrollofall]

TV reporter tells David Bowie the internet is "hugely exaggerated"

David Bowie's response is the closest thing to perfection about the future.

[Steve Rosenberg @BBCSteveR]

In today’s Russian newspapers: Russian man threatened with prosecution over plans to recite Pushkin’s poetry in the park. Plus, for Russia, the “risk of long-term dependency [on China].” #ReadingRussia

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

@rayhandemytrie Great reporting from Rayan the team, today. Handled the live Newnight report with aplomb!

[Grigor Atanesian @atanessi]

The post-Soviet space leading the agenda of Putin's first fifth-term Security Council meeting sounds rather ominous for the South Caucasus and Central Asia

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

@sihooofficial Wow, X now trying to market me the latest sanctions-friendly home version of Russia's famed S300 air-defence system! But I wonder if it leans too far in terms of comfort vs anti-air capabilities?

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

Looks like the music of the day is Swan Lake...

[TIME @TIME]

"Every year on April 24, we mark the 1915 Armenian genocide.

"This year, we should also reflect on the present day, for Armenians are again facing a new set of atrocities as the world watches on with indifference."

📝 @mrtommybecker https://t.co/XcPzUBJX4w

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

@HenryJFoy @leahyjoseph @YuanfenYang I would have thought this climb down inevitable. Less about the Baltics and more that such views would seem to directly contradict comments made by President Xi late last year about (post-Soviet) Central Asia.

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

@FT Inevitable China will have to put some distance with these comments. They are directly in opposition to the comments of President Xi late last year regarding the inviolate statehood of places in (former Soviet) Central Asia last year.

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

@edentravels Worth mentioning that Fly Arystan will start flying in Yerevan from May - making it a bit easier to get between the country and Central Asia.

[max seddon @maxseddon]

I've watched a lot of Putin speeches over the last 10-15 years and this is the most anti-US one by a really long way.

If I were a western policymaker wondering if he'd really use nuclear weapons – and he hasn't even got to them yet – I'd be very concerned.

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

@maxseddon It was quite jarring hearing those songs in that context - right before they all lined up for the national anthem. Putin getting quite emotional!

[Civil.ge @CivilGe]

BREAKING: Georgia's PM Irakli Garibashvili signed an application to join EU.https://t.co/x9QD3x0oJ8

[Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer]

❗Now columns of Belarusian forces spotted on Ukraine's NW border, just south of Brest. Another front in the making. https://t.co/G1my9bP6kJ

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

Amazing clip of Kadirov sending chechen soldiers to Ukraine. Still unsure how claiming to save Ukraine by sending in chechen units likely to play in Russia. https://t.co/OWmnRchgou

[Dominic Lewenz @DomLewenz]

Small detail, but interesting that the DPR (Russian controlled region on Donetsk) has cancelled its mobilisation this morning https://t.co/WZFrs5Y0T4

[Neil Hauer @NeilPHauer]

Another video from Grozny, Chechnya sent to me by local source today. Thousands of additional Chechen government forces being deployed to Ukraine as part of Russia's occupation force.

[Peter Leonard @Peter__Leonard]

Kazakhstan's president Tokayev is addressing the nation on television, says he will stay in the country come what may, he is taking over national security council, formerly headed by ex-President Nazarbayev