Neil Buckley

Chief leader writer of the Financial Times. Ex-Eastern Europe Editor, Moscow, New York, Brussels. Sometimes I'll tweet The FT View. Other views my own.

[Neil Buckley @NeilRBuckley]

Sergei Ivanov, once seen as a possible successor to Putin, has died at only 73. I interviewed him along with @CatherineBelton in 2007, when he seemed the presidential frontrunner. A different era.
Ivanov sets out his tough vision for Russia’s future https://t.co/PS7clsAeuZ

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Terrific profile of Britain's next prime minister, by the FT's Northern England correspondent. The decade that made Andy Burnham https://t.co/af6sxJn5WN via @ft

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Great investigation from @FT. Arson targeting Keir Starmer properties originated in Russia https://t.co/qqBBq5eT3V via @ft

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The #FTView: Britain needs to be bolder in its EU reset. Labour's self-imposed red lines are regrettable, but there's still scope to be more ambitious https://t.co/2IhD3drIIt via @ft

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The FT View on USAID and the wilful sabotage of American soft power. Trump's suspension of foreign aid is putting help to millions at risk - and opening space for China https://t.co/ZBRpapnurq via @ft

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I had the pleasure of briefly sharing an office with Samer Iskandar in Brussels in 1998. One summer Friday night we drove to Paris in his yellow sports car and spent a wonderful weekend with his friends. A beautiful tribute here to a much-missed FT alumnus https://t.co/y6d1Eq6Hdq

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Fantastic news, as Viktor Orbán apparently backs down: EU agrees to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova https://t.co/hwcesE93Go via @ft

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If the UK is ever going to reach net zero, how can major expansion and modernisation of the rail system not be part of the solution?
‘Managed decline’: the uncertain future for British rail after cuts to HS2 https://t.co/aKExLmEZrm via @ft

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If you read one piece this week, make it this one:
One year in a struggling British state school https://t.co/sR3Dhl2W8v

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This is very good: ‘Oppenheimer’ is a great film about the wrong man https://t.co/5tyf3tmrp0

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@UoMNews @garyyounge @MCRSociology @TheOrwellPrize @uomsoss Congratulations Gary! Well deserved.

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Very excited that @paul_d_gould 's excellent novel is published June 8 and already available to pre-order. A fascinating and evocative snapshot of Moscow and its underground LGBT community before and after the Soviet collapse

[Paul David Gould @paul_d_gould]

Excited to see copies of my #Russian novel reaching eager readers!

To join them 📢PRE-ORDER NOW📢@unbounders on https://t.co/8SyJjAp7Zk

The end of the USSR, #lgbt love and #antiwar demos — all in a book #Putin won't want you to read!

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Still a few hours left to put in applications for this great opportunity for aspiring economics journalists...https://t.co/2oGpc143R0

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

Calling aspiring economics journalists: Applications are open for the Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship, deadline 11 May https://t.co/kmQ3oJVNa1

[Neil Buckley @NeilRBuckley]

It's still not too late to apply for this excellent fellowship opportunity at the FT for aspiring economics journalists

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

Calling aspiring economics journalists: Applications are open for the Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship, deadline 11 May https://t.co/kmQ3oJVNa1

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

Calling aspiring economics journalists: Applications are open for the Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship, deadline 11 May https://t.co/kmQ3oJVNa1

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Even by his usual standards, this is a particularly brilliant column by Martin Wolf.
Media lies threaten the truth and decency on which democracy depends https://t.co/kG3HdnlN4s

[Paul David Gould @paul_d_gould]

Thrilled to see that my upcoming novel (out June 8) is now listed at @Waterstones!

A pre-#Putin, #Russia-set mystery and story of thwarted gay love

Pre-order at https://t.co/JhXqR9Ld8A
Or direct from @unbounders at https://t.co/7rRAcxCtq8

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Oh come on, *really*...the picture is Biden *signing the guest book* in the presidential building in Kyiv

[Russian Embassy in Kenya/Посольство России в Кении @russembkenya]

True friendship, equality and multipolarity
VERSUS
US hegemony and neocolonialism

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@russembkenya @mfa_russia Oh come on, *really*...this is Biden *signing the guest book* in the presidential building in Kyiv https://t.co/4vpDai3UBs

[Neil Buckley @NeilRBuckley]

Not so, Senator. UNHCR: Hungary has taken in 33k Ukrainian refugees. Poland has taken 1.5m (47x more, with population 4x as big). Czech Rep, broadly similar population to Hungary, has taken half a million. 2.1m crossed border into Hungary, nearly all left https://t.co/hwyWZnDo49

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Hungary took in a million refugees from Ukraine, something Mr. flag-in-the-bio probably supports. Now he’s dunking on a country of 10 million for the predictable supply shortages.