Keir Giles

Less on Twitter these days; join me where the skies are bluer.

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[Keir Giles @KeirGiles]

𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 is now available in the UK and *some* retailers in the US.

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UK:
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US:
https://t.co/0UlK591WSy

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[Keir Giles @KeirGiles]

What do they choose to illustrate each available language?

Greek, Turkish, Polish: rom-com.

Portuguese, Swedish: drama.

Czech: buddy movie.

Hebrew: quirky froth.

Hungarian, Finnish: moody heroines.

Russian: …monochrome thuggery.

[Keir Giles @KeirGiles]

The uncut recording will show that the line about how “Russia became the largest country on earth by being a peace-loving society that was constantly attacked” was given full and proper attribution to @DarthPutinKGB

[Virtual Routes @VirtualRoutes]

Watch the recap of our first Ironmonger House Talk on 19 Oct: @HannaNotte & @KeirGiles joined us for ‘Moscow’s Long Game Against the West,’ moderated by Charles Clover (@FT). Many thanks to Hanna, Keir, Charles, & everyone who joined us and contributed thoughtful questions.

[Keir Giles @KeirGiles]

“Terrible” here also in the sense of “not very good at it”.

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

Hitchens is a terrible apologist for the Kremlin:

‘Look carefully at that conflict over the past two years and you will notice the outcome, a change from a grinding land war into an increasingly costly and bloody exchange of missiles and drones, much of it deep in Russian territory’

https://t.co/J7HnKkN5Bl

[Keir Giles @KeirGiles]

“It’s inconceivable”, say some American friends and colleagues, to the idea of the Trump group not abiding by the outcome of the midterms or of the 2028 presidential election. We have to remind them how many things they thought were inconceivable but have already happened.

[Ruth Deyermond @ruth_deyermond]

@maria_drutska This is something that NATO allies and Ukraine should have been preparing for since the moment it became clear that Trump was likely to win the 2024 election. But there's been huge reluctance to even acknowledge the possibility of a non-democratic outcome in the US.

[Ruth Deyermond @ruth_deyermond]

@maria_drutska This is something that NATO allies and Ukraine should have been preparing for since the moment it became clear that Trump was likely to win the 2024 election. But there's been huge reluctance to even acknowledge the possibility of a non-democratic outcome in the US.

[Zack 🇬🇧 @ZickZaggurat]

It's actually *impeccable* how they manage to pick the least likely offender for every single awareness poster for particular types of crime.

[Ruth Deyermond @ruth_deyermond]

For Putin, this kind of meeting is at least as important as any end to the fighting. Putin has always desperately wanted Russia to return to what he sees as its rightful place among the great powers, deciding the fate of the world - even though it isn't, of course, a great power.

[Hurst Publishers @HurstPublishers]

Since this interview over the weekend, author @KeirGiles, also seen recently on Sky TV's 'The Wargame', has seen his latest book 'American Overthrow: Moscow’s Endgame in Its Long War with Washington' go out of stock w/online retailers. But you can order direct from the publisher
➡️ https://t.co/vwNQflODtR

20% off w/code GILES20

[Tuffer @TufferB]

A proper grown up government.

[Keir Giles @KeirGiles]

@groksalt Me too!

[John 🧂🔋 @groksalt]

Thought I’d give his book a go…

[Keir Giles @KeirGiles]

@groksalt An excellent choice sir.

Don’t forget to tell us what you think after reading it!

[Ruth Deyermond @ruth_deyermond]

If Sir Malcolm Rifkind is right that Trump's reason for waiving sanctions on Russia is just "a grubby attempt to win a few more votes in the midterms by trying to get oil prices down", why has Trump been trying to lift sanctions on Russia since 2017?

[Tony Dowson @TonyDowson5]

Same worldview as the rioters in France in many respects.

[Andrew Stuttaford @AStuttaford]

KGB officers were well known for their volatility and inability to conceal what they really thought.

[Lucy Easthope @LucyGoBag]

There is growing concern amongst emergency planners that this vaguebooking* of threat to public is only leading to community anxiety and tension. Address the nation properly and lay it out to us as adults https://t.co/2VlMn6v8Y7

[Keir Giles @KeirGiles]

@chibio @MaryJohnso72253 @LBC I recommend it!

[Keir Giles @KeirGiles]

𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 is now available in the UK and *some* retailers in the US.

Order links (may pay commission) if you don't have a local bookshop to support -

UK:
https://t.co/fOPZEX0WWp

US:
https://t.co/0UlK591WSy

Elsewhere:
https://t.co/becWq3KmPk

[Mary Johnson @MaryJohnso72253]

@KeirGiles @LBC It is terrifying

[Keir Giles @KeirGiles]

This is the irony. There were important messages coming from the new US administration; but they were lost in the hysterical reaction from European politicians and devalued by the rank hypocrisy of the messengers themselves.

[Štefan Auer @stefanauer_hku]

Maybe @JDVance had a point when he said in Munich that Europe is also endangered from within, and not just from without by Russia?