Charles Clover
@charles_clover
Financial Times Foreign Affairs Correspondent, writing from London now. Wrote Black Wind White Snow: The Rise of Russia's New Nationalism.
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Today’s Financial Times Europe Express 🇹🇷🇷🇺 Why the Sultan went to see the Tsar - Charles Clover & daria mosolova 🇪🇺 EU far right starts to disrupt Parliament - Andrew Bounds 📈Plus: Putin’s punt on Pyongyang Read & subscribe 👇 ft.com/content/d36b33…
Vladimir Putin’s alternative to ‘weaponised’ dollar fails to excite Brics partners ft.com/content/77ddac… via Charles Clover daria mosolova
Me: so British Airways you have oversold the flight. Seats allocated to us have disappeared and you think its ok for my 2 year old to be sat on her own next to a stranger? What if theres an emergency BA: well nothing we can do so yes its ok COME on BA you can do better than this
Big Financial Times scoop - Russia has recruited Yemeni mercenaries to fight in Ukraine ft.com/content/da9660… top reporting by Charles Clover Andrew England & Christopher Miller
I used to be really worried about the pernicious influence of big tech on politics. Having read this, I’m a lot more relaxed. Financial Times ft.com/content/a46cb1…
Fascinating interview with Alexander Stubb President of Finland on why he thinks there is a 3-6 month window to get peace in Ukraine, why Finland still has conscription, sabotage across Europe.and how to respond to Trump on.ft.com/3WyDIbJ
Just dropped! Episode #196 - Lunar New Year, Tesla’s Autonomy Push, and Global Auto Trends Sino Auto Insights Lei 𝕏ing邢磊
Amazing. UK power regulator says protecting consumers was its “top priority,” and yet ... ft.com/content/68f8f0… CitizensAdvice
Really interesting article on Eurasianism with great new material (and some quotes from my book. Ura!). By James Verini in The New Yorker
Chuffed and honored to have been awarded the runner-up citation for Overseas Press Club’s prestigious Hal Boyle Award for best newspaper, news service, newsletter or digital reporting from abroad, for my reporting on Russia’s war in Ukraine, with Financial Times colleagues. opcofamerica.org/citation-winne…
British troops training for drone warfare vs red tape. By Charles Clover “Guidelines prevent drones weighing more than 250g — about the weight of a cucumber — from being flown over the heads of people during training, even if they are sitting in a tank.” on.ft.com/3YYpimo
“One really important threshold...was the use of air power" said Ankit Panda. That restraint has now evaporated. India and Pakistan will likely test other redlines, despite each holding 170 nukes, say analysts w/ Charles Clover Krishn Kaushik Andres Schipani ft.com/content/bd1691…
China’s J-10 ‘Dragon’ shows teeth in India-Pakistan combat debut. “This is the first time Chinese military equipment has been tested against top notch western equipment,” says Sushant Singh Read more: ft.com/content/ff46ca… via Mehul Srivastava Charles Clover Humza Jilani Financial Times
Wednesday's India-Pakistan dogfight pitted Pakistan's Chinese-made jets and missiles against India's French and Russian kit. Mounting evidence suggests Chengdu Aircraft's J-10C, fitted with China's PL-15 missile, won out. w/ Mehul Srivastava Charles Clover ft.com/content/ff46ca…
“Israel has near complete air dominance over Iran” I told the FT’s Charles Clover last month. I think we can now say total. ft.com/content/dd7a69…
This seems important. Before the U.S strikes on Esfahan, Natanz and Fordow, Maxar Technologies satellite images showed a possible increase in logistics at Fordow - 16 trucks gathered on 19- 20 June with heavy machinery near the entrance to the main facility.
Check out Charles Clover’s latest in Financial Times. Raises important points on the challenges we’d face in the event Iran attempts to close the Strait of Hormuz… with some quotes on our minesweeper fleet from yours truly!