Sam Breazeale

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"My colleagues tell me that since my detention, the work with NoRI has ground to a halt. Without me there to help, the lab has been unable to analyze the image data that the microscope generates" Kseniia Petrova, the Harvard scientist in ICE prison, in NYT nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opi…

⚡ Former Kursk Governor Roman Starovoit, who was dismissed by Putin earlier today as Russia’s transport minister, has reportedly been found dead in his home in an apparent suicide. meduza.io/en/news/2025/0…

A 35-year-old woman in Siberia on Russia Day vs. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Russia Day

My report from NATO defense ministers’ last meeting in Brussels before the Alliance’s annual summit in The Hague later this month.

"And then I’d sit in on yet another [online] safety training for journalists, listening to exiles telling me how important it is to 'follow safety protocols' — and it would drive me up the wall." More invaluable reporting from @lilia_yapparova. meduza.io/en/feature/202…

On Tuesday night I was barred from entering Georgia, my home for the last three years. Official reasons were given as “other,” but from the circumstances surrounding my departure in April it’s clear the refusal is in fact directly tied to my work covering the country as a…

Rēzekne-based journalist Jack Styler spent the past seven months reporting on how the militarization of the border with Russia has affected ordinary people in Latvia’s easternmost region. His letter from Latgale is The Beet’s latest. meduza.io/en/feature/202… @meduza_en

Европа заподозрила «теневой флот» России в причастности к разрывам подводных кабелей в Балтийском море, и НАТО начал военно-морскую операцию с целью защиты инфраструктуры. Редактор англоязычной «Медузы» рассказывает о ходе операции meduza.io/feature/2025/0…

For a close-up look at NATO’s mission to safeguard undersea infrastructure in the Baltic, I spent a day aboard a French Navy frigate. I also spoke to experts @katjabego, @KeirGiles, @Olivier1Schmitt, and Lukas Milevski about the value of such an operation. meduza.io/en/feature/202…

Interesting dispatch from the Baltic Sea by my colleague @SamBreazeale2, who went on a patrol with a French Navy frigate to observe NATO’s new monitoring mission and report on its encounters with Russia’s “shadow fleet.” meduza.io/en/feature/202… @meduza_en

After a series of undersea cable breaches in the Baltic Sea late last year, NATO announced a new monitoring mission. Meduza boarded one of its ships to learn how the operation works — and what its encounters with Russia’s “shadow fleet” look like. meduza.io/en/feature/202…

I am thinking of my @RFERL colleagues who are in dark prison cells today for reporting the truth: Farid Mehralizada in Azerbaijan, Ihar Losik in Belarus, Nika Novak in Russia, and Vladyslav Yesypenko in Russia-occupied Crimea. They did nothing wrong and journalism is not a crime.

Three wonderful things happened today, March 8: ☀️ A sunny day in London 💐 Celebrating International Women’s Day with beautiful flowers 📖 The release of my graphic novel across Europe and the UK! A story about the strength of our mothers and grandmothers and love they pass on

In the last month, the Trump administration has barred AP from events over its editorial policy and taken control of the White House press pool. For @peterbakernyt, who lived in Moscow in the early 2000s, these moves against the press feel familiar. buff.ly/dsnga5j

New Central Asia environment coverage from me: for @meduzaproject, I wrote about the region's melting glaciers, and the scientists training the next generation of researchers to track them. Thanks as always @EilishHart and @SamBreazeale2 for editing! meduza.io/en/feature/202…

RIP Suzanne Massie, the author and Russia expert who became Reagan's unofficial counselor on the Soviet Union and even gave him his oft-used phrase "trust but verify." washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

Почему нужно спасти «Грозу»? Шесть причин Тред, где мы будем себя хвалить. Но мы правда думаем так, как написали.

As police across Russia execute a full-scale crackdown on the queer community, Russian officials are discussing creating a single electronic registry for monitoring LGBTQ+ individuals — a database that would make persecuting queer people vastly easier.🧵 meduza.io/en/feature/202…