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| The top tweeters on the post-Soviet world – news | The top tweeters on the post-Soviet world – news |
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| Whether it’s staying on top of the latest developments in Ukraine, analysis of Russia’s political machinations, or the newest Femen campaign, Twitter is invaluable for monitoring news from the post-Soviet region. | Whether it’s staying on top of the latest developments in Ukraine, analysis of Russia’s political machinations, or the newest Femen campaign, Twitter is invaluable for monitoring news from the post-Soviet region. |
| It's almost impossible to condense the best tweeters from 15 | It's almost impossible to condense the best tweeters from 15 |
| countries into a short list, but we've made a start on our our pick of regional experts tweeting on breaking news, mostly in English. | countries into a short list, but we've made a start on our our pick of regional experts tweeting on breaking news, mostly in English. |
| This is the first in a series of pieces from the New East network on social media in the post-Soviet region and who to follow, which is also available as a Twitter list. | This is the first in a series of pieces from the New East network on social media in the post-Soviet region and who to follow, which is also available as a Twitter list. |
| Who have we missed? Tell us in the comments below and we'll add the best suggestions to the list. If you have any problems posting, or you’d rather do so anonymously, please email maeve.shearlaw@theguardian.com. | Who have we missed? Tell us in the comments below and we'll add the best suggestions to the list. If you have any problems posting, or you’d rather do so anonymously, please email maeve.shearlaw@theguardian.com. |
| Dmitri Trenin @DmitriTrenin | Dmitri Trenin @DmitriTrenin |
| Editor of Eurasia Outlook, a blog hosted by @CarnegieRussia, one of our partners on the New East network. | Editor of Eurasia Outlook, a blog hosted by @CarnegieRussia, one of our partners on the New East network. |
| Joanna Lillis @joannalillis | Joanna Lillis @joannalillis |
| Journalist reporting on central Asia, based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. | Journalist reporting on central Asia, based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. |
| Critically-ill rights activist freed in #Uzbekistan after 8 years in 'living hell' jail v @hrw @steveswerdlow http://t.co/zvflmo6Ari | Critically-ill rights activist freed in #Uzbekistan after 8 years in 'living hell' jail v @hrw @steveswerdlow http://t.co/zvflmo6Ari |
| David Trilling @dtrilling | David Trilling @dtrilling |
| Central Asia editor for @EurasiaNet, one of our partners on the New East network. | Central Asia editor for @EurasiaNet, one of our partners on the New East network. |
| Joshua Kucera @joshuakucera | Joshua Kucera @joshuakucera |
| Writes about international news, foreign policy, geopolitics, military with a specific focus on post-Soviet states. Runs @TheBugPit blog, focused on military and security Central Asia and Caucasus. | Writes about international news, foreign policy, geopolitics, military with a specific focus on post-Soviet states. Runs @TheBugPit blog, focused on military and security Central Asia and Caucasus. |
| Howard Amos @howardamos | Howard Amos @howardamos |
| Reporter based in Russia, contributor to the Guardian. | Reporter based in Russia, contributor to the Guardian. |
| Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM | Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM |
| Editor at @KyivPost Ukraine’s leading English-language newspaper, and correspondent for @Mashable. Also follow @KyivPost_Photo. | Editor at @KyivPost Ukraine’s leading English-language newspaper, and correspondent for @Mashable. Also follow @KyivPost_Photo. |
| Daniel Sandford @BBCDanielS | Daniel Sandford @BBCDanielS |
| The Moscow Correspondent for BBC News. Also follow @BBCRussian and Rafael Saakov, @RSaantiBBC for tweets in Russian | The Moscow Correspondent for BBC News. Also follow @BBCRussian and Rafael Saakov, @RSaantiBBC for tweets in Russian |
| Max Seddon @maxseddon | Max Seddon @maxseddon |
| Foreign affairs reporter for @BuzzFeed, based in Kiev, Ukraine. | Foreign affairs reporter for @BuzzFeed, based in Kiev, Ukraine. |
| Glenn Kates @gkates | Glenn Kates @gkates |
| Digital editor for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty @RFERL. Covering Russia, Ukraine, eastern Europe, Balkans and Caucasus. Also follow @Deana_Kjuka. | |
| The Baltic Times @thebaltictimes | The Baltic Times @thebaltictimes |
| An independent newspaper covering the latest political, economic, business and cultural news in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. | An independent newspaper covering the latest political, economic, business and cultural news in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. |
| Central Asian News @CANews_org | Central Asian News @CANews_org |
| Official Twitter of AKIpress, part of the Central Asian News Service. Tweeting updates from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. | Official Twitter of AKIpress, part of the Central Asian News Service. Tweeting updates from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. |
| And the Guardian team | And the Guardian team |
| Starting with our Moscow correspondent, Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7: | Starting with our Moscow correspondent, Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7: |
| Other Guardian staff reporting from the region include: Luke Harding (@lukeharding1968), the Guardian's former Moscow correspondent, recently returned from Ukraine. Mark-Rice Oxley (@markriceoxley69) who is just back from a recent trip to Belarus, to report on life after 20 years under the rule of Alexander Lukashenko. Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn), formerly of the Moscow Times, and Harriet Salem (@HarrietSalem) who focuses on Russia, Ukraine and the Balkans. | Other Guardian staff reporting from the region include: Luke Harding (@lukeharding1968), the Guardian's former Moscow correspondent, recently returned from Ukraine. Mark-Rice Oxley (@markriceoxley69) who is just back from a recent trip to Belarus, to report on life after 20 years under the rule of Alexander Lukashenko. Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn), formerly of the Moscow Times, and Harriet Salem (@HarrietSalem) who focuses on Russia, Ukraine and the Balkans. |
| And don’t forget to follow the @GuardianNewEast on twitter, and the team behind it – Judith Soal (@judithsoal), Enjoli Liston (@enjoli), and Maeve Shearlaw (@maeveshearlaw). | And don’t forget to follow the @GuardianNewEast on twitter, and the team behind it – Judith Soal (@judithsoal), Enjoli Liston (@enjoli), and Maeve Shearlaw (@maeveshearlaw). |
| Follow our partners | Follow our partners |
| @EurasiaNet for news and analysis from Russia, central Asia, the Caucasus; @CarnegieRussia for expert research and non-partisan analysis on Russia and the region – also follow @CarnegieEndow and @CarnegieRu for tweets in Russian; @PaulGoble1, American analyst and former policy adviser, who writes Window on Eurasia; @CaucasianKnotEn for news and analysis from the Caucasus. | @EurasiaNet for news and analysis from Russia, central Asia, the Caucasus; @CarnegieRussia for expert research and non-partisan analysis on Russia and the region – also follow @CarnegieEndow and @CarnegieRu for tweets in Russian; @PaulGoble1, American analyst and former policy adviser, who writes Window on Eurasia; @CaucasianKnotEn for news and analysis from the Caucasus. |
| @TransitionsMag (Transitions Online), a non-profit organisation established to strengthen independent news media in the post-communist countries of Europe and the former Soviet Union; @Interpreter_Mag, a special project of @InModernRussia, for Russian news translated into English and current affairs; @calvertjournal offers "a guide to creative Russia" and @russiamagazine, which covers contemporary Russian art and culture. | @TransitionsMag (Transitions Online), a non-profit organisation established to strengthen independent news media in the post-communist countries of Europe and the former Soviet Union; @Interpreter_Mag, a special project of @InModernRussia, for Russian news translated into English and current affairs; @calvertjournal offers "a guide to creative Russia" and @russiamagazine, which covers contemporary Russian art and culture. |
| For the latest on Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, follow @BNNNEWSCOM (Baltic News Network). | For the latest on Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, follow @BNNNEWSCOM (Baltic News Network). |
| @charter97org a pro-opposition news website focussing on Belarus and @BelarusDigest offers non-partisan analysis of politics and human rights. Find our partners who are not on Twitter here: The Belarusian Association of Journalists and Belarus in Focus | @charter97org a pro-opposition news website focussing on Belarus and @BelarusDigest offers non-partisan analysis of politics and human rights. Find our partners who are not on Twitter here: The Belarusian Association of Journalists and Belarus in Focus |