Alexi Mostrous

1 week ago | observer.co.uk | Alexi Mostrous |Nina Kuryata |Catherine Neilan

Experts say the government needs to prepare for possible attacks on infrastructure after a string of operations in Europe linked to Russia On the morning in March after a huge substation fire shut down Europe’s busiest airport, Russia’s former president posted a message to his 1.4 million followers on X. “I’m looking forward to Russia being blamed for the Heathrow fire,” he wrote. “What are you waiting for, Starmer?”Dmitry Medvedev’s sarcasm was apposite.

2 weeks ago | observer.co.uk | Alexi Mostrous |Andrei Popoviciu |Phoebe Davis

Tristan Tate is far less well known than his notorious elder sibling, Andrew. But new evidence suggests he holds a central role in their alleged criminality For Jane*, a 20-year-old aspiring musician from Florida, the stranger’s attention was compelling. After several abusive relationships, she’d joined SeekingArrangement, a website dedicated to pairing young women with wealthy, older men. “I like your American accent,” the stranger messaged her.

1 month ago | tortoisemedia.com | Alexi Mostrous |Xavier Greenwood

series Who Trolled Amber? 3h 23 mins • 7 Episodes What comes to mind when you think of Amber Heard? Liar? Survivor? Narcissist? Millions of us watched the celebrity trial of the century, Depp v Heard, in 2022. Amber Heard lost and Johnny Depp was vindicated. But what if Amber was actually the victim of an organised trolling campaign? What if the online hate against her was manufactured? Alexi Mostrous investigates what happened to Amber and who might have been responsible.

Jan 6, 2025 | tortoisemedia.com | Alexi Mostrous |Catherine Neilan

Even so, most of what he thinks he knows is wrong Since the start of the year, Elon Musk has tweeted or reposted tweets about British politics, grooming gangs and child sexual abuse 48 times. So what? Musk calls himself Chief Troll Officer for X, his social media platform, and in many of these tweets he’s trolled Keir Starmer personally. Yesterday Starmer responded.

Nov 21, 2024 | tortoisemedia.com | Alexi Mostrous

They normally cost about 16p. But on Wednesday, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur paid 40 million times that for a banana at a contemporary art auction in New York. Justin Sun, founder of the cryptocurrency platform Tron, outbid six others in a packed Sotheby’s auction room to buy the fruit for $6.2 million. Titled Comedian, the banana is stuck to a wall with duct tape. The artwork was first created by Maurizio Cattelan in 2019.