Jason Smart
Special Correspondent at Kyiv Post
2010 Russia lifetime ban for anti-Putin work. Джейсон Джей Смарт, PhD. Correspondent @KyivPost. Check out the latest: YT & Substack: @JasonJaySmart.
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1 week ago |
substack.com | Jason Smart
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, I’ve said the same thing: there are only three ways Putin’s regime collapses. Any one could be the trigger. Militarily — Ukraine recaptures all occupied territories. Unlikely, unless the Russian military collapses or the West provides overwhelming support. Politically — A Prigozhin-style mutiny or a “palace coup” unseats Putin. Economically — Russia runs out of the money and materials required to wage war.
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1 week ago |
substack.com | Jason Smart
Russia’s banking sector is sinking deeper into crisis, with the foundations of its financial system rapidly eroding. Liquidity is drying up. Defaults are surging. Even oil revenues—Moscow’s last dependable source of foreign income—are now under threat. A proposed ban on consumer loans isn’t meant to protect citizens from fraud; it’s a smokescreen to contain panic while banks quietly bleed dry.
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2 weeks ago |
kyivpost.com | Jason Smart
Russia Putin Corruption Journalist and Russia expert David Satter explains how the 1990s reforms embedded organized crime into the Kremlin and cemented Vladimir Putin’s rule in an interview with Kyiv Post. 26s ago After the collapse of the USSR, many believed a new era of freedom had begun. Instead, Russia descended into corruption, lawlessness, and state-backed crime.
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2 weeks ago |
substack.com | Jason Smart
How Romania’s voters stopped Kremlin-backed digital interference—and why the EU, NATO, and Ukraine just won big. Romania’s presidential election wasn’t just another national contest. It was a firewall—against Russian interference, against algorithmic manipulation, and against the accelerating collapse of democratic systems under hybrid warfare. Nicușor Dan’s victory is more than a domestic development. It is a geopolitical signal. A win for the European Union, NATO, Moldova, and Ukraine.
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3 weeks ago |
kyivpost.com | Jason Smart
Russia is losing ground in eastern Ukraine as its forces struggle to hold positions in key towns like Pokrovsk. In this exclusive interview, military analyst Jonathan MS Pearce of ATP Geopolitics breaks down how Ukraine’s battlefield momentum is accelerating – thanks in part to rising domestic artillery production that is reshaping the war’s trajectory and undermining Russia’s ability to sustain its occupation. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.
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🔥 Satellite images taken days before today’s Ukrainian “Web” strike show a large Russian bomber presence at key bases: 📌Belaya (May 31): 39 Tu-22M3, 30 MiG-31, 7 Tu-160, 6 Tu-95MS, more 📌Olenya (May 26): 40 Tu-22M3, 11 Tu-95MS, 5 An-12 👉 Lots of Russian planes are now ash! https://t.co/7rdTrpYXok
RT @officejjsmart: 🔥🔥🔥 Ukraine 🇺🇦 is carrying out massive attacks, AGAIN, now in Russia. Attacks reported across the country including Mos…
🔥 Suppose the guard dog wasn’t much use in protecting the Russian planes?? Not long ago, a big guy with a big guard dog was considered good security. Today, it’s useless against drones. War is evolving fast, but Ukraine🇺🇦 is adapting faster. 👉 That’s why Ukraine will win https://t.co/eBo8Nuh68b