Back from the Front
Julius StraussA veteran war reporter and former Russia correspondent writes on Ukraine & Russia, the Middle East, eastern Europe, the Balkans and where the world is going. News, commentary and analysis as well as dispatches from the field.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 131 | Subscribers | Read | backfromthefront.substack.com |
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Moldovans prepares to vote in critical elections as Cold War tensions rise
This story was reported by Kata Fulop, one of my Hungarian journalism students. She is determined to make a living as a journalist and has travelled from eastern Hungary to Moldova, Transnistria and Ukraine to report.
The Bulletin: 22nd Sept 2025
The latest Russian incursion into Nato airspace relayed in understated Estonian style. (Click here to read my summer letter from Estonia). Photo credit: Postimees
Trump’s weakness is enabling the war criminals of our age
Contractors with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. As many as 40 of them belong to a white supremacist motorcycle gang who see themselves as modern-day anti-Islamic crusaders. Source: BBC.
A day in the Donbas
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Julius is a war correspondent, wilderness guide, bear behaviouralist, campaigner, amateur bush pilot and university lecturer. When he is not in the field he divides his time between British Columbia, London, and Budapest.
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