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Inside the secret supply chain fuelling America’s wars And what Will Somerindyke’s company, Regulus Global, means for the future of conflict

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The audio version was produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, with mix and sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco. Matt Vella edited the original article, which you can read here: www.ft.com/content/d7f9...

Very excited that the FT’s brilliant podcast team have produced an audio version of my most recent FT Weekend Magazine story. It is called THE BROKER, and it’s about a failed American baseball player and stock broker who becomes a major international arms dealer.

On 28 Jan, 127 editors, lawyers, journalists and campaigners emailed Sir Keir Starmer calling for anti-SLAPP Provisions to be included in the King's Speech. Today 39 others joined our call, meaning 166 support steps to protect the right to speak out: antislapp.uk/2026/02/13/s...

Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto Overture from Ministry of Defence Export Center comes as heavily sanctioned states turn to digital assets

Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto—Parties paying Iran using conventional finance risk being blocked from western-based financial systems as a result of US, EU and UK sanctions. www.ft.com/content/d1ce... @miles-johnson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Inside the secret supply chain fuelling America’s wars And what Will Somerindyke’s company, Regulus Global, means for the future of conflict

Cracking piece by Miles Johnson

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If you prefer print: FT Weekend Magazine is out today.

Inside the secret supply chain fuelling America’s wars And what Will Somerindyke’s company, Regulus Global, means for the future of conflict

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New FT Magazine cover story out today - How a failed baseball player and ex-Merrill Lynch broker became an international arms dealer.

Iranian nuclear experts held second covert meeting with Russian weapons institute [FREE TO READ] US claims meeting is part of an effort by Tehran to acquire sensitive military technologies from Moscow

Today’s must read FT investigation exposes new clandestine ties between Russian and Iran’s nuclear programmes

From @miles-johnson.bsky.social and @maxseddon.bsky.social

How a tiny US gun shop won — and botched — a $1bn Ukraine contract [FREE TO READ] Based in an Arizona strip mall and boasting ‘reasonable prices’, OTL Firearms landed an order for vast quantities of rockets and other Soviet-standard munitions. It never delivered

Latest from me - How a tiny US gun shop won – and botched – a $1bn Ukraine contract.

Based in an Arizona strip mall and boasting ‘reasonable prices’, OTL Firearms landed an order for vast quantities of rockets and other Soviet-standard munitions. It never delivered.

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Looking forward to talking about journalism and great stories with some esteemed colleagues at the FT Weekend Festival in London this Saturday:

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The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research

Eye-opening investigation on whether Iran is moving closer to building nuclear weapons, and also how deep Iran-Russia relations run www.ft.com/content/00f6...

An FT investigation has found that an Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce components with civil applications that could have potential use in nuclear weapons research on.ft.com/3HjTumm

The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research

You can read the full article here: www.ft.com/content/00f6...

8) In May this year the US State Department issued fresh sanctions against the SPND, warning that it was working on “dual-use research and development activities applicable to nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons delivery systems”, and attempting to procure technology from abroad.

7) Iran has consistently denied ever pursuing nuclear weapons, citing a religious fatwa from Khamenei banning their use. It maintains that its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful. Russia has always maintained it is strongly against Iranian nuclear proliferation.

6) Our investigation does not claim this evidence shows that Iran was actively building a nuclear weapon. It does show how SPND-linked scientific networks continued to covertly pursue dual-use, nuclear-relevant technologies and international partnerships.

5) Shortly before the visit, the delegation’s lead wrote to a Russian supplier to enquire about buying tritium, strontium-90, and nickel-63 - radioactive isotopes with civilian uses, but which are tightly controlled and monitored under non-proliferation rules.

4) Once in Russia they met with sanctioned Russian institutes that work on dual-use technology with potential relevance to nuclear weapons. The scientist who invited them has been a contractor for an institute under the control of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency.

3) Most of the delegation travelled on Iranian diplomatic service passports, some freshly issued and with sequential numbers. One was the ex-CEO of a US sanctioned nuclear procurement front company. Another was an Iranian military counter intelligence officer.

2) The FT has found that this delegation included individuals with links to the SPND, an Iranian military-scientific unit described by the US as “the direct successor organisation to Iran’s pre-2004 nuclear weapons programme”.

The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research

NEW INVESTIGATION: The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia, with @maxseddon.bsky.social

Last August a delegation of Iranian nuclear scientists flew from Tehran to Moscow. They appeared like civilians working for a small Tehran-based consulting firm. But it was a cover story.

UK investigates possible Russian involvement in Starmer arson attacks Counterterrorism police looking into fires at properties connected to prime minister keep open mind about motive

UK investigates possible Russian involvement in Starmer arson attacks

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How Ukraine lost hundreds of millions on arms deals gone wrong Desperate to source munitions, Kyiv paid foreign brokers for weapons and shells that were sometimes unusable or never arrived

How Ukraine lost hundreds of millions on arms deals gone wrong

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Thank you to The Sunday Long Read for featuring my
FT Weekend Magazine story “The fugitive prince” in their excellent weekly email round up:

The fugitive prince A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine

"The only question was whether he would escape alive."

Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to
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The fugitive prince A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine

Today's featured #longreads 1/2: “The fugitive prince” by @miles-johnson.bsky.social

“To his enemies, he is simply Paul Lambrino, a fantasist who, even after everything that happened, claims heirship to a nonexistent throne.”

Headline: The Fugitive Prince Dek: A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine. Tagline: Miles Johnson for FT Magazine A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”

"He had fought his entire life to be accepted, yet here he was, facing disgrace and years behind bars, not as Prince Paul of Romania, but as Paul Lambrino, crook."

@miles-johnson.bsky.social‬ @financialtimes.com #longreads

https://longreads.com/2025/01/22/the-fugitive-prince/

The fugitive prince A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine

My FT Magazine story “The Fugitive Prince” is available as a free audio version in the player at the top of this webpage. It is read by me, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval and scored by Breen Turner. #longreads

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