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Olga Lautman
Personal blog · olgalautman.substack.compolitics
Olga Lautman writes Unmasking Russia, a personal blog at olgalautman.substack.com about politics. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “NATO's Operations Continue as Russia Escalates in Romania”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment links to news reports and NATO material about CIA director John Ratcliffe's reported Moscow trip and concerns that Russia could test the alliance. It does not discuss the Substack post's writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Investigating Russian influence operations, intelligence networks, corruption, and the tactics used to subvert democracies.
Most-linked posts?
- NATO's Operations Continue as Russia Escalates in Romania2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-08-21
What Hacker News says?
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/coll... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/aug/27/cia-mos... > The Wall Street Journal and CBS News reported CIA director John Ratcliffe aimed to dissuade Russia from attacking Nato members amid US intelligence assessments that Moscow could seek to test the alliance. Ratcliffe was reported to have flown to Moscow on a government transport plane on Tu…
Comment linking /p/update-natos-operations-continue
on “Why did the CIA chief go to Moscow? We have to assume the worst-case scenario”Submitted ICE Is Buying a Tool to Track Phones, Without Warrants as a story · 166 points
HN discussionSubmitted NATO's Operations Continue as Russia Escalates in Romania as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Moldova: Sources in Ukrainian intelligence claim Russia plans Moldova invasion as a story · 2 points
HN discussion