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Jason Jay Smart

Reporter · UA

Indexed articles, last 90 days
3
Latest publication
Sep 14, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Kyiv Post
Top 50K sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Jason Jay Smart

    Ex-CIA Chief: Inside Putin’s Mafia State (opens the original)

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    Former CIA Chief of Station Sean Wiswesser tells Kyiv Post’s Jason Jay Smart that Russia’s FSB, SVR and GRU are far from the polished spy services of myth – they’re corrupt, often sloppy, yet still lethal abroad. From Skripal’s poisoning to assassin Vadim Krasikov’s triumphant return home, Wiswesser traces a system that rewards aggression and rarely punishes failure, blending mafia-style extortion, cybercrime and disposable Telegram-recruited operatives into a genuinely dangerous hybrid.

  2. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Jason Jay Smart

    Russia’s Greatest Enemy Is Inside the Kremlin (opens the original)

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    Staying loyal to Vladimir Putin has become a fatal mistake for generals, oligarchs, and inner circle officials who thought obedience guaranteed safety. Autocratic regimes rot from the inside long before they shatter publicly, and Moscow is now witnessing unprecedented purges as liquid financial reserves drain at a record speed. Loyalty no longer buys wealth or protection in modern Russia, leaving top commanders and technocrats caught in a trap where serving the state carries more danger than def

  3. Article · Jul 7, 2026 · Jason Jay Smart

    Russia’s 11-Time-Zone War Just Backfired (opens the original)

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    Ukraine’s long-range strikes – reaching targets like Ufa, 930 miles from the front – are turning Russia’s size into a liability, argues Kyiv Post’s Jason Jay Smart. Refineries, factories, and rail links across Russia’s 11 time zones can’t all be defended, straining fuel supplies, weapons production, and air defense simultaneously. This exposes fuel shortages, recruitment problems, and mutiny talk, undercutting Putin’s promise of a contained war and revealing Moscow’s struggle to protect what its

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