Freelance correspondent, based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Background in Russia, Caucasus, UK & economics, business, politics.
Words: Russian politics, economy & business in Moscow 2019-2022 for The Moscow Times, and Russia-Ukraine war 2022-23 from London and Tbilisi for Reuters. Freelance bits and pieces all over.
Broadcast: Moscow correspondent for France 24 and Deutsche Welle 2021-2022. Interviews on Ukraine war for BBC television and radio and national broadcasters in Australia, Ireland and US. 'From Russia with News' podcast host.
Previously: Economics correspondent in London with City AM, covering Brexit referendum and fallout. Human rights & media support for an international donor.
Email: jakecordell10@gmail.com
Twitter: @JakeCordell
Reuters author page: https://www.reuters.com/authors/jake-cordell
Moscow Times author page: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/author/jake-cordell
Vladimir Putin promised prosperity and security when he annexed Crimea in 2014. Now his war on Ukraine could be a fatal blow for the region’s crucial tourism sector.
Vladimir Putin devoted his annual New Year's address to rallying the Russian people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine and pledging victory over both Ukraine and the West.
TBILISI, October 10 - Thousands of Russian men have left the country since Putin announced a nationwide mobilisation drive to recruit new manpower for Moscow's war on Ukraine.
TBILISI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - As war chokes Europe, a small nation wedged beneath Russia is enjoying an unexpected economic boom. Georgia is on course to become one of the world's fastest-growing economies this year following a dramatic influx of more than 100,000 Russians since Moscow's invasion.
LONDON, May 30 (Reuters) - For many Russians, forecasts of the deepest economic crisis in a generation feel overdone. U.S. President Joe Biden may have promised that Western sanctions would wreak economic havoc in Russia, but the initial blow has been muted. Russian officials' confidence, however, could be misplaced.
June 15 (Reuters) - Two U.S. citizens who traveled to Ukraine as volunteer fighters against Russian forces have been missing for a week and are feared captured, family members told Reuters on Wednesday in an exclusive interview. The two men, both from Alabama, were last in contact before embarking on a mission in Donetsk.
TBILISI, Mar 9 (Reuters) - Police in the Georgian capital Tbilisi used tear gas, water cannon and stun grenades to break up the second straight day of protests against a "foreign agents" law which critics say signals an authoritarian shift.
MOSCOW, Mar 3 - Yekaterina Dolinina, the 29-year-old director of two central Moscow cinemas, was fired from her job for signing an open letter calling for Moscow to halt its invasion of Ukraine, she told The Moscow Times in an interview.
MOSCOW, Mar 11 - With an economy threatening to disintegrate before their eyes, the Russian government has lurched for Soviet-era policies — like nationalization, currency controls and price caps — to soften the blow.
Young professionals have been at the forefront of protests against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus. Their future now hinges on whether he stays or goes, with an exodus to the European Union gathering pace.