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Followers
18.2K
Account age
2 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$102 – $165 / sponsored post
Estimated from audience size & typical reach — every deal is negotiable and held in SocialDB escrow.
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 30latest
16
Avg engagement / post
10–21
Typical post (engagement)
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
77/100
Very consistent reach
Oct 2023
On Bluesky since
Half of recent posts land between 10 and 21 likes + reposts (median 13) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: Daily reports published by Kyiv's air force showed Russia launch · 28 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
31.5 / week
Posts daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 0 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
356×
Follows 51 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least two people in regions along Russia's Volga River overnight, hitting targets including a warehouse belonging to Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Rosatom, Russia's state-owned nuclear power operator, said at least two Ukrainian drones struck the “Yanina” cargo vessel as it sailed near the Russian port of Novorossiysk.
Russia pounded Ukraine's capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 28 others, including four children, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Zhanna Nemtsova faces charges of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization.
Yabloko chairman Nikolai Rybakov accused election officials of systematically targeting the party because it “opposes the authorities and defends residents and the city of St. Petersburg.”
Starting Aug. 1, voice calls, messaging, file transfers and other digital services within Max will be free of charge for subscribers of MTS, MegaFon, Beeline and T2.
Under the proposed arrangement, Kazakh facilities would process Russian oil to cover local market needs while returning a portion of the refined gasoline and diesel back to Russia.
Opinion: The Moscow Times' survival is primarily thanks to the professionalism and corporate culture that Derk fostered, publisher Alexander Gubsky writes.
With the summer holidays in full swing, economic uncertainty and risks posed by Ukrainian drone strikes are reshaping how Russians are spending their long-awaited vacations.
Local authorities did not identify the energy site, but NASA fire monitoring showed several active fires at a major Lukoil-operated oil refinery.
#OpEd As a special officer at the FBI, Dennis T. Cosgrove worked with his Russian counterparts to solve kidnappings, financial crime and corruption cases. He writes how the loss of that cooperation risks further instability.
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@themoscowtimes.com
The handle is the domain themoscowtimes.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real themoscowtimes.com account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Oct 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 2 years ago.
👁️Averages 16 views per post.
📤Posts about 31.5× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
📍Based in Russia.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated76/100
Good
Credibility score
92%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Bluesky.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Independent news from Russia since 1992.
https://linktr.ee/moscowtimes
Photo: Alexander Avilov / Moskva News Agency
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