Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @ABarbashin
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
252
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-17
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-26
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
6 years
Summarization
The tweets cover a variety of topics, including the difference between rhetoric and action in Sino-Russian relations, the recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and its relation to Putin, cultural significance of Northern Ireland, a public petition for modifications to a bill in Russia and Belarus, the loss of value in Twitter's blue tick verification system, polling as an inaccurate representation of the real world, and the absence of Ireland on a map. There are also some tweets with humorous or sarcastic tone, such as the suggestion that Taiwan started the Ukraine invasion and the categorization of Indian countries as "African-Islamic."
Topic Modeling
- The gap between rhetoric and action in Sino-Russian relations
- The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan regarding war crimes
- The cultural significance of Northern Ireland and exclusion of Wales and Scotland
- The ineffectiveness of the blue tick verification system on Twitter
- Diverse topics including international politics, geography, and humor
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets are varied, ranging from frustration and disappointment ("The difference between rhetoric and action in Sino-Russian relations is one of those gaps that doesn't seem to be noted adequately in a lot of analysis") to indignation and disbelief ("One category for all African and islamic countries. 😆"). Some tweets express curiosity or interest ("From a purely parochial point of view, I'm surprised that Northern Ireland is culturally significant enough to merit an appearance on this map while Wales & Scotland are not?"), while others convey sarcasm or humor ("@ABarbashin It’s not complicated enough. How about Taiwan started the Ukraine invasion in order to cripple Russia and force China to pro it up?"). Overall, the tweets reflect a range of emotions related to different topics, from politics and international relations to cultural identity and social media.
Trend Analysis
- The difference between rhetoric and action in Sino-Russian relations
- Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and war crimes
- Cultural significance and representation of countries, particularly Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland
- Discussion on the effectiveness and meaning of Twitter's blue check verification system
- Critiques and humor regarding various political events and situations, including the categorization of African-Islamic countries, polling accuracy, and international relations theories such as the Taiwan-Ukraine-Russia-Chinese conflict
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
52
Percentage of total tweets
20%
Number of Original tweets
0
Percentage of total tweets
0%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
252
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
199
Percentage of total tweets
78%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
36
Percentage of total tweets
14%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
4
Percentage of total tweets
1%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter Web App | 102 |
Twitter for Android | 68 |
Twitter for iPhone | 64 |
Twitter for iPad | 15 |
TweetDeck Web App | 2 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
NeilPHauer | Neil Hauer | Russia, Ukraine & Caucasus: Armenia, Georgia, Chechnya etc. Stories @CNN, @CBC, @NYMag, @guardian, @AJEnglish etc. 🇨🇦 neil.hauer@gmail.com. Eng/рус/հայ. | 144,156 |
KevinRothrock | Kevin Rothrock | managing editor @meduza_en, undesirable russia-watcher supreme, email: kevin at meduza dot io (@kevinrothrock@newsie.social) | 113,522 |
ABarbashin | Anton Barbashin | Editorial Director @RiddleRussia/Редакционный Директор @RidlRussia PGR @CEES_GlasgowUni | 51,522 |
APHClarkson | Alexander Clarkson | Lecturer for German and European Studies at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement. Also to be found at @APHClarkson@mastodon.social | 44,517 |
GTCost | Constantin Gurdgiev | Academic https://t.co/fgLsEfzrGU & https://t.co/GCTn51Lm9S. Research in financial markets & VUCA. If you are managing risk, you are mismanaging reality. 8,9,14 | 37,624 |
TheStephenRalph | Stephen 🔶🐟🇺🇦🇪🇺 Same Handle Everywhere 😎 | Retired Radiographer 💙 #FBNHS #Behçets ♿️ 🔶🌹💚 #RejoinEU #FBPE #FBPEGlobal #SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine️ #NAFOfella #GetPRDone #Dementia #Badgers He/Him | 27,758 |
k_sonin | Konstantin Sonin | Political economist, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, @HarrisPolicy at @UChicago. | 20,674 |
RiddleRussia | Riddle | An online journal on Russian affairs. На русском @RidlRussia | 13,668 |
natashasrussia | Natasha from Russia 🇷🇺 | Your link to RUSSIA | 9,543 |
russophiliac | Jeremy Morris | I write about Russia, Ukraine and other places in the 'former East'. Professor of Global Studies https://t.co/iN8nfXNwU1. Безродный космополит и "бодрый постколониалист" | 9,285 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
TheStephenRalph | Stephen 🔶🐟🇺🇦🇪🇺 Same Handle Everywhere 😎 | Retired Radiographer 💙 #FBNHS #Behçets ♿️ 🔶🌹💚 #RejoinEU #FBPE #FBPEGlobal #SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine️ #NAFOfella #GetPRDone #Dementia #Badgers He/Him | 27,697 |
j2dumfounded | 🌻 j2 Dumfounded 🌻 | @j2dumfounded@toad.social Слава Україна 🇺🇦 🐕 Political deep dives, long threads, lists, & legion typos, w/ Oxford commas. #USPolitics #StandWithUkraine | 7,197 |
alastairneilla1 | Neil Lambert | - | 5,007 |
TheDimitr | NO NEWS | Лауреат Премии "Региональная Политика" // Советник НарДепа | 5,003 |
reesean | Sean Ree | Armchair analyst. I drop knowledge and opinions. Values: democratic socialism. Academics: literature, religious history. Generation: X | 5,002 |
chihuu | Kimmo Huovilainen | RT ≠ endorsement. Like = bookmark. Uudelleentviittaus on vain tiedonvälittämistä. Tykkääminen on vain nostamista / kirjanmerkki, ei hyväksymistä. | 5,001 |
MillieFiore | 🐀🌻🌻🌻😷💖 Millie Fiore 🌺🐄🕷️🌳 | #RatVerified #Politics, current affairs, #justice ⚖️ #vaccinated Try to be non-partisan. Cute stuff may sneak in .. header image belongs to @WeardaleDiary | 5,001 |
NickPRochford | Nick Rochford | English. But Welsh - Irish - Scots | South London pontificator ||| Save The NHS | 4,996 |
Phostir | FDR’s Ghost 🇺🇦🇺🇸 | https://t.co/iLo1wrbwLA https://t.co/be0xxBCkL1 https://t.co/mxH45ss3oF https://t.co/iVgUdSIW6V https://t.co/cuh4I5EeB2 https://t.co/mzCYXtlsmU | 4,971 |
mwgbanks | Matthew Gordon-Banks | Gordon Highlanders, Chair of Education Wirral 85, MP - only Tory gain in England '92, Lecturer in Intl Rels USA, Snr Research Fellow UK Defence Academy MoD. | 3,778 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
Ian__Ford | Ordinary average person determined to #standwithukraine | 8 |
IFilipau | Belarusian ⬜️🟥⬜️ in 🇩🇪. Жыве Беларусь! Beer Aficionado. ꑭ 🇺🇦 Слава Україні! БГУ/ФПМ. Software Developer (Telecom, Embedded, Medical) | 6 |
TimothyL0W3 | Me | 5 |
OlegBeksh | For all the good and against all the bad | 4 |
igel_hans | Nur ein Student | 4 |
IvvyNemo | IR student | 4 |
jadenmiles | - | 4 |
GTCost | Academic https://t.co/fgLsEfzrGU & https://t.co/GCTn51Lm9S. Research in financial markets & VUCA. If you are managing risk, you are mismanaging reality. 8,9,14 | 3 |
Sim_Programer | Software Developer | 3 |
braindrain21 | Sports, football, VfB & rest of world. RT not endorsement. ❤️ not necessarily "like" but rather "oh", "look", "remember". Drüben unter braindrain21 im Sueden. | 3 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1639264468252217344 | @ABarbashin That is a very bad twist to the story that had not been in the intention. Armenia started the process many months ago already in order to take the Azerbaijani soldiers to the ICC who committed war crimes. It is completely unrelated what the article hints. | 2 |
1638320441054961664 | @ABarbashin Ok but how about this one? https://t.co/negCj8N4hH | 1 |
1638315747028893699 | @ABarbashin The present version of the bill can be found at the given link and it’s anticipated to be effective for a year but could be extended: https://t.co/oHj2gXrRtE There is a movement of RU/BY 🇱🇹residents to suggest modifications to this version, and a public petition is being readied | 1 |
1639268866730672138 | @ABarbashin The difference between rhetoric and action in Sino-Russian relations is one of those gaps that doesn't seem to be noted adequately in a lot of analysis | 1 |
1638630370282176516 | @ABarbashin Russians unable to drink champagne in their usual haunts? | 0 |
1638663236630491136 | @ABarbashin Keep your WW2 monuments safe | 0 |
1638660944317513728 | @robertmateescu @ABarbashin Nerf | 0 |
1638652740531306498 | @ABarbashin T-34 best tank in World of Tanks arguably :) | 0 |
1638652298363813889 | @RiddleRussia @ABarbashin @Toal_CritGeo They want to hang him by his very lil nuggets🤣🤣🤣🤣💛💙🙏🇺🇦🙏🇺🇦🙏🇺🇦🙏🇺🇦🙏🇺🇦🙏💙💛🤣🇺🇸 https://t.co/CKUUfSRV8Z | 0 |
1638650692901519362 | @ABarbashin Is that a T-34 | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1639268866730672138 | @ABarbashin The difference between rhetoric and action in Sino-Russian relations is one of those gaps that doesn't seem to be noted adequately in a lot of analysis | 19 |
1639264468252217344 | @ABarbashin That is a very bad twist to the story that had not been in the intention. Armenia started the process many months ago already in order to take the Azerbaijani soldiers to the ICC who committed war crimes. It is completely unrelated what the article hints. | 15 |
1639265210560135176 | @Sukiasian_Narek @ABarbashin Agreed - it's interesting that they went through with it given the implications now, but it was never about Putin | 8 |
1639412900568743936 | @ABarbashin From a purely parochial point of view, I'm surprised that Northern Ireland is culturally significant enough to merit an appearance on this map while Wales & Scotland are not? | 8 |
1638320441054961664 | @ABarbashin Ok but how about this one? https://t.co/negCj8N4hH | 7 |
1637016333261873154 | @danielrhamilton @ABarbashin So in which penal battalion does she serve now in Bakhmut? | 6 |
1638315747028893699 | @ABarbashin The present version of the bill can be found at the given link and it’s anticipated to be effective for a year but could be extended: https://t.co/oHj2gXrRtE There is a movement of RU/BY 🇱🇹residents to suggest modifications to this version, and a public petition is being readied | 5 |
1640002603726544897 | @ABarbashin When anybody could get blue tick for $8/mo, it completely loses its meaning and value. | 5 |
1639403941896105984 | @ABarbashin One category for all African and islamic countries. 😆 | 4 |
1638343602156761089 | @ABarbashin pointless cruelty, again | 4 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#russia | 2 |
#wagner | 1 |
#warinukraine | 1 |
#propaganda | 1 |
#putin | 1 |
#china | 1 |
#stoprussianaggression | 1 |
#nagornokarabakh | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@abarbashin | 252 |
@sukiasian_narek | 7 |
@tomsegura | 7 |
@shashj | 6 |
@riddlerussia | 6 |
@neilphauer | 4 |
@moorewr | 3 |
@aphclarkson | 3 |
@eoini3s | 2 |
@winstann69 | 2 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
23
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
🤣 | 13 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
😂 | 9 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
🙏 | 6 | folded_hands |
💤 | 5 | ZZZ |
🇺🇦 | 5 | Ukraine |
🤔 | 2 | thinking_face |
😆 | 2 | grinning_squinting_face |
💛 | 2 | yellow_heart |
💙 | 2 | blue_heart |
🇱🇹 | 2 | Lithuania |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 40 |
Flags | 10 |
People & Body | 8 |