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The author claimed Europe was paying 100% of the cost of US weapons for Ukraine, adding that they had been told the figure was closer to 140% because prices were inflated. They also said Europe was threatening to stop the weapons pipeline, describing the move as prioritising blackmail over extortion. https://t.co/yj0hLDYVx9 #Ukraine #Europe #USForeignPolicy #UA #US #EU

Bojan Požar wrote that on Monday at 9 AM there is to be a preliminary hearing at the District Court in Ljubljana in the criminal case against former minister Dominika Švarc Pipan. According to him, she is being prosecuted by Simon Starček, a senior official at the ministry at the time, for allegedly making false statements about him following the outbreak of the Litija affair. Požar also stated that the court, in its preliminary examination, rejected the defense claims of Švarc Pipan as unfounded, agreed with Starček's accusations, and allowed the continuation of the proceedings. #sodišče #pravosodje #slovenija (translated)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized during his visit to Athens the interest of the USA in the energy sector, particularly in the expansion of a pipeline system that is intended to position Greece as a central hub for the distribution of liquefied gas to Europe in order to reduce dependence on Russian gas imports. #Energiepolitik #Griechenland #Flüssiggas (translated)

Duca described the first half as easy, despite the absence of an unspecified number of starters. He remarked wryly that no penalty had been awarded for Pio, whose ankle, according to him, had been severely injured, and he sarcastically added that everything was fine with Caracossa. #calcio #rigore #infortuni (translated)

"The wars are not over. There is no peace. The energy system is still under pressure," said Jan Stuart, a global energy strategist at Piper Sandler, CNN reports. "The United States does not live in isolation. We are part of the global market and pay the global price because we import gasoline." "The United States does not live in isolation. We are part of the global market and pay the global price because we import gasoline," Stuart said. #Energija #CijeneGoriva #GlobalnaKriza (translated)

"The wars are not over. There is no peace. The energy system is still under great pressure," said Jan Stuart, global energy strategist at Piper Sandler. "The United States does not live in isolation. We depend on the global price because we import gasoline." "We are working with very low inventories. We no longer have any protection," said Stuart. #cijenegoriva #nafta #hormuški_tjesnac (translated)

"She said it was ridiculous to ask for clarity regarding Roncaccia, whom Pipina had only known for ten minutes, while the same request from the boyfriend, now ex, with whom she had been for a year and a half was defined as manipulation." #chiacchiere #relazioni #manipolazione (translated)

Dr. Christoph Berndt wrote that the USA purchased diesel from Russia while Germany boycotted Russian oil and did not care about the attack on the Nord Stream pipeline. He asked whether Merz and Kingbeil were traitors or if their politics were based on stupidity. https://t.co/pdS1cvHAQe #Politik #Russland #Energie (translated)

Kacper Kita found it surprising that in Poland the view gaining support is that the country's prosperity should depend on Russia's compliance with the agreement, rather than Norway's. He argued that Russia is not primarily driven by economic calculations and seeks political expansion. In his opinion, the outbreak of war in Ukraine showed that earning from the sale of raw materials was not the most important thing for Vladimir Putin. Kita called achieving independence from Russia one of the more significant accomplishments of the Polish state in recent years. Kita asserted that warnings about high prices of Norwegian gas and a collapse of the European economy after cutting off Russian supplies were spread by lobbyists and politicians opposed to the Baltic Pipe. According to him, the creation of the gas pipeline undermined those predictions. He also criticized attributing Poland's cut-off from Russian gas to Americans, Ukrainians, Jews, or reptilians, labeling such claims as transferring German narratives to the Polish context. He added that Krzysztof Wojczal demonstrated the impossibility of Poland's participation in Nord Stream, citing technical and legal conditions. https://t.co/hXhgXHdD03 #Polska #Rosja #BalticPipe (translated)

Teva stated that Manica Janežič Ambrožič's husband is supposed to have earned almost a million euros from RTV and questioned whether this is a conflict of interest. He linked her nervousness in the confrontation to the alleged closing of financial sources. https://t.co/F21j7mcmtN #konfliktinteresov #RTV #Slovenija (translated)

Federico Pavan shared a video of Rosalba Pipitone filmed in Marsala and wrote that the tornado might have been the most intense in Sicily in several decades. He added that some cars had been thrown around and that updates would follow. https://t.co/9Af9y9w0pY #Tornado #Sicilia #Marsala (translated)

Russia’s war propaganda gets a soundtrack – how AI-generated songs reached global streaming platforms Russian war propaganda is no longer confined to television broadcasts, Telegram channels or political videos. A study by the Ukrainian threat-intelligence organisation Terrecon has identified 981 songs combining signs of AI generation with pro-Russian military narratives, distributed through an ecosystem that reaches YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and SoundCloud. The songs range from sentimental ballads to rock and heavy metal. Their recurring themes are familiar from conventional Russian wartime propaganda: the heroisation of Russian soldiers, romanticisation of the war, mobilisation, the “Russian world”, commemoration of fallen troops and attacks on Ukraine and its armed forces. Some contain derogatory or dehumanising references to Ukrainians. What is new is not necessarily the message, but the production and distribution model: generative AI allows propagandistic music to be produced rapidly, cheaply and in quantities that would previously have required musicians, studios and producers. Nearly 1,000 tracks identified Terrecon examined 3,725 tracks collected from YouTube, YouTube Music, SoundCloud and the AI music platform Suno. After manual review, researchers classified 981 as showing both indications of AI generation and pro-Russian war propaganda. In 681 tracks they identified 728 propaganda-related keywords or phrases. The largest category was the glorification of the Russian military, followed by romanticised treatment of Moscow’s so-called “special military operation”, mobilisation appeals, narratives about the “Russian world”, and the cult of fallen soldiers and the state. The reach was not merely theoretical. Listening or viewing statistics were available for 608 of the identified tracks; together they had accumulated 86.8 million plays and views, according to Terrecon. A smaller group of 13 high-performing songs accounted for more than 53 million YouTube views and more than 67 million when YouTube Music was included. Among the better-known examples is “Power of Artillery”, a Russian-language rock song praising artillery weapons that passed two million views on YouTube. Most of the tracks for which publication dates could be established appeared after 2024, broadly coinciding with the rapid expansion of consumer AI music generators such as Suno and Udio. That correlation does not prove that AI alone caused the increase, but it illustrates how drastically the economics of production have changed. A propaganda song for as little as $11 Terrecon also tested how difficult it would be to commission such material. Researchers approached 25 creators producing AI-assisted militaristic music; 15 agreed to take commissions. Prices ranged from approximately $11 to $330, while delivery times ranged from two hours to three days. According to Terrecon, some were prepared to produce highly aggressive anti-Ukrainian material, including content intended for audiences involving children from occupied Ukrainian territories. Some creators used Russian intermediary services that provided access to Western AI tools such as Suno and Udio despite restrictions. The researchers then tested several AI generators themselves. Across 40 prompts submitted to Suno, Udio, Mureka, Google Flow Music and ElevenLabs, 25 resulted in successful generations, while safeguards were circumvented in 15 cases. Terrecon reported that four of the five services tested produced Russian-language material containing wartime narratives, although technical problems prevented comparable testing on some systems. In one Udio experiment, the researchers said the model itself introduced more explicit violent language than had appeared in the original promp These tests do not demonstrate that the commercial platforms knowingly support Russian propaganda. They show something narrower: existing safeguards can be inconsistent when political messaging is packaged as music. From generation to Spotify The distribution experiment may be the most revealing part of Terrecon’s research. The team deliberately uploaded test tracks containing explicit hostile language to YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify and Deezer. Terrecon says none was blocked during the experiment. On SoundCloud, researchers used an account identifying its location as Moscow, disclosed the use of AI and added markers including references to the Russian military and the war. The platform accepted the upload and subsequently offered paid promotional and distribution tools. This does not prove that streaming recommendation systems systematically promote pro-war music. There is currently insufficient public evidence to make that claim. It does demonstrate that material can enter the same commercial distribution infrastructure as ordinary music and, once there, potentially benefit from playlists, searches, sharing and recommendation mechanisms available to other releases. That distinction is important. Propaganda no longer has to announce itself as political communication. On a streaming platform it can look like another song. Culture as a delivery mechanism Music has always been used in wartime propaganda. What generative AI changes is scale. Instead of investing heavily in a limited number of patriotic performers or officially commissioned productions, creators can generate variations across styles, audiences and emotional registers at very low cost. Terrecon found material ranging from war rock to sentimental songs and content styled for younger audiences. Some creators also experimented with cloned celebrity voices and stylistic imitation of established musicians. The format also offers a different relationship with the audience. A political video asks a viewer to consume an argument. Music can accompany commuting, exercise or entertainment and may be encountered outside explicitly political spaces. This does not automatically make it more persuasive, and Terrecon’s research does not establish measurable effects on political attitudes. It does, however, place wartime narratives inside a cultural environment where users may not initially perceive themselves as consuming political messaging. An ecosystem, not a proven Kremlin command structure The strongest evidence supports describing this as a growing AI-assisted pro-Russian propaganda-music ecosystem, not a single operation controlled from Moscow. Terrecon did not establish that the Russian government created, financed or coordinated all 981 tracks. Reporting on the study likewise notes that the extent of direct state involvement remains unclear. There is broader evidence that the Russian state finances cultural projects and digital content supporting the war, including through state-backed funding bodies. That context matters, but it does not allow individual songs in Terrecon’s dataset to be attributed to the Kremlin without additional evidence. The significance of the case lies elsewhere. AI has reduced the cost of producing ideological content, intermediaries can help creators access generation tools, and global platforms can provide distribution. The result is a pipeline in which wartime propaganda no longer has to resemble propaganda at all. It can simply appear in a playlist. Sources Terrecon / Ukrainska Pravda — Daria Verbytska on the research https://www.pravda.com.ua/columns/2026/10/05/8056229/ Suspilne Culture — detailed breakdown of Terrecon findings https://suspilne.media/culture/1417933-rosijsku-voennu-propagandu-maskuut-pid-anime-karaoke-ta-rok-doslidzenna-si-pisen-vid-terrecon/ The Insider — AI-generated Russian war propaganda music https://theins.ru/news/297839 Institute of Mass Information — summary of New York Times reporting https://imi.org.ua/en/news/doslidzhennya-rf-masovo-stvoryu%D1%94-propagandistski-pisni-za-dopomogoyu-shi The Bridge Media — AI-generated songs and Russian military propaganda https://thebridgemedia.com.ua/en/ai-generated-songs-russian-military-propaganda/ Center for Strategic Communication — cost and production of AI propaganda music https://spravdi.org/propaganda-za-11-yak-rosiya-shtampuye-shi-pisni-z-miljonamy-prosluhovuvan/ Times of India — AI-generated Russian war songs https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/ai-sings-russias-war-story-inside-the-rise-of-generative-songs-about-ukraine-conflict/articleshow/134650594.cms EU Council / EUR-Lex — Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32026D1351 Human Rights Watch — Russian state funding of digital and patriotic content https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/07/30/disrupted-throttled-and-blocked/state-censorship-control-and-increasing-isolation #DISINFORMED #Episode16 #Russia #Ukraine #RussianPropaganda #WarPropaganda #MusicPropaganda #AIMusic #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #GenerativeAI #SyntheticMedia #AIPropaganda #Disinformation #InformationWarfare #InfluenceOperations #CulturalPropaganda #DigitalInfluence #NarrativeManipulation #PropagandaMusic #StreamingPlatforms #Spotify #AppleMusic #YouTube #YouTubeMusic #Deezer #SoundCloud #Suno #Udio #RussianWorld #RusskiyMir #MilitaryPropaganda #WarNarratives #Mobilisation #AlgorithmicDistribution #RecommendationAlgorithms #MusicStreaming #PlatformManipulation #Terrecon #OSINT #MediaManipulation #WRLD

Kim D. Paim mentioned Article 14, paragraph 7, and sarcastically remarked that one would only need to resign when there were six months left. He also accused his interlocutors of seeking Globo's approval as moderates and democrats and of being willing to return power to the regime to appear virtuous. #Política #Democracia #Brasil (translated)

Daniel Noboa Azin stated that the authorities had captured Jackson Felipe Zambrano, whom he described as one of the main financiers of alias Pipo. According to him, the network was hiding shipments valued at USD 1.765 billion among exports and was allocating the money to weapons, hitmen, and acts of violence against Ecuadorian families. Noboa indicated that the National Police led the operation in Ecuador along with Europol and authorities from Spain, Belgium, Portugal, and the Netherlands. He added that the Gran Fénix–Cantabria operation resulted in 21 arrests and 23 searches, and asserted that those who fired, financed, or hid behind companies would be held accountable by justice. #Justicia #Ecuador #Seguridad (translated)

The author wrote that Tusk arrested Orlen managers for lowering gasoline prices to 6 zł during the previous government's rule, although he himself promised a price of 5.19 zł. He also suggested that a similar fate might befall those responsible for implementing the 500 plus program, who — as he stated — acted for political gain, as well as the builders of the Baltic Pipe. #Polska #Orlen #Tusk #PL (translated)