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The Prosecutor's Office is investigating the connection between the PSOE and an alleged criminal plot led by Leire Díez, which includes former Venezuelan Deputy Minister Nervis Villalobos, who was involved in actions by the PP's patriotic police to discredit political opponents. #OperaciónCataluña #PSOE #corrupción (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella lamented the passing of Fabio Tovar, father of his friend Nicolás Tovar and founder of Licores Fabio, which he described as an institution in Barranquilla. He noted that Tovar left a legacy of hard work, love for his family, and patriotism, and expressed his condolences and solidarity to his family. He also commended the deceased to God and concluded with messages of a patriotic and Christian nature. #Pésame #Legado #Barranquilla (translated)

D. Wagner wrote that numerous German patriotic voices had not been refuted by arguments, but had remained silent after a Yandex data center had suddenly gone down, according to his account. He used a derogatory term for these voices. #DeutschlandsZukunft #Patriotismus #Technologie (translated)

Acosti argued that Călin Georgescu's opponents were afraid of him because, in his opinion, they could not conceive that someone could act out of conviction and patriotism, without seeking a position or reward. He stated that Georgescu selflessly loved his country and possessed qualities such as stature, eloquence, and soul. The author accused Georgescu's critics of confusing position and wealth with value and respect, mentioning cars like the BMW X6 and Range Rover. He argued that dignity and character could not be obtained through positions, company cars, or image campaigns, and that power belonged to the Romanian people. Acosti further stated that the opponents' fear stemmed from the comparison with Georgescu, whom he described as a respected man without invoking his position. In his view, his presence made the imperfections of the critics more visible, and they were afraid of what they lacked. #România #Patriotism #Dreptate (translated)

The AfD shows a contradictory relationship to patriotism, as it presents itself as a defender of the homeland, but shows little willingness to demonstrate solidarity with a diverse society and instead pursues nationalist positions that could endanger the country. #AfD #Patriotismus #Vaterland (translated)

The author accused Krah of wishing for an enormous loss of reputation for Germany and Europe and of celebrating the subjugation of Ukraine under Russia. He wrote that anyone who longs for Germany's weakening is serving Putin. The AfD calls this patriotism; he himself calls it treason to the fatherland. https://t.co/07uIKM1F9m #Deutschland #Ukraine #Putin #DE #UA #RU (translated)

The author accused Max Krah of wishing for a significant loss of reputation for Germany and Europe and of celebrating the subjugation of Ukraine under Russia. He wrote that those who long for Germany's weakening serve Putin. The AfD calls this patriotism; he himself calls it "treason against the fatherland." #Deutschland #Europa #Patriotismus #DE #UA #RU (translated)

Rê reported having read a post from a Chinese person who claimed to be shocked by what he considered the foolishness of FB's plan to privatize 95% of state-owned companies. According to Rê, the author of the post stated that anyone who supported this measure did not love their own country. Rê agreed and said that half of Brazilians were choosing this path while calling themselves patriots, classifying the situation as a joke. #Brasil #Política #Patriotismo (translated)

Marco wrote that Călin Georgescu's supporters had protested for the 11th night, demanding the release of a man they considered politically persecuted. He stated that they could demonstrate peacefully until 10 PM when they were spoken to civilly and were not threatened with fines. In his opinion, the issue was not public order, but the presence of the protesters and their refusal to be silent. Marco added that state institutions should protect the right to protest, not intimidate citizens. #Democrație #Protest #DrepturiOmului (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella said that the tribute was dedicated to Miguel Uribe Turbay, whom he described as a patriot, democrat, and possible future president of Colombia. He stated that Uribe Turbay was murdered by those who sought to silence his ideas and his defense of freedom. De La Espriella assured that they would not leave the crime unpunished and that he had instructed the competent authorities to identify, within the framework of the law, both those who executed it and those who planned, ordered, and financed it. He also announced that a square in Colombia would bear the name of Uribe Turbay to keep his memory alive among future generations. #Colombia #Justicia #Patriotismo (translated)

Nae Moromete stated that PSD would have been captured by the "system" after the disappearance of Liviu Dragnea and predicted that AUR would meet the same fate after the disappearance of George Simion. He supported his prediction and urged the party's supporters to unite around Simion. Moromete claimed that those who criticized the AUR leader during those days were infiltrators of the system in the sovereignist movement. He listed Peia, Lulea, Pavelescu, and Uscova and associated them with individuals whom he said supported the "Black Widow" and who had previously appeared on "Televiziunea Poporului." He said he did not guarantee for anyone and had faith only in God, but warned that, in his opinion, propaganda aimed to divide AUR. Moromete added that he hoped Simion would not disappoint his supporters and that he saw no other chance for the party. #AUR #PSD #politica (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

Marco wrote that the protesters had gathered for the tenth consecutive night in front of the Central Arrest in Bucharest. He claimed that the Gendarmerie was ordering them to leave and threatening them with fines, trying to break up the protest. Marco described Romania as a "tyrannical state" and said that people needed to stay united and defend their rights. In the end, he stated that Călin Georgescu is the president. #Protest #DrepturiOmului #Romania (translated)

Carod-Rovira II*II bid farewell to Xosé Manuel Beiras, whom he described as a Galician patriot. He wished him a good trip and described those who remained faithful to their people as warriors; he also called him a friend and sent him a hug. https://t.co/QnJTPogETc #Galicia #XoséManuelBeiras #Patriotismo (translated)

"ensures the stability and institutional legitimacy essential for guiding the destiny of the Republic throughout this XII legislature" "We are facing a programmatic commitment of a patriotic nature, safeguarded by reciprocal guarantees and assumed in the strictest good faith, whose primary scope is to restore economic predictability and social peace to our legal framework" "is anchored in non-negotiable strategic vectors" "macroeconomic stabilization and the safeguarding of the purchasing power of families, through urgent measures to mitigate inflation and alleviate essential goods" Américo Ramos, still prime minister and president of the Independent Democratic Action (ADI), which came second with 23 mandates in the elections of September 27, emphasized that this union with the MCI-PS/PUB coalition "ensures the stability and institutional legitimacy essential for guiding the destiny of the Republic throughout this XII legislature." (translated)

Jonas Zuschke wrote that AfD had elected its first ever state parliament president with a broad and secure majority. He claimed that the party's political firewall had been broken, as both BSW, which he said had promised to vote for the AfD candidate Rausch, and others had voted for him. Zuschke described the election as the beginning of a patriotic wave from eastern Germany, which in his assessment would spread to the rest of the country and Europe. #Tyskland #AfD #Politik (translated)