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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 7h

‘… most of the videos are accompanied by captions in several foreign languages’.

Deepfake Blitz: Kremlin Pushes AI Videos of Ukrainian Troops “Giving Up” Near Pokrovsk united24media.com/latest-news/...

Deepfake Blitz: Kremlin Pushes AI Videos of Ukrainian Troops “Giving Up” Near Pokrovsk

A recent CPD report reveals AI-generated fake videos on TikTok misleadingly claiming mass surrenders of Ukrainian troops near Pokrovsk, promoting Kremlin narratives.

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 1d

‘The researchers believe that the chatbots use Russian sources more often when a topic is considered a data void, a search term that doesn’t have many high-quality results.’

AI chatbots are spewing Russian propaganda, study finds www.euronews.com/next/2025/11...

Which AI company diffuses the most Russian propaganda?

One in five AI chatbot answers uses Russian propaganda websites as sources, a new study shows.

www.euronews.com

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 2d

‘Milan, Lisbon and Seville have grown into burgeoning tech, finance and startup hubs. Labor markets once dominated by low-value work are adding skilled jobs…’

Europe’s Role Reversal: The Problem Economies Are Now Further North www.wsj.com/economy/euro...

Europe’s Role Reversal: The Problem Economies Are Now Further North

France, the U.K. and Germany have rising budget deficits and debt, while the former crisis hot spots in the south look financially healthier.

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 4d

Interesting new polling data about Russians' views on international affairs: more pro-China than before, and more so than Iran and Pakistan.
news.gallup.com/poll/696476/...

Russians' Approval of China Firms as Global Order Shifts

Russian approval of China has hit record highs recently, aligning Moscow closer to Beijing than Washington and surpassing Pakistan and Iran.

news.gallup.com

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 5d

‘The missile, which can carry a nuclear or conventional warhead, has a range of 2,500 km […]’.

Exclusive: Russia uses missile in Ukraine that led Trump to quit nuclear treaty, Kyiv says www.reuters.com/business/aer...

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 6d

Always glad to come to Poland and hang out with Matty.

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 7d

‘This marks the first official acknowledgment from a NATO ally that Washington is scaling back forces on the continent.’

US begins troop drawdown in Romania
www.politico.eu/article/u-s-...

US begins troop drawdown in Romania

It’s the first official acknowledgment from a NATO ally that Washington is scaling back forces on the continent.

www.politico.eu

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 8d

RT gets its hands on AI video disinformation.

AI video circulates showing Western leaders making shock revelations www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 9d

Low-level agents in Germany: Russia's covert shadow force www.euronews.com/2025/10/27/l...

Low-level agents in Germany: Russia's covert shadow force

Germany is turning into a frontline for hybrid warfare, with German intelligence warning that Russia is recruiting so-called "low-level agents" – ordinary civilians paid small sums to carry out acts o...

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 10d

‘Markus Frohnmaier, deputy chairman of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag, was part of the organizing team for the 2018 Yalta International Economic Forum, which was supported by the Russian government and the Russian secret service FSB.’ www.dw.com/en/is-german...

Is Germany's far-right populist AfD spying for Russia? – DW – 10/26/2025

German politicians are making serious accusations against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. They allege the party is studying the country's critical infrastructure — in the interests of the Kre...

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 11d

Tensions remain high as China and EU prepare Brussels meeting on rare earths www.euronews.com/business/202...

Tensions high as China and EU prepare another meeting on rare earths

Maros Šefčovič's meeting with his Chinese counterpart is cancelled. Instead, EU and Chinese experts will discuss China's rare earth export controls in Brussels.

www.euronews.com

Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 12d

Trump sending US carrier to Latin America as war fears rise www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

Trump sending US carrier to Latin America as war fears rise

Washington is deploying an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organizations in Latin America, the Pentagon said Friday, a major increase to a military buildup in the region that...

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 13d

While many in Europe argue that we have too much state involvement in the tech sector, this essay makes the case for deeper cooperation between US AI companies and the government, called a ‘national security partnership’. Something to reflect on. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

The AI Grand Bargain

What America needs to win the innovation race.

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 13d

EU countries mull response to China's squeeze on rare earths www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

EU countries mull response to China's squeeze on rare earths

China's restrictions on rare earths are expected to be raised during a meeting of EU leaders as capitals mull how to respond.

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 14d

Rarely do I come across an essay as intellectually stimulating as this one: ‘Between 1850 and 1949, five new great powers stormed onto the scene, but in the 75 years since, only China has. And it may be the last.’ www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

The Stagnant Order

The end of rising powers.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 15d

‘[…] by increasing spending on US military technology, Europe has reinforced US dominance in some technologies […]. This has created a situation in which, despite bigger European spending, the US’s technological lead may be growing.’
www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...

Europe’s dependence on US foreign military sales and what to do about it

Europe’s reliance on US arms raises autonomy concerns, as security worsens and leaders aim to cut strategic and technological dependence

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 16d

People sometimes ask me about what sources are there to research the Russian intelligence agencies. Articles like this help.
theins.ru/en/confessio...

“Our people poisoned Navalny”: Former FSB officer on surveilling opposition figures and running black ops in Russia and Ukraine

For many years, Russia’s Service for the Protection of the Constitutional Order and the Fight against Terrorism (SZKSBТ), also known as the FSB’s Second Service, has effectively functioned as Russia’s...

theins.ru

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 17d

The Dutch services are some of the most capable in Europe, so one wonders whether this is part of a wider trend.

Dutch services share less information with the US: ‘Sometimes we don’t tell them things anymore’ www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 19d

He can't help himself.

Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 19d

About Alaska, John Bolton's comment after the event stuck with me, that Trump looked ‘very tired’ after meeting Putin. Now we know why. Will Putin make the same speech in a new meeting? www.ft.com/content/7af3...

How Vladimir Putin’s history rant in Alaska nudged Donald Trump closer to Ukraine

Fraught summit in Anchorage marked a nadir that reshaped how the presidents approach each other

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 20d

‘The document highlights trade integration, migration, and border management, […] agriculture, fertilisers and critical raw materials.’ Also projects on AI, investment and more.

EU presents new pact to reshape relations with Mediterranean countries
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

EU presents new pact to reshape relations with Mediterranean countries

Brussels is to seek deeper integration with the bloc's southern neighbours, through a new "Pact for the Mediterranean" presented on Thursday.

www.euronews.com

Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 21d

Hybrid warfare has begun, senior NATO official tells Euronews www.euronews.com/2025/10/15/h...

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 22d

‘Expanded Chinese restrictions would hit Europe’s defence industry hard, potentially delaying ammunition production and high-tech systems that rely on critical minerals’. @danielfiott.bsky.social
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Defence industry warns EU to ‘urgently’ curb dependence on rare earths

Industry representatives and analysts say the restrictions highlight the EU’s urgent need to cut its dependence on Chinese critical materials, even as Brussels pushes to diversify supplies and boost d...

www.euronews.com

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 23d

According to Dutch officials: ‘[t]he decision aims to prevent a situation in which the goods produced by Nexperia (finished and semi-finished products) would become unavailable in an emergency.’ (link below)
www.euronews.com/business/202...

Netherlands invoke rare emergency law to control Chinese chipmaker

The Dutch government has taken temporary control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia under emergency legislation, citing risks to national and European security and marking one of the most forceful st...

www.euronews.com

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Ivan U. KŁYSZCZ @ivanklyszcz.com · 24d

This op-ed by former CEOs of the defence industry calls for greater European cooperation in the sector, along the lines of Airbus. The stakes are high: nothing short of losing our relevance.

'Europe is punching well below its weight' (gift link, in fr): www.lemonde.fr/article-offe...

Défense : « A la table des maîtres du monde, l’Europe est présente en invité de seconde zone et en spectateur »

TRIBUNE. Six industriels spécialistes de l’armement, dont Manfred Bischoff et Louis Gallois, tous deux anciens PDG d’EADS-Airbus, poussent un cri d’alarme et appellent, dans une tribune au « Monde », ...

www.lemonde.fr

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