The decree also outlaws the teaching of 18 subjects, including human rights and sexual harassment.

For what we believe is the first time, a national television network has broadcast a news commentary show (PolitUkladchik, the one our cataloging uncovered this week) that uses deepfake technology to "interview" two sitting heads of state (US President Donald Trump and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen) on their respective policies and thoughts on issues relating to Ukraine. While both interviews contain an on-air textual overlay that "This interview was made possible thanks to AI", they go so far as to replicate the voices and body language of both leaders. While the deepfakes aren't quite perfect, feature them speaking in fluent Russian and still have that "uncanny valley" oddness to them, there are moments where they look like authentic video clips, rather than computer generated. It isn't hard to imagine that the clips could be easily excerpted and circulated on social media with subtitles or logos hiding the AI disclaimer and pixelated just enough to mask the AI oddness that might fool viewers into believing they are real.