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[00:00:00] agitation, the instillation of certain
[00:00:03] narratives, and fraud,
[00:00:06] a bot farm makes money directly, from the first two probably
[00:00:10] it has to get some subsidies from states, so one way or
[00:00:13] another such bot centers can operate
[00:00:16] only in such shadow states
[00:00:19] as Russia, China, North Korea, and of course
[00:00:23] in those countries where the
[00:00:26] standard of living is low, there too such centers can exist.
[00:00:31] It is worth remembering that in 2015, one
[00:00:34] bot center was blocked in Lithuania, in Latvia
[00:00:38] 5,000 a bots were caught
[00:00:42] in one in one criminal
[00:00:45] investigation, e, that Yandex data
[00:00:49] centers were damaged, this does not yet confirm the fact that
[00:00:52] bot farms are destroyed, it can be
[00:00:55] assumed that Yandex data centers act as
[00:00:59] servers, which helped those bot farms mediate, because
[00:01:03] for a bot farm, the main requirement is that it should have
[00:01:07] a mobile phone, thousands, hundreds of thousands
[00:01:10] of mobile phones or their SIM cards, as far as
[00:01:13] I have had to visit data centers, this of course happened in Lithuania,
[00:01:17] not Russia, but I have not seen such
[00:01:21] an infrastructure where
[00:01:24] 1000 mobile phones would be connected, but what
[00:01:26] does it mean if Ukraine hits or not, because it is kind of a fact. we see
[00:01:30] images hitting a data
[00:01:33] center, and you say that well, servers there
[00:01:37] can be damaged and therefore well, disruptions
[00:01:40] occur in bot farms, how
[00:01:43] does all this look practically on social networks,
[00:01:47] because there is really a lot of rejoicing that well, they disappeared
[00:01:49] overnight and internet users write
[00:01:53] simply emotions, very stimulating questions
[00:01:56] and say, look, no one comes running and...
[00:02:00] doesn't start educating and well, yes, indeed
[00:02:03] from the internet today we see a decrease
[00:02:06] in those grandmas with flowers or with kittens, their
[00:02:10] activity has significantly dropped, especially this is visible in Telegram
[00:02:13] channels, because it is obvious that Telegram
[00:02:16] was one of those social spaces where bots
[00:02:20] even had their own separate networks and only a
[00:02:24] rare living person could get in there and
[00:02:28] having entered would not understand what kind of bot he was in, what kind of bubble he
[00:02:31] found himself in, but I repeat that it is not
[00:02:34] confirmed and Yandex itself, of course, it does not guarantee
[00:02:38] and will never officially say that here in one of our data
[00:02:41] centers there was a bot farm and it is now destroyed, they confirmed
[00:02:45] and generally only one data center destruction, the other two
[00:02:48] are confirmed from the Ukrainian side, but if
[00:02:52] let's say during this day, well, internet users notice, maybe they
[00:02:55] want to notice, even though you
[00:02:58] say that in the Telegram channel. indeed there is a noticeable
[00:03:02] decrease, how long can this last,
[00:03:05] if we assume that the server is destroyed, I don't want to
[00:03:09] speculate about terms and time,
[00:03:12] but I would like this to continue as long as possible, first
[00:03:16] of all, but it can take up to
[00:03:19] several months to restore, I would like it to last at least several
[00:03:22] years, because the data centers themselves still need to be restored, we don't know, because it is not officially
[00:03:26] declared what they...
[00:03:28] what infrastructure they provide to bots,
[00:03:32] but in my understanding, these are mainly servers
[00:03:34] that split communication, direct messages
[00:03:38] to one country, to another country, to one social
[00:03:41] network, to another social network, so it's like a distribution
[00:03:45] server, a distribution machine, and the data centers themselves, it is likely
[00:03:49] they are somewhere, where mainly a lot of
[00:03:52] electricity is needed, a lot of ventilation
[00:03:55] capabilities, air conditioning must be there,
[00:03:59] data centers. are that infrastructure,
[00:04:01] but I have not been there and cannot
[00:04:04] guarantee that Yandex really had bot farms.
[00:04:08] You mention several months that may be needed
[00:04:11] to restore servers, for internet users, again, maybe there's a desire
[00:04:15] such that, that the
[00:04:18] restoration of those bot farms can take up to
[00:04:21] a couple of years, until 2028, because they say, all over the world now
[00:04:24] chips are needed, generally, how
[00:04:28] many materials and whether it's easy
[00:04:30] to get them on the market today to make
[00:04:33] everything work again? Bot farms are
[00:04:36] based, as I mentioned, on phones, SIM cards
[00:04:39] and RAM, RAM is now mostly
[00:04:42] used for artificial intelligence
[00:04:46] development, as we know Russia is not
[00:04:50] the most developed country in this
[00:04:53] regard, and all resources are usually directed to the
[00:04:56] state across the Atlantic.
[00:05:00] "Let's hope that Putin will not have
[00:05:03] the ability to agree with China or with other chip-producing
[00:05:06] states'
[00:05:10] environment, Tusk said yesterday that well, leaders to give him priorities and that."
[00:05:12] The recovery would really take at least a few years. Thank you, information security
[00:05:16] expert Vytautas Krekys, thank you for coming to our studio.
[00:05:20] In Luxembourg, the European Union's foreign ministers
[00:05:22] are discussing how to increase pressure on Russia,
[00:05:26] new sanctions are being approved, almost
[00:05:28] 16 individuals and organizations
[00:05:32] related to Russia's war industry. Lithuanian Foreign Minister
[00:05:35] Kęstutis Budrys urges to go even further
[00:05:38] to recognize Russia's military intelligence (GRU) as a terrorist
[00:05:42] organization. The ministers also discuss Donald
[00:05:46] Trump's announced energy truce, which Russia is not yet
[00:05:49] adhering to, the situation in the Middle East and the further
[00:05:53] enlargement of the European Union. I will talk to my colleague Milda Velikanskyte
[00:05:57] working in Luxembourg and immediately ask Milda,
[00:06:00] how do the European Union's foreign ministers react
[00:06:03] to the United States and Russia's
[00:06:06] or rather, one should say, Trump's and Putin's
[00:06:10] agreement on diesel.
[00:06:14] Hello Rasa, good afternoon LRT television viewers, well, in fact, it can be said that
[00:06:18] there are no very emotional, loud reactions, they are very
[00:06:21] restrained and probably that assessment should
[00:06:25] be looked at from two components, so first
[00:06:28] of all about the agreement itself, about its content, that
[00:06:32] Russia will supply diesel, so well, here foreign
[00:06:36] ministers, if they evaluate it at all, they say
[00:06:40] that well... they
[00:06:43] doubt that it will have a direct impact
[00:06:46] on fuel prices at gas stations, on the fuel
[00:06:50] market in general, and at the same time, they say that it is probably more
[00:06:53] directed at the United States' domestic politics, because mid-term
[00:06:57] elections are approaching, and it is precisely with
[00:07:00] that in mind that the United States president made that agreement
[00:07:03] and one should not look for
[00:07:07] choosing sides in the war
[00:07:09] in Ukraine and so on, the other component would be precisely
[00:07:13] that the United States president
[00:07:17] decided to cooperate with Vladimir Putin and
[00:07:20] to talk and negotiate, so well, there are no
[00:07:24] emotional reactions here either, no condemnation, no
[00:07:28] loud indignation, at least publicly, at least on camera and
[00:07:31] what foreign ministers talk about is that well, this is not the first
[00:07:35] time when the United States' and well, specifically
[00:07:38] President Donald Trump's positions would fluctuate, sometimes
[00:07:42] he seems to lean more towards Vladimir Putin's
[00:07:45] side, sometimes the impression is created that
[00:07:49] he tends to support Volodymyr Zelensky, so they say, well, this is not the first
[00:07:53] time and most likely not the last time when
[00:07:56] those fluctuations are visible, and as Kęstutis Budrys, the Lithuanian
[00:08:00] Foreign Minister says, well, in his opinion, it is
[00:08:04] not the worst that we have seen over the past two
[00:08:07] years, but he notes that well, that
[00:08:11] the absence of coordination between Europe and
[00:08:14] the United States weakens Western positions, but we can
[00:08:18] listen to a few
[00:08:20] comments.
[00:08:24] The United States is our biggest ally, but our
[00:08:27] message is clear, if we want to end this war, the only way is
[00:08:31] to pressure Russia, so we call on the United States to apply
[00:08:35] sanctions, all those attacks on processing plants would not happen, they
[00:08:39] would not be needed if the war was over.
[00:08:42] and such a kind of descent on the diplomatic path
[00:08:46] between the US, Ukraine and the US's
[00:08:49] role, such changes, let's say, both
[00:08:52] being more in the middle, and being more towards Ukraine,
[00:08:56] speaking of all efforts to find that this
[00:08:59] last episode is not what we have seen, let's say
[00:09:03] the worst, in almost two years, well, and
[00:09:07] we can certainly regret it, because it does not help to achieve
[00:09:10] a coordinated European United States
[00:09:14] policy in the field of sanctions against Russia.
[00:09:17] Let's look at ourselves. The European Union
[00:09:20] first removed two important oligarchs, some of the biggest supporters of Putin's
[00:09:24] regime, from the sanctions list. Therefore, before criticizing
[00:09:27] others, the European Union needs to look in the
[00:09:30] mirror.
[00:09:34] Uh, indeed, in the sanctions package that the ministers
[00:09:38] are approving today, there is by far the largest
[00:09:41] list of individuals and organizations,
[00:09:44] 1600. How effective
[00:09:47] is it?
[00:09:51] Yes, that's what everyone emphasizes, that never before
[00:09:55] have so many been included in the sanctions list at once, and well, despite
[00:09:58] the fact that in September two
[00:10:02] oligarchs were removed, which the Lithuanian foreign minister called, well,
[00:10:05] a deplorable step, but he said that well, on the other hand,
[00:10:09] the countries that opposed the removal benefited from
[00:10:13] that, because now this sanctions
[00:10:16] list is being approved for
[00:10:19] three years, not for six months and then having to meet again every six months to
[00:10:23] extend it, but for 36 months. And this is indeed a victory
[00:10:27] out of those 1600 individuals that the ministers have to
[00:10:30] approve today, these are, as you Rasa mentioned, predominantly representatives of the
[00:10:34] Russian military industry, both natural
[00:10:37] persons and legal persons, drone manufacturers, also
[00:10:41] those who participated in organizing
[00:10:44] fictitious elections in the occupied Ukrainian
[00:10:47] territories, Russian Duma elections in those territories,
[00:10:50] those individuals will not be allowed to enter the
[00:10:54] European Union's territory, their
[00:10:57] assets here will be frozen and it is also desired to restrict or completely
[00:11:01] disconnect them from the international payment
[00:11:04] system, but well, some member states say that's
[00:11:08] not enough, we shouldn't stop here, we need to move forward and well,
[00:11:12] put as much pressure as possible on Russia, we can
[00:11:15] listen to the German
[00:11:16] minister.
[00:11:19] Every euro, every dollar that goes into Putin's Russia through energy purchases will be used
[00:11:23] for Russia to use this money to produce new weapons against
[00:11:27] Ukraine and use them.
[00:11:30] But this is such a sad
[00:11:34] paradox, perhaps, how sometimes words differ from
[00:11:37] actions, because the media just last
[00:11:40] week reported that in the first nine months of
[00:11:44] this year, the European Union imported a record amount
[00:11:47] of liquefied natural gas from Russia's Arctic
[00:11:51] program, almost more than 12 million
[00:11:55] tons, and for those 12 million tons, the European Union paid
[00:11:59] Russia approximately eight billion euros, so well,
[00:12:03] with one hand we talk about the need to pressure
[00:12:06] Russia, every euro goes directly
[00:12:09] to producing weapons against Ukraine, with the other hand
[00:12:12] we import liquefied natural gas, because here we need to remember
[00:12:16] that pipeline imports
[00:12:19] are already banned, and liquefied
[00:12:22] natural gas imports will be banned
[00:12:25] from January 1, 2027. So countries
[00:12:28] are rushing and trying to fill up as much as they can.
[00:12:32] Rasa. Thank you, colleague Milda Vilikanskietė from Luxembourg,
[00:12:35] where the European Union's foreign ministers are meeting and approving
[00:12:39] new sanctions against Russia. Meanwhile, United States President Donald
[00:12:43] Trump announced that a deal has been reached with Vladimir Putin on
[00:12:47] diesel supply, and today we asked you how you evaluate it,
[00:12:51] a QR code on the screen or after the live broadcast.
[00:12:55] Your opinions, which we will review at the
[00:16:16] A man around 60 years old has been detained in Poland,
[00:16:19] suspected of preparing an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Officials learned about the possible
[00:16:23] attack after receiving a report that the Polish Minister of
[00:16:26] Defense might be in danger. According to media reports, firearms could have been used in the attacks,
[00:16:30] but officials have not yet confirmed this. Who and why
[00:16:33] might have planned the assassination
[00:16:37] is also still being investigated. Colleague Indrė Urbaitė in the studio, good afternoon,
[00:16:40] hello, what exactly is known, Indrė? Actually, very
[00:16:44] little is known, since yesterday there have been practically
[00:16:47] only isolated news,
[00:16:51] of course, how everything more or less happened, that at 7 AM Tusk was
[00:16:54] informed about the possible threat,
[00:16:57] at 11 AM a special meeting was convened, which
[00:17:00] was attended by the police, as well as the security service
[00:17:03] of high-ranking officials and internal intelligence
[00:17:06] officers, around five, and here we are talking about Polish time,
[00:17:10] the person you mentioned earlier, a man between 60
[00:17:14] and 70, was detained, it is stated that he is a Polish citizen,
[00:17:17] officials say that he was found by analyzing social
[00:17:21] networks and the wider internet, very
[00:17:24] radical statements were discovered, it is claimed,
[00:17:27] that he belonged to certain radical
[00:17:31] groups on social networks, and that's how he was
[00:17:34] found, searches were carried out at his home and also. it is said that
[00:17:38] other individuals actively involved in those groups are also being checked,
[00:17:41] so well, essentially that's how much specific news there is,
[00:17:45] yes, various options are being investigated,
[00:17:49] local journalists, which is such an interesting detail, we see how
[00:17:52] quickly everything happened from the first report and informing the prime minister
[00:17:56] to the arrest, but local journalists noted that very
[00:17:59] serious language was used by both the police
[00:18:03] and other services, as well as by the prime minister himself, that it was even
[00:18:06] said... that it was a serious threat, that well,
[00:18:10] it was believed that the threat was real, so it creates
[00:18:13] such an image, at least for us who don't know more
[00:18:16] details, that it was really assessed that the threat was
[00:18:20] high-level. True, the prime minister did not attend
[00:18:23] Sunday's meeting, another one, he had stayed and was
[00:18:26] in Warsaw, so it was not noticed that well, there would be more security, for example, staff
[00:18:30] around him, it was the same security as
[00:18:34] always, so well, it didn't seem to affect the agenda. "Nevertheless,
[00:18:37] the meeting took place and the meeting also discussed
[00:18:41] radicalization and violence that Poland experienced
[00:18:44] last week in schools, but this threat
[00:18:47] seems to have been taken seriously, of course,
[00:18:50] the question, probably knowing Poland, knowing its support
[00:18:53] for Ukraine, is it suspected that it is somehow connected to Russia or even
[00:18:57] Belarus, so officials are very careful in choosing their
[00:19:00] words, they say that well, they do not rule out,
[00:19:03] they are carefully investigating, but so far there are no signs that it could be..."
[00:19:07] somehow connected with foreign forces, but
[00:19:10] again, what commentators notice is that even if it's not connected with Russia,
[00:19:14] Belarus or even the conflict that
[00:19:17] is happening, the war that is happening outside the border, that it can have a certain
[00:19:21] influence on people who may be
[00:19:23] tired of those threats related to the war
[00:19:27] and rising various hybrid
[00:19:29] threats, so that it can affect their perception
[00:19:33] and support for Ukraine, for example,
[00:19:36] you mentioned that... "officials are carefully choosing their words when talking
[00:19:40] about this incident that is still being investigated, but
[00:19:44] still, probably the main versions
[00:19:47] in the same media or at least news about those
[00:19:51] radical groups are what
[00:19:54] specifically they could have
[00:19:57] been unhappy about, in other words, is it more related
[00:20:01] to domestic or to foreign policy,
[00:20:04] in the media, as far as I've read Polish media. "It's assessed very cautiously,
[00:20:08] because again, the environment, considering
[00:20:12] that for not the first month there's been talk about hybrid threats,
[00:20:15] school incidents where there were stabbing attempts,
[00:20:19] minors involved in such violent activity, I don't know
[00:20:22] what to call it, it's assessed very cautiously,
[00:20:25] Tusk himself, and it should be said that today an operation
[00:20:28] was launched in schools, about 2000
[00:20:31] police officers were sent, and yes, more
[00:20:34] police on the streets after those stabbings. Over
[00:20:37] 100 people have been detained
[00:20:40] and about 80,000
[00:20:44] schools have been checked, so in this whole
[00:20:47] there is a noticeable increase in rhetoric
[00:20:50] directed against politicians, calls,
[00:20:53] calls to violence, and by the way,
[00:20:57] in August a 23-year-old person was detained
[00:21:00] who called for attacks on high-ranking Polish politicians, so in this whole
[00:21:04] space he talks about
[00:21:07] radicalization specifically on the internet, that
[00:21:10] the idealization of violence is spreading, that people are being urged to commit it,
[00:21:14] such a strong personality
[00:21:17] cult and all this is, well... Tusk connected not necessarily
[00:21:21] the possible assassination attempt on him, but the whole environment
[00:21:25] we are seeing in Poland now, he connected it with various
[00:21:29] calls spreading on the internet and for example, one
[00:21:32] boy, his age was not specified, but he seemed to be a minor,
[00:21:35] was among those 135 who was detained because it was discovered that he
[00:21:39] had created a model of his school in the popular online game
[00:21:43] Roblox and initiated an attack on his classmates or other
[00:21:46] school students, so he was also detained
[00:21:50] and questioned, whether any charges were filed
[00:21:54] is unclear, but well, through all this, now in Poland,
[00:21:58] other various threats are being looked at,
[00:22:01] especially towards politicians, but also the whole environment in schools
[00:22:05] essentially. Thank you, colleague Indrė Urbaitė, thank you for coming to the
[00:22:08] studio. And Vilnius in
[00:22:11] 2009 and Kaunas
[00:22:14] in 2022 have been European
[00:22:17] Capitals of Culture. This year, the title of European Capital of Culture
[00:22:21] will be shared by Liepāja, located on the Latvian coast,
[00:22:25] along with the Portuguese city of Evora. Liepāja presented
[00:22:28] the theme and program of its Capital of Culture
[00:22:31] last weekend. Jovita Gaižauskaitė and Paulius Juocnukis
[00:22:35] report from Liepāja. Liepāja will become
[00:22:38] the European Capital of Culture next year, the third largest city in Latvia,
[00:22:42] with about 67,000 inhabitants, a port city and
[00:22:46] resort will dictate next year's cultural trends.
[00:22:50] The theme is unrest. We talk to the city's mayor
[00:22:53] about how Liepāja is preparing for this
[00:22:55] title.
[00:22:58] For many years now, a very large team has been working on the Capital of Culture
[00:23:02] events. Next year we expect even more Lithuanians in Liepāja. Lithuanians
[00:23:05] really like Liepāja's beach, but by creating a special program
[00:23:09] for next year, we want to invite more people from Kaunas, Vilnius, people
[00:23:12] from Tauragė, Klaipėda, Palanga, and all over Lithuania to visit
[00:23:16] Liepāja, because there will be plenty of events all year round.
[00:23:23] "Everyone in Latvia, Lithuania or any other country wants to be
[00:23:27] a champion, next year we will be European cultural
[00:23:30] champions, it's a huge honor, but also a great responsibility, not only for
[00:23:33] Latvia, but also for all Baltic countries in Europe, it's
[00:23:37] an achievement, the city's recognition
[00:23:38] will grow."
[00:23:44] Liepāja thrives on traditional economic activities and tourism, so
[00:23:48] it's natural that we want to attract more guests, which means more
[00:23:51] investment in tourism, in the city, and without tourists the city
[00:23:55] would develop, but not so quickly, we need
[00:23:58] you.
[00:24:06] Liepāja is called Latvia's rock capital, the city is full
[00:24:09] of musical accents, notes imprinted in the old town, leading through
[00:24:13] the most beautiful city sights and here the great Amber, a concert
[00:24:16] hall with the European Capital of Culture general director.
[00:24:20] we talk about the event theme and
[00:24:22] program,
[00:24:25] the theme is unrest, tranquility, the word "un" in parentheses
[00:24:29] creates balance, that's how the city develops, culture grows,
[00:24:32] all sorts of
[00:24:34] things are created.
[00:24:37] When we started discussing the theme, we, living between sea and
[00:24:40] land, experiencing paradoxes and very much feeling
[00:24:44] that state of unrest, back then we couldn't
[00:24:47] explain it, but that's what it became for us.
[00:24:59] We all found ourselves in chaos, felt uneasy, lost,
[00:25:01] scared,
[00:25:03] but at the same time we had to think logically, strategically, find
[00:25:07] balance. A team of 35 people has been creating this program
[00:25:11] for four years, but we have many partners and joint
[00:25:14] projects.
[00:25:20] In 1899, Liepāja became the first
[00:25:23] city in the Baltic states to launch an electric tram, which
[00:25:27] successfully runs to this day. The city is
[00:25:30] also full of interesting architecture, from ornate Art Nouveau style buildings,
[00:25:34] tsarist red brick barracks to melancholic wooden
[00:25:38] structures. With the European Capital of Culture We are talking with the head of the capital's art
[00:25:42] department about whether there will be joint projects with Lithuanian
[00:25:44] artists.
[00:25:50] unified, different genres, different performances for all
[00:25:53] audiences, more than 500 events are expected, if we
[00:25:57] count how many days a year has, more than one event
[00:26:00] daily.
[00:26:15] Liepaja has long-standing music traditions, currently we are
[00:26:18] in the Great Amber, the concert hall, in the heart of Liepaja,
[00:26:22] we have the longest playing orchestra of all Baltic countries, we have
[00:26:25] the oldest theater in Latvia, so for centuries we have been creating cultural events
[00:26:29] and we want to share that, we say that...
[00:26:32] Music flows in our veins, we organize the choir festival
[00:26:35] Europa Cantat, but we want to show both traditional culture and
[00:26:39] contemporary art.
[00:26:50] Our main exhibitions will be curated by the Lithuanian Raimundas
[00:26:53] Malašauskas, the largest hypnic jerk,
[00:26:56] the horizon of anxiety in the Liepaja History Museum. We also
[00:27:00] invited talented Lithuanian creators. tourists
[00:27:15] in Liepaja are Lithuanians, last year 18,000
[00:27:18] Lithuanian overnight stays were recorded in Liepaja, perhaps next year this number will be even higher
[00:27:22] when Liepaja begins its European Capital of Culture
[00:27:24] year.
[00:30:20] forces in Europe for the first time publicly announced
[00:30:23] what kind of retaliation he would give if Russia attacked, and stated that if necessary
[00:30:27] he would fight in enemy territory and defeat the enemy forces' leadership.
[00:30:30] General Alexus. also commanding all American forces
[00:30:34] in Europe, at the Warsaw Security Forum announced that the alliance would never
[00:30:38] escalate the situation itself, but would be able to match every enemy
[00:30:42] step, escalating it, he denied the constantly repeated
[00:30:45] thesis that the West sought a strategic defeat of Russia, saying that
[00:30:49] he has neither plans, nor intentions, nor ambitions to do anything more than
[00:30:52] defend allies, but promised to respond to any attack,
[00:30:56] also to make it meaningless and not allow the enemy even