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When Your Clone Calls: How AI Voice Fraud Became a Billion-Dollar Industry - VSquare.org They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person. Investigace.cz maps how a new era of fraud works.

🤖💰 They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person.

07.03.2026 18:29 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Did Slovakia's Defense Ministry Bankroll Czechoslovak Group's Stock Market Debut? - VSquare.org Since Robert Fico's fourth government took office, the Ministry of Defense has signed contracts worth over €60 billion with the Czechoslovak Group (CSG), Czech businessman Michal Strnad’s arms empire.

💰Since Robert Fico took office, Slovakia's Defense Ministry signed €60B+ in contracts with Czech arms tycoon Michal Strnad's Czechoslovak Group — possibly inflating its value ahead of the company's extremely successful stock market debut.

07.03.2026 16:30 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Putin's GRU-linked Election Fixers Are Already in Budapest to Help Orbán - VSquare.org Moscow has dispatched a team to Budapest to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 parliamentary elections, VSquare has learned from multiple European national security sources. The operation, overseen by Putin confidant Sergei Kiriyenko, is designed to keep Viktor Orbán in power — and follows the same blueprint Russia used in Moldova.

💥Moscow has sent a team to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 elections, VSquare has learned from multiple European national security sources. The US has also shared intelligence with allies on the task force overseen by Sergei Kiriyenko.

07.03.2026 14:30 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Disinformation Machine Behind Czech and Slovak Anti-Wind Farm Campaigns - VSquare.org Leading politicians from Andrej Babiš's government are attacking wind turbines, and the movement against them is gaining ground throughout the Czech Republic. But surprising help is coming from Slovakia, and specifically from a yogi with a passion for Eastern spirituality and Slavic culture.

Czech politicians are attacking wind turbines — and getting surprising help from Slovakia. A yogi with a passion for Eastern spirituality is "exporting" anti-turbine disinformation across the border, as the movement gains ground throughout the Czech Republic.

07.03.2026 10:27 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Goulash: Kremlin's Vote-Meddling Team in Budapest; Slovakia's Shady Help for Arms Group IPO - VSquare.org Hungary's campaign is heating up fast, and the kitchen is getting crowded: we have fresh scoops on Russian meddling in the vote and on growing discontent inside Orbán's own camp — specifically around the man running his campaign.

💥Vladimir Putin tasked Sergei Kiriyenko to run a Moldova-style election meddling operation in Hungary for Viktor Orbán, sending three GRU-linked political technologists to Budapest. This and more in our latest Goulash newsletter.

06.03.2026 18:11 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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How Romanians Helped Conservative Brothers in Poland Win Elections - VSquare.org We go behind the scenes of the “MEGA” movement and reveal European Trumpists between Bucharest and Warsaw.

🤖📈 Romania’s pro-Russian far-right leader George Simion may have lost the presidency at home, but his slick online campaign machine boosted Karol Nawrocki in Poland — and is now fueling Law and Justice’s populist comeback bid.

06.03.2026 15:30 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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"The Kremlin is Very Worried" – Interview with Estonian Foreign Intelligence's Top Analyst - VSquare.org If at one moment Russian people have to choose between the television and the refrigerator, the refrigerator will win. If there is nothing left in the refrigerator, people might suddenly come to the streets and that is the end of this regime.

🇪🇪 Estonian intelligence's top Russia analyst Andres Vosman warns that Moscow obsessively monitors its society, dreads fallout from returning war veterans, and faces economic stagnation and dependence on China—making Russia unstable and unpredictable.

06.03.2026 14:01 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Putin's GRU-linked Election Fixers Are Already in Budapest to Help Orbán - VSquare.org Moscow has dispatched a team to Budapest to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 parliamentary elections, VSquare has learned from multiple European national security sources. The operation, overseen by ...

💥Moscow has sent a task team to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 elections, @vsquare.bsky.social has learned from multiple European national security sources. The US has also shared intelligence with allies on the GRU-linked task force overseen by Sergei Kiriyenko. vsquare.org/putins-gru-l...

06.03.2026 12:53 👍 117 🔁 90 💬 2 📌 16
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💥SCOOP: Putin tasked Sergei Kiriyenko to run a Moldova-style election meddling operation in Hungary for Orbán, sending three GRU-linked political technologists with diplomatic or service passports to operate from the Russian Embassy in Budapest. More in my newsletter: vsquare.org/goulash-krem...

05.03.2026 21:28 👍 214 🔁 146 💬 3 📌 12
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Prostitution and Drug Abuse: How Hungary Is Failing Children in State Care - VSquare.org Children in Hungarian care homes are targeted by criminal networks, with pimps effectively embedding themselves within the child-protection system.

💥Revealed: in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, children in state care are preyed on by criminal networks, with pimps infiltrating the child-protection system itself. Insiders say they lack the tools and authority to prevent the abuse.

05.03.2026 15:36 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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A Russian Esoteric Sect Goes West—with a Putinist Running Its Hub in Poland - VSquare.org The Russian sect known as the Anastasians promotes an anti-democratic, patriarchal ideology. For several years, its colonies have been quietly emerging across Poland.

🔎🇷🇺 INVESTIGATION: Behind the façade of “ancestral estates” and back-to-nature living, a Russian sect aligned with Vladimir Putin is building networks across Europe. In Poland, its leader openly echoes Kremlin propaganda.

04.03.2026 20:29 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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"…And Most Importantly, Friend": Jeffrey Epstein's Encounters with Miroslav Lajčák - VSquare.org At least 25 personal meetings in the United States and Europe took place between Slovak diplomat and politician Miroslav Lajčák and Jeffrey Epstein.

⚡️The Epstein Files reveal intense, long-term contact, including at least 25 meetings between Slovak PM Robert Fico’s confidant and adviser Miroslav Lajčák and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—some held at Epstein’s private homes.

04.03.2026 16:29 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Russia’s War Beyond the Battlefield: Europe’s Hybrid Threat Wake-Up Call - VSquare.org The war has tested Ukraine’s resilience while exposing Europe’s lack of preparedness. It has revealed serious gaps in Europe’s awareness of hybrid threats and created new openings for Russian interference in politics and information far beyond Ukraine.

💥Ukrainian information integrity expert Mykola Balaban explains how Russia’s information warfare exposed deep gaps in Europe’s hybrid threat awareness, opening new channels for Kremlin interference in the EU's political systems and information ecosystems.

04.03.2026 14:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How Ukraine's Major Corruption Scandal Reached Slovakia - VSquare.org An investigation into corruption at the Ukrainian state-owned company Energoatom reveals several links to Slovakia.

🔎⚡A sprawling Ukrainian corruption scandal spills into Slovakia: a $100M bribery and money-laundering scheme tied to state nuclear giant Energoatom reveals cross-border companies, assets, and financial trails—showing how dirty money quietly crossed borders.

03.03.2026 17:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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💥🇭🇺 Opposition leader Péter Magyar leads Viktor Orbán 66–34% on Polymarket. After media reported heavy betting on Orbán’s fall, the site was banned in Hungary for unauthorized gambling. I’ll share insights on Orbán’s failing campaign in my newsletter on Thursday.

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02.03.2026 14:45 👍 73 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 4
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When Your Clone Calls: How AI Voice Fraud Became a Billion-Dollar Industry - VSquare.org They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person. Investigace.cz maps how a new era of fraud works.

🤖💰 They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person.

01.03.2026 19:30 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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When Your Clone Calls: How AI Voice Fraud Became a Billion-Dollar Industry - VSquare.org They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person. Investigace.cz maps how a new era of fraud works.

🤖💰 They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person.

01.03.2026 19:30 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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"We Know that the Kremlin is Very Worried" – Interview with Estonian Foreign Intelligence's Top Analyst - VSquare.org If at one moment Russian people have to choose between the television and the refrigerator, the refrigerator will win. If there is nothing left in the refrigerator, people might suddenly come to the streets and that is the end of this regime.

🇪🇪 Estonian intelligence's top Russia analyst Andres Vosman warns that Moscow obsessively monitors its society, dreads fallout from returning war veterans, and faces economic stagnation and dependence on China—making Russia unstable and unpredictable.

01.03.2026 17:56 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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How Romanians Helped Conservative Brothers in Poland Win Elections - VSquare.org We go behind the scenes of the “MEGA” movement and reveal European Trumpists between Bucharest and Warsaw.

🤖📈 Romania’s pro-Russian far-right leader George Simion may have lost the presidency at home, but his slick online campaign machine boosted Karol Nawrocki in Poland — and is now fueling Law and Justice’s populist comeback bid.

28.02.2026 14:30 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Prostitution and Drug Abuse: How Hungary Is Failing Children in State Care - VSquare.org Children in Hungarian care homes are targeted by criminal networks, with pimps effectively embedding themselves within the child-protection system.

💥Revealed: in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, children in state care are preyed on by criminal networks, with pimps infiltrating the child-protection system itself. Insiders say they lack the tools and authority to prevent the abuse.

27.02.2026 14:03 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Russia’s War Beyond the Battlefield: Europe’s Hybrid Threat Wake-Up Call - VSquare.org The war has tested Ukraine’s resilience while exposing Europe’s lack of preparedness. It has revealed serious gaps in Europe’s awareness of hybrid threats and created new openings for Russian interference in politics and information far beyond Ukraine.

💥Ukrainian information integrity expert Mykola Balaban explains how Russia’s information warfare exposed deep gaps in Europe’s hybrid threat awareness, opening new channels for Kremlin interference in the EU's political systems and information ecosystems.

25.02.2026 20:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A Russian Esoteric Sect Goes West—with a Putinist Running Its Hub in Poland - VSquare.org The Russian sect known as the Anastasians promotes an anti-democratic, patriarchal ideology. For several years, its colonies have been quietly emerging across Poland.

🔎🇷🇺 INVESTIGATION: Behind the façade of “ancestral estates” and back-to-nature living, a Russian sect aligned with Vladimir Putin is building networks across Europe. In Poland, its leader openly echoes Kremlin propaganda.

25.02.2026 16:30 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"…And Most Importantly, Friend": Jeffrey Epstein's Encounters with Miroslav Lajčák - VSquare.org At least 25 personal meetings in the United States and Europe took place between Slovak diplomat and politician Miroslav Lajčák and Jeffrey Epstein.

⚡️The Epstein Files reveal intense, long-term contact, including at least 25 meetings between Slovak PM Robert Fico’s confidant and adviser Miroslav Lajčák and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—some held at Epstein’s private homes.

25.02.2026 13:30 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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How Romanians Helped Conservative Brothers in Poland Win Elections - VSquare.org We go behind the scenes of the “MEGA” movement and reveal European Trumpists between Bucharest and Warsaw.

💥INVESTIGATION: Romania’s pro-Russian far-right leader George Simion may have lost at home, but his online campaign machine gave foreign help to Karol Nawrocki in Poland — and is now powering Law and Justice’s populist comeback bid.

24.02.2026 19:11 👍 36 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 1
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"We Know that the Kremlin is Very Worried" – Interview with Estonian Foreign Intelligence's Top Analyst - VSquare.org If at one moment Russian people have to choose between the television and the refrigerator, the refrigerator will win. If there is nothing left in the refrigerator, people might suddenly come to the streets and that is the end of this regime.

🇪🇪 Estonian intelligence's top Russia analyst Andres Vosman warns that Moscow obsessively monitors its society, dreads fallout from returning war veterans, and faces economic stagnation and dependence on China—making Russia unstable and unpredictable.

24.02.2026 15:28 👍 16 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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How Ukraine's Major Corruption Scandal Reached Slovakia - VSquare.org An investigation into corruption at the Ukrainian state-owned company Energoatom reveals several links to Slovakia.

🔎⚡A sprawling Ukrainian corruption scandal spills into Slovakia: a $100M bribery and money-laundering scheme tied to state nuclear giant Energoatom reveals cross-border companies, assets, and financial trails—showing how dirty money quietly crossed borders.

24.02.2026 13:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When Your Clone Calls: How AI Voice Fraud Became a Billion-Dollar Industry - VSquare.org They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person. Investigace.cz maps how a new era of fraud works.

🤖💰 They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person.

23.02.2026 17:51 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Murder of Ján Kuciak: Inside the Verdict the Supreme Court Overturned - VSquare.org On Monday, January 26, 2026, the trial of Marián Kočner began for the third time at Slovakia's Specialized Criminal Court. Together with his associate Alena Zsuzsová, he is accused of ordering the mur...

🖤 8 years since the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and justice is still pending. Oligarch Marián Kočner was acquitted of ordering the killing, but the verdict was overturned. In this book excerpt, Tomáš Madleňák explains the errors & the grounds for the retrial which has just started.

21.02.2026 13:14 👍 48 🔁 21 💬 1 📌 0
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Russia’s War Beyond the Battlefield: Europe’s Hybrid Threat Wake-Up Call - VSquare.org The war has tested Ukraine’s resilience while exposing Europe’s lack of preparedness. It has revealed serious gaps in Europe’s awareness of hybrid threats and created new openings for Russian interference in politics and information far beyond Ukraine.

Ukrainian information integrity expert Mykola Balaban explains how Russia’s information warfare exposed deep gaps in Europe’s hybrid threat awareness, opening new channels for Kremlin interference in the EU's political systems and information ecosystems.

23.02.2026 10:57 👍 26 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0
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How Romanians Helped Conservative Brothers in Poland Win Elections - VSquare.org We go behind the scenes of the “MEGA” movement and reveal European Trumpists between Bucharest and Warsaw.

🤖📈 Romania’s pro-Russian far-right leader George Simion may have lost the presidency at home, but his slick online campaign machine boosted Karol Nawrocki in Poland — and is now fueling Law and Justice’s populist comeback bid.

22.02.2026 19:30 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0