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Marco Setaccioli challenged Marco Travaglio's calculations on European and Russian military spending, stating that Travaglio had indicated 450 billion euros for Europe and 150 for Russia and had argued that Russia had reason to fear Europe, which had invaded it four times in the last 200 years. According to Setaccioli, in the current year Russia would have spent around 17 trillion rubles on defense, equivalent to 181 billion euros, a figure indicated, according to him, by most analysts. He noted that the nominal comparison did not take purchasing power into account: applying indices developed by specialized research centers, Russian spending would rise to 574 billion international dollars, compared to about 700 billion for the entire EU. He added that the EU would have three and a half times the population of Russia and a GDP nine times greater. Setaccioli argued that the Russian federal budget did not show all military costs. He cited studies by economist Craig Kennedy, according to which part of the spending would be financed through subsidized loans and would thus remain on the banks' balance sheets. He also recalled an investigation by Dozhd', which, according to him, had documented pressures on private companies to hire people before signing contracts with the military and to supplement salaries with corporate funds. He added that at least three militias would be linked to Gazprom, which would cover part of the costs. For these reasons, he dismissed as false the claim that Russia spent less than the EU. Historically, Setaccioli criticized Travaglio's reconstruction, according to which the Napoleonic and Nazi invasions, along with interventions in Crimea and support for the Bolsheviks, would justify Russian fears toward Europe. Setaccioli listed Russian troop interventions in Poland in 1939, Finland in 1939-1940, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Romania in 1940, Bulgaria in 1944, Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968, Moldova in 1992, Georgia in 2008, and Ukraine in 2014 and 2022. He stated that there were no Russian regions occupied by European countries, while eight regions—one in Moldova, two in Georgia, and five in Ukraine—would be under Russian control. Finally, Setaccioli accused Travaglio of presenting a selective and misleading reconstruction to make Russia appear not dangerous, portray Europe as a threat, and argue that rearmament was unnecessary and risky. In his view, that reasoning could legitimize a potential Russian attack on Europe and constituted a form of collaborationism. #Russia #Europa #Difesa (translated)

The taxi service exclusively for women, known as Wowo, has expanded throughout Finland in response to the growing perception of insecurity among female passengers and drivers, offering a transportation model that promotes safe travel among women. #SeguridadFemenina #TransporteParaMujeres #Wowo (translated)

Of course, we do not agree with the purchase of diesel from Russia by the United States, as diesel and oil are what drive and fuel the Russian war machinery. In the same vein, Finnish President Alexander Stubb expressed his disagreement with the decision of the U.S. president. "Of course, we do not agree with the purchase of diesel from Russia by the United States, as diesel and oil are what drive and fuel the Russian war machinery," Stubb pointed out. #Ucrania #Trump #UniónEuropea (translated)

The Swedish junior teams in group gymnastics won two gold medals and one silver medal at the junior European Championships in Esbo, Finland, where the men and women won their respective classes and the mixed team finished in second place. #truppgymnastik #juniorEM #gymnastik (translated)

The Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo, criticized the recent decisions of Donald Trump, which he believes are contradictory to logic, stressing the necessity of supporting Ukraine in the face of threats from Russia and appealing to the USA to remember its European allies. #Ukraina #Trump #Rosja (translated)

The author wrote that Finland is preparing a strategy and creating opportunities for conducting cyber-informational retaliation actions as part of a proactive defense against the escalation of Russian hybrid attacks. He considered it the right direction for building an effective counter-hybrid defense. https://t.co/Z6BzIGEIGd #Finlandia #cyberbezpieczeństwo #obronaprzedhybrydami #FI #RU (translated)

My message to him is: we are allies. – My message to him is: we are allies. We belong to NATO. And what poses the greatest threat to NATO? Russia – and that's why there is no logic in this (Trump's actions – ed.). I have no answers, I have (instead) many questions – said Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo in an interview with Politico during the EU summit that began on Thursday in Brussels. #Trump #Ukraina #Rosja (translated)

Any weakening of the ETS would undermine the predictability upon which investment decisions depend and risk slowing down the pace of industrial decarbonization," warned Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo; Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson; and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in a letter. #CrisisEnergética #MercadoDeCarbono #AgendaVerde (translated)

“Any weakening of the ETS would undermine the predictability upon which investment decisions depend and risk slowing down the pace of industrial decarbonization,” warned Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo; Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson; and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in a letter. #CrisisEnergética #MercadoDeCarbono #AgendaVerde (translated)

Elias Jabbour argued that valuing teachers was essential to national development, citing China, Japan, and Finland as examples. According to him, China began to build in classrooms the path that led it to compete today at the technological frontier. Jabbour stated that there would be no national development project, sovereignty, or reindustrialization without valued teachers. A professor at UERJ, he noted that he had seen the university endure years of overdue salaries. For him, this valuation required a decent salary, a solid career, guaranteed rights, and protection of public education against commercialization. He added that the defense of teachers would be one of his fronts in Brasília and wished a happy Teachers' Day. #Educação #ValorizaçãoDoProfessor #InvestimentoNoFuturo (translated)

Brazil is thus on par with the most developed countries. This and other projections contrary to the norm were refuted by Senator Randolfe Rodrigues of the PT, who stated that "Brazil is thus on par with the most developed countries," mentioning examples such as Finland, Australia, France, Germany, Norway, and the Netherlands. #Lula #Brasil #ReformaLaboral (translated)

During the European Council in Brussels on October 15 and 16, the Prime Ministers of Finland, Denmark, and Sweden sent a letter to the President of the EU Council, Antonio Costa, expressing their opposition to any weakening of the emissions trading system (ETS), warning that this could compromise investments and slow down decarbonization. #Europa #BilancioUe #Ucraina (translated)

Nachez pointed out that Bottas believed that the Cadillac facilities in Silverstone surpassed those of Mercedes, whose factory he knew well. He also stated that Pérez was impressed and said that he had never seen "a factory like this" in his career. Nachez attributed the information to the Financial Times, through GP Blog. #Fórmula1 #Cadillac #Mercedes (translated)

The Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo, called for a complete ban on tourist visas for Russian citizens at the European Union level, arguing that the current practice of issuing visas in some EU countries is irresponsible in the face of hybrid threats and sabotage actions by Russia. #wizy #Finlandia #Rosja (translated)