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Florian Warweg stated that the federal government has since confirmed that pensioners in Russia have 200 euros deducted from their pensions each month. When he inquired at the government press conference in September, he was initially told that this was merely his claim. As evidence, Warweg referred to a subsequent statement from the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs regarding questions from the government press conferences on September 28 and October 5, 2026. The ministry stated that fees would be deducted for transfers of statutory pensions from Germany to accounts at Raiffeisen Bank International AG in Russia. The bank justified this with higher compliance risks and additional auditing and processing efforts. Despite efforts, alternative payment methods that could avoid the fees have not been found. According to the statement, statutory pensions would be transferred free of charge within the SEPA area. For payments outside this area, the benefit provider bears the costs up to the commissioned financial institution; fees from further correspondent banks are not covered by the German Pension Insurance or the Pension Service. Affected individuals could have their pension transferred to an account in another country, provided they meet the personal requirements and can set up an account there, according to the ministry. Warweg asked why the ministry initially labeled the deduction as an unfounded claim and then acknowledged it about two weeks later. He noted that the ministry had provided the supplementary information, while the Foreign Office, despite a commitment, had not sent any follow-up and later declared itself not responsible. The inquiry was about what advice it would give to affected German pensioners in Russia. #Rentner #Bundesregierung #Russland (translated)

Fake sneakers are a rapidly growing market that attracts buyers with attractive prices and confusingly high-quality imitations, although acquiring such products carries legal risks and violates the trademark rights of the original manufacturers. #FakeSneaker #Produktpiraterie #SneakerKultur (translated)

Yi Zeng from Renmin University, the Dean of the Beijing Institute for AI Safety, emphasizes in the journal of the Central Party School that a global understanding of red lines is essential: if the world continues to sweep all risks under the rug with its technological optimism and postpones regulations in favor of competition, then a #KünstlicheIntelligenz #China #TechnologieRisiken (translated)

Although the Chinese are generally more optimistic about artificial intelligence, there are still concerns and differing opinions about the risks of the technology, as demonstrated by calls for regulation from government bodies and scientists. #KünstlicheIntelligenz #China #TechnologieRisiken (translated)

The article discusses the developments of the bull market on US exchanges, which has been ongoing since October 2022, during which the S&P 500 has risen by more than 110 percent, while also pointing to potential risks of overheating and rising inflation that could lead to a bear market. #Bullenmarkt #Aktienmarkt #Inflation (translated)

Reinsurers in Europe are adapting to the growing risks from heatwaves and other natural disasters as they prepare for the upcoming contract negotiations, as the damages from extreme weather events increasingly pose a significant challenge. #Rückversicherung #Naturkatastrophen #Klimawandel (translated)

Savers' enemies wrote that private landlords in Germany achieved an average gross return of just over 3 percent, although real estate coaches liked to suggest otherwise. He asked why landlords should deal with tenants, construction risks, time investment, and German tenant law when German government bonds offered a guaranteed return of 3.4 to 3.7 percent without such effort. At the same time, he criticized that politics continued to cut back the few tax advantages of real estate. #Immobilien #Vermietung #Rendite (translated)

The AI researcher Katharina Zweig describes the current software as unsafe in an interview and emphasizes that the providers are aware of these risks while discussing the responsibility of corporations and the handling of language models. #KünstlicheIntelligenz #KI #Risiken (translated)

The invisible debt network of large tech companies, which arises from massive investments in artificial intelligence and the increasing use of debt to finance these projects, poses significant risks and could lead to a billion-dollar crash. #Schuldenkrise #KünstlicheIntelligenz #TechGiganten (translated)

The British intelligence chief Ken McCallum warns of the growing threat from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by terrorists and hostile states, particularly concerning biological weapons and combat drones, and calls for the establishment of a new center to assess these risks. #KIBedrohung #Terrorismus #Cybersicherheit (translated)