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World's Weirdest Radio Stn. Playing "Swan Lake." What Does It Mean?
The Buzzer, as the short wave station UVB-76 is known, is believed to be a Russian controlled radio signal that generally broadcasts an intermittent buzzing sound. No one on this side of the Earth seems to know exactly what it is, but there have been dozens of theories about its tie-in to a potential nuclear war.
So what to make out of what happened this week, when the music of the ballet "Swan Lake" suddenly started emanating from the transmitter? No one knows why, but there are suspicions it's tied to the ongoing war against Ukraine, and that it could mean something big is coming, even as peace negotiations continue.
In the past, that song has been associated with some serious political crises in the former USSR.
You can hear a sample of this bizarre broadcast here, even as the buzzing continues.
So far, there's been no explanation for the mysterious music, although Russia has accused Ukraine of trying to bomb one of President Vladimir Putin's homes this week - a charge the defender denies.
Already late this year, certain other bizarre words have been heard emanating from this apparent spy station, including Neptune, Thymus, Foxcloak, Nootabu, Pepper shaker, Transfer, Pabodolla and Spinobaz, but no one can say what they mean - if anything.
If you have a shortwave radio, you can try picking up this "station" at 4625 kilohertz or you can listen to the Buzzer over the web here.
Let's just hope this Swan Lake doesn't end up turning into an Ugly Duckling.
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I saw mention of this Swan Lake playback on Twitter today, the suggestion was that it might be the end for Putin in 2026.
The Beginning Of The End For Putin? In Russian ‘Swan Lake’ Started playing on the Russian Doomsday military radio station UVB-76, a channel listened to across the country for secret signals, backed by conspiracy theorist. ‘Swan Lake’ the song has a significant meaning in Russian….
In the Soviet era and early post-Soviet Russia, broadcasts of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake on state television became associated with major political unrest or transitions, and people familiar with that history have come to see it as a sort of code or signifier of turmoil.
In the 1980s Soviet state TV repeatedly interrupted normal programming to broadcast long recordings of Swan Lake on days when significant leaders died (such as Brezhnev in 1982, Andropov in 1984, and Chernenko in 1985).
During the August 1991 coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev, television channels reportedly showed Swan Lake on loop for hours or days while the leadership situation was unsettled and regular news was unavailable.
Because of this pattern, seeing Swan Lake unexpectedly on television became a kind of cultural shorthand in Russia and the former USSR for crisis or political upheaval sort of like a symbolic placeholder for when official news can’t or won’t be broadcast. Let’s see if anything comes of this, it could be nothing, it could be the beginning of the end for Putin.
Let's hope that's true. Putin's death would mean a huge benefit to the free world, a literal end to many of the things that have gone wrong with the US, right-wing politics across this continent, and some parts of Canada in the past decade. The Russians have had a huge hand in funding a lot of these activities.
Keep in mind that the real Putin could've died a long time ago and we'd never know. He has utilized a score of body doubles over the decades.
Last edited by TomTV (December 30, 2025 4:20 pm)