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For months now the West has proudly been rolling out against Putin and his regime. The thing is that despite the good intentions of this plans, it’s possible that they’re backfiring… and may even help Putin and his war effort.

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1 – https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5315472
2 – https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/RUS
3 – https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/apr/10/ukraine-economy-gdp-russia-invasion-world-bank-forecast
4 – https://energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Financing-Putins-war-100-days_20220613.pdf
5 – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-06/china-and-india-funnel-24-billion-to-putin-with-energy-spree
6 – https://www.bruegel.org/publications/datasets/european-natural-gas-imports/
7 – https://www.theice.com/products/27996665/Dutch-TTF-Gas-Futures/data?marketId=5396828&span=3

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25 Comments

  1. @stevewilson4321

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    This video told me nothing…

  2. @richardgietzen4591

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    Your broad cast is new to me .

    But I would like to know your reaction when America and it's NATO allies invaded ( Iraq / Libia /Afghanistan ).

    Or when America using the ( Monroe Doctrine ) as justification in its interferences in the internal affairs of countries in the ( central and south America ) .

    Then theirs France meddling in the internal affairs of its former African Colonies

    When I say meddling I mean ( military invasion / election interference / coups / murder of elected officials / etc.) .

    As I hear this high handed moralizing about the outrageous behaviour of those ( evil Russians ) .

    I really see no difference between their behaviour and that Western Europe and America .

    When ever Western Europe or America feel their ( National interests ) are being threatened ** well * you know their reaction .

  3. @falcoperegrinus2292

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    Fuck western sanctions. The west does not rule the world.

  4. @prabhakararaoaravapalli9050

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    If these sanctions cause about 10% drop in Russian GDP this year, it is a good impact.
    At the same time, can you please give an idea how UK, Germany, Poland, Italy , France , Spain economies are going to do better ?
    Please note if the GDPs of the above EU nations are also set to fall by 10-12% or more …that is because of Samctions backfire ….

    The only country benefiting from this war is USA….
    rest of the globe is paying heavy price…..

  5. @manawamauritius6139

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    No comments 🤣🤣🤣🤦

  6. @youtube2snoopy820

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    How can China and anyone else buy up Russia's gas when they don't have a pipeline? Russia doesn't have LNG facilities. There's no way to match anything like the volume of their trade with Germany. So, no, they're not just going to turn around and maintain their volume with different customers. This video appears to suffer from bullshit disease.

  7. @rachidamrani6972

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    Be objective, leave your emotions on the side…let me tell you one thing, Russia was a good market for Europe, now its given as gift 🎁 😉 to China. Russia was a source for cheap energy to Europe to boost its competitivity globally now cheap energy given to India and Russia. Do your homework properly before you talk sense things

  8. @FeloCoptic

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    i think Sanctions has hurt Europe And The Global Market More than anyone

  9. @dewaard3301

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    To be honest, it would be GREAT if the sanctions bring Russia to collapse, cause the imrisonment of Putin by his own people, and make the Russian people rethink the kind of leadership they want to have in control of their country.

    But even if they somehow help him, I'd still be all for them. We should not want to trade with Russia anymore at all.

  10. @bhuwanawasthi5487

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    You explained that the sanctions are not working using the language of DEMOCRATS🤣

  11. @dirgsuite5546

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    This tendency of sanctioning countries long term and weaponizing all kinds of economic tools is an evolution, we will live to regret. It disrupts the global economy far more than any conventional war with weapons and troops. Same goes for the use of proxy wars to weaken enemies without risking the own troops. By doing all this, we make it acceptable. The day will come we will be at the receiving end of these practices. We will be absolutely shocked at what we started up. That day is closer than many think.

  12. @welcome33333

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    Europe is replenishing as much as they can. Pointless video.

  13. @welcome33333

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    The presenter of this video is (keep reading) sooo young … what can he possibly know? He was in diapers when Putin came to power. He never saw the news when Gorbachev tried to make his country more open. Short answer: sanctions if maintained work in the long term. Obviously they do!! If they are quickly lifted or circumvented, they do not work. The title of the video is click bait.

  14. @carlmanerhaim6310

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    The young man does not even roughly understand the causes and situation in Ukraine

  15. @carlmanerhaim6310

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    The old woman in the photo is a typical SS Gruppenfuehrer in her slogans.

  16. @carlmanerhaim6310

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    Sanctions against the Kremlin, or more precisely against the EU-Kremlin economy, are just the beginning of a catastrophe for hundreds of millions of people.

  17. @Ro_Gaming

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    They've acted as a deterrent for anyone else attempting to try this, for example China- (my video buffered right here)

  18. @rice4life12

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    Good on you to remove and correct yourselves on being neutral and it’s the reason I follow you guys. So many news outlets nowadays are biased and go for sensation reporting only.

  19. @veeramachanenisaikrishna5635

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    Economics shift sides

  20. @Jake-co8xu

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    Hey @TLDR News EU, your video has been used by HappyTV on air on a TV show called "Aktuelnosti" as of 2. august 2022, 22:20 local time for pro Russian propaganda, I presume without your permission.

  21. @ImStevan

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    Your video was translated and aired on Serbia's Happy TV

  22. @Shakspier

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    Since when have you been neutral? 🤔

  23. @generalbonderai4826

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    It is fact, sanctions did not deter Putin from invading. He did and still is flattening Ukraine's infrastructure.

  24. @solukbenizli

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    The thing is who is going to fold first. If Putin limits the gas flow in winter I think EU will just fold and leave the table. Germany has been careless in the leadership of Merkel. Putin is playing the long game.

  25. @sunled5602

    March 1, 2024 at 2:25 pm

    This channel stinks. This is a fact.

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Yesterday, Iceland held a referendum on restarting negotiations to rejoin the European Union, 13 years after negotiations were frozen. With the results now in, we’re taking a look at what happened and what it means for the future.

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Sources:

https://www.dw.com/en/icelands-eu-vote-a-nation-divided-over-europe/a-78285133
https://www.reuters.com/world/narrow-majority-icelanders-back-eu-membership-talks-poll-shows-ahead-referendum-2026-08-26/
https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-01-09-poll-majority-support-eu-negotiations-432591
https://nordics.info/show/artikel/icelands-relationship-with-the-eu
https://www.idea.int/democracytracker/country/iceland
https://newunionpost.eu/2026/02/26/iceland-referendum-eu-accession-talks/#:~:text=hold%20a%20referendum%20on%20reopening%20Iceland%E2%80%99s%20EU%20accession%20talks
https://cb.is/news-and-publications/article/monetary-bulletin-2026-3
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/iceland-hikes-key-rate-to-8-to-lower-risk-of-prices-spiraling
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/iceland-eu-referendum-3fqw92st9
https://thefishingdaily.com/icelandic-fishing-industry-news/icelandic-fishing-industry-points-to-ireland-in-eu-warning/
https://www.reuters.com/world/fish-ships-sovereignty-iceland-weighs-its-european-future-2026-08-19/#:~:text=defined%20Iceland’s%20independence%20since%20it%20broke%20away%20from%20Denmark
https://island-esb.is/en/kostnadur/
https://www.ruv.is/english/2026-08-29-iceland-rejects-eu-accession-talks-485377

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Earlier this week, a trade war broke about between the US and Canada. But the EU, a more Canada-aligned ally, appears to a pretty muted response so far. So, in this video, we’re taking a look at the escalating US-Canada trade war, how it’s pushing Canada towards the EU and how the EU is responding.

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US–Canada trade war
https://www.ft.com/content/7ced71c2-03b8-4569-a68d-14624a7e83f2?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.ft.com/content/e3b5c236-bd5f-45c2-8ddf-5279a7375d3f?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/25/us/trump-news-tariffs
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/25/us-canadian-trade-war-political-will-01048491
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/wednesday-briefing-how-canada-has-turned-a-trade-dispute-into-a-defence-of-its-sovereignty
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2026/08/22/prime-minister-carney-delivers-remarks-canada-us-trade-negotiations
https://youtu.be/NhEN07dahhw?si=8f4ggIhGGdy3uAy0

Europe’s response
https://www.politico.eu/article/trade-war-mark-carney-middle-powers-alliance/
https://www.politico.eu/article/canada-mark-carney-to-attend-eus-state-of-the-union-ursula-von-der-leyen/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/25/canada-walked-away-from-trump-could-the-eu-ever-do-the-same
https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/08/25/trumps-tariffs-steer-canada-towards-the-eu-which-welcomes-the-move/

Canada–EU relations
https://international.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/corporate/reports/chief-economist/annual/2025
https://www.politico.eu/article/canada-pact-defense-eu-mark-carney-partnership/
https://youtu.be/GxWtq2ZLfgs?si=_zmZ-0_vtF7EhZrk

Canadian polling on joining the EU
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/54662-should-canada-be-allowed-to-join-the-european-union
https://ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Canadians__Opinions_on_Politics_poll_results_syetMgu.pdf#page=3
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadians-support-becoming-member-european-union-nanos-poll/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4_7arwUMEw
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/24/icelands-moment-of-reckoning-what-the-referendum-means-for-the-eu 
https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/eu-enlargement_en 
https://readinessindex.eu/ 
https://enlargement.ec.europa.eu/countries/kosovo_en 
https://readinessindex.eu/#/country/kosovo 
https://www.turkishminute.com/2026/08/17/erdogan-says-eu-membership-is-not-a-priority-for-turkey/ 
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/delegations/en/joint-statement-on-the-georgian-governme/product-details/20241129DPU39689 
https://euneighbourseast.eu/news/latest-news/european-commission-says-georgia-a-candidate-country-in-name-only/ 
https://www.euinsider.eu/news/epic-enlargement-bosnia-collapse-2026 
https://www.politico.eu/article/bulgaria-european-parliament-bill-north-macedonia-eu-accession-green-austria-waitz-lobby-vote-smear-campaign/ 
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/08/eight-member-states-oppose-the-opening-of-serbias-next-eu-accession-cluster 
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/13/might-moldova-merge-with-romania 
https://english.nv.ua/nation/hungary-again-blocks-two-clusters-in-ukraine-s-eu-accession-talks-50628208.html
https://www.clingendael.org/publication/albanias-eu-accession-sprint-balancing-momentum-reform-and-eu-scrutiny 
https://www.economist.com/the-world-in-brief/2026/08/22/03a85e89-8de5-405b-a27c-5c6763fd0ad8 
https://enlargement.ec.europa.eu/countries/montenegro_en 
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/24/icelands-moment-of-reckoning-what-the-referendum-means-for-the-eu 
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/24/icelands-moment-of-reckoning-what-the-referendum-means-for-the-eu 
https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/25/armenia-announces-historic-intention-to-apply-for-eu-membership

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Liechtenstein’s ‘dualistic’ state:
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/01/30/the-curious-case-of-liechtenstein/

Liechtenstein’s constitution:
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Liechtenstein_2011

Recurring tension over royal power:
https://blog-iacl-aidc.org/centenary-constitution-liechtenstein/2021/12/14/monarchy-and-direct-democracy-in-liechtenstein-an-impossible-combination

Examples of princely family threatening to leave:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1713201.stm
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/liechtenstein/9366747/Prince-of-Liechtenstein-threatens-to-leave-after-vote-on-his-powers.html

2003 constitutional referendum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Liechtenstein_constitutional_referendum

2011 abortion referendum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Liechtenstein_referendums

2012 constitutional referendum:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Liechtenstein_constitutional_referendum

Alois’ veto threat helped scupper 2011 abortion referendum:
https://verfassungsblog.de/small-country-big-hurdles/

2026 abortion decriminalisation initiative:
https://www.fristenlösung.li/initiative

Initiative received second-highest number of signatures:
https://landesspiegel.li/2026/07/fristenloesung-initiative-will-heute-4970-unterschriften-einreichen/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/03/liechtenstein-abortion-law-modernised-prince-alois

Polling shows support for abortion decriminalisation initiative:
https://x.com/EuropeElects/status/2088323436913271216

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Since Trump’s re-election, the relationship between MAGA and the European right wing populist parties has been turbulent. The tide appears to be changing again with the US State Department offering million of dollars to right wing aligned organisations in Europe. In this video, we’re taking a look at this relationship and how it’s now changing.

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MAGA’s interest in Europe
https://www.ft.com/content/c5e27ffb-cfb1-421b-8121-a402cf2d84ac?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/trump-administration-to-grant-12m-to-groups-founded-by-uk-conservatives-jacob-rees-mogg-and-toby-young
https://www.state.gov/drl-nofo-developing-civilizational-bonds-democratic-resilience-and-rule-of-law-in-europe

Trump favourability among European (hard-right) voters
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/06/23/european-views-of-trump-and-the-u-s-are-especially-negative/
https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55363-how-popular-is-donald-trump-in-europe-july-2026

Trump–Meloni fallout
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/trump-post-of-image-of-himself-as-christ-like-figure-draws-widespread-criticism/3905565
https://www.ft.com/content/41e4528d-0d87-4be3-9c59-46f37cec8136?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://youtu.be/8GCcjN9fjJk?si=Bov8EzRsCPJx8R6g

Marine Le Pen criticises Trump
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/06/le-pen-warns-against-blind-alignment-with-trump-after-iran/

Merz warns against US interference in European politics
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/germany-warns-against-election-interference-as-us-offers-funding-to-maga-aligned-causes-in-europe

‘Remigration’
https://www.ft.com/content/34a99573-0fa1-422b-9263-147f9ed7be6c?shareType=nongift
https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/71904/could-italys-migration-debate-divide-the-political-right
https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/how-europes-remigration-movement-is-using-roadblocks-to-power-its-political-appeal

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01:29 – Context
03:49 – Is MAGA Losing Europe?
06:56 – MAGA’s Response
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