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Recent reports suggest that the Kremlin has been forcing banks to lend money to war-related companies in order to downplay the cost of the war; a move which could cause a major credit crunch. So how risky is this to the Russian economy and Putin’s regime?

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Sources:

1 – https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-commentary/2024-11-22/russias-budget-2025-war-above-all
2 – https://navigatingrussia.substack.com/p/russias-hidden-war-debt
3 – https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/inflation-cpi
4 – https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-345-a-house-of-cards-russias

00:00 Introduction
01:33 The Kremlin’s “Soft Loans”
04:23 How Bad is this for Putin?
07:27 Brilliant (Sponsor)

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In this video, we’re going to explain these things that are dragging Pedro Sánchez down, whether there’s any silver lining for the embattled leader, and what it means for the future of his government.

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With the German election just around the corner and following an endorsement from Elon Musk, we take a look at the AfD’s proposed platform, exploring their controversial policies and whether they make sense in practice should they win.

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Sources:

AfD Manifesto
https://www.bundestagswahl-bw.de/wahlprogramm-afd#c117018

AfD Policies
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deutschland/afd-parteitag-riesa-wahlprogramm-100.html 
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deutschland/weidel-afd-energiemarkt-windraeder-remigration-interview-100.html
https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/afd-plant-radikale-einschnitte-beim-buergergeld-und-aendert-kurzfristig-programm-zr-93510543.html
https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/parteitag-afd-will-brandmauer-niederreissen-und-regieren/100099907.html
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deutschland/afd-zehn-punkte-programm-umfrage-hoch-100.html
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/germany-afd-secret-meeting-deportation/

Alice Weidel
https://www.ft.com/content/221911c1-bca0-4bfe-aa99-5950033bd31c
https://www.ft.com/content/c6dcf0a5-82ca-4bf1-a233-e36f7a5b4741
https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/germanys-afd-trumps-trump-with-threat-to-tear-down-windmills-of-shame/2-1-1763594?zephr_sso_ott=pCcdct

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Russia’s economy could be in for a shock as a fall in oil and gas prices could seriously hinder their ability to fund their ongoing invasion of Ukraine. So in this video, we’ll examine these economic headwinds and just how bad things could get for Putin.

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Sources:

Europe-Russia energy dependence
 https://www.statista.com/statistics/1201743/russian-gas-dependence-in-europe-by-country/ 
https://www.euractiv.com/section/eet/news/the-messy-affair-of-divorcing-russian-gas-and-bridging-eus-energy-price-gap/ 
 https://www.bruegel.org/dataset/european-natural-gas-imports 

Russia energy export revenues
 https://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Follow-the-Money-Russian-Oil.pdf 

Russian-Azeri oil
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/eu-importing-more-russian-origin-fuel-azeri-refinery/ 

European imports of Russian LNG
 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/09/european-imports-of-liquefied-natural-gas-from-russia-at-record-levels 
https://www.ft.com/content/ef4230c1-befa-4053-97b2-397c69c20002 

India and China Russian oil imports
https://energyandcleanair.org/november-2024-monthly-analysis-of-russian-fossil-fuel-exports-and-sanctions/  https://www.forbes.com/sites/gauravsharma/2024/08/18/what-sanctions-85-of-russias-oil-finds-buyers-in-china-and-india/ 

Russian energy revenues set to decrease
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-23/russia-sees-oil-and-gas-revenue-shrinking-for-next-three-years?embedded-checkout=true 
https://www.vsemirnyjbank.org/ru/news/press-release/2024/10/29/commodity-markets-outlook-october-2024-press-release 

Global oil prices https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/13/oil-could-plunge-to-40-in-2025-if-opec-unwinds-voluntary-production-cuts-analysts-say.html 
https://theins.ru/en/economics/277728 

China-Russia gas pipeline dispute
 https://www.ft.com/content/f37f4b84-0d2c-4e7b-882c-3fb26822bb9c

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Norway’s politics have long been dominated by two parties. But, polls suggest that a new party is on the rise, so, in this video we’re taking a look at why support for the two parties is failing, and whether this is likely to continue.

Why a Hard Right Party is on the Rise in Norway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq0ZAi4jfZ8

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Sources
Opinion polls
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/norway/

Norwegian political system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Norway
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/the-two-bloc-system-scandinavias-best-kept-secret/

Norway’s political shift
https://www.newsinenglish.no/2024/11/12/conservative-wave-rolls-over-norway/
https://www.newsinenglish.no/2024/12/16/store-in-a-storm-during-starmers-visit/
https://youtu.be/cA6tC68Redk?si=bnI7gMKoD5Z3Ba6L
https://youtu.be/Mq0ZAi4jfZ8?si=PWEqWm094wcBfYkd

00:00 – Introduction
00:47 – Norway’s Political System Explained
02:22 – Why the Main Political Parties are Declining
05:54 – Will It Continue?
07:09 – Sponsored Content

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