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For the past few years, Russia's economy has looked invincible to Western sanctions. But in recent weeks, it appears that it has ground to a halt with estimates suggesting that Russia is now in a recession. In this video, we're taking a look at the Russian economy and what happens next.

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Sources

Russia GDP growth data

https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/full-year-gdp-growth

Reuters on Rosstat revisions to GDP data

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russia-raises-2024-gdp-growth-figure-43-2025-04-11/

Article on most recent GDP data

https://tvpworld.com/86785870/russian-economic-growth-slows-significantly-official-figures-show

Tweets by FT Russia correspondent on Russia capital controls introduced in 2022

https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1498615475726651396

https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1498191628212879361

Stats on Russia military spending

https://en.thebell.io/russian-military-spending-to-rise-rise/

Russia forcing private banks to lend

https://navigatingrussia.substack.com/p/russias-hidden-war-debt

Economist article w/ Goldman Sachs data

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/27/vladimir-putins-money-machine-is-sputtering

Russia interest rate

https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/interest-rate

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Last weekend Portugal headed to the polls for another election, following the collapse of the previous government. So in this video we explain the results of those elections, the success of Chega and why the Democratic Alliance still came out on top.

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We've talked a lot about European strategic autonomy but not much about a digital one, with the EU being greatly dependent on American and Chinese technology. In this video, we're taking a look at the EU's digital sovereignty crisis and some of the arguments for and against the EU having its own social media.

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Sources:EU versus US Big Tech

https://www.ft.com/content/a0c081a7-b230-429a-8a3c-92bcfd32ff2d

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/eu-set-to-concede-dependence-on-us-tech-as-trump-tensions-flare

EU’s Digital Markets Act

https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/index_en

Opinion Pieces

https://www.ft.com/content/30d6f79f-d1ee-49dc-bff5-719f18c1a9e5

https://euobserver.com/digital/ar813b9410

https://mediascope.group/europe-needs-its-own-social-media-platforms-to-safeguard-sovereignty/

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With just days off the Romanian presidential election, George Simion is reaching out to Hungarian communities in Romania and Viktor Orban, leading to furious backlash from Hungarians.

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Sources:

Viktor Orban ‘endorsing’ Simion

https://x.com/PM_ViktorOrban/status/1920836788798566711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1920836788798566711%7Ctwgr%5Ec97a1b47d07bec368a77017eb1e067442f876bc1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.tvp.pl%2Flisting%2F86679670

Hungarian diaspora

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_diaspora

Romanian General Election Results

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Romanian_general_election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Romanian_general_election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Romanian_general_election

Romanian far-right/nationalist parties post communist transition

Still on the Fringes? Far-Right Parties and Identity in Romania By Sergiu Gherghina: https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1640388/FULLTEXT01.pd#page=128

AUR’s 2019 manifesto

https://partidulaur.ro/program/

https://adevarul.ro/politica/care-este-programul-politic-al-aur-partid-2063855.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Romanian_parliamentary_election

2019 WW1 cemetery incident https://www.euronews.com/2019/06/07/romanian-crowd-break-into-austro-hungarian-world-war-i-graveyard

https://maszol.ro/belfold/Uzvolgye-Georges-Simion-a-jogtalanul-felallitott-roman-katonakeresztek-vedelmere-szolitott-fel

https://transylvanianow.com/RMDSZ-ends-support-of-romanian-govt-over-graveyard-issue/

Viktor Orban ‘revisionist’ views

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63724710

Conflict between FIDESZ and AUR https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/romanias-far-right-threatens-to-pull-out-of-ecr-group-in-new-blow-to-orban/

https://x.com/zoltanspox/status/1803516317359587429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1803516317359587429%7Ctwgr%5E7643b2ca9bef2d1787fb71ef2b336310f88afd80%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theamericanconservative.com%2Ffidesz-rules-out-joining-ecr-due-to-romanian-nationalists%2F

Simion’s praise of Orban (Euronews)

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/08/george-simion-tells-euronews-ill-follow-in-orbans-footsteps-hungarians-will-be-our-partner

Hungarian minority support for Georgescu

https://transtelex.ro/kozelet/2024/12/11/georgescut-tamogato-magyarok-korkep

https://balkaninsight.com/2025/01/09/in-romania-signs-of-far-right-values-overriding-ethnic-loyalty/

UDMR supporting Dan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxqYdYkO-kY

Orban retracting support for Simion https://www.intellinews.com/orban-backs-away-from-far-right-romanian-presidential-candidate-simion-380525/?source=romania

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03:29 - Rise of Simion and AUR

04:33 - Simon's Pivot to Orban

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The euro has seen a surge in its value after investors lost confidence in the dollar and US debt over Trump's tariff policy, but is this actually good news for Europe's economy? In this video, we'll explore the recent rise and why it's spooking exporters.

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Sources:

Is the Euro’s surge bad news for Europe?

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/unexpected-euro-surge-adds-europe-incs-tariff-misery-2025-04-28/#:~:text=%22If%20you%20have%20much%20weaker,chief%20equity%20strategist%20Dennis%20Jose.  https://unherd.com/newsroom/why-a-stronger-euro-is-bad-news-for-europe/  https://www.ft.com/content/b0d7a4f6-7fdd-4c48-b125-73b914c51d69 

Confidence in dollar waning https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/dollar-confusion-reigns-amid-strategic-uncertainty-mike-dolan-2025-05-07/ 

Unsustainable US debt https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/06/trump-tariffs-ford-carney-ftse-100-markets-latest-news-uk/ 

Germany u-turning on debt brake

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62z6gljv2yo 

US-EU trade https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=USA-EU_-_international_trade_in_goods_statistics 

EU International trade

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=International_trade_in_goods&oldid=657518#United_States_largest_partner_for_exports.2C_China_for_imports  https://tradingeconomics.com/european-union/exports-by-category

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For most of the past few years, the Romanian leu has held remarkably well against the Euro. That is, up until earlier this week, when the currency crashed, forcing the Romanian central bank to intervene. In this video, we're taking a look at why the leu crashed, whether it can recover, and what this means for the presidential election frontrunner.

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1 - https://tradingeconomics.com/romania/inflation-cpi

2 - https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-surveillance-eu-economies/romania/economic-forecast-romania_en

3 - https://www.ft.com/content/4fce9435-c614-4204-9ea9-304661fbab26

4 - https://polymarket.com/event/romania-presidential-election-winner

5 - https://jacobin.com/2024/12/calin-georgescu-romania-ultranationalism-meloni

6 - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/romanian-far-right-trump-acolyte-plans-milei-style-spending-cuts

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