Description:
Alexander Mercouris reports live from Russia with a damning verdict: after 21 EU sanctions packages, the Russian economy is growing, shops are fully stocked, and the collective West's economic strategy has delivered nothing.
Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris break down the China drone pipeline supplying Ukraine, the mysterious disappearance of Russian central bank chief Nabiullina, Europe's rearmament agenda, and the FSB's failure to protect Russian military officers from a fresh wave of assassinations.
Is the EU's sanctions campaign less about crippling Russia and more about consolidating power in Brussels, and what does Mercouris's firsthand account reveal that Western media refuses to report?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction: EU's 21st sanctions package and Russia ground assessment
00:00:28 Mercouris reports from Moscow and Pskov: sanctions have completely failed
00:00:55 High interest rates and Russian central bank
00:02:10 Economic activity outside Moscow: shops full, construction booming
00:03:47 Drone strikes on refineries: zero impact on fuel supplies or daily life
00:04:32 Ursula's sanctions trap: EU doing the same thing expecting a different result
00:05:26 Sanctions as EU power consolidation: Christoforou and Mercouris discuss
00:07:18 European rearmament plans: Germany financialization theory
00:10:05 The China drone pipeline: FPV components routed through Malaysia to Ukraine
00:11:33 Putin and Xi: Russia raises China drone issue at highest level
00:15:38 Russia oil and gas sales remain at record highs despite four years of SMO
00:17:09 Does Europe take Russian warnings seriously? The bluffing perception problem
00:18:48 Sevastopol museum attack
00:20:11 Russian colonel assassinated
00:23:10 Ukraine and Western intel: are they the same operation? Closing analysis
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction: EU's 21st sanctions package and Russia ground assessment
00:00:28 Mercouris reports from Moscow and Pskov: sanctions have completely failed
00:00:55 High interest rates and Russian central bank
00:02:10 Economic activity outside Moscow: shops full, construction booming
00:03:47 Drone strikes on refineries: zero impact on fuel supplies or daily life
00:04:32 Ursula's sanctions trap: EU doing the same thing expecting a different result
00:05:26 Sanctions as EU power consolidation: Christoforou and Mercouris discuss
00:07:18 European rearmament plans: Germany financialization theory
00:10:05 The China drone pipeline: FPV components routed through Malaysia to Ukraine
00:11:33 Putin and Xi: Russia raises China drone issue at highest level
00:15:38 Russia oil and gas sales remain at record highs despite four years of SMO
00:17:09 Does Europe take Russian warnings seriously? The bluffing perception problem
00:18:48 Sevastopol museum attack
00:20:11 Russian colonel assassinated
00:23:10 Ukraine and Western intel: are they the same operation? Closing analysis
