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EU bluff called. Nuclear option to "loan" Russian assets

2025-09-19 News & Politics
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EU Bluff Called: Asset Confiscation Signals End of Sanctions Strategy

Discover why the EU’s plan to seize frozen Russian assets signals the end of its sanctions strategy and how this move threatens European financial stability. Learn the political fallout from Trump's visit to the UK.

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  • Sanctions policy reached an impasse, forcing the EU to rely on confiscating frozen Russian assets for Ukraine funding.
  • This proposed asset seizure is framed as legally dubious, akin to theft, and risks destroying European financial creditworthiness.
  • The move accelerates the path toward centralized EU control via the implementation of shared Eurobonds and potential direct EU taxation.
  • Donald Trump’s recent visit highlighted Keir Starmer’s political fragility and failed to shift US policy regarding oil trade with China and India.

This discussion analyzes the critical moment where Western sanctions against Russia have seemingly failed, leading to the unconventional proposal of seizing $170 billion in Russian central bank assets. Speakers detail the severe legal and market consequences this action will carry for the Eurozone while simultaneously examining the domestic UK political ramifications of Starmer hosting Trump.

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EU bluff called. Nuclear option to "loan" Russian assets The Duran: Episode 2340 00:00 Sanctions and Frozen Russian Assets 03:12 EU and US Sanctions: Running Out of Options 06:44 Endgame: Confiscating Russian Assets 10:13 The Flawed Eurobonds Scheme 13:09 Legal and Financial Risks for Europe 16:10 Potential Fallout for EU Economies 19:13 Eurobonds and EU Centralization 22:24 Long-term Effects: Taxes, Control, Digital Euro 24:03 Russia and China Counter with New Financial Systems 25:38 Trump, Oil Sanctions, and Global Impact 29:28 Trump Meets Starmer: UK Political Dynamics 32:23 Labour Party Dissent and Closing Thoughts ***THE DURAN SHOP*** https://theduranshop.com ***REVERSE GEAR SHOP*** Athleisure with Style https://reversegear.shop/ ***THE DURAN COMMUNITY ON LOCALS*** https://theduran.locals.com Join Now Get 1 Month Free Trial ***OUR OFFICIAL CHANNELS*** ALEXANDER: https://www.youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal ALEX: https://www.youtube.com/alexchristoforou ***CRYPTO SUPPORT*** BITCOIN: 3JvdnoyWMb93hSRgk58ZstUxg11PW9mKSr ETHEREUM: 0xF39BdFb41f639B82E3D2Bf022828bC6394F533A3 LTC: MGFiMC18ZViF6DcCixMqAAP11TG4tF6Acj EMC2: EXX4KK9pZLx7uiLWnCXtp7iMKjtq6o5b6R ***DONATE*** CREDIT CARD: https://donorbox.org/the-duran SUBSCRIBE STAR: https://subscribestar.com/theduran PATREON: https://patreon.com/theduran ***VIDEO*** RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/theduran ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@theduran BITCHUTE: https://www.bitchute.com/theduran/ ***AUDIO*** SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3pMrfPD APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/2H9Hk0a SOUNDCLOUD: https://bit.ly/354ASQ9 ***FREE SPEECH*** TELEGRAM: https://t.me/thedurancom X (Twitter): https://x.com/TheDuranReal?s=20 GAB: https://gab.ai/TheDuran MINDS: https://minds.com/theduran Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown. Follow Peter's music: https://soundcloud.com/peterboy100

Top Comments (10)

@maurizioinnamorati5872 2025-09-19

After the Bank of England refused to make gold reserves of Venezuela available to Maduro's goverment anything is possible in Europe.

341 29 replies
@EsW865 2025-09-19

Steal Russian assets & Euroclear is toast. The whole thing has become simply a wealth grab from EU citizens to the military industrial complex, and the billionaires, politicians, and corporations that benefit from that.

289 3 replies
@johnmcgrath2022 2025-09-19

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231 3 replies
@seancarolan2860 2025-09-19

A total circus to the bitter end

212 2 replies
@Sean-g3p 2025-09-19

EU looking more like a banana republic with every passing day 😂

152 8 replies
@susangarbutt7189 2025-09-19

Taking Russian assets is theft but these thieves don`t care . They will regret this.

151 6 replies
@elysianfields1671 2025-09-19

They always come up with different names for “stealing”. But that’s what they will actually do: steal. They are thieves.

141 4 replies
@jimc.goodfellas 2025-09-19

EU "leaders" are nuts. Just think if they would just focus on their own individual countries

112 4 replies
@andrews.5212 2025-09-19

Never liked the EU. I hope every day it will crumble into dust.

95 1 replies
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