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Sun Oct 19, 2025, 05:13 AM Sunday

Russia's Desperate Move - Joe Blogs



Vladimir Putin just made his most desperate move yet. Days after a two-hour phone call with Donald Trump, Russia unveiled plans for a $100 billion tunnel linking Siberia to Alaska — a project being called the Putin–Trump Tunnel.

The Kremlin claims it’s a vision of peace and trade, but behind the headlines is a much darker truth.

Russia’s economy is under pressure from sanctions, war costs, and falling oil revenues — and this huge infrastructure fantasy looks more like a propaganda stunt than a real plan.

In this video, I break down:
• What was actually discussed in the 2-hour Trump–Putin call
• Why Russia suddenly wants to build a tunnel to America
• The engineering reality — 70 miles under Arctic ice
• How much it would cost and who would pay for it
• The economic desperation driving Moscow’s latest PR move

It’s one of the strangest geopolitical stories of the year — and another sign that Russia is running out of real options.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:46 TUNNEL
4:52 COMPARABLES
7:17 FUNDING
9:55 DEFLECTION
11:11 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
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