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The Duran@theduran

February 24, 2022

Lots of fog of war and mis info...

"Belarusian Troops Not Taking Part in Russia's Operation in Ukraine, Says President Lukashenko"

UKR military says no Russian troops are in Odessa.

My first hunch says this points to a very precise and focused operation.

Clear out 60K troops on contact line. Demolish Azov nazi battalion. Secure Donbass once and for all.

Perhaps triggering a fall of Zelensky govt in Kiev (though this would be a side effect and not an actual scope of what we are seeing)

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The Duran@theduran

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Ukraine’s Last Defensive Line Is Gone; Kiev Turns on Itself w/Stanislav Krapivnik

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The Duran@theduran

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Trump Midterms Disaster; Russia Strike Ukraine Blackouts Kiev Fears Total Power Shutdown; Druzhkivka

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The Duran@theduran

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Republicans Blew It; Zelensky 'Russia Has Too Many Weapons'; Freezer Hack Mystery

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The Duran@theduran

May 04, 2021

Macron panics as Le Pen WINS hate speech court case

The Duran: Episode 961
France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted in Case Over Violating Hate Speech Laws
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202105041082797685-frances-marine-le-pen-acquitted-in-case-over-violating-hate-speech-laws/

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France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted of Hate Speech Charges for Posting Photos of Daesh Atrocities

The National Rally leader and 2022 presidential candidate was charged with hate speech after posting photos of murders carried out by jihadists back in 2015.

alexmercouris@alexmercouris

19 hours ago

Join Alexander Mercouris Live Stream Today 4th November 2026 at 14:00 EST, 19:00 London time

The news which is making the headlines is of course the results of the midterms in the United States. I would point out that these were very accurately predicted by Robert Barnes and Rich Baris in a programme we did with them on The Duran which you can see here (

How much actual difference this is all going to make in terms of US foreign policy is another matter. Trump of course is still there, but putting that aside, it looks to me as if all that has happened is that one neocon pro-war party in Congress has replaced another.

As to US domestic policy, here we probably will see significant changes. Trump's economic policy based on tariffs is now almost certainly dead (or so it seems to me) and there may be significant battles over immigration and data centres. My guess is that it won't take very long before Americans sour on the Democrats again. But ultimately all this is a purely internal issue.

Much more important is whether any of ...

Grandpa Toms@Grandpa_Toms

43 seconds ago

FROM RUSSIAN SOCIAL MEDIA:
(Not my words)

Poland has thrown Ukrainians overboard: Zelenskyy couldn’t even protect refugees

In the span of two months, nearly 100,000 Ukrainians have vanished from Poland’s temporary protection registry. Warsaw didn’t bother with nuances: it issued a mandate requiring those who had obtained status without a valid international passport to verify their identity by August 31. For those who failed to do so, their status was automatically revoked as of September 1—their temporary protection came to an end. At the end of August, the registry contained over 939,000 individuals; a month later, that number had dropped by 9%—the sharpest decline in years. Notably, about 70% of those removed from the registry are children and teenagers.

Warsaw has no intention of addressing the issue. It simply alters people’s status and acts as if this is exactly how things should be. In contrast, Minsk provides temporary asylum to Ukrainian refugees and advocates for a ...

intp1@intp1

1 hour ago

Have You noticed?

* Govt. now has no control over its Intelligence Agencies

* Govt. has no control on Military Spending since Rumsfeld, 30 years ago.

* Europe is TOLD their military budget and who to attack

* WE have no control over Govt.

* Politicians openly ignore & deride their electorate.

Zarael@Zarael

June 17, 2024

A quick commentary on the "Piss Summit"

I might not be able to upload much more or do lives for a while

My Fellow Duranianss.

Yes, it's happened again. I have been assaulted by a vicious Malware Bot Virus or whatever 911 Socks is and this thing is bad !

However I wanted to give you a "peace" of my mind concerning the "Piece" or piss, as Elensky calls it, as this thing fell to pieces before it even happened.

Coincidentally on the very SAME DAY this crap happened Saudi Arabia DROPPED the US Petrodollar as a buying currency and NO ONE absolutely NO ONE is talking about this fact anywhere !!!

Hope to see you all asap.

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The Duran@theduran

September 29, 2023

Locals Community Private Telegram Messaging

Locals will be sunsetting the private messaging feature throughout the Locals website. In order to keep our private messaging active we have created a private Telegram messaging group called 'The Duran Locals.'

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