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alexmercouris@alexmercouris

March 29, 2023

The Calm Before the Storm?

Ukraine's Last Throw: Lloyd Austen's Counteroffensive?

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The Duran@theduran

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Desperate Kiev’s Reckless Moscow Airport Drone Missile Attack Plan; Russia All Day Strike Dobropilia

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Crazy Plan to Smash Moscow Airports. Poland's Tusk Blames Germany. China's D-Day Reply

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Trump's Economic Siege on Iran, China and BRICS Stand in the Way

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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.

Robe Warrior@PatheticAlbion

2 hours ago

PEPE: TRUMP'S "MAXIMUM PRESSURE" ON IRAN JUST GOT REJECTED 440kg Missing Trump Lost His Only Window

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440.9 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium are unaccounted for — and according to sources inside the Pakistani command, the only remaining channel with visibility into where it went runs through the mediator Donald Trump has just discarded. Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali report that Pakistan has taken a final decision: it will not close a single one of the six overland corridors keeping Iran supplied, it will not close Gwadar, and it does not regard Scott Bessent’s sanctions threats as reason to change course.

Transition Protocol can also report, for the first time anywhere, that Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has met Wang Yi and secured a Chinese commitment to backstop Pakistan if it walks away from the $10 billion IMF programme. Iran’s internal calculation, confirmed through two separate channels, is that it can absorb maximum pressure until November — and if ...

Robe Warrior@PatheticAlbion

3 hours ago

Finland closes border with Russia to prepare for military conflict — war correspondent

Claims that Russia is waging some kind of hybrid war against Finland using Middle Eastern migrants are absolute nonsense, Kosti Heiskanen said

MOSCOW, August 22. /TASS/. The closure of the border with Russia is part of Finland's preparations for a potential military conflict, while allegations of a hybrid war are a fabrication by Western handlers of the Finnish media, Finnish military correspondent Kosti Heiskanen told TASS.

"Claims that Russia is waging some kind of hybrid war against Finland using Middle Eastern migrants are absolute nonsense," Heiskanen said. "Finland is an EU member, and the bloc advocates for providing humanitarian aid to these migrants crossing the border. I believe the border was closed to build bunkers, military fortifications, and prepare for a potential military conflict."

According to him, "no one who understands the situation — neither journalists nor political observers ...

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Finland closes border with Russia to prepare for military conflict — war correspondent

Claims that Russia is waging some kind of hybrid war against Finland using Middle Eastern migrants are absolute nonsense, Kosti Heiskanen said

Grandpa Toms@Grandpa_Toms

23 hours ago

FROM RUSSIAN SOCIAL MEDIA:
(Not my words)

There will be no ceasefire: Lavrov stated that Russia will not stop at the front line.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in an interview with Vesti, firmly stated his position: there will be no ceasefire in Ukraine. Russia will not agree to a freeze in the conflict along the line of contact, and attacks on Kyiv's "military machine" will intensify.

"If we stop at the line of contact now, we will undo the heroism of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers who defeated Nazism," Lavrov stated. He also rejected the idea of a "maritime truce" promoted by Turkey and noted that the West is calling for a ceasefire, but Russia has other goals.

Lavrov emphasized that Putin is ready to receive Witkoff and Kushner, but the question is what they will bring. The Foreign Minister also called the EU the "Fourth Reich" and noted that Vucic agreed to receive Zelensky under EU pressure.

Russia will seek lasting peace, not a pause that will give the enemy a ...

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.'

This is a private channel open only to our Locals subscriber community. In the private Telegram group you can send a message to the group or a private message to Alex or Alexander via a direct Telegram message.

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