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Clicked on the thumbnail believing it was Alex 🙃 but if that which Ali relates is true then the IOF are getting hit very hard while failing badly in Southern Lebanon -2.13 mins.

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Complicated Geneva talks. Ukraine trusteeship plan

Complicated Geneva talks. Ukraine trusteeship plan
The Duran: Episode 2467

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Russian Top General Floats Russian Annexation Of Ukraine; Geneva Talks Begin; Konstantinovka Falling

Russian Top General Floats Russian Annexation Of Ukraine; Geneva Talks Begin; Konstantinovka Falling
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Russia sends heavy hitters to Geneva. Graham demands regime change. Starmer vs infinite scrolling

Russia sends heavy hitters to Geneva. Graham demands regime change. Starmer vs infinite scrolling
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We received a wonderful package of treats for our The Duran cats, sent by one of you. Unfortunately, the name wasn’t written clearly, so we don’t know who you are.

But we can confirm this: the treats were a huge success and disappeared very quickly after arrival.

If this was you, please know how grateful we are. And even if you prefer to stay anonymous, your gesture did not go unnoticed.

From all of us — and especially from the cats — thank you. 🐾

Join Alexander Mercouris Live Stream Today 18th February 2026 at 14:00 EST, 19:00 London time

The most chaotic negotiations I can remember at a Great Power level - both on the Iran issue and on the Ukraine issue - have now ended in Geneva. The Iranians and the Ukrainians are furious at the way they were conducted - see Zelensky's splenetic interview with Axios - whilst the Russians (as always) maintain a disciplined silence.

I am totally unable to see the signs of 'progress' in either negotiation which some people - eg. Ben Aris, Anatole Lieven, in the case of the Ukraine talks - are seeing. On the contrary, it seems to me that the gulf between the sides if anything is widening.

As the Ukrainians are angrily saying, this was all a show put on for the benefit of Donald Trump, and there was nothing more to it than that.

War with Iran now looks to me all but certain, with Iran rehearsing the closure of the Straits of Hormuz. As for the Russians, they give impression of continuing work on their Spring offensive.

These and other, hopefully more cheerful, things to talk ...

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1️⃣ Reports are swirling that ECB President Christine Lagarde is considering an early exit.

While her term technically ends in Oct 2027, a premature departure could reshape the future of the Eurozone and the #DigitalEuro. 🧵👇

#ECB #Eurozone

2️⃣ The rumored strategy is to allow French President Emmanuel Macron to help pick her successor before the April 2027 French elections.

With the far-right leading in polls, EU leaders want to "future-proof" the central bank from potential euroskeptic influence.

#France2027

Pliant money printer coming onboard in Frankfurt?
https://x.com/i/status/2024003552784339148
3️⃣ If Lagarde steps down early, focus shifts to the frontrunners:

✅ Pablo Hernandez de Cos (Spain) – Current favorite.
✅ Joachim Nagel (Germany) – The Bundesbank chief.
✅ Klaas Knot (Netherlands) – A veteran hawk.
✅ Isabel Schnabel (Germany) – A key architect of recent policy.

#CentralBanking
4️⃣ Lagarde has been the Digital Euro’s biggest champion.

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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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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. 

You can access Telegram for web, desktop or mobile here: https://telegram.org/

The link for this Telegram group is below (can be viewed by community subscribers).

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