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John Mearsheimer has been acute in his balance-of-power analysis of international relations, but I think he underestimates the power of Russia to finish the Ukraine war in the manner of its own choosing. Mearsheimer keeps saying that there will be a "rump Ukraine". I do not think that Russia's plans allow such a failed state to exist on its borders. All of Ukraine that is not annexed by Russia must be a neutral buffer zone, as shown on Dmitri Medvedev's famous map below. Odessa will be annexed by Russia. It will be part of Russia again. The Russian army is fully capable of taking Kiev in the next few months, and they will not need to use nuclear weapons to do it. Ukraine will be fully demilitarized and de-Nazified, which were the originally stated Russian objectives, and this will happen as a result of military victory, not negotiations. Putin is increasing the pressure steadily. There is no way he is going to let this war go on past 2026. He is getting pressure from hardliners like ...

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The Duran@theduran
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The Duran@theduran
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EU sanctions addiction, seizing Russian ships

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Zarael@Zarael
16 hours ago
Recap 0f The Davos Debacle

My fellow Duranians
as I promised on Thursday, I would try and cover a few more topics but sadly have not had the time to do a live.
I still hope you can get some information from this and we can discuss any questions on my next live stream.

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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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quantumroam@quantumroam
3 hours ago

Not that we needed any more proof as to whose war it is, but - here it is:

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Alfred777@Alfred777
5 hours ago

I would go a lot further than that. Being credentialed is a sign of possible imbecilty.

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David Nicholas@Danich1200
2 hours ago

¡ 新年快乐. Xīnnián kuàilè! Happy New Year, the year of the Fire Horse.

The Chinese Spring Festival starts February 2, 2026 with the New Year holiday falling this year on February 17 and goes through to March 3rd.

The extravaganza of the Chinese Media Group's Spring Festival Gala is on new years eve the year is February 16, 2026

FOO IN THE ROOM!

SEAN FOO —Geopolitical Finance
January February 1-2, 2026

BESSENT WANTS NEW BUYERS FOR US TREASURIES…YOU KNOW, NEW AMERICAN FAMILIES PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE…WHAT WITH ALL THAT EXTRA CASH THEY HAVE ON HAND IN THEIR 'SAVINGS ACCTS’ ITCHING TO BUY BONDS, UH-HUH! | Bessent’s Treasury Lifeline Just FAILED While China & US Ally Are CANCELING USD In Trade!

SAC:
As Bessent banks on stablecoins to save the US Treasury, even issuers are not fully invested in the idea of holding US bonds. Meanwhile, China and Canada are moving even closer to gather to cancel USD trade.

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Zarael@Zarael
June 17, 2024
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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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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. 

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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