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Cuba Crisis Deepens
The Duran: Episode 2537The United States has effectively blockaded Cuba, turned back a Russian oil tanker, and sent CIA director John Radcliffe to Havana with what amounts to a regime change ultimatum, raising the question of whether Cuba is on the verge of becoming the next Venezuela. Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou of The Duran break down why the Cuban leadership may have actually refused Russian oil themselves, what the Americans are really demanding, and whether Trump and Marco Rubio can pull off a swift political takeover of the island without triggering a costly military confrontation. Is...
Konstantinovka Is Falling, West's Ukraine Narrative Is Crumbling
The Duran: Episode 2536The western narrative that Ukraine is winning on the battlefield is visibly falling apart, and Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris on The Duran break down exactly why: Ukraine's drone offensive deep into Russia is producing less damage than last year, Konstantinovka is on the verge of falling and opening the road to the Slavyansk and Kramatorsk cauldron the channel first predicted in 2022, and the CIA is now moving to place Budanov in command not to win the conventional conflict but to prepare for a long insurgency once the front line collapses. Add Zelensky demanding...
Small But Vocal: The Western Warmongers Driving the Agenda
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Seeking war with Russia
The Duran: Episode 2535A small but vocal group of hardliners is quietly steering Europe toward a potential conflict with Russia by 2030, and Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris on The Duran break down exactly who they are, why the majority of European politicians are failing to stop them, and how Macron's latest tanker seizure fits into a deliberate strategy of manufactured crisis. At the same time Europe talks tough and seizes ships in the Atlantic, it is quietly easing Russian oil sanctions because it cannot function without that energy, a contradiction so glaring that it raises an obvious...
GERMANY, CDU Plots MERZ Removal, Merkel Lurks in the Shadows
The Duran: Episode 2534Germany's political crisis is deepening as Bild reports that CDU insiders are actively discussing the removal of Chancellor Friedrich Merz through a no-confidence vote, with North Rhine-Westphalia Minister President Hendrik Wust emerging as the preferred replacement in what Alexander Mercouris bluntly describes as a political assassination in all but name. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of The Duran trace the roots of the plot back to Merz's unprecedented failed Bundestag vote and raise the question no one in the German establishment wants to answer: whether Angela Merkel, who recently re-emerged demanding real authority as...
US-Iran Deal or NO DEAL. July Energy Tipping Point
The Duran: Episode 2533The Iran US standoff is entering a critical phase as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and global energy stockpiles approach dangerous lows, with industry analysts warning that June and July could mark the point of no return for oil prices worldwide. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris of The Duran break down why the memorandum of understanding sits unsigned, how Trump's maximalist nuclear enrichment demands keep derailing any ceasefire extension, and whether Netanyahu's repeated assurances that Iran is on the verge of collapse are driving the White House toward a costly miscalculation. With Bessant...
Isolating the Zelensky Regime
The Duran: Episode 2531Ukraine's air defense has collapsed around Kiev and Zelensky is now begging the United States for Patriot interceptors that Washington almost certainly will not send, leaving Europe to gut its own defenses to fill the gap. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris on The Duran break down what Russia actually intends for Kiev: not obliteration, but a calculated siege strategy targeting command bunkers, drone factories, and the rail supply lines that keep Western officials and weapons flowing into the capital. Is Russia systematically cutting Zelensky off from the West, and what happens to Ukraine when...
Pax Silica: Sweden's Secret Trade Deal with the US
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From Peace Nation to Battlefield, Sweden's NATO Transformation w/ Mats Nilsson
Follow Mats Nilsson: https://x.com/mazzenilssonhttps://dissidentpodden.substack.com/Sweden has quietly ended 200 years of neutrality and is now officially designated as a NATO staging area against Russia, a transformation driven not by public debate but by the behind-the-scenes influence of the powerful Wallenberg banking dynasty and their stakes in Ericsson and Saab. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris are joined on The Duran by Swedish dissident journalist Mats Nilsson, who reveals how a series of agreements including the DCA deal, PAX Sinica membership, and a new US technology prosperity pact have locked Sweden...
The Narrative Is Dying - People Aren’t Buying It Anymore
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An Ordinary Guy Questions History, and Sees Truth Behind The Fiction
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Neil Oliver: Technocracy, Trial by Jury and the End of Democracy
Follow Neil Oliver: https://www.youtube.com/@Neil-Oliverhttps://x.com/thecoastguyhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverSomething unprecedented is happening across Britain and the wider West: both major political parties are collapsing in trust simultaneously, the justice system is being quietly dismantled, and the public is waking up to the fact that democracy itself may be a managed illusion. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris are joined for the first time on The Duran by historian, author, and broadcaster Neil Oliver, who argues that what we are witnessing is not an organic political crisis...