Alexander Mercouris | Russia Wins Moscow Air Battle Defeats Kiev Drones; Merz Doomed AfD Surges Putin Party Wins EU Panics | Sep. 21, 2026

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Alexander Mercouris on Russia's parliamentary election confirming Putin's political dominance, Moscow's air defenses crushing Ukraine's largest drone and missile strike on the capital, Merz as a dead man walking after catastrophic CDU losses, and Ukraine's collapsing Kharkov front.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction: two elections in Germany and Russia
00:01:32 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: AfD 38 percent, CDU below 5 percent
00:04:47 Comparing Mecklenburg to the Saxony-Anhalt landslide
00:10:13 Berlin: Die Linke wins, CDU crashes, AfD doubles to 16 percent
00:16:04 Crisis of Germany's old political class, SPD and CDU
00:18:56 Merz's hysterical response and dead-man-walking status
00:22:45 CDU succession scramble between Söder and Wüst
00:26:46 Germany as EU linchpin and a possible shift on Russia
00:32:18 Russia's election: orderly voting amid Western claims of manipulation
00:35:02 United Russia gains as opposition parties hold steady
00:37:48 New People party underperforms, no support for liberalism in Russia
00:41:13 Putin emerges stronger as war veterans enter the Duma
00:47:39 Turning to the war: Moscow's biggest drone strike
00:50:38 Russian defense ministry claims a total intercept
00:52:00 The staggering true cost of Ukraine's drone offensive
01:03:59 Kharkov cauldron nears collapse and Velikiy Burluk encirclement
01:06:16 Biletsky's Liman offensive stalls into a meat grinder
01:10:33 Dobropillya advances continue for Russian forces
01:13:02 Zelensky-Trump call and pressure over refinery strikes
01:14:51 Trump nears a US diesel export ban
01:21:57 European panic deepens as Ukraine's strategy collapses

The Duran | MBS Is Trapped. Europe is Doomed | Sep. 20, 2026

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The Duran on Saudi Arabia unable to export oil as Houthis advance and a shattered pipeline chokes supply to Europe, with MBS's Trump bet backfiring as winter diesel shortages hit Poland and France. Episode 2628.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Diesel and oil prices spike as MBS runs out of options
00:00:53 Saudi Arabia boxed in by Houthis Iran and a lost pipeline
00:03:16 Saudi Arabia stops exporting oil entirely
00:05:09 MBS pressures Trump to bomb the Houthis
00:07:47 Saudi Arabia bet everything on Trump and Kushner
00:10:04 Saudis feel betrayed as Washington stays silent
00:11:09 Why calling Putin could be Saudi Arabia's only move
00:14:27 Regime change fears keep MBS boxed in
00:15:13 Destroyed pipeline cuts oil to Poland and the Baltics
00:17:18 Europe's diesel crisis deepens as France hits fuel shortages

Alexander Mercouris | Russia Closes Orekhov Trap; Tusk Admits Ukraine Loses 27K Each Month; US Diesel Export Ban Shocks EU | Sep. 18, 2026

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Alexander Mercouris on Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s admission that Ukraine is losing 27,000 men a month, the closing Russian trap around Orikhiv, and a looming US diesel export ban for Europe.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Mercouris opens with a travel note before today's program
00:01:31 Tusk admits Ukraine is losing 27000 a month
00:02:16 The number lines up with Putin and contradicts Zelensky's own claims
00:03:27 Why Tusk may have revealed this ahead of his trip to Kyiv
00:06:38 Mercouris doubts this is a sudden spike in losses
00:09:59 How the 27000 figure matches a source Mercouris trusted a year ago
00:11:35 Ukraine's manpower crisis and tightening conscription in Kyiv and Lviv
00:14:46 The Silsky and Fedorov clash over drones versus conscription
00:16:48 Fedorov's drone offensive failed to deliver and drained the budget
00:23:16 Ukraine's growing reliance on foreign mercenaries from Latin America
00:29:18 The Russian drone and missile offensive intensifies and becomes routine
00:31:54 Why Mercouris calls the Geran 5 a cruise missile rather than a drone
00:42:58 Ukraine admits the Zatoka bridge is badly damaged and closed
00:47:25 Up to 500 Ukrainian locomotives destroyed
00:48:07 Russian Duma elections underway as the economy stays stable
00:59:58 Growing skepticism as the Lyman counteroffensive stalls
01:05:08 Russia closes the trap around the Ukrainian garrison in Orikhiv
01:14:56 Russians retake Zoloti Kolodyazi as southern Donbas defenses collapse
01:24:36 Kushner's odd account of Putin's Donbas timeline
01:27:47 A looming US diesel export ban threatens a dreadful winter for Europe

Alexander Mercouris | Russia Massive Missile Strike; All Missiles Hit Targets; China India Reject US Sanctions; Lyman Fail | Sep. 17, 2026

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Russia unleashed one of its most powerful missile and drone strikes yet on Ukraine overnight, hitting Kiev, Odessa and Zaporizhzhia while wiping out key bridges and leaving Ukraine's air defense in near total collapse. 

Alexander Mercouris on why China and India are openly defying the new US sanctions bill, why Volodymyr Zelensky just sanctioned his own former spokeswoman for suggesting peace talks, and what the stalled Ukrainian offensive near Lyman really means for the war.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Massive Russian Missile And Drone Strike Overnight
00:01:37 Kiev Zaporizhzhia Odessa And Black Sea Ports Hit
00:03:09 Ships Smuggling Weapons Into Odessa Attacked
00:05:56 Zatoka And Mayaki Bridges Knocked Out
00:09:14 Warehouses Data Center And Drone Storage Destroyed
00:10:24 Energy Grid Still Spared Bigger Campaign Coming
00:11:40 Rasvet Satellite System Speculation
00:15:24 Russian Strike Tempo Accelerating Every Few Days
00:17:40 Ukrainian Air Defense In Total Collapse
00:22:10 Greece Refuses To Hand Over Air Defense Missiles
00:26:48 Did Diplomacy Delay Russias Offensive
00:37:07 Ukraine Strikes Rostov Air Base
00:41:18 Yaroslavl Refinery Hit Trump Blames Ukraine For Diesel Crisis
00:47:07 Russian Strikes Gut Ukraine Warehouses And Locomotives
00:53:12 Ukraine Demands Another 50 Billion Euros
00:55:44 Zelensky Sanctions Critic Julia Mendel
01:05:55 Sanctions Bill Passes China And India Defy It
01:15:28 Front Line Update Dorop Kharkov Lyman And Russian Elections

Alexander Mercouris | Russia Smashes Zatoka Bridge Tightens Dobropilia Cauldron Repels Lyman Attack; CDU Plots Merz Ouster | Sept. 16, 2026

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Russia has struck the Zatoka Bridge linking Odessa to Romania while grinding forward at Orikhiv and closing the Dobropillya cauldron on Sloviansk. Alexander breaks down the disputed Lyman counteroffensive claims, the mounting pressure on Ukraine's budget and why 78 percent of Germans now want Friedrich Merz to resign. With the CDU plotting his ouster and Russia's new jet powered drones going unanswered, is the war entering its most decisive phase yet?

Episode 2020
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:06 Russian drone and missile strikes resume on Kiev
00:01:40 Reports the Zatoka Bridge to Romania has been destroyed
00:04:37 Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia drop sharply
00:07:56 Russian recon drones signal a major strike is coming
00:09:24 Orikhiv nears total collapse under Russian assault
00:16:16 Russians storm Dobropillya to encircle Sloviansk
00:20:08 Azov commander Prokopenko's troubled battlefield history
00:22:15 Rybar reports Ukrainian collapse in northeastern Kharkiv
00:23:29 Ukraine claims a counteroffensive breakthrough near Lyman
00:29:12 Mercouris questions the scale of Ukraine's Lyman claims
00:36:17 Biletsky's Azov offensive looks politically motivated
00:49:28 Russia's jet powered Geran drones have no Western answer
00:53:29 Russia mass produces the new Dan T cruise missile
00:59:56 Ukraine admits it can no longer fund its own budget
01:00:56 Belgian court ruling shakes frozen Russian asset seizure plans
01:08:05 Poll finds 78 percent of Germans want Merz to resign
01:10:26 CDU faces collapse in the Mecklenburg Vorpommern election
01:18:27 Middle East turmoil deepens the global energy crisis
01:24:41 Congress pushes bone crushing Russia sanctions bill

The Duran | Putin, Xi and Modi Unite Against US Sanctions | Sept. 16, 2026

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The BRICS summit in India just delivered its biggest breakthrough in years, with BRICS Pay set to challenge the dollar and reshape global trade. In this episode we break down how Modi brought Putin, Xi Jinping and the rest of BRICS together after a stalled year, why frozen Russian assets and Western sanctions are pushing the Global South toward de dollarization, and how Iran and Brazil fit into the new picture.

The Duran: Episode 2624
00:00:00 Introduction to the BRICS summit results
00:00:31 Massive BRICS declaration and BRICS Pay announced
00:01:30 Recap of the stalled BRICS momentum since Kazan 2024
00:03:02 Brazil's wobbling and a lost year for BRICS
00:03:49 Modi's skillful chairing brings all leaders together
00:04:51 Digital currencies and payment systems progress quietly
00:06:16 China to take BRICS presidency next year
00:07:19 Trump could have ended dollar weaponization instead
00:08:03 Iran's shifting commitment to BRICS
00:09:22 Why US sanctions on Russia and Iran will never be lifted 

Alexander Mercouris | Russia Breakthrough Orekhov Falls; Trump Energy Truce Claim Ridiculed; Kiev Crisis Resumes EU Splits | Sep. 15, 2026

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Alexander Mercouris on Ukrainian forces withdrawing from Orekhov, a collapse that could open the road toward Zaporizhzhia, hours after Donald Trump claimed Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire. Mercouris walks through denials from Moscow and Kiev, corruption scandals in the Ukrainian leadership, and an EU split over rolling over Russia sanctions.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:35 Ukrainian forces reportedly withdraw from Orikhiv
00:01:09 Rybar's account of the withdrawal
00:03:46 Villages north of Orikhiv fall, cutting the escape road
00:07:02 Why Orikhiv matters for the road to Zaporizhzhia and Crimea
00:11:49 Trump claims a Russia Ukraine energy truce
00:12:37 Skepticism sets in as Kyiv denies any agreement
00:15:13 Peskov's denial exposes Trump's claim
00:16:33 Ben Aris on Ukraine's unsustainable warehouse losses
00:23:39 Zelensky sanctions his own former spokeswoman Yulia Mendel
00:26:36 A deadly gunfight between Ukrainian intelligence services
00:28:23 The Kravchenko prosecutor general scandal and fake call centers
00:33:49 Mercouris on the real story behind Ukraine's turf wars
00:38:06 Europe splits over rolling over Russia sanctions
00:41:00 Petraeus says he witnessed the railway strike and found it terrifying
00:43:06 The hypocrisy behind coverage of the Krasnodar strikes
00:44:01 Debunking the myth of Putin's Italian palace

The Duran | Wars Built on Fictional Narratives with Neil Oliver | Sept. 15, 2026

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Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction and welcome to Neil Oliver
00:00:43 The collision between narratives and facts
00:01:14 Three major articles admit the West is losing
00:02:51 Eric Schmidt describes a catastrophic Kiev
00:04:33 Political shockwaves spreading across Europe
00:05:23 Why the wars were built on fictional narratives
00:07:44 How Ukraine, Iran, and Gaza are bleeding together
00:09:32 Foreign policy lies inevitably corrupt domestic policy
00:12:21 How the West's treatment of Russia comes home to roost
00:14:21 Discovering the true history behind the Nakba
00:16:02 Andy Burnham replaces Starmer, but nothing changes
00:17:31 The astonishing speed of political collapse
00:21:33 Merz faces a stunning 78 percent resign demand
00:24:12 Sweden's Social Democrats collapse to historic lows
00:25:33 A Stockholm syndrome relationship with failing leaders
00:29:17 Brussels and the Berlaymont building's threatening banner
00:34:52 Putin warns that troops in Ukraine mean confrontation with Russia
00:40:32 NATO officials still insist Russia can be easily beaten
00:45:33 Rome, archaeology, and buildings that reveal fear
00:51:42 Will change come slowly, or all at once

The Duran | Russia Begins To Isolate Kiev. Elites Rattled as Rail Link Hit | Sept. 14, 2026

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Trump publicly blames Zelensky for the diesel price shortage even though he personally authorized the strikes on Russian oil refineries that caused it. In this episode we break down how the failed Ukrainian drone offensive, Eric Schmidt's grim admission that Kiev is losing the war, and new Russian strikes on the Kiev to Poland rail line all point toward Russia tightening its grip on the Ukrainian capital much like it did in Odessa. Is Washington preparing to abandon Kiev, or will the pressure for escalation from Sikorski, Rutte and Schmidt win out?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Trump blames Zelensky for the diesel price shortage
00:01:26 Why diesel prices matter to the global economy
00:02:40 Trump grows frustrated after a year of escalation pressure
00:04:30 How the deep strikes campaign against Russia was built since 2023
00:05:53 The Russian economy fails to collapse despite the drone offensive
00:08:30 Russia starts striking the Kiev to Poland rail link
00:11:01 Trump wants Zelensky to halt strikes and save the ceasefire
00:14:50 Washington's blame war between escalation and deal factions
00:18:08 Strike hits the train station as Western officials travel to Kiev
00:20:50 Russia's strategy to gradually isolate and cut off Kiev
00:24:32 The precision strike and the evolution of Russian drone guidance
00:30:31 Russia ends its informal agreement on Western train travel
00:33:57 Comparing Kiev's fate to the fall of Odessa
00:37:48 Sikorski, Rutte and the growing chorus demanding escalation

Alexander Mercouris | Russia Acts to Cut Off Kiev; Geran Hits Train With West Officials; Kiev Station Shakes; BRICS Advance | Sep. 13, 2026

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Alexander Mercouris on Russia's Geran strike on a train carrying Western officials in Kiev, Eric Schmidt's warning on Ukraine, and Putin, Modi and Xi at the BRICS summit in Delhi.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Russian strategy to isolate Kiev from the West
00:02:02 Massive Geran drone attack, nearly 1000 drones launched
00:02:36 Geran drones operate near Belarus using repeater stations
00:06:32 Evidence Geran 2 drones now modified with ground control
00:06:57 Russians strike locomotive of train carrying Western dignitaries
00:08:48 Travel to Kiev becoming increasingly unsafe for Western officials
00:11:30 Russians edging closer to shutting down the Kiev Poland railway
00:12:55 Return of the older Geran 2 drone explained
00:16:50 Ukraine's costly interceptor drone program becomes obsolete
00:27:15 Eric Schmidt's Washington Post op-ed on Ukraine's outlook
00:36:05 Pushback on the narrative that Russia cannot innovate
00:37:48 Kushner and Witkoff deliver Russia's withdrawal terms to Zelensky
00:39:55 Talk of October trilateral talks between Russia Ukraine and the US
00:44:31 Zelensky's delusional comments on Ukraine joining NATO
00:46:52 Putin warns European troops in Ukraine means war with Russia
00:47:39 Zelensky hopes to meet Putin at the G20 in Miami
00:59:19 Battlefield update, Russians retake ground near Dobropillya
01:04:43 Russian advances continue in Kharkov and Zaporizhzhia
01:13:58 BRICS summit in Delhi restores harmony between Putin Modi and Xi
01:26:52 German poll shows 78 percent want Chancellor Merz to resign

Alexander Mercouris | Putin Warns Russia And Europe At War If Europe Troops Enter Ukraine; Big Houthi Victory; BRICS Meets | Sep. 12, 2026

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Alexander Mercouris on Putin's warning from the BRICS summit in New Delhi: European troops in Ukraine would mean direct conflict with Russia.

He also covers a Houthi surge that forced Saudi Arabia to shut an oil pipeline, Trump twice turning away Mohammed bin Salman, and the Ukraine front from Kupiansk to Dobropillya.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:34 Major news across the Middle East Ukraine and energy markets
00:01:36 Putin's unambiguous words on European troops in Ukraine
00:02:32 Why the Kremlin skipped a formal press conference
00:03:56 Putin questioned on the AfD victory in Saxony Anhalt
00:06:25 Russia moves from hints to an explicit warning
00:07:11 The long decline of German policy toward Russia
00:09:19 German rhetoric escalates linking the AfD to Russia
00:10:23 The Leipzig drone incident and its shaky evidence
00:13:56 Europe escalates with drones missiles and asset seizures
00:19:27 The shadow fleet standoff and Norway's ship seizure
00:22:53 Unproven claims of NATO disrupting a Russian naval exercise
00:25:46 Ukraine's battlefield collapse fuels European panic
00:28:21 Moscow rejects visits from Ratcliffe and Witkoff and Kushner
00:34:03 Putin defends Russia's history of enforcing its red lines
00:44:19 Why Russia no longer fears a conventional conflict with NATO
00:51:19 Putin dominates the BRICS summit in New Delhi
01:01:51 Houthi battlefield gains force Saudi Arabia to shut a pipeline
01:05:56 Trump twice refuses MBS's pleas for military help
01:14:05 Ukraine front line update from Kupiansk to Dobropillya

The Duran | Diesel Crisis Worsens as Houthis Tighten Grip on al-Mandeb Strait | Sep. 12, 2026

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Diesel and gasoline prices are hitting historic highs as Donald Trump admits the United States is at war with Iran, a war he now says will not end until after the midterms. The Duran on the energy shock, a Houthi offensive against Saudi Arabia, and Scott Bessent's plan to use that shock against China.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Diesel and gas prices hit historic highs
00:00:31 Trump admits the US is now in a war
00:01:00 Why the entire economy runs on diesel
00:01:59 Rising diesel prices threaten higher inflation and rates
00:03:21 Europe faces dangerously low natural gas reserves
00:05:28 Strait of Hormuz remains closed with no end in sight
00:06:04 Houthis reopen the war with Saudi Arabia
00:07:04 Trump moves the goalposts and offers a 5000 dollar bribe
00:08:48 How Trump squandered a real deal with Iran
00:14:34 Bessent bets on financial engineering to outmaneuver China

The Duran | Let's Talk About Some News (Live) | Sept. 11, 2026

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The Duran discusses: Let's Talk About Some News (Live). 

The Duran | Putin's Advice to Trump; Ratcliffe's Ukraine Power Grab | Sept. 10, 2026

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Ukraine's military and financial collapse is accelerating as Russian forces bomb Black Sea ports and logistics hubs while Kiev runs low on fuel and cash. 

In this episode we break down Putin's blunt advice to Trump to simply stop helping Ukraine, the CIA's Ratcliffe pushing to replace Witkoff and Kushner as chief negotiator, and the New York Times and Spectator reports admitting Ukraine is losing the war. With Zelensky flying to the UN chasing more money instead of missiles, how much longer can this go on?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro: the military picture
00:00:50 Ukraine's military situation is deteriorating fast
00:01:10 Russia bombs Ukraine's Black Sea ports
00:02:23 Round the clock strikes resume on Kiev with no air defense
00:04:01 Ukrainian troops reportedly pull back near Kramatorsk and Kharkiv
00:05:44 Is the reported Lyman counteroffensive real or a media construct
00:06:33 Ukraine's economy and tax revenue are collapsing
00:07:30 New York Times asks where Ukraine's 27 billion dollars went
00:09:16 The pattern behind Ukraine's PR offensives
00:13:17 Zelensky asks for 27 billion in weapons and 36 billion for government
00:14:18 The Spectator says plainly that Ukraine is losing the war
00:19:15 Ratcliffe's threats and Witkoff and Kushner's bribes both fail
00:23:53 Ratcliffe's push to become chief negotiator and escalate
00:27:03 Putin tells Trump to simply stop helping Ukraine
00:29:33 Zelensky heads to the UN chasing money

Alexander Mercouris | Russia's Biggest Air Strike FABs Smash Nikolayev & Odessa; Russia Army Enters Druzhivka; EU Panics | Sept. 9, 2026

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Russia has launched its most devastating FAB bombing campaign yet, flattening port infrastructure in Nikolayev and Odessa while the Russian army breaks into Druzhivka and pushes toward Zaporizhzhia. On The Duran, Alexander breaks down the Putin Trump phone call, the collapsing Black Sea shipping blockade, and why Europe's scramble for Patriot missiles may already be too late. Is Ukraine's war economy running out of fuel before it runs out of soldiers?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Program opens with Ukraine ceasefire talks recap
00:01:18 Russian missile and drone campaign shifts to daily saturation
00:03:05 Kiev industrial sites hit again overnight
00:04:27 Nikolayev's Soviet shipbuilding history explained
00:06:34 FAB bombs devastate Nikolayev port facilities
00:08:21 Defense Ministry details Nikolayev logistics and power targets destroyed
00:13:45 Drone transits Moldovan airspace before strike
00:15:12 West rushes Patriot Pack 2 interceptors to Ukraine
00:20:16 Russian air defense dominance over Black Sea coast
00:22:56 Black Sea ports blockaded, ships stranded offshore
00:27:00 Ukraine's economy and inflation crisis worsening
00:32:58 Ukrainian army fuel shortages on the front line
00:38:26 Russian ground offensive advances around Orekhov
00:43:01 Battle for Stepnogorsk and Sviatohirsk confusion
00:52:30 Skepticism over claimed Ukrainian counteroffensive
00:55:42 Zelensky begs for Black Sea ceasefire
00:57:23 Putin Trump phone call details from Ushakov
01:14:08 Russia hardens territorial and neutrality demands
01:20:28 Iran US missile escalation drains Patriot stockpiles
01:25:50 Houthi Saudi conflict and rising oil prices

The Duran | Secret Plan to Destroy BRICS and Crash China with Ryan Perkins | Sept. 9, 2026

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Is the crisis in Iran actually a financial weapon aimed at China? Alex and Alexander sit down with geopolitics analyst Ryan Perkins to unpack how Scott Bessent's energy and fertilizer shock strategy may be designed to trigger a currency crisis and industrial recession inside China, fracture BRICS, and warn the Global South away from de dollarization. From the Strait of Hormuz to a possible new Plaza Accord, could this be the most consequential economic trap of the decade?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction, Ryan Perkins joins from Beijing
00:02:35 Researching the Iran war strategy since March
00:05:11 Was closing the Strait of Hormuz the real goal
00:07:42 The pro Yuan hypothesis explained
00:09:12 Scott Bessent and his history of market manipulation
00:10:18 Oil price predictions toward 150 dollars a barrel
00:11:39 The three targets, China, BRICS and the Global South
00:12:32 India's triple exposure to the crisis
00:14:11 China's industrial value added vulnerability
00:18:15 The offshore Yuan and dollar system asymmetry
00:24:29 The trap, engineering a Chinese industrial recession
00:26:23 How China has been preparing for years
00:31:37 Reassessing the tariff war as a pressure test
00:35:46 Bessent and Soros, a pattern of currency attacks
00:37:34 The real goal, a new Plaza Accord with China
00:41:26 India and Brazil pivoting back toward the US
00:43:02 Why the BRICS payment system stalled
00:48:04 Impressions from the Vladivostok forum
00:51:55 Power of Siberia 2 and the Mongolia route dispute
00:54:53 Why Chinese taxi drivers say it's all about China

The Duran | U.S. Carrot and Stick Strategy to Save Ukraine | Sept. 8, 2026

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In this episode we break down the chaotic Witkoff and Kushner diplomatic trip to Moscow and Kyiv, where Vladimir Putin firmly rejected a Trump Zelensky trilateral meeting. Russian forces keep advancing toward Dobropillya and Sloviansk as Ukraine's economy buckles and Zelensky publicly demands more weapons instead of compromise. Is the Kremlin simply waiting out a collapsing Ukrainian front line?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Witkoff and Kushner begin Moscow and Kyiv diplomacy mission
00:00:58 Zelensky turns Kyiv talks into a media circus
00:02:06 Why Witkoff and Kushner are not real diplomats
00:03:12 Ukraine economy collapsing, needs 60 billion by year end
00:04:38 Radcliffe's hardline Moscow trip backfires
00:05:43 Soft cop strategy, sanctions relief offered to Russia
00:08:20 Push for a Trump Putin Zelensky trilateral meeting
00:11:04 Why Russia will not agree to a trilateral summit
00:15:29 Real battlefield situation, Dobropillya and Kharkiv encirclements
00:18:21 Zelensky reportedly preparing his exit strategy

The Duran | Raisi's BRICS Legacy Shapes Iran's Future as War Resumes | Sept. 7, 2026

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The Strait of Hormuz is once again the center of the war between the United States and Iran. In this episode we break down the hidden power struggle inside Tehran between hardliners in the IRGC who want confrontation and Pezeshkian who wants a deal to save Iran's economy, plus new reporting on Russian military assistance to Iran dating back to the Raisi era. Can Pezeshkian outmaneuver the hardliners before Trump's next Truth Social post blows it all up again?

Timeline:
00:00:00 War resumes over control of the Strait of Hormuz
00:00:56 Conflicting reports on how many ships are getting through
00:02:22 Iran's hardliner faction wants Hormuz kept closed
00:03:21 Pezeshkian pushes for a deal to save Iran's economy
00:05:26 Trump's Truth Social posts collapse the informal arrangement
00:09:11 Raisi's legacy of BRICS, China and Russia ties
00:10:15 Does Iran have any real military path to victory
00:13:11 Hardliners are right about America but offer no alternative
00:16:36 Financial Times report on Russian military aid to Iran
00:19:32 Could a Minsk style deal buy Iran time to prepare

The Duran | Modi, Erdogan and Tokayev Gang Up on Putin | Sept. 4, 2026

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At the SCO summit in Bishkek, Russia faced an unexpected wave of pressure as Modi, Erdogan and Tokayev all pushed Putin toward a ceasefire with Ukraine, while Xi Jinping and China quietly stood firmly behind Moscow. 

In this episode we break down why this moment exposed real cracks inside BRICS and what it means for Russia, India, Turkey and Kazakhstan as the war in Ukraine heads toward its next phase. Was this a diplomatic win for Putin or a warning sign for Russia's alliances.

Timeline:
00:00:00 SCO summit overview, Eurasian leaders pressure Russia
00:01:13 Modi publicly calls on Putin for peace with Ukraine
00:03:23 Xi stays silent as Putin defends Russia at press conference
00:05:35 Is this genuine concern or US pressure on Modi, Tokayev and Lula
00:07:26 BRICS officials fear of American sanctions
00:10:24 China and Russia axis solidifies
00:13:39 Russia's leverage over India and Kazakhstan
00:17:36 Putin's past restraint and Bishkek as a wake up call
00:21:00 Nervousness for Turkey, Kazakhstan and Georgia as Russia grows stronger
00:23:55 India's view on a Russian victory and closing thoughts

Alexander Mercouris | Ukraine Unravelling - War Enters New & Dangerous Phase | Sept. 3, 2026

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Alexander Mercouris discusses how NATO's euphoria will soon be replaced by panic and escalation.