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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss a massive defense bill signed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, that includes legislation imposing sanctions on firms laying pipe for Nord Stream 2…a natural gas pipeline which will double gas capacity along the northern Nord Stream pipeline route to Germany.
Berlin and Brussels have criticized the White House sanctions. accusing President Trump of interfering in national and bloc sovereignty.

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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the annual marathon session annual press conference held by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin fielded a variety of questions from domestic press including questions on Ukraine, climate change, the Russian economy, foreign agents, and the Trump impeachment hoax.

The version from RT on Twitter is the best one available currently: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1dRKZLQDDYDJB   English Soundtrack:   Transcript : http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/62366  

This week, Maxine Waters (D-CA), chair of the Congressional Financial Services Committee, took to the airwaves on CNN to further doubled-down on the widely held evidence-free conspiracy theory that US President Donald Trump was elected by the Russians, and that Russia ‘hacked’ into US election systems and into the DNC servers. Bizarrely, Waters opened up her soliloquy with the caveat, “I believe, even though I don’t have the facts to prove it,” before concluding her monologue with,“Those are facts.”

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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Normandy Four summit in Paris, France where the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany declared progress in settling the ongoing conflict in East Ukraine.
This was the first summit between the four nations in three years, ending with a comprehensive agreement on the full implementation of a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine before the end of 2019.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the historic day when Russia and China become inseparable, forming a massive Eurasian energy bond, with the commencement of natural gas delivery via the Power of Siberia pipeline, projected to deliver 38 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually by 2024 from Russia to China.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss a Serbia sly scandal that is aiming to divide the brotherly relations between Serbia and Russia ahead of president Vucic’s visit to Moscow.
The Serbian President acknowledged that at least one Russian spy had made contact with members of his country’s military, after surveillance footage of such a meeting was posted online.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Russian economy and its transformation away from western institutional control and the dollar hegemony.
Even Wall Street investors are now taking a look at Russia’s well managed economy, low debt and excellent balance sheet.