Russia confronts China on drones shipped to Ukraine

The Duran: Episode 2543 Alexander Mercouris reports live from Russia with a damning verdict: after 21 EU sanctions packages, the Russian economy is growing, shops are fully stocked, and the collective West's economic strategy has delivered nothing. Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris break down the China drone pipeline supplying Ukraine, the mysterious disappearance of Russian central bank chief Nabiullina, Europe's rearmament agenda, and the FSB's failure to protect Russian military officers from a fresh wave of assassinations. Is the EU's sanctions campaign less about crippling Russia and more about consolidating power in Brussels, and what does Mercouris's firsthand account reveal that Western media refuses to report? 00:00:00 Introduction: EU's 21st sanctions package and Russia ground assessment 00:00:28 Mercouris reports from Moscow and Pskov: sanctions have completely failed 00:00:55 High interest rates and Russian central bank 00:02:10 Economic activity outside Moscow: shops full, construction booming 00:03:47 Drone strikes on refineries: zero impact on fuel supplies or daily life 00:04:32 Ursula's sanctions trap: EU doing the same thing expecting a different result 00:05:26 Sanctions as EU power consolidation: Christoforou and Mercouris discuss 00:07:18 European rearmament plans: Germany financialization theory 00:10:05 The China drone pipeline: FPV components routed through Malaysia to Ukraine 00:11:33 Putin and Xi: Russia raises China drone issue at highest level 00:15:38 Russia oil and gas sales remain at record highs despite four years of SMO 00:17:09 Does Europe take Russian warnings seriously? The bluffing perception problem 00:18:48 Sevastopol museum attack 00:20:11 Russian colonel assassinated 00:23:10 Ukraine and Western intel: are they the same operation? Closing analysis ***THE DURAN SHOP*** https://theduranshop.com ***REVERSE GEAR SHOP*** Athleisure with Style https://reversegear.shop/ ***THE DURAN COMMUNITY ON LOCALS*** https://theduran.locals.com Join Now Get 1 Month Free Trial ***OUR OFFICIAL CHANNELS*** ALEXANDER: https://www.youtube.com/AlexanderMercourisReal ALEX: https://www.youtube.com/alexchristoforou ***CRYPTO SUPPORT*** BITCOIN: 3JvdnoyWMb93hSRgk58ZstUxg11PW9mKSr ETHEREUM: 0xF39BdFb41f639B82E3D2Bf022828bC6394F533A3 LTC: MGFiMC18ZViF6DcCixMqAAP11TG4tF6Acj EMC2: EXX4KK9pZLx7uiLWnCXtp7iMKjtq6o5b6R ***DONATE*** CREDIT CARD: https://donorbox.org/the-duran SUBSCRIBE STAR: https://subscribestar.com/theduran PATREON: https://patreon.com/theduran ***VIDEO*** RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/theduran ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@theduran BITCHUTE: https://www.bitchute.com/theduran/ ***AUDIO*** SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3pMrfPD APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/2H9Hk0a SOUNDCLOUD: https://bit.ly/354ASQ9 ***FREE SPEECH*** TELEGRAM: https://t.me/thedurancom X (Twitter): https://x.com/TheDuranReal?s=20 GAB: https://gab.ai/TheDuran MINDS: https://minds.com/theduran Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown. Follow Peter's music: https://soundcloud.com/peterboy100