Russia Sets Out Harsh Terms At Istanbul Talks; UK/EU Despondent Outplayed; Trump Seeks Russia Summit

Russia Sets Out Harsh Terms At Istanbul Talks; Trump Won't Back Sanctions; UK/EU Despondent, No Plan Topic 1547 0:00 - Announcement of travel to St. Petersburg for a legal conference 3:42 - Introduction to the main topic: Meeting between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul 5:05 - Discussion of Russia's stance on negotiations without a ceasefire 11:03 - Details of the meeting outcomes: prisoner exchange and future talks 16:12 - Analysis of the Ukrainian language use and negotiation dynamics 18:52 - Public agreements: prisoner exchange and written ideas exchange 21:02 - Ukrainian demands and Russian responses during negotiations 29:00 - Russian demands including non-NATO status for Ukraine and minority protections 32:33 - Russian negotiation strategy and potential territorial expansions 39:25 - European reactions and concerns about the negotiations and US stance 50:00 - European leaders' attempts to influence US policy and the Trump administration's response 1:01:10 - US military drawdown in Europe and its implications for NATO 1:05:43 - Potential summit between Trump and Putin and European concerns 1:07:00 - Michael Fondonder Schulenberg's observations on Russian attitudes towards Europe 1:11:20 - Suggestions for European diplomatic engagement with Russia 1:14:06 - Brief mention of military situation in Ukraine 1:17:02 - Middle East update: Israel-Gaza conflict and shifting international opinions ***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*** THE DURAN: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuran 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 PLATFORMS*** RUMBLE THE DURAN: https://rumble.com/c/theduran ODYSEE: THE DURAN: https://odysee.com/@theduran ALEXANDER: https://odysee.com/@AlexanderMercouris:a ALEX: https://odysee.com/@alexchristoforou:7 BITCHUTE: THE DURAN: https://www.bitchute.com/theduran/ ALEXANDER: https://www.bitchute.com/alexandermercouris ALEX: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/izwNAdmMGIC7/ ***AUDIO PODCASTS*** SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3pMrfPD APPLE PODCASTS: https://apple.co/2H9Hk0a SOUNDCLOUD: https://bit.ly/354ASQ9 ***FREE SPEECH PLATFORMS*** TELEGRAM: https://t.me/thedurancom X (Twitter): https://x.com/AMercouris GAB: https://gab.ai/TheDuran MINDS: https://minds.com/theduran OK: https://ok.ru/group/60904083488959 Amazing music contribution from Peter Brown. Follow Peter's music: https://soundcloud.com/peterboy100