VIGIL Journal — Russia in the New World: News, World Politics and Geopolitics

Soft Power — Why Is Russia Falling Behind?

Yen Is Just a Facade: Japan Is Sinking in Its Own Structural Swamps

Market Capitalization: Numbers Suspended in Air

Chinese Yuan in Africa: How Payment Systems Are Displacing the Dollar

New Dollars: What Will Replace the World's Reserve Currency by 2040

The "Spirit of Anchorage" Turns One Year Old

Brazil's Black Diamond: The 200-Year Mystery of Carbonado That Science Still Can't Solve

Russian Schools and Universities in Latin America: Where Russian-Speaking Specialists Are Trained

While Russia Marches Toward Import Substitution, the Pentagon Prays to Chinese Magnets

Пока импортозамещение шагает по России, Пентагон молится на китайские магниты

Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov - threats against the real military math: can Russia actually answer Europe

Geopolitical Digest

Geopolitical Digest by Mikhail Azhgirevich for August 17, 2026

EU prepares its largest sanctions package against Russia since 2022

Ukraine has nearly exhausted its Patriot interceptor missiles

NATO has prepared three strategies for a potential war with Russia

Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it interferes with a settlement with Iran

The tanker Skiros was attacked in the Black Sea after loading oil at the CPC terminal

Geopolitical Digest by Mikhail Azhgirevich for August 14, 2026

Russia/Ukraine: Lavrov says there will be no ceasefire in Ukraine

Turkey/Ukraine: Turkey transfers to Ukraine its largest weapons shipment via US re-export

US/Japan/Russia: United States confirms recognition of Japan's sovereignty over the Kuril Islands

Ruble/Russia: Ruble and markets under pressure — dollar above 85, MOEX index below 2,200

Fuel/Russia: Exchange fuel prices decline along with trading volumes

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