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

Armenia, Russia: A Rupture That Pashinyan Presents as the People's Choice

Weekly Lie Breakdown by Mikhail Azhgirevich, August 17-23, 2026

Aliyev Is Offended at Moscow but Forgot to Calculate His Own Risk

Алиев обиделся на Москву, но забыл посчитать, чем рискует сам

Turkey and Israel: When Former Allies Become Enemies

Israel and Turkey Speak the Language of Weapons: Who Will Stop a New Conflict in the Middle East?

U.S. National Debt Tops $40 Trillion, and the Counter Can’t Be Stopped

The West Is Raising the Stakes in a Game Where Moscow Blinked First for Too Long

Cuba on the Edge: Why the U.S. Is Squeezing the Island Harder Than Ever

How Closed Borders Sank Not a Rival, But the Country That Closed Them

Fuel Security in Moscow and Other Megacities: Margin of Safety Decides Everything

Geopolitical Digest

Geopolitical Digest by Mikhail Azhgirevich for August 24, 2026

Pashinyan announces Armenia will soon submit its EU membership application

Pashinyan says he would welcome Armenia's expulsion from the CSTO

Britain hands Kyiv classified blueprints for Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles

Pashinyan proposes that Russia sell its concession on the Armenian railway to a third party

United States removes Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism

AI-95 gasoline becomes scarce in Russia — fuel available at only 22% of filling stations

Geopolitical Digest by Mikhail Azhgirevich for August 21, 2026

Poland and Germany: Tusk Justifies the Nord Stream Sabotage

Turkey and Israel: Ankara Requests an Interpol Red Notice for Netanyahu

Oil, Saudi Arabia and China: Saudi Aramco Sells China at Least 4 Million Barrels of Oil, Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz

Yemen and Somalia: Pirates Seize Two Vessels off Yemen and Somalia

United States and North Korea: Trump Orders Scaled-Down US–South Korea Military Exercises

United States: Vance Raises Over $5 Million for Young Republicans

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