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De-dollarization: What Is Really Happening in BRICS and Latin America

The migration crisis in Europe and the United States: consequences for Russia and Latin America

European Renaissance: How a Single Greek Billionaire Put the EU’s 21st Sanctions Package Against Russia on Hold

"An eye for an eye": Houthis choke Bab el-Mandeb, and the world slips into an energy hell

Foggy Albion: Debts, Cracks, and a Fading Lloyd's

Space Race 2.0: New Players and Russia's Place in the Battle for Orbit

Космическая гонка 2.0: новые игроки и место России в борьбе за орбиту

Central Asia's population is growing, but resources are shrinking

Who Is Andy Burnham?

Climate, Migration, and Resources: How Climate Change Is Redrawing the World Map and the Interests of Great Powers

Климат, миграция и ресурсы: как изменение климата перекраивает карту мира и интересы держав, vigiljournal.com

Film and TV as Weapons: How Russia, the US, and Latin America Are Portrayed on Screen

Кино и сериалы как оружие: как Россию, США и Латинскую Америку показывают на экране, vigiljournal.com

Geopolitical Digest

Foresight geopolitical digest by Mikhail Azhgirevich for 21 July 2026

The FBI director will visit Moscow — a rare diplomatic gesture

United Kingdom: Burnham and North Sea oil discussed with Trump

Our fleet alarmed the British — exercises off the British coast

China extends visa-free entry for Russians until the end of 2027

Cryptocurrencies legalized, but with caveats

UN regards strikes on Wildberries warehouses as potential war crimes — Moscow blames Kyiv

Rosselkhoznadzor tightens entry rules for vegetables from Uzbekistan

Nicaragua cancels presidential elections — Ortega consolidates power

Suspect in the “Nord Streams” case admitted ties to the SBU

Geopolitical Digest by Mikhail Azhgirevich, July 17, 2026

Ukraine sees Maidan-style protests amid discontent with Syrsky and Fedorov's dismissal

Andy Burnham to become UK Prime Minister on July 20

EU imposes sanctions on Russia explicitly "for strikes on Kyiv" for the first time

Azerbaijan announces resumption of direct flights to Russia

Rosselkhoznadzor suspects Iran of re-exporting Armenian flowers

Trump accuses China, Russia, and North Korea of interfering in US elections — Beijing calls it slander

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