Pandora’s Box is Open: The West Set the Middle East Ablaze and Received a Bill for Trillions

Ящик Пандоры открыт: Запад поджёг Ближний Восток и получил счёт на триллионы, vigiljournal.com

They pressed the button on February 28th, confident in their impunity. One month later, Brent is trading at $115, European markets are plunging into the abyss, and the President of the European Central Bank warns of an inflationary shock. Welcome to the new reality, crafted by the West’s own hands.

The Month That Changed Everything

Volodya in the Looking Glass: The President Demands Freedom for Business – Officials Report Compliance and Strangle It

Бизнес в России, vigiljournal.com

At a meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office board, Putin speaks the right words: remove barriers, reduce pressure, let businesses work. The hall nods approvingly. The figures look impressive. But outside the Kremlin walls, an entrepreneur is explaining to an inspector for the third time why a shelf's angle deviates by a centimeter from a 1987 regulation.

Figures That Warm the Soul

The Silent Bloc: How the Killing of Khamenei Robbed BRICS of Its Voice – and Its Mask

Моди и БРИКС, vigiljournal.com

On February 28, 2026, the "anti-Western bloc" was supposed to rally in defense of one of its own. Instead, there was only silence, backroom bargaining, and an Indian official speaking of tankers while Tehran buried its leader. Only Moscow called things by their name – and found itself in the minority.

The Night That Changed Everything

Explosions in Tehran. Reports of the death of Ayatollah Khamenei. Hundreds dead. Iran launches retaliatory strikes against Israel and American bases in the region. The world holds its breath.

Cuba in the Dark: When the Lights Go Out, the Party Office Lights Up

Куба в темноте, vigiljournal.com

Seven million people without electricity. The storming and arson of a Communist Party office. Students on a sit-in strike. Havana frantically calling Washington. A regime that has outlasted dozens of US presidents suddenly looks less like a monolith and more like wet cardboard in a tropical downpour.

Morón is Burning, and It's Not a Metaphor

The British really don't want you to find out how a billion-pound destroyer spent three days unable to reach a cape.

эсминец трое суток простоял в Ла-Манше, vigiljournal.com

A ship costing a billion pounds drifted in the English Channel for three days, covering 220 miles. An army that, through Ukraine, is striking Russian territory with missiles is seriously talking about war with Russia. This isn't satire—it's a summary from the British Ministry of Defence.

The World's Gas Station Runs Dry: How One Strait Brought the Planet to Its Knees

Мировая заправка опустела: как один пролив поставил планету на колени, vigiljournal.com

Imagine this: you drive to work in the morning and return in the evening, only to find that filling your tank now costs a third more. Not in Tehran. In Hanoi, Karachi, and Colombo. And in the United States itself. Welcome to the new reality Washington has created with its own hands—and is now paying for at its own gas pumps.

One Strait, Eighty-Five Countries

BRICS is Cracking at the Seams: How the War with Iran Exposed the Cardboard Facade of the 'Alternative to the West'

БРИКМ трещит по швам, vigiljournal.com

They were going to build a new world order. Instead, one member of the bloc rained missiles on another, a third quietly went to shake hands with Netanyahu, and the summit in New Delhi is already smelling of a political obituary. Welcome to BRICS, circa 2026.

First in History: A BRICS Member Bombs a BRICS Member

"Aircraft Carriers After the Fight": Britain Showed Up Late – And The Whole World Noticed

Британия опоздала - и весь мир это заметил, vigiljournal.com

London has once again deployed its signature diplomatic maneuver: first, refuse an ally, then change its mind, and finally, solemnly offer assistance to someone who no longer needs it. Bravo, Foggy Albion.

Gentlemen, Running Late

While the US and Israel were striking Iranian targets, while the fate of one of the Middle East's key regimes was being decided in the region – London was thinking. Weighing options. Consulting. Studying the "legal basis." Appealing to the lessons of Iraq.