Геополитический дайджест от Михаила Ажгиревича за 13 июня 2026!

Gabbard declassifies the biolabs - and names Fauci as a liar

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard published declassified documents on U.S.-funded Ukrainian biolaboratories conducting research on anthrax, Ebola, plague and Marburg fever - with virtually no oversight. Gabbard directly accused Fauci and Biden's national security team of lying to the American people about the programme's existence. Notably, Gabbard leaves office on June 30 - the documents appeared in her final days. On her way out, Gabbard put on the table what others spent years hiding. A farewell gift with biological contents.

Iran deal - tomorrow, or maybe not

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry announced the U.S.-Iran memorandum would be signed electronically on Sunday, only for Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman to clarify it "won't be Sunday, but possibly within days." The text sits with Khamenei, the IRGC commander objects, and an Iranian MP calls the terms "more damaging" than previous drafts. Every "tomorrow" in the Middle East is just a polite way of saying "unknown."

Fuel crisis spreads - from Crimea to St. Petersburg and Tatarstan

Tatneft has introduced limits across its entire network - 20 litres of petrol or 40 litres of diesel per visit. Rosneft and Lukoil in Moscow set caps of 90 and 100 litres respectively. Rosaviation restricted refuelling of foreign aircraft at airports in Nizhny Novgorod, Mineralnye Vody and Makhachkala - officially because "clever" foreign carriers are buying cheap Russian jet fuel as global prices run 57% above last year. The Russian Fuel Union insists Moscow has no shortages. No deficit - but limits everywhere. The classic Russian "everything is fine."

Mythos banned three days after launch - AI becomes a national security matter

U.S. authorities ordered Anthropic to restrict access to its most powerful AI model, Mythos, for all non-U.S. citizens - the company shut it down for everyone. Separately, malware developers have discovered they can weaponise the model's own safety filters by embedding bioweapons queries into code, causing the system to crash itself. The world's most powerful AI model lasted 72 hours. Welcome to the era when intelligence is more dangerous than a bomb.

Ashmanov buries the VPN war - the state will not win

Presidential Human Rights Council member Igor Ashmanov stated plainly that Russia will never defeat VPNs, because the country has 1.5 million programmers whom the blocking campaign has only galvanised. Three years ago almost nobody knew the word "VPN" - now every grandmother does. Trying to govern a country "like chess pieces" without feedback produces escalation, not compliance. The government blocked the internet and gave 1.5 million programmers a free masterclass in resistance.

Traffic violation content labelling - five ministries assigned to police dashcam videos

The Russian government approved a plan to introduce mandatory labelling for content depicting traffic violations, with five agencies - Roskomnadzor, the Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Transport and the Interior Ministry - tasked to deliver it by 2027. Five federal bodies will label drifting videos - in a country managing a war, a fuel crisis and an unwinnable VPN battle simultaneously. Five ministries versus dashcam footage. Priorities duly noted.