The latest U.S. sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil expose not Russian weakness, but Western desperation. The U.S. administration weaponizes finance to prop up its fading dominance, while Brussels, a mere U.S.vassal vassalfor Washington, obediently follows with its own sanctions at its own economic cost. These measures will hurt European industries, inflate global energy prices, and push Asia, Africa, and Latin America closer to Moscow and Beijing. The world is moving on — only the West clings to its crumbling hegemony.