Entire cities in Europe could freeze over during the cold peak of winter, CEO of Russian energy major Gazprom, Aleksey Miller warned, speaking at Russian Energy Week on Wednesday. According to his estimates, Europe may lack about 800 million cubic meters of gas per day which represents a third of …
Read More »Russia defies predictions of collapse – media
The Russian economy has largely shrugged off “unprecedented sanctions” from the West, The Economist noted, crediting the sharp rise in revenues from oil and gas exports. Russian consumer spending is up again, interest rates are going down, and the ruble is stronger than before the conflict in Ukraine escalated. “Russia’s …
Read More »Russia responds to EU’s ‘bankruptcy’ predictions
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned the “Brussels masochists” that they will have to change their rhetoric if the Russian debt default they predict ends up turning into the bankruptcy – both moral and material – of the European Union. Medvedev, who is currently deputy chairman of the national Security …
Read More »Russia mocks Western media for wrong ‘invasion’ predictions
The spokesperson for Russia’s foreign ministry has jokingly asked Western “disinformation media” outlets to publish the future schedule of Moscow’s “invasions,” after the previous prediction of a military incursion into Ukraine passed without incident. Writing on Telegram, Maria Zakharova poked fun at American and British outlets, which had suggested that …
Read More »Ditching green, new Cold War, US constitutional crisis – Saxo Bank’s predictions for 2022
SaxoStrats, the bank’s most prominent strategists, claim that “there is so much energy building up” in the global economy and society as a whole, the current system is absolutely incapable of coping with it. This will lead to a “socioeconomic revolution,” which would bring about significant changes in the way the world runs. …
Read More »BBC’s predictions of climate change destroying sport by 2050 join rich tradition of failed eco-doomsday warnings
‘Sport 2050’ is the BBC’s latest attempt to ratchet up its viewers’ fear levels, using fictional sports news from the year 2050 to demonstrate just how seriously climate change allegedly threatens to impact the sporting world. By highlighting its effect on sport, the BBC states that it hopes to reach …
Read More »Fever-pitch predictions of war fall short, as Russia withdraws troops from Ukrainian border. But will the move help calm tensions?
For weeks now, there have been warnings that Moscow’s deployment of tens of thousands of troops on the border with Ukraine could be a precursor to invasion and all-out war in Europe. While Russian officials have insisted the move was a response to increased activity by NATO forces, and Ukraine’s …
Read More »Five predictions for the Joe Biden administration: 2021 edition
Career politician Joe Biden will take charge of the broken US political system amid a global pandemic. He will be inaugurated on January 20 with Americans so divided that he will be the second straight president who must try to govern a country where about half the people don’t respect …
Read More »So long, 2020: Another year passes & despite Western predictions, warnings & wishful thinking, Russia fails to collapse… again
The Russian capacity for hardship is legendary. So too is the country’s ability to deal with, and overcome, adversity. From the Time of Troubles through the revolutions of 1917, the Civil War, Stalinist repression, the Second World War, the collapse of communism, and the economic and social travails of the …
Read More »Experts get US election predictions wrong again, but it’s no surprise; the culture war is so toxic dissent has become demonised
The only unsurprising thing about the US elections was the fact that so many pollsters and pundits got it wrong, yet again. Without knowing whether Biden or Trump will eventually slide past the 270 electoral college votes to secure the presidency, the result will leave many experts with egg on …
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