Dmitry Medvedev's Predictions for 2023

Yesterday evening Dmitry Medvedev posted his predictions for 2023 on Twitter. In case you don't know who he is, he's an ex-prime minister of Russia, having been in office from 2012 to 2020. Since 2020 he's been the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council. He's considered to be one of Russia's most important politicians.

I'm quoting his predictions in this post for the benefit of everyone who's been boycotting Twitter since Elon Musk took over. When you read them you'll probably laugh and say that it's all a parody. I don't share that view. His predictions are things that he really expects to happen, as ridiculous as they sound. You have to put yourself into the Russian mindset. Russia is an empire built on lies, subjugating its people with a daily barrage of fake news in the media. Anyone who dares to tell the truth accidentally falls off a high balcony. Today Russian television channels have been reporting his words as serious predictions for 2023. That doesn't mean that my friends in free countries can't laugh at them. They're hilarious and worth laughing at, but what's even more hilarious is that most people in Russia take them seriously.

1. Oil price will rise to $150 a barrel, and gas price will top $5,000 per 1,000 cubic meters.

2. The UK will rejoin the EU.

3. The EU will collapse after the UK’s return; Euro will drop out of use as the former EU currency.

4. Poland and Hungary will occupy western regions of the formerly existing Ukraine.

5. The Fourth Reich will be created, encompassing the territory of Germany and its satellites, i.e. Poland, the Baltic states, Czechia, Slovakia, the Kiev Republic and other outcasts.

6. War will break out between France and the Fourth Reich. Europe will be divided, Poland repartitioned in the process.

7. Northern Ireland will separate from the UK and join the Republic of Ireland.

8. Civil war will break out in the US, California and Texas becoming independent states as a result. Texas and Mexico will form an allied state. Elon Musk will win the presidential election in a number of states which, after the new Civil War’s end, will have been given to the GOP.

9. All the largest stock markets and financial activity will leave the US and Europe and move to Asia.

10. The Bretton Woods system of monetary management will collapse, leading to the IMF and World Bank crash. Euro and Dollar will stop circulating as the global reserve currencies. Digital fiat currencies will be actively used instead.

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I've already written my own ten predictions for 2023, which I'll post later today. I'll wait a few hours, so that you can take in Dmitry's predictions. At the end of 2023 we can do a count of who got the most things right.