Dmitry Bykov
Writer (Russia)
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I think that when there's a worldwide trial over the rule of Vladimir Putin and his accomplices, Beslan will be one of the main arguments. And have no doubt that this trial will happen
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I am absolutely confident, and you will see, it won't be long to wait. Three things will become completely unacceptable in the world after this war. Prisons will disappear from the world as the main instrument of the enslavement of the people. Nationalists will disappear from the world, because any nationalism, at its extreme, leads to Nazism. And borders will disappear from the world (After the war in Ukraine)
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I don't have the feeling of a triumphant march on Sumy. The attempt to plug these gaps with convicts also turned out to be less than absolute, because the convicts, as the Prigozhin march showed, are not the most reliable followers. I think there will be a mobilization (There will be another mobilization in Russia)
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The appeal demanding the return of the death penalty comes from Sergey Mironov, the leader of a parliamentary party, although Klishas cut it down. But the fact that they will succeed in introducing the death penalty—if they have enough time, and they don't have much—is beyond doubt (Russia will introduce the death penalty)
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By the way, such intense purges will start this summer and fall within Putin’s ranks; the heads of propagandists will roll en masse, like mushrooms sprouting
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In the second half of the 21st century, humanity will live out its days without prisons... I believe people will enter the thirties, and certainly the forties, without prisons. Prisons need to be replaced. And not just with isolation, but perhaps with treatment, perhaps with socialization, rethinking the entire punishment system
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It will be a world of completely transparent borders... I think a sort of citizenship bank will emerge, where people can choose where they want to live... Passports, registration, and affiliation with a specific port will become irrelevant in about 5–6 years
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As for Arestovych’s future, my prediction is quite simple—he will disappear without a trace, and endless expeditions will search for him in the depths of the Amazon…
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Zelensky will not run for a second term
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I may be wrong, but it seems to me that Alternative for Germany, which everyone fears and which supposedly has around 20%, will face a complete disaster in this election. And I know why. Because about three days before the election, a dossier will be published revealing its dependence on the Kremlin
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None of the current opposition leaders, whether abroad or within Russia, will have any role in shaping Russia's future after the collapse of Putin's regime. That responsibility will fall to an entirely different generation, to people we have no knowledge of today
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It seems to me that Putin's superpower, and broadly speaking, the Russian state as it has existed for the past 500 years, will end its history with this parade. I have this bitter feeling... The May 9, 2025, parade will be the last of its kind with this type of ideology. I might be wrong, but I don’t think I am
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It seems to me that Alexander Lukashenko will do everything possible to step down this year. Where he will go, how, and on what terms is debatable. But I believe we are witnessing the final period of Lukashenko's rule. As a leading political figure, he can no longer be taken into serious account
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I am absolutely convinced that when peace comes and elections are held according to the constitution, he will not run in those elections. I think that would be the wisest decision on his part (Speaking about Zelensky)
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By March 2025, the war in Ukraine will end, I think. I’m ready to be wrong, but I’d say there’s a 70% chance of it happening
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Each of them is writing their own biography. Musk is writing his. Trump’s place in that biography is very modest... The fallout between these two figures, their conflict, will be so loud, so explosive, and so fascinating that you won’t need any TV shows for the foreseeable future
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That the war will end under Trump is absolutely clear (The war in Ukraine)
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I can say with a high degree of probability—not 100%, but very likely—that in four years, the defeat of the Republican Party will be even more complete than the Democrats’ defeat now
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Electing Trump today guarantees that Vance will win in four years
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Putin's Russia will not cross the Dnipro, it will not take half of Ukraine’s territory, and it will not reach Lviv
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The Kremlin will hold onto Ramzan Kadyrov until the very end... Analysts are correct when they say that the fall of Kadyrov will be a precursor to Putin's own fall. This will happen sooner
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Do not think that Margarita Simonyan’s future is cloudless. Many think so, but it’s a dangerous, heavy delusion... Long before the entire system falls, we will see the fall of Margarita Simonyan. I feel very sorry for her
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I think that the current American thrillers will end with Kamala’s victory. And I believe that this victory will be by a much larger margin than the exit polls currently show (Kamala Harris will win the 2024 U.S. presidential election)
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There will be no peaceful exit. That’s the horror of any totalitarianism—there’s no peaceful way out. Of course, there will be no peaceful departure (Referring to Lukashenko)
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The consensus on Ukraine's entry into NATO has been reached... It’s completely clear that it will happen
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After the collapse of this regime, Russia will become completely, completely different... I think this will happen in about 10 years, with the complete collapse and total replacement of the state's system
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In 2025, Russia will commit some sort of suicidal act. Whether it will involve the use of tactical nuclear weapons, an incursion into NATO territory, or an accidentally shot-down plane, I can't say for sure. But I can see there's a clear crisis of leadership. So in 2025, the situation will spiral out of control. How exactly this will play out, I don’t know
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In Ukraine today, the situation with the repair of the energy sector is better than it was two years ago... Ukraine cannot be destroyed... It is completely impossible to bring it to its knees. Ukraine will survive this winter. Both Zelensky and Zelensky's rating will survive it. Kharkiv residents will survive it too (This means that Ukraine will not surrender this winter and will not accept Russia's conditions due to the fact that Russia is destroying its energy infrastructure)
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And now it will collapse once again, I believe, by the end of this year (The Russian system)
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It will consume them (The Russian system will take down Igor Strelkov)
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Therefore, I am firmly convinced that Roizman will be pushed out of the country. Not imprisoned, but pushed out. And nothing will come of it
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First of all, he is unlikely to be awarded an Oscar (Navalny. In 2023)
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He will not use it; this is already evident (Putin will not use nuclear weapons)
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