Putin's Joke About 'Firewood For Europe' Turned Out To Be Prophetic

Putin predicted the European energy crisis of 2021 back in 2010.

You are giving up Russian gas, you do not want to develop nuclear energy ... what are you going to heat with wood ? After all, you will have to go to our Siberia for firewood, ”joked Vladimir Putin at a meeting with German business in 2010. The joke turned out to be prophetic.