Overview
- Late July reporting says Athos Salomé, a 39-year-old Brazilian parapsychologist nicknamed the “Living Nostradamus,” claims two of his 2026 predictions have come true: rising Iran‑Israel tensions and Spain’s World Cup win.
- Salomé has renewed a forecast that Russia and NATO could clash in the Arctic as melting ice opens seasonal shipping lanes and access to energy reserves.
- He points to what he calls recent interceptions and Russian missile moves to argue the risk is rising, but those operational claims are attributed to him and lack public, independent confirmation.
- Salomé describes his method as symbolic analysis, long‑term pattern observation and study of Kabbalah, and he explicitly frames his forecasts as interpretations rather than certainties.
- News outlets from tabloids to mainstream papers have amplified his warning, and analysts say the Arctic is already seeing more NATO operations and an expanded Russian presence, which makes monitoring deployments, open‑source reporting and official statements the clearest way to assess the real security risk.