Forget the financial crisis, by 2010 we’ll have bigger problems on our hands. That’s when the United States is predicted to collapse.

That’s right we said collapse. (We told you it was a crazy prediction) And it’s been floating around for a while.

According to Russian scholar Igor Panarin, in 2010 America will disintegrate into 6 pieces and then align with other nations. In an interview with Bloomberg he said, “The dollar isn't secured by anything.. the country's foreign debt has grown like an avalanche; this is a pyramid, which has to collapse."

He sounds like a kook. However, that’s not the case. The Wall Street Journal writes, “Prof. Panarin, 50 years old, is not a fringe figure. A former KGB analyst, he is dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's academy for future diplomats.. and an expert on U.S.-Russia relations.”

And get this. USA Today writes that Panarin believes that Alaska will revert to Russian control; "Atlantic America" would join the European Union; "The Central North-American Republic" would become part of Canada; "The Texas Republic" reverts to Mexico; "The California Republic" falls under Chinese control or influence; and Hawaii goes either to China or Japan."