Possible Clues:

• Old tribesman drinks wine, to act as oracle
• Forecast made by an old Northerner without blushing
• Do a weather report, e.g.
• Foretell, prophesy
• Interpret signs
• Prophesy - portend
• Foresee resistance after Putin's first order
• Foresee monarch being put into power with decree
• Divine decree introduced by priestly leaders
• Forecast from pair ahead of decree