Russian opposition writer Boris Akunin, who emigrated to France in 2014, is convinced that there will definitely be a revolution in Russia. He stated this during a meeting with fans at the 22 Literary Festival in Berlin, reports the Russian service DW.

" But revolution is inevitable. The only question is when it will happen and how many destinies will be crippled before that"

He believes that from February 24, not only Ukrainians, but all other people, even those living far from the war, should live differently..

" There are people, and there are many of them, who are on the side of the Putin state. There are people who are also many and they oppose. And I, of course, with them,"

He is convinced that only with the help of a revolution can one get rid of the Putin regime, which is now in Russia.. But he believes that sanctions will not help this in any way, adding that Western politicians should become friends for the Russian people, and enemies only for the current government..

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The Russian oppositionist missed that the main goal of Western sanctions is not to harm the Russians, but to financially bleed the Kremlin regime so that it cannot invest its money in the war against Ukraine, where civilians are dying, including women, children, the elderly.

In addition, the latest Levada Center poll showed that a significant part of Russians want the hostilities to continue.. Such 48% of citizens, while the remaining 44% are in favor of resuming negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow.

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Recall, on September 8, the Council of the Smolninskoye municipal district in St. Petersburg proposed that the State Duma accuse Vladimir Putin of high treason in order to remove him from office. After that, the demand for the president to resign was signed by deputies from another 18 municipal districts of the city..

However, on September 9, the " The Council of Deputies of the Lomonosovsky municipal district in Moscow adopted an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation with a call to resign.