Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko mocked attempts by Moscow residents to protest against the forced resettlement and demolition of old neighborhoods in the city center.

In his Facebook, the journalist compared them to "belent-toned" protests and predicted that Russians would stumble on the same rake as seven years ago.

"No no. I'm categorically behind rallies. I'm for rallies, for ordering prayers for peace, for voodoo rituals, for shamanism, for witchcraft, for cutting off strands of hair and burning it, for pouring a lapel potion into soup and for any other protest actions, "he writes..

According to Babchenko, these "dances with balls" do not have the most important ingredients - "tires and Molotov, without which nothing works and does not work".

The journalist noted that the Russian opposition for seven years and did not understand that the rallies - "absolutely useless, even with Navalny, even without Navalny".

"And anyway, every time I feel young. You look at these scenes, these creative posters, these balls, this prospect Sakharov, these fences, these cohorts of militia - and for seven years there was not. All by new. Hello, youth. All the same angry townspeople. All the same posters in the style of "do not annoy us". All the same number calculations. All the same rake. All the same.

All with the same result. Absolute deja vu, of course, "he concluded..

As reported by the "Observer", in the Russian capital, according to official figures, in protest against the demolition of the old residential quarters, attended by 5 thousand people.

The State Duma and local authorities plan to demolish about eight thousand houses in which about 1.6 million people live.

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