Protest movement in Russia is very weak, because it does not have an intellectual base.

This in an interview with the "Observer" said the Russian director, historian and TV presenter Evgeny Ponasenkov.

"What do I think about the recent protests? The same as about the long-standing protests. Movement, unfortunately, very weak. It does not have an intellectual base. Leaders are not intellectuals, but people are casual. Speaking of Aleksey Navalny, his whole life is subordinated to the idea of ??taking power. But tactically, I support it: it is needed as a battering ram.

Not even as Navalny-future president, but simply as a ram against a system that completely rotted and gives off an unpleasant smell, "Ponasenkov said..

According to him, in the active opposition there are no intellectuals, no system, no idea, no consistency.

"But a lot of bickering. And in order to defeat power, one must be smarter than power, "Ponasenkov summed up.

As reported by the "Observer", the weak point of the Kremlin regime.

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