The growth of protest activity and popularity of the opposition politician Alexei Navalny suggests that Russia is gradually maturing the ground for an uprising against the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

This opinion was expressed in the commentary to the "Observer" by the Russian journalist Fedor Klimenko.

"It is completely obvious, and this proves the growth of protest activity and the growth of popularity of Navalny and this shows that in Russia there appeared powerful enough people who are aimed at changing the regime and eliminating Putin.

That is, I think that now there is a situation that says that the revolution in Russia is no longer absolutely excluded factor, "the journalist said..

As reported by the "Observer", on June 12 in major cities of Russia there were opposition rallies, initiated by Alexey Navalny. The main declared theme of the rallies is anti-corruption, but rallies are also part of the Navalny campaign to fight for registration as a candidate in the presidential elections in the Russian Federation.

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