Russian writer Boris Akunin (real name Grigory Chkhartshvili) gave an interview to the BBC, in which he spoke about the Real Russia project, which he launched together with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Sergey Guriev, and also shared his thoughts about the future of Russia. According to the writer, the war in Ukraine, unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, marked the beginning of the "

“Until February 24, I assessed the prospects of this Putin state as, let’s say, medium-term. Now the situation has changed. There will be no duration and even average.

Things are moving fast there.. This, apparently, will be a rather sad sight, because the empty the refrigerator, the louder the TV and the tougher the repressive measures, it's all true.. And yet, I think that this last head of state of Putin's state has begun,"

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Answering the question of journalist Jesse Keiner whether the stain of aggressors will remain on the Russians, Akunin noted that those who are fleeing the Putin regime are now in a difficult situation, since no one wants to help refugees from Russia. “Everyone wants to help Ukrainian refugees, and this is understandable”.

“The stain, of course, will remain. I think that it will remain until there is a revolution in Russia, and the attitude towards Russia, towards the Russians, will probably change only then. Here we all live with it. Now the important thing is how we will behave, whether we will be silent or we will not be silent.. Will we do some good things or we won't.

This is our common cause, our common responsibility,"

He also noted that Ukrainian television channels invite him to speak.. “But now I need to talk not with Ukrainians, but with Russians, I need to talk with compatriots, because it’s time for us to act and unite. It’s time to understand this new reality and how to behave in it,” the writer believes..

Earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Putin is committing war crimes at a level that Europe has not seen "