Russia’s browbeaten opposition gathered in Brussels to plot a path back to democracy last week, with Vladimir Putin’s main rivals in jail or exiled and squabbling about how to move forward.
Rather than uniting Russia’s liberals, the war in Ukraine has deepened existing rifts and added new controversies, such as backing a military defeat for Moscow and Kyiv’s demands for reparations, which some see as politically toxic among Russians.
“They have these infights, and maybe it will take some time,” said Andrius Kubilius, a Lithuanian MEP who invited the opposition groups to the European parliament this week. “It would be good if they were able to show more unity around some kind of strategy.”
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