Is Russia about to experience a period of dramatic political change? If so, can exiled democratic forces unite into a coherent bloc and is there any way for them to force themselves on to the political scene?
Nearly 300 exiled Russian opposition politicians and activists gathered to discuss these questions in the European parliament last week, the congress coming as news broke of the Kakhovka dam destruction, the latest grim episode in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
The Brussels forum, convened by four MEPs, was the first such gathering
