Before our confer­ence “Russia and the West”, we spoke with Mikhail Khodor­kovsky about the situation in his home country and the prospects for an end to the war of aggres­sion against Ukraine.

How can the West support the Russian oppo­si­tion? We Should remember that insti­tu­tions are more important than people. Maria Domanska, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw at the confer­ence Russia and the West

British author and jour­nalist Catherine Belton says that the West and espe­cially Western business ignored early alarm bells like the jailing of Mikhail Khodor­kovsky, believing that through trade they could foster a good and stable rela­tion­ship with Russia.

The historian Sergey Radchenko on why Ukraine should become a NATO member.

Speaking at the sidelines of our confer­ence “Russia and the West”, Russian oppo­si­tion politi­cian Vladimir Milov argued that the Russian people are often unfairly portrayed as supporting Putin and the war against Ukraine.

More than 120 experts from a dozen countries attended the fifth edition of our confer­ence “Russia and the West” on 20 April in Berlin. The partic­i­pants, including prominent Russian oppo­si­tion figures in exile, discussed future policy towards Moscow and post-Putin scenarios.