Russian politicians living in exile have formed a shadow parliament whose goal is to overthrow the Russian regime. The group plans to ask NATO for help.
More than 100 exiled Russian politicians and activists have formed a secret group targeting the Russian president Vladimir Putin overthrowing the regime.
of The Times according to the group members met on Wednesday in Warsaw. At the meeting, the seven-point revolutionary plan was finalized, which the group plans to present at the NATO summit in Washington in early July.
The group says it plans to ask the military alliance NATO for help to topple the Kremlin.
The seven-point plan
The group believes that the Kremlin can only be brought down by force. One of the group’s goals is the assassination of Putin, The Times writes.
According to the group, murdering high-ranking Kremlin officials is morally justified and necessary to bring down the Kremlin.
The plan also calls for tougher sanctions on Russia and more weapons for Ukraine.
The group has drawn up a new constitution for Russia and developed laws for a post-Putin, democratic Russia.
Who is in the group?
The group was founded in November 2022 and has a total of 106 members.
The meeting in Warsaw was attended by more than 60 representatives of the Russian political opposition.
One of the leaders of the group is an ex-MP Ilya Ponomarev. He was the only member of the Duma who opposed the annexation of the Crimean peninsula to Russia in 2014.
According to Ponomarev, the shadow parliament cooperates with Khodorkovsky’s organization and To Alexei Navalny with members of the FBK organization.
A former oligarch living in exile Mikhail Khodorkovsky the organization includes famous people, such as the world chess champion Garry Gasparova well-known opposition activist Anastasia Shevchenko and ex-member of the Russian opposition party Dmitry Gudkov.
The Times describes the shadow parliament as the political wing of the Russian Freedom for Russia Legion and the National Republican Army (NRA) partisan group.
The secret partisan forces Freedom for Russia and the NRA, made up of Russians, are fighting alongside Ukraine. During the war, groups have reported themselves as perpetrators of numerous sabotage attacks in Russia.
The NRA has also signed up as Putin’s supporters To Vladlen Tatarsky and Darja Duginan as the perpetrator of the murders.