Megan Gittoes
Advisor to the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center, Kyiv; Associate Fellow, GLOBSEC; former Chief of Staff to the Chair of the UK Defence Select Committee.
The case for acting now
Russia's war on Ukraine, its hybrid campaigns against democratic states — disinformation, electoral interference, economic coercion — and the systematic suppression of civil society at home demand a coordinated parliamentary response. The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China has shown what is possible: more than 290 legislators from 43 parliaments, moving in concert.
No equivalent cross-border mechanism dedicated to Russia yet exists. Parliaments act in isolation, sanctions regimes diverge, accountability stalls, and the Kremlin exploits every gap. IPAR is built to close it.
290+legislators from 43 parliamentsThe Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China — proof of what is possible.
Confirmed members
Legislators from six countries across the political mainstream.
Chris LawSNPUnited Kingdom
Bernard JenkinConservativeUnited Kingdom
John WhittingdaleConservativeUnited Kingdom
Alicia KearnsConservativeUnited Kingdom
James MacClearyLiberal DemocratUnited Kingdom
Helen MaguireLiberal DemocratUnited Kingdom
Alex SobelLabour Co-opUnited Kingdom
Maria MezentsevaServant of the PeopleUkraine
Olena KhomenkoServant of the PeopleUkraine- YKYurii KamelchukServant of the PeopleUkraine
Federica OnoriAzioneItalyChair
Valentina GrippoAzioneItaly
Constance Le GripRenaissanceFrance
Frédéric PetitMoDemFrance
Emanuelis ZingerisHomeland UnionLithuania
Eerik-Niiles KrossReform PartyEstonia
The membership and the advisory board are both in formation. Further confirmations are pending.
Advisory Expert Board
- SGSam Greene
Bob Seely
Marie Mendras- JNJames Nixey
- EDElena Davlikanova
- KSKateryna Shynkaruk
Aims
Five areas where coordinated parliamentary action matters.
- Safeguard the rules-based order
Holding Russia to the standards of international law and protecting that legal order from distortion.
- Strengthen collective security
Developing complementary parliamentary responses to Russia's military and hybrid challenges in support of allied defence and deterrence.
- Reinforce sanctions and economic statecraft
Closing loopholes, harmonising regimes across jurisdictions, and reducing strategic dependence on Russian energy and trade leverage.
- Protect national integrity
Countering Russian influence operations, illicit political financing, sabotage, and information warfare against democratic institutions.
- Uphold human rights and accountability
Supporting legislative pathways to justice for war crimes in Ukraine, including the forcible deportation of children and conflict-related sexual violence.
Structure
Small, independent and cross-party by design.
Co-Chairs
Two per legislature, drawn from different mainstream parties, selected for their ability and willingness to work across partisan and national boundaries. They set the agenda and chair General Meetings on a rotating basis.
Membership
Open to any legislator from a democratic parliament who endorses IPAR's founding principles.
Secretariat
A small, independent expert team providing research, briefings, model resolutions, and rapid coordination between legislatures.
Registration
IPAR will be registered in Estonia.
Advisors
A network of subject-matter experts called on for specialist support.
Founding team
Ksenia Maximova
Founder, Russian Democratic Society; analyst working on Russia's war economy, sanctions circumvention and defence-technology networks.
Vadym Denysenko
Doctor of Historical Sciences; former Ukrainian MP and Government Representative in Parliament; Head of the Center for Strategic Policy.