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
One alliance of legislators, across borders.
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.
Confirmed members
Sixteen legislators, six parliaments
Pins mark each parliament’s capital. Hover or focus a card to highlight its country.
Country with confirmed membersRussia
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 aims
- 01Safeguard the rules-based order
Holding Russia to the standards of international law and protecting that legal order from distortion.
- 02Strengthen collective security
Developing complementary parliamentary responses to Russia's military and hybrid challenges in support of allied defence and deterrence.
- 03Reinforce sanctions and economic statecraft
Closing loopholes, harmonising regimes across jurisdictions, and reducing strategic dependence on Russian energy and trade leverage.
- 04Protect national integrity
Countering Russian influence operations, illicit political financing, sabotage, and information warfare against democratic institutions.
- 05Uphold 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
How IPAR is organised
- 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
Who is building it
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.
“There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies — and that is fighting without them.”
Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on Russia · ksenia@gridresearch.eu