Lyubov Sobol

Exiled Russian Opposition Can Still Pierce Putin’s Information Monopoly

At a Hoover Institution screening of Lyuba’s Hope, Russian opposition figure Lyubov Sobol argued that exile has constrained but not ended her political work against Vladimir Putin’s regime. In discussion with filmmaker Marianna Yarovskaya, producer Paul Gregory, Kathryn Stoner, and Larry Diamond, Sobol described a strategy built around reaching Russian audiences through blocked platforms, documenting repression and war support, pushing sanctions and visa cases abroad, and preparing for a democratic opening organized around institutions rather than revenge.