‘New Political Elite’ — Kremlin Foes Incubated By London’s Vibrant Russian Community

LONDON — Unrelenting political pressure on anti-Kremlin activists and an economic recession in Russia have created an increasingly vocal Russian exile community in the British capital that has become a hub of opposition outside Russia to President Vladimir Putin.

Over the last year, a sharp upswing of Russian-language events in London has featured journalists, poets, academics, musicians and opposition politicians flown in from Moscow and St. Petersburg.