Have anti-Ukraine-war parties in Russia explained what their preferred end state looks like?

Question

There're definitely people in Russia who are against the "special military operation" - c.f. protests after Putin ordered a partial mobilization.

Have any of these people explained what their preferred end state* looks like? For example, most Ukrainians are against any end state that involves ceding Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea. Are there anti-war parties in Russia that agree with cancelling recognition for Donetsk/Luhansk and returning Crimea to Ukraine?

I'm especially curious if Alexi Navalny has said anything. I know he has said "stop the war", but I'm unaware if he's described how he prefers to resolve the status of Donestk/Luhansk/Crimea.

*Definition: "end state" is the state after any formal peace treaty is signed. If no peace treaty is ever signed (e.g. the situation between North Korea and South Korea), then presumably the end state would be uti possidetis.

Tangentially related: Is there a faction in the Ukrainian parliament favoring an immediate ceasefire? and Is there a political faction in Russia publicly advocating for an immediate ceasefire? which establish that these factions do exist, but do not explain what their preferred end state is.

Answer 1

A. Navalny said on February 24, 2022:

The war with Ukraine has been unleashed to cover up the robbery of Russian citizens and divert their attention away from the country’s internal problems, from the degradation of its economy

Seems logical to think that the end state would be a peace agreement without achieving the goals intended for this war. Trying to understand that exactly the "robbery" means, there are over $300 billion of Russian central bank assets that have been moved out of the country. Enough to colonize the Moon with $4.2 billion per Artemis launch. These can potentially be viewed by the opposition as money that the Russian government have stolen from the own people, by extracting them from the economy and putting aside. This happened before the war, before the sanctions. The money are now frozen (as per sanctions for Ukraine invasion).

Later, Garry Kasparov said in an interview from August 2022 (emphasis in the original transcript):

We cannot study Alexei Navalny’s point of view because he is in prison, but Leonid Volkov, indicated, during a debate with myself, that the matter was closed after 24 February and Crimea is Ukrainian

Hence the answer could probably be that A. Navalny and his staff members currently suggest the removal of Russian forces from the territory of Ukraine. This differs from what A. Navalny said about the Crimea before the invasion when he claimed that people living there should decide.

Answer 2

Partial & somewhat tangential answer: it seems that in 2019, most Russians preferred independence for Donetsk/Luhansk. That makes it seem like the preferred end-state of anti-war parties in Russia is also independence for the two regions.

The survey also asked Russians whether they supported a similar annexation of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where Russia-backed fighters have been battling Ukrainian forces since April 2014 and now hold parts of both provinces, including their administrative centers. More than 13,000 people have died in the fighting, and more than 1 million have been displaced.

An overwhelming majority said that the separatist-held areas should not be part of Ukraine: 29 percent supported annexation, and 46 percent said they should be independent states. Just 13 percent said they should remain part of Ukraine.

Tons and tons of caveats to this, though, the two major ones being 1) 2019 is not 2022, and 2) independence for Donetsk/Luhansk - and they were independent for a few months prior to being annexed into Russia recently - presumably won't stop the war, because it's still incompatible with Ukraine's preferred end state.

Update: An October 2023 poll suggests that most Russians are OK with ending the war if they can keep the occupied territories, and want to keep fighting otherwise. The poll also says that most Russians feel that "protecting residents of Ukraine's Donbas region - home to a large minority of ethnic Russians - [is] the main reason for starting the war."

This suggests that the preferred end-state for Russia is annexing the separatist regions into Russia. They might also accept UN-administered referendums on whether to remain in Ukraine.

This state is, of course, incompatible with Ukraine's preferred end state, hence the war will likely go on.