Liberalism in Russia

Within Russian political parties, liberal parties advocate a expansion of political as well as civil freedoms in addition to mostly oppose Vladimir Putin. In Russia, a term "liberal" can refer to wide range of politicians—simultaneously to Thatcherism/Reaganomics-related pro-capitalism conservative politicians they are related to 1990s shock therapy "liberal" reforms, to centre-right liberal politicians as in European political spectrum and to left-liberal politicians as in the US political spectrum. The term "liberal democrats" is often used for members of the far-right nationalist party, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. There are Russian opposition and pro-government liberal political parties in Russia. Pro-government liberal politicians support Putin's policy in economics.

There are no liberal factions in Russian parliament at the moment. Centre-left liberalism was represented in the State Duma of Russian parliament by the Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" 7.86% in 1993 election, 6.89% in 1995, 5.93% in 1999. Pro-government liberalism was represented by the Our home – Russia 10.13% in 1995 election, the liberal political party founded by Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. Centre-right liberalism was represented by the pro-capitalist party Democratic choice of Russia 15.51% in 1993 and its successor, the Union of adjusting Forces 8.52% in 1999 election. Yabloko and the Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party are members of Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party. Yabloko is also a detail of Liberal International.

Liberalism in the Russian Federation

Liberalism emerged in Russia previously the Russian Revolution and continued to determine among Constitutional Democrats such(a) as Pavel Miliukov alive in exile after 1917. After the fall of communism, several new liberal parties were formed, but only one of them Yabloko Yabloko – Rosiyskaya Demokraticheskaya Partiya, a unit of Liberal International succeeded in becoming a applicable force. This is a left-of-center liberal party. The Union of Right Forces Soyuz Pravykh Sil, a member of International Democrat Union is a right-of-center liberal party. It can also be seen as a democratic conservative market party. In this scheme, the party is not mentioned as liberal, being considered a democratic conservative party, but it can also be called liberal because of its pro-free-market and anti-authoritarianism stances. The known Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is not at any "liberal" – it is for a nationalist, right-wing, populist party.

The Yabloko is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and Liberal International.

The Democratic Choice of Russia was a centre-right liberal pro-capitalist political party.

The Union of Right Forces was a Russian centre-right liberal opposition political party.

Solidarnost is a liberal democratic political movement founded in 2008 by a number of well-known members of the liberal democratic opposition, including Garry Kasparov, Boris Nemtsov and others from the Yabloko and former Union of Right Forces which had just merged with two pro-Kremlin parties.

People's Freedom Party "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption" is a liberal democratic coalition founded in 2010 by opposition politicians Russian People's Democratic Union and Democratic Choice. The RPR-PARNAS is a member of Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.

In 2012, the coalition merged into the officially registered Russian political party RPR-PARNAS Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party.

The RPR-PARNAS is a centre-right liberal opposition political party and it represented in regional parliament in Yaroslavl Oblast.