Contemporary Russian liberalism

This article analyzes contemporary Russian liberalism through the prism ofcompeting trends of moderate pluralist and monistic radical thought. Theauthor focuses particularly on the pluralist trend, less well known in the West,arguing that its prospects are more promising over the long term. Ideologicaland tactical differences within the liberal camp in Russia are compared withthose in the West, both for the purpose of emphasizing that such differencesare not unique to Russia and to show the connections between Russian andWestern strands of liberal political thought.