Liberal parties in Russia typically receive between 2% and 5% of the vote.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim's 2-5% range roughly matches the historical record: Menyashev reports liberal parties averaged about 4.5% combined in 1995-2007, and Carnegie reports Yabloko under 2% and PARNAS under 1% in 2016.
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… Uh, so they've had to go in differently, they've had to be more deceptive in their, uh, and, you know, the Russian liberals, yeah, liberals in our sense of the word. There's only a handful of parties. Normally, they get between two and 5% of the vote. There's been a couple times where they have been slightly higher than that, but always in single digits. So, regardless of what might be, you know, Putin isn't going to kill them all. …
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Contradicts. Carnegie reports that the two main liberal parties received under 2% combined in 2016 (Yabloko under 2%, PARNAS under 1%), below the claimed floor, and that Yabloko earlier won 7.86% in 1993, above the claimed ceiling.[3]
Supports. Menyashev reports that liberal parties together averaged 4.5% of the vote in Russian parliamentary elections from 1995 to 2007, inside the claimed 2-5% range.[4]
Context. Recent reporting says Yabloko has polled in single digits in recent years, and the Supreme Court removed it from party-list races in August 2026, so it ran only in single-seat constituencies.[1][2]
Context. A 2017 academic study describes a long decline in liberal party support and a record low turnout in 2016, but gives no average vote share for the bloc.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 not rated
- 1Russia's ruling pro-Putin party on track to win wartime ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Here's what to know about Russia's parliamentary vote and ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Russia's Lost Liberals | Carnegie Endowment for International Peacecarnegieendowment.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Rinat Menyashevwp.hse.ru · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Liberalism in Russia: from the margins of Russian politics to an instrument of geopolitical otheringtandfonline.com · not rated · cited for: context
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