Russian liberals' "two brief moments of influence—from 1905 to the Bolshevik takeover in 1917, and from Mikhail Gorbachev’s proclamation of perestroika and glasnost until the presidency of Putin—ended in illiberal regimes and the discrediting of liberal ideas." https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/02/13/with-liberals-like-these-russian-liberalism-paul-robinson/