

I mean liberal. Pavel was supported by parties like ODS, TOP09, KDU, which are economically liberal parties. More generally, European liberalism is represented by groupings such as ALDE, or Renew. But European technocratic liberalism is strong in both the centre left and centre right parties all over Europe.
He blames Lenin and the Bolsheviks for Ukraine having its own identity. This is indicative of his attitude: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/25/vladmir-putin-accuses-lenin-of-placing-a-time-bomb-under-russia
See also: https://jacobin.com/2022/02/putin-anti-bolshevik-tsarist-mythic-history-ukraine