Fair Russia
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| Leader | Sergey Mironov |
| Founded | October 2006 |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Political ideology | Socialism, patriotism, populism |
| International affiliation | none |
| Website | www.spravedlivo.ru |
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Fair Russia: Motherland/Pensioners/Life[1] (Russian: Справедли́вая Росси́я: Ро́дина/Пенсионе́ры/Жизнь; Spravedlivaya Rossiya: Rodina/Pensionery/Zhizn), also translated as Russia of Justice: Motherland/Pensioners/Life,[2] Justice Russia: Motherland/Pensioners/Life[3] and Just Russia: Motherland/Pensioners/Life,[4] was formed on 28 October 2006 as a merger of Rodina, the Russian Party of Life and the Russian Pensioners' Party.[5] Sergey Mironov, the chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, is the new party's first chairman.
While it wishes to challenge United Russia, it strongly supports the current President Vladimir Putin and has been criticised as being an opposition party in name only.[6] Mironov, for his part, has argued that the creation of Fair Russia marks the establishment of a two-party system in Russia, and that his new group will provide a much-needed check on United Russia's current hegemony over the Duma's proceedings.
Fair Russia did well in regional elections held in Russia on Sunday 11th March 2007 but didn't manage to become the second most voted party, a place that is still hold by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. It scored second place in six of the fourteen regions where elections were taking place, and took first place in Stavropol Krai. Preliminary results showed that Fair Russia won an average of 15% across the fourteen regions arriving third after CPRF's 16% and United Russia's 45%[1].
[edit] References
- ^ Staff writer. "Putin backs idea of forming several large political parties — Gryzlov", Interfax, 2006-11-17. Retrieved on November 21, 2006.
- ^ Staff writer. "Three Russian Parties Merge into Single “Russia of Justice” Faction", MosNews, 2006-10-29. Retrieved on November 21, 2006.
- ^ Staff writer. "3 Russian political parties merge into nominal opposition bloc, Putin ally elected head", International Herald Tribune, 2006-10-28. Retrieved on October 28, 2006.
- ^ Staff writer. "Federation Council speaker elected head of new Russian party", RIA Novosti, 2006-10-28. Retrieved on October 28, 2006.
- ^ Staff writer. "Three Russian parties endorse merger into single party", ITAR-TASS, 2006-10-28. Retrieved on October 28, 2006.
- ^ Abdullaev, Nabi. "New 'Just Russia' Party Says Putin Knows Best", St. Petersburg Times, 2006-10-31. Retrieved on November 1, 2006.
[edit] External link
- Official website of the party (Russian)
- Website of Moscow oblast regional committee (Russian)
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