List of political parties in Russia

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Political parties in Russia lists political parties in Russia. Presently there are four parties that make up the State Duma (parliament). In addition there many minor ones. Russia is often described as a one party dominant state with United Russia in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are seen as ineffective and widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power, which is partly due to the control of mainstream media and some opposition figures by the government [1] [2] [3] [4]

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[edit] The parties

[edit] Major parties in the Russian State Duma

  • United Russia (Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya)
  • Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Коммунистическая партия Российской Федерации, Kommunisticheskaya partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii)
  • Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Либерально-Демократическая Партия России (ЛДПР), Liberal’no-Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii (LDPR))
  • Fair Russia (Справедли́вая Росси́я: Ро́дина/Пенсионе́ры/Жизнь, Spravedlivaya Rossiya: Rodina/Pensionery/Zhizn)

[edit] Other Prominent Parties

  • Agrarian Party of Russia (Аграрная Партия России, Agrarnaya Partiya Rossii)
  • Citizens' Force (Гражданская Сила, Grazhdanskaya Sila)
  • Democratic Party of Russia (Демократическая партия России, Demokraticheskaya partiya Rossii)
  • Party of Russia's Rebirth (Партия Возрождения России, Partiya Vozrozhdeniya Rossii)
  • Patriots of Russia (Патриоты России, Patrioty Rossii)
  • Peace and Unity (Российская политическая партия Мира и Единства, Rossiyskaya politicheskaya partiya Mira i Edinstva)
  • People's Union (Народный Союз, Narodnyi Soyuz)
  • Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" (Российская экологическая партия «Зеленые», Rossiiskaya ekologicheskaya partiya "Zyelyonyye")
  • Russian Social Justice Party (Российская Партия Справедливости, Rossiyskaya Partiya Spravedlivosti)
  • Union of Right Forces (Союз Правых Сил, Soyuz Pravykh Sil)
  • Yabloko (Российская Демократическая Партия "Яблоко", Rossiyskaya Demokraticheskaya Partiya "Yabloko")

[edit] Minor parties


[edit] Historical parties

[edit] References

  1. ^ Digest by Glasnost Defense Foundation
  2. ^ Index of democracy by Economist Intelligence Unit
  3. ^ Sergey Kovalev - Interview to Radio Free Europe (Russian)
  4. ^ Did Irina Hakamada refused to be a Kremlin's project? by Yulia Latynina, Novaya Gazeta

[edit] See also