| People's Freedom Party “For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption” Партия народной свободы «За Россию без произвола и коррупции» |
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| Co-chairs | Mikhail Kasyanov Vladimir Milov Boris Nemtsov Vladimir Ryzhkov |
| Merger of | Democratic Choice Republican Party of Russia Russian People's Democratic Union Solidarnost |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Ideology | Various forms of liberalism, including classic and social liberalism, also social democracy and libertarianism in some factions |
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People's Freedom Party “For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption” (Russian: Партия народной свободы «За Россию без произвола и коррупции», Partiya narodnoy svobody "Za Rossiyu bez proizvola i korruptsiyi", abbreviated as Parnas, Парнас) is a Russian liberal democratic political party founded on 13 December 2010 by opposition politicians Vladimir Ryzhkov, Boris Nemtsov, Mikhail Kasyanov and Vladimir Milov.[1] The name is a reference to the original liberal democratic Party of Popular Freedom.
The party is strongly critical of Putin's regime. It's stated goal is to return Russia to the path of democracy and restore respect for the Constitution.
The party has been formed on the basis of a coalition including four organisations:
A number of Solidarity members have decided not to join the People's Freedom Party, including Garry Kasparov and his United Civil Front saying that they do not want to participate in unfree elections and waste resources attempting to register an opposition party, which, in their opinion, is impossible. They are also on bad terms with some key members of the Democratic Choice.
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On 16 December 2010 Vladimir Putin in a live television broadcast said that in the 90's Nemtsov, Milov and Ryzhkov "dragged a lot of billions along with Berezovsky and those who are now in prison... They have been pulled away from the manger, they had been spending heavily, and now they want to go back and fill their pockets".[8] In January 2011 Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Milov and Vladimir Ryzhkov brought the case of Putin's statement before the Moscow City Court, but next month their suit was dismissed. According to the judge Tatiana Adamova, the names of Nemtsov, Milov and Ryzhkov were used by Putin merely as common names to refer to a certain class of politicians.[9]
On 28 March 2011 the party released its report Putin. Corruption and started to collect funds from the public for its publication. A special account in Yandex has been opened for this purpose, overseen by a supervisory board of well-known public figures: chief editor of Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov, journalist Oleg Kashin, economist Irina Yasina and writer Oleg Kozyrev. Over a month 1,838,209 roubles were collected. Then the same board held a tender choosing the printing house, which had offered the lowest price for printing of one copy (4.05 roubles). Thus, it will be possible to print 440,000 copies. The distribution of the report began in June 2011. The account remains open, and the fundraising is continuing.
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