Democratic Union (Russia)

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Democratic Union (Russian: Демократический Союз) is a Russian liberal party founded by Valeriya Novodvorskaya. The orientation has been radically liberal and pro-reform. The party charter specifies the main goals of the organization (among others) as follows:

• popularization of liberal ideas
• strengthening the rule of law
• supporting liberal reforms
• support and protection of private property
• fighting against occurrence of communism, nazism, fascism, socialism.

See also

• Liberalism in Russia

External links

• Democratic Union official site (in Russian)