Political parties of Russia: list, features of the development of parties, their leaders and programs

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:44

Russia is a politically free country. This is evidenced by a considerable number of registered various political parties. However, according to the Constitution, parties that promote the ideas of fascism, nationalism, call for national and religious hatred, deny universal human values and undermine moral norms have no right to exist in Russia. But even without that there are enough parties in Russia. Below we will announce the entire list of political parties in Russia and give brief information about them.

Features of parliamentarism in Russia

Unfortunately, democracy in the historical development of our country is an atypical phenomenon. Monarchism and totalitarian socialism are something else. The entire experience of parliamentarism in Russia is reduced to a short period from the creation of the State Duma (1905) to the October Revolution of 1917. ATIn the USSR, parliamentarism in the conditions of a one-party system (the Communist Party of the Soviet Union) was absent in principle. In the transition to democratic lines, this "legacy" manifests itself in the form of methods of struggle, intolerance towards opponents. It seems that the purely Russian concept of "party of power" has also become a legacy from the CPSU.

Administrative resource

The experience of the one-party system in Russia is the richest. It is not surprising that, remembering the past, government officials and the highest echelons of power are interested in creating a party that supports the current government. Its main members are government officials, state and municipal employees, to a certain extent, the so-called administrative resource (power support) is used in the activities of the party. Guided by these signs, political scientists include "United Russia", as well as the former "Our Home is Russia", "Unity" from the list of political parties in Russia.

Oldest Batch

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation should probably be recognized as such as the direct successor of the CPSU. Political changes forced modern communists to shift their views much to the right and reorganize, but still, no matter how indignant other left-wing parties are, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is the "daughter" of the CPSU.

Regular Duma

Only two parties received mandates in all seven convocations of the State Duma. This is the Communist Party and the Liberal Democratic Party. This is the result of the firstdue to the traditional popularity of socialist ideas in Russia, the "critical" position towards the Russian government, which is a win-win in a country that is not without problems. Political scientists reduce the achievements of the "liberals" to the personal charisma of the founder and permanent leader of the party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

It should be noted, however, that there have always been representatives of the "party of power" in the Duma. "United Russia" is their direct continuation, but legally it can be considered a lie. "United Russia" are present in the Duma only for the last four convocations.

Political poles

Modern parties in Russia (in the list below), at least the leading ones, serve as spokesmen for popular ideas and a kind of leaders in their promotion:

• Thus, "United Russia" is the desire for a balanced right-wing centrism, propaganda for the strengthening of state power and respect for it, patriotism, internationalism, harmony in society.
• The Communist Party of Russia (KPRF) – social justice, patriotism, respect for history.
• The Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) is radicalism in pursuit of social justice.
• "Fair Russia" - the ideals of social democracy, including the European persuasion. In this sense, the SR follows the once influential, but lost authority Yabloko association.

Missing from the list of political parties in Russia is a strong separate party expressinginterests of business and liberalism of the pro-Western type. The Union of Right Forces went bankrupt politically, and the Civic Platform remained small. The last attempt so far is the Party of Growth, but it seems that in a country where the income gap between the rich and the poor is large, and the poor are many, the interests of the rich are alien to the majority of the population. The situation on the political "market" is changeable. For example, it has always been difficult to imagine that the popular Yabloko would lose seats in parliament. However…

All registered political parties in Russia: list and their leaders

Let's present to your attention the table.

Party	Year of founding	Ideology	Creators	Leader
"United Russia"	2001	Right Democratic Centrism	Sergei Shoigu, Yuri Luzhkov, Mintimer Shaimiev	Dmitry Medvedev
KPRF	1993	Central Left	Valentin Kuptsov, Gennady Zyuganov	Gennady Zyuganov
LDPR	1989	Declares liberalism, but if you pay attention to the leader's statements - ultra-right.	Vladimir Zhirinovsky	Vladimir Zhirinovsky
"Patriots of Russia"	2005	Central Left	Gennady Semigin	Gennady Semigin
Democratic Party "Yabloko"	1995	Social Democracy	Grigory Yavlinsky, Yuri Boldyrev, Vladimir Lukin	Emilia Slabunova
"Fair Russia"	2005	Social Democracy	Sergey Mironov	Sergey Mironov
"Growth Party"	2008	Right Conservative	Boris Titov	Boris Titov
People's Freedom Party	1990	Right centre, liberalism	Vladimir Lysenko, Stepan Sulakshin, Vyacheslav Shostakovsky	Mikhail Kasyanov
Democratic Party of Russia	1990	Right centre, liberalism	Nikolai Travkin	Timur Bogdanov
"For the women of Russia"	2007	Conservatism, protection of women's rights	Galina Latysheva	Galina Khavraeva
Green Alliance	2012	Social democracy, ecology	Mitvol Fetisov	Alexander Zakondyrin
Union of Citizens (SG)	2012	Social democracy, protecting the rights of urban residents	Ildar Gayfutdinov	Dmitry Volkov
People's Party of Russia	2012	Centrism	Andrey Bogdanov	Stanislav Aranovich
Civil Position	2012	Liberalism	Andrey Bogdanov	Andrey Poda
Social Democratic Party of Russia	2012	Social Democracy	Andrey Bogdanov	SirazhdinRamazanov
Communist Party of Socialist Justice (CPSU)	2012	Socialism	Andrey Bogdanov	Oleg Bulaev
Party of Pensioners of Russia	2012	Social democracy, protection of the rights of pensioners	Nikolai Chebotarev	Nikolai Chebotarev
Party "GROSS"	2012	Social democracy, protecting the rights of urban residents	Yuri Babak	Yuri Babak
Young Russia (MOLROSS)	2012	Centrism, protection of youth rights	Nikolay Stolyarchuk	Nikolay Stolyarchuk
Free Citizens Party	2012	Constitutionalism, liberalism	Pavel Sklyanchuk	Alexander Zorin
"The Greens"	1993	Centrism, ecology	Anatoly Panfilov	Evgeny Belyaev
Communists of Russia (KOMROS)	2009	Left	Konstantin Zhukov	Maxim Suraikin
Agrarian Party of Russia	1993	Centrism, protection of the rights of citizens employed in the agricultural sector of the economy	Vasily Starodubtsev, Mikhail Lapshin, Alexander Davydov	Olga Bashmachnikova
Russian People's Union (RUS)	1991	Patriotism, conservatism, Orthodoxy	Sergey Baburin	Sergey Baburin
Party for Justice! (PARZAS)	2012	Patriotism, socialjustice	Vladimir Ponomarenko	Vladimir Ponomarenko
Social Party protection	2012	Social Justice Left	Viktor Sviridov	Viktor Sviridov
Civil Force	2007	Liberalism, ecology, protection of the rights of small and medium businesses	Alexander Revyakin	Kirill Bykanin
Pensioners' Party for Social Justice	1997	Social justice, protection of the rights of pensioners	Sergey Atroshenko	Vladimir Burakov
People's Alliance	2012	Patriotism	Andrey Bogdanov	Olga Anishchenko
Monarchist Party	2012	Patriotism, monorchism	Anton Bakov	Anton Bakov
Civil platform	2012	Liberalism	Mikhail Prokhorov	Rifat Shaikhutdinov
"FAIR"	2012	Christianity, liberalism	Alexey Zolotukhin	Alexey Zolotukhin
Labor Party of Russia	2012	Liberalism	Sergey Vostretsov	Sergey Vostretsov
Against everyone	2012	Social justice	Pavel Mikhalchenkov	Pavel Mikhalchenkov
Russian Socialist Party	2012	Socialism	Sergey Cherkashin	Sergey Cherkashin
PartyRussian veterans	2012	Patriotism, protection of the rights of military personnel	Ildar Rezyapov	Ildar Rezyapov
ROT FRONT	2012	Left	Victor Tyulkin, Sergey Ud altsov	Viktor Tyulkin
Cause Party	2012	Democracy, protecting the rights of entrepreneurs	Konstantin Babkin	Konstantin Babkin
The National Security Party of Russia (PNBR)	2012	Patriotism	Alexander Fedulov	Alexander Fedulov
"Motherland"	2003	Patriotism	Dmitry Rogozin, Sergei Glazyev, Sergei Baburin, Yuri Skokov	Aleksey Zhuravlev
Union of Labor	2012	Social justice, protection of workers' rights	Alexander Shershukov	Alexander Shershukov
Russian Party of People's Control	2012	Social Democracy	Albert Mukhamedyarov	Albert Mukhamedyarov
"Women's Dialogue"	2012	Traditionalism, patriotism, protection of the rights of women and children	Elena Semerikova	Elena Semerikova
Village Revival Party	2013	Protecting the rights of rural people	Vasily Vershinin	Vasily Vershinin
Defenders of the Fatherland	2013	Populism, protection of the rights of military personnel	Nikolai Sobolev	Nikolai Sobolev
Cossack party	2013	Patriotism, protection of the rights of the Cossacks	Nikolai Konstantinov	Nikolai Konstantinov
Development of Russia	2013	Social Democracy	Aleksey Kaminsky	Aleksey Kaminsky
Democratic legal Russia	2013	Moderate liberalism, constitutionalism	Igor Trunov	Igor Trunov
"Dignity"	2013	Liberalism	Stanislav Bychinsky	Stanislav Bychinsky
Great Fatherland	2012	Patriotism	Nikolai Starikov	Igor Ashmanov
Gardener Party	2013	Populism, protecting the rights of gardeners	Igor Kasyanov	Andrey Mayboroda
Civil initiative	2013	Democracy, liberalism	Dmitry Gudkov	Ksenia Sobchak
Renaissance Party	2013	Socialist Democracy	Gennady Seleznev	Viktor Arkhipov
National Course	2012	Patriotism	Andrey Kovalenko	Evgeny Fedorov
People against corruption	2013	Anti-corruption	Grigory Anisimov	Grigory Anisimov
Native Party	2013	Populism	Sergey Orlov, Nadezhda Demidova	Sergey Orlov, Nadezhda Demidova
Sports party "He althy Forces"	2013	Populism, protecting the rights of athletes	Davyd Gubar	Davyd Gubar
International Party (IPR)	2014	Social harmony of society, internationalism	Zuleikhat Ulybasheva	Zuleikhat Ulybasheva
Socialist Party Reform (AKP)	2014	Social justice	Stanislav Polishchuk	Stanislav Polishchuk
STRONG OF RUSSIA	2014	Defending the rights of people with disabilities	Vladimir M altsev	Vladimir M altsev
Good Deeds Party	2014	Populism, social protection	Andrey Kirillov	Andrey Kirillov
Revival of agrarian Russia	2015	Defending the rights of the agro-industrial sector	Vasily Krylov	Vasily Krylov
Change	2015	Social justice	Antonina Serova	Antonina Serova
Party of Parents (PWB)	2015	Populism, protecting the interests of the family	Marina Voronova	Marina Voronova
Small Business Party (SMBP)	2015	Liberalism, protecting the rights of small businesses	Yuri Sidorov	Yuri Sidorov
Non-Party Russia (BPR)	2013	Patriotism, social justice	Alexander Safoshin	Alexander Safoshin
"PowerTo the people"	2016	Socialism, social justice, people's democracy	Vladimir Miloserdov	Vladimir Miloserdov

This is the list of political parties in modern Russia.

Abuse

Every freedom is a risk, a loophole for dishonest people. Parliamentarism should benefit the country and its people. Political technologies are hardly worth considering as a boon. For example, the well-known political strategist Andrey Bogdanov creates parties and then sells them on a turnkey basis to everyone. Even in the list above there are several such "products". Although in 2012 the requirements for registration of political parties were tightened. That is why this is also the year of creation of the majority of newcomer parties. But freedom is better than cruel limits.