Agrarian Party of Russia
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| Agrarian Party of Russia | |
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| Image:Agrarian gerb.gif | |
| Leader | Vladimir Plotnikov |
| Founded | February 1993 |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Official ideology/ political position | Agrarianism, socialism |
| International affiliation | unknown |
| Website | www.AgroParty.ru |
The Agrarian Party of Russia (Agrarnaya Partiya Rossii, Аграрная Партия России, АПР) is a left wing agrarian party in Russia. Founded in February of 1993, it is among the oldest political parties in modern Russia. While not officially communist, it displays many similarities with the ideologies of collectivism and socialism, while at the same time promoting some private property for small farmers.
The party was founded and led by Mikhail Lapshin until 2004; the current leader of the party is Vladimir Plotnikov. In the State Duma election of December 1993, the Agrarian Party of Russia obtained 37 seats in the parliament and won 8% of the popular vote. Between 1994 and 1996 party member Ivan Rybkin was a speaker of the Russian parliament. In the State Duma elections in December 1995, the APR did not make it over the 5% threshold, obtaining only 3.78% of the vote. At the last legislative elections, 7 December 2003, the party won 3.6 % of the popular vote and 3 out of 450 seats.
Agrarian party member Nikolay Kharitonov ran as a presidential candidate of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the 2004 Russian Presidential election and won 13.7% of the vote, placing second to Vladimir Putin.
In the 1990s the party deputies were usually allies of the Communist Party in the State Duma and advocated greater government support for the agricultural sector.
The party won 2.30% of votes in the 2007 elections, not breaking the 7% barrier, and thus no seats in duma.
The Agrarian Party supports the candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 presidential election.
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Political parties in Russia Image:Flag of Russia.svg | |
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| Major parties | United Russia • Communist Party of the Russian Federation • Liberal Democratic Party of Russia • Fair Russia |
| Minor parties | Agrarian Party of Russia • Civilian Power • Democratic Party of Russia • Green Alternative • Russian Libertarian Movement • Party of Russia's Rebirth • Patriots of Russia • Peace and Unity • People's Union • Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" • Russian Social Justice Party • Union of Right Forces • Yabloko |
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