United Russia
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| United Russia | |
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| Image:United Russia logo.gif | |
| Leader | Boris Gryzlov |
| Founded | April 2001 |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Official ideology/ political position | Centrism |
| International affiliation | none |
| Website | www.ER.ru |
United Russia (Russian: Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya; the more correct translation is Unified Russia) is a political party in the Russian Federation which usually labels itself centrist. It backs the current President, Vladimir Putin. It was founded in April 2001 as a merger between Yuriy Luzhkov's, Yevgeny Primakov's and Mintimer Shaeymiev's Fatherland - All Russia party, and the Unity Party of Russia, led by Sergei Shoigu and Alexander Karelin.
United Russia is a relatively new party in the Russian Parliament but has been making great gains in recent federal and local elections due to the popularity of Putin. In the 2003 parliamentary elections it polled 37% of the party vote. As of January 2005 it controls 305 seats out of 450, which gives it a Constitutional majority. United Russia members also make up 88 out 178 delegates in the Federation Council of Russia, (The Upper House of Parliament). In the 2004 presidential election United Russia supported Vladimir Putin and contributed to his victory.
A number of Ministers in Putin's Government as well as many Regional Governors and other senior government officials throughout Russia are members of the Party. The current head of the United Russia is Duma Speaker and former Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov, elected as a party leader in November 2002.
On its official website the party claims to have 1,530,000 members (20 July, 2007). According to United Russia's own register dated 2005-09-20, the party has 2,600 local and 29,856 primary offices in all Russia's regions.
During the December 2007 election, the party was accused by voters and election monitoring group Golos of numerous election law violations banned in the Russian constitution. [1] Russian authorities dismissed accusations as "emotional" rather than fact-based.[2] According to preliminary election results, United Russia won 64.24% of the popular vote in December 2007 elections.[3] This allows it to form constitutional majority in the Parliament that is eligible not only to pass federal laws, by also to make changes to the Constitution if not vetoed by the Federation Council or the President.
The party supports the candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 presidential election.
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[edit] External links
- Official web site of the party
- Official web site of the Duma fraction
- Forum of party supporters
- Youth wing of the party
- United Russia (Moscow)
- United Russia (Ural)
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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