Russia is a politically free country. This is evidenced by a considerable number of registered diverse political parties. However, according to the Constitution, parties that do not have the right to exist in Russia advocate the ideas of fascism, nationalism, call for ethnic and religious hatred, deny universal values and undermine moral standards. But even without that, there are enough parties in Russia. A little lower 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 is something else. The entire experience of parliamentarism in Russia comes down to a short period from the creation of the State Duma (1905) to the October Revolution of 1917. In the USSR, parliamentarism in a one-party system (the Communist Party of the Soviet Union) was absent in principle. Upon transition to a democratic track, this “legacy” is manifested in the form of methods of struggle, intolerance towards opponents. The inheritance from the CPSU, it seems, has become a purely Russian concept of "party in power."
Administrative resource
The experience of the one-party system in Russia is the richest. It is not surprising that, recalling the old, 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 (support of the authorities) is used in the activities of the party. Guided by these signs, political scientists include United Russia, as well as the former Our Home - Russia, Unity, among those from the list of political parties in Russia.
Oldest party
One, probably, should be recognized by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation as the direct successor to the CPSU. Political changes forced modern communists to shift their views much more to the right and reorganize, but nevertheless, no matter how other left-wing parties were indignant, the Communist Party was the “daughter” of the CPSU.
Duma regulars
Only two parties received mandates in all seven convocations of the State Duma. This is the Communist Party and the Liberal Democratic Party. Such a result in the former is explained by the traditional popularity of socialist ideas in Russia, by the "critical" attitude to the Russian government, which in a country without problems is a win-win. Achievements of the "liberals" political scientists reduce to the personal charisma of the creator and the permanent leader of the party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
It should be noted, however, that there have always been representatives of "parties in power" in the Duma. "United Russia" is their direct continuation, but legally this can be considered a lie. "United Russia" are present in the Duma only the last four convocations.
Political poles
The modern parties of Russia (in the list below), in any case leading ones, serve as spokesmen for popular ideas and peculiar leaders in their promotion:
- So, "United Russia" is a desire for balanced right-wing centrism, propaganda for strengthening state power and respect for it, patriotism, internationalism, and harmony in society.
- Communist Party of Russia (CPRF) - social justice, patriotism, respect for history.
- The Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) is radicalism in the pursuit of social justice.
- "Fair Russia" - the ideals of social democracy, including the European one. In this sense, the CP follows the once influential, but losing authority, Yabloko association.
There is no strong separate party in the list of political parties in Russia expressing the interests of business and pro-Western liberalism. The Union of Right Forces went bankrupt politically, and the Civil Platform remained small. The last attempt so far is the "Growth Party", but it seems that in a country where the income difference between rich and poor is large and there are many poor, the interests of the rich are alien to the majority of the population. The situation in the political "market" is volatile. For example, it was always hard to imagine that the popular Yabloko would lose seats in parliament. However, w …
All registered political parties in Russia: list and their leaders
Present to your attention a table.
| The consignment | Year of foundation | Ideology | Creators | Leader |
| "United Russia" | 2001 | Right Democratic Centrism | Sergey Shoigu, Yuri Luzhkov, Mintimer Shaimiev | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Communist Party | 1993 | Left centrism | Valentin Kuptsov, Gennady Zyuganov | Gennady Zyuganov |
| LDPR | 1989 | Declares liberalism, but if you pay attention to the statements of the leader - the far right. | Vladimir Zhirinovsky | Vladimir Zhirinovsky |
| "Patriots of Russia" | 2005 | Left centrism | Gennady Semigin | Gennady Semigin |
| Democratic Party "Apple" | 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 |
| Party of people's freedom | 1990 | Right Center, Liberalism | Vladimir Lysenko, Stepan Sulakshin, Vyacheslav Shostakovsky | Mikhail Kasyanov |
| Democratic Party of Russia | 1990 | Right Center, Liberalism | Nikolay Travkin | Timur Bogdanov |
| "For the women of Russia" | 2007 | Conservatism, women's rights | Galina Latysheva | Galina Khavraeva |
| Green Alliance | 2012 | Social democracy, ecology | Mitvol Fetisov | Alexander Zakondyrin |
| Union of Citizens (SG) | 2012 | Social democracy, protection of 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 | Sirazhdin Ramazanov |
| 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 | Nikolay Chebotarev | Nikolay Chebotarev |
| Party "GROSS" | 2012 | Social democracy, protection of the rights of urban residents | Yuri Babak | Yuri Babak |
| Young Russia (MOLROSS) | 2012 | Centrism, the protection of youth rights | Nikolay Stolyarchuk | Nikolay Stolyarchuk |
| Party of Free Citizens | 2012 | Constitutionalism, liberalism | Pavel Sklyanchuk | Alexander Zorin |
| Green | 1993 | Centrism, ecology | Anatoly Panfilov | Evgeny Belyaev |
| Communists of Russia (COMROS) | 2009 | Left | Konstantin Zhukov | Maxim Suraykin |
| Agrarian Party of Russia | 1993 | Centrism, protection of the rights of citizens employed in the agricultural sector | Vasily Starodubtsev, Mikhail Lapshin, Alexander Davydov | Olga Bashmachnikova |
| Russian National Union (ROS) | 1991 | Patriotism, conservatism, Orthodoxy | Sergey Baburin | Sergey Baburin |
| Party for justice! (PARZAS) | 2012 | Patriotism, social justice | Vladimir Ponomarenko | Vladimir Ponomarenko |
| Socialist Party protect | 2012 | Social Justice Left | Victor Sviridov | Victor Sviridov |
| Civil power | 2007 | Liberalism, ecology, protection of the rights of small and medium business | Alexander Revyakin | Kirill Bykanin |
| Retirement 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 Anischenko |
| Monarchist party | 2012 | Patriotism, monarchism | Anton Bakov | Anton Bakov |
| Civic 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 all | 2012 | Social justice | Pavel Mikhalchenkov | Pavel Mikhalchenkov |
| Russian Socialist Party | 2012 | Socialism | Sergey Cherkashin | Sergey Cherkashin |
| Party of Veterans of Russia | 2012 | Patriotism, protection of the rights of military personnel | Ildar Rezyapov | Ildar Rezyapov |
| MOUTH FRONT | 2012 | Left | Victor Tyulkin, Sergey Udaltsov | Victor Tyulkin |
| Party affairs | 2012 | Democracy, protecting the rights of entrepreneurs | Konstantin Babkin | Konstantin Babkin |
| Russian National Security Party (PNBR) | 2012 | Patriotism | Alexander Fedulov | Alexander Fedulov |
| "Homeland" | 2003 | Patriotism | Dmitry Rogozin, Sergey Glazyev, Sergey Baburin, Yuri Skokov | Alexey Zhuravlev |
| Labor union | 2012 | Social justice, protection of workers' rights | Alexander Shershukov | Alexander Shershukov |
| Russian party of public administration | 2012 | Social democracy | Albert Mukhamedyarov | Albert Mukhamedyarov |
| "Female Dialogue" | 2012 | Traditionalism, patriotism, protection of the rights of women and children | Elena Semerikova | Elena Semerikova |
| Village Renaissance Party | 2013 | Protecting the rights of rural residents | Vasily Vershinin | Vasily Vershinin |
| Defenders of the Fatherland | 2013 | Populism, protection of the rights of military personnel | Nikolay Sobolev | Nikolay Sobolev |
| Cossack party | 2013 | Patriotism, protection of the rights of the Cossacks | Nikolay Konstantinov | Nikolay Konstantinov |
| Russian development | 2013 | Social democracy | Alexey Kaminsky | Alexey 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 |
| Gardeners Party | 2013 | Populism, protecting gardeners | Igor Kasyanov | Andrey Mayboroda |
| Civic initiative | 2013 | Democracy, liberalism | Dmitry Gudkov | Ksenia Sobchak |
| Renaissance party | 2013 | Socialist democracy | Gennady Seleznev | Victor Arkhipov |
| National course | 2012 | Patriotism | Andrey Kovalenko | Evgeny Fedorov |
| The people against corruption | 2013 | Anti-corruption | Grigory Anisimov | Grigory Anisimov |
| Native party | 2013 | Populism | Sergey Orlov, Nadezhda Demidova | Sergey Orlov, Nadezhda Demidova |
| Sports Party "Healthy Forces" | 2013 | Populism, the protection of the rights of athletes | Davyd Gubar | Davyd Gubar |
| International Party (IPR) | 2014 | Social Accord, Internationalism | Zuleykhat Ulybasheva | Zuleykhat Ulybasheva |
| Socialist Party Reform (RPS) | 2014 | Social justice | Stanislav Polishchuk | Stanislav Polishchuk |
| OPLOT RUSSIA | 2014 | Protection of the rights of persons with disabilities | Vladimir Maltsev | Vladimir Maltsev |
| Good Deeds Party | 2014 | Populism, social protection | Andrey Kirillov | Andrey Kirillov |
| The revival of agrarian Russia | 2015 | Protection of the rights of the agricultural 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 (PMBR) | 2015 | Liberalism, protecting the rights of small businesses | Yuri Sidorov | Yuri Sidorov |
| Non-Party Russia (BDP) | 2013 | Patriotism, social justice | Alexander Safoshin | Alexander Safoshin |
| "Power to the People" | 2016 | Socialism, Social Justice, People's Democracy | Vladimir Miloserdov | Vladimir Miloserdov |
This is the list of political parties in modern Russia.
