List of political parties in Russia - Definition and Overview

Political parties in Russia lists political parties in Russia.

Ways to browse Wikipedia for political parties are by name of the party, country, ideology or by membership of internationals and through the category system: especially by country and ideology.

Introduction

A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections.

See political party for a more comprehensive discussion.

Russia is a one party dominant state with United Russia in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

The parties

• Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Коммунистическая партия Российской Федерации, Kommunističeskaâ partiâ Rossijskoj Federacii)
• For Holy Russia ("За Русь Святую", "Za Rus′ Svâtuû")
• Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Либерально-Демократическая Партия России (ЛДПР), Liberal′no-Demokratičeskaâ Partiâ Rossii (LDPR))
• National Bolshevik Party
• Our Home is Russia
• Peace and Unity (Российская политическая партия Мира и Единства, Rossijskaâ političeskaâ partiâ Mira i Edinstva)
• People's Party of the Russian Federation (Народная партия Российской Федерации, Narodnaâ partiâ Rossijskoj Federacii)
• Union of Right Forces (Союз Правых Сил, Soûz Pravyh Sil)
• United Russia ("Единая Россия", "Edinaâ Rossiâ")
• Yabloko (Российская Демократическая Партия "Яблоко", Rossijskaâ Demokratičeskaâ Partiâ "Âbloko")

Historical Parties (pre-1991):

• Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
• Socialist-Revolutionary Party
• Constitutional Democratic Party (Российская Конституционно-демократическая партия, Rossijskaâ Konstitucionno-demokratičeskaâ partiâ)

Historical Parties (post 1991):

• Russian Unity Party
• Fatherland-All Russia