United Russia

United Russia
Единая Россия
ChairmanDmitry Medvedev[1]
Secretary-GeneralVladimir Yakushev
Chairman of the
Supreme Council
Boris Gryzlov
Parliamentary LeaderVladimir Vasilyev
Founders
Founded1 December 2001
(23 years, 297 days)
Merger of
  • Unity
  • Fatherland – All Russia
  • Our Home – Russia
Headquarters39th Building, Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Moscow, Russia. 121170[2]
Youth wingYoung Guard of United Russia[3]
Membership (2013)2,073,772[4]
Ideology
Political positionBig tentA[›]
National affiliationAll-Russia People's Front
European affiliationEuropean Democrat Group (formerly)[14][15]
International affiliationFor the Freedom of Nations!
Colours  White,   Blue,   Red (Russian national colors)
Seats in the Federation Council[16]
136 / 178
Seats in the State Duma
319 / 450
Governors
83 / 89
Seats in the Regional Parliaments
2,682 / 3,980
Ministers
20 / 31
Website
er.ru

^ A: United Russia does not have a coherent ideology but has been described by various sources as centrist,[18] centre-right,[21] or right-wing.[24] United Russia also expresses support for far-right parties in Europe.[28]

The All-Russian Political Party United Russia (Russian: Всероссийская политическая партия «Единая Россия», romanized: Vserossiyskaya politicheskaya partiya "Yedinaya Rossiya", ru) is a Russian political party, which is the current ruling party of Russia. Former President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is leader of this party. Incumbent President Vladimir Putin, though not a member of the party, is its de-facto Leader. The party has controlled Russia for many years.

The party has most of the seats in the State Duma and in the Regional Parliaments. Because of this, United Russia is the most powerful political party in Russia. The party was started on 1 December 2001 when Unity, Fatherland – All Russia, and the Our Home – Russia became one party.[29]

References

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  4. Информация о численности членов Всероссийской политической партии "Единая Россия" в каждом из ее региональных отделений (по состоянию на 1 января 2011 года) [Information on the number of members of the political party "United Russia" in each of its regional offices (as at 1 January 2011)] (in Russian). minjust.ru. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original (DOC) on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
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  6. White, Stephen (2011). Understanding Russian Politics. Cambridge University Press.
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  13. Laruelle, Marlène (2009). "Nationalism as Conservative Centrism: United Russia". In the Name of the Nation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 119–152. doi:10.1057/9780230101234_5. ISBN 978-1-349-38117-3.
  14. "The Corleones of the Caspian". Foreign Policy. 10 June 2014.
  15. "How Kremlin got diplomats to woo Tories". The Guardian. 30 November 2012.
  16. "Единая Россия официальный сайт Партии / Кто есть кто / Члены Совета Федерации РФ - члены партии "Единая Россия"". er.ru. Archived from the original on 14 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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  22. Gönen, Selim (17 January 2020). "Uncertainty looms as Putin carves the future of troubled Russia". Daily Sabah. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020. Meanwhile, the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, is currently dominated by members of the current ruling right-wing political party United Russia.
  23. Paulo Vicente Alves (2014). Emerging Markets Report (1st ed.). AVEC Editora. ISBN 9788567901053. Retrieved 27 March 2018. Here are the two main parties, the 'Right-Wing' United Russia and the 'Statist' CPRF (Communist Party). United Russia was created in 2001 from the union of the Unity and Fatherland parties. Their 'Right-Wing' position in the frontier of 'Leftist' groups shows how hard it is to define United Russia but it is definitely trying to move Russia toward capitalism with stability.
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  29. "Государственная дума :: Фракции" [State Duma :: Factions] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2020-01-24.