Union of Right Forces
| Союз Правых Сил Union of Right Forces |
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| Party leader | Leonid Jakowlewitsch Gosman |
| founding | 1999 (until 2009) as a party, 2011 as a movement |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Alignment | Liberalism , conservatism |
| Colours) | Blue, red, white |
| International connections | International Democratic Union (associated) |
| Website | www.sps.ru |
The Union of Right Forces ( Russian Союз Правых Сил ( СПС ), Sojus Prawych Sil , SPS for short ) is a political organization in Russia. It was re-established in 2011. From 1999 to 2008 it existed as a party.
Content profile
1999 to 2008
According to its own statement, the SPS stood for liberal principles in politics and business. The “right” in the party's name refers to the rule of law .
She represented economically liberal positions ( privatization , dismantling of bureaucracy), advocated greater political freedom and called for the creation of a professional army. Their relationship with the power elite created under Vladimir Putin was mixed. There was a wing that was radically critical of the government, represented by the politician Boris Nemtsov , who left the party in February 2008, as well as a moderately critical and partially cooperative wing under Anatoly Chubais .
Since 2011
The content orientation of the new movement is still liberal and moderately business-friendly. The movement has a critical distance from government policies.
Inner structure
The highest organ of the SPS was the party congress. This elected the presidential candidate, the so-called Federal Political Council (supreme body between the party congresses) and a revision commission to monitor it. The party was represented by local organizations in around 90% of Russia's regions.
History of the party
1999 to 2008
The SPS was founded in 1999 as an electoral alliance of various organizations, including the Democratic Election Party of Russia . In the 1999 State Duma elections , the alliance received 8.3% of the vote.
In 2001 the members of the electoral alliance united to form a party. In the elections in 2003 , however, the Union of Right Forces only achieved 3.9% and in the following legislative period was represented in the Duma by only three directly elected members . In the following elections to the Duma in December 2007, she was unable to win any more seats and only achieved 1% of the vote.
The party was financially supported by Mikhail Khodorkovsky until his arrest. In May 2005, Nikita Belych was elected chairman of the Federal Political Council. In May 2008 the party took part in the opposition campaign "Alternative Parliament".
In September 2008 there were reports of an impending dissolution of the party or a merger with other forces considered liberal. On October 2, 2008, the SPS announced its dissolution after the resignation of its chairman. Together with the Democratic Party of Russia , the supporters wanted to found a new party as a reservoir for opposition-liberal forces in Russia. This foundation took place in November 2008 under the name Just Cause .
Since 2011
In 2011 it was re-established by some former members as the Union of Right Forces movement . The policy of the Right Cause was close to the Kremlin. She became an associate member of the International Democratic Union again. In 2012 it was registered as a "Public Social Organization" in Russia. The movement is not eligible to vote in parliamentary elections.
In 2014 she criticized the Russian military influence in Ukraine.
Prominent members
- Nikita Belych (Chairman May 2005 to October 2008)
- Yegor Gaidar (headed a Moscow economic institute, former Russian prime minister, former economy minister)
- Leonid Gosman (Deputy Party Chairman)
- Boris Nemtsov (former Russian Vice President in the Boris Yeltsin government ), resigned in February 2008
- Anatoli Tschubais (well-known economic oligarch , former finance minister)
- Sergei Kirijenko (former Russian Prime Minister)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ English-language website of the SPS ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ russland.RU of February 14, 2008: Kremlin critic Nemtsov leaves the SPS ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Russia Update from September 16, 2008: Russia's liberals want to found a new opposition party
- ↑ Russia.RU of May 18, 2008: Kasparov founds an alternative parliament ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Russia Update from September 26, 2008: Russian opposition party SPS before dissolution
- ↑ Moscow German newspaper of October 11, 2008: The Dilemma of Liberalism
- ↑ russland.RU of November 17, 2008: New Liberal Party in Russia ( Memento of the original of December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Russia Update February 12, 2008: Boris Nemtsov resigns from the SPS party
