Democratic Party of Russia

The Democratic Party of Russia or DPR (Russian: Демократи́ческая Па́ртия Росси́и, Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii) is a Russian political party founded between April 21 and May 3, 1990 by Nikolai Travkin. It initially featured Stanislav Govorukhin and Sergey Glazyev, and was part of the first State Duma. Glazyev was made leader in 1994 but was disbanded before the following year's legislative election.

In 2001 it was reformed by Mikhail Prusak. In 2005 Mikhail Kasyanov tried to be elected chairman of the party, but lost to Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov. In June 2007 the party proposed a referendum for joining the European Union and in December it took part in the legislative election, but it did not win any seats. The DPR has been accused of being a virtual party used to draw away votes from the real opposition parties.

In the Russian legislative election, 2007 the party won 0.13% of votes, not breaking the 7% barrier, and thus no seats in the Duma. As of January 1, 2007, according to the Federal Registration Service, the party had 82183 members.

Top positions

• Leader and Chairman of the DPR's Central Committee - Andrei Vladimirovich Bogdanov
• Chairman of the DPR's Executive Committee - Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Smirnov
• Permanent Acting Governing Body - Political Council (7 members)
• Party's Upper Governing Body between congresses - The DPR's Central Committee (76 members)

References

External links

• Official website (Russian)
• Party manifesto

pl: Demokratyczna Partia Rosji