Great Fatherland Party
Great Fatherland Party | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Nikolai Starikov |
| Founded | April 12, 2013 |
| Headquarters | St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Newspaper | "Counterattack" |
| Membership (2016) | 50,000 |
| Ideology |
Centrism National conservatism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Slogan | "For us, Russia is the world!" |
| Website | |
| партиявеликоеотечество.рф | |
Great Fatherland Party (GFP) (Russian: Партия Великое Отечество, ПВО, Partiya Velikoe Otechestvo, PVO) — Russian political party founded on 12 April 2013. Leader and one of the founders of the party is a writer and publicist Nikolai Starikov.
In 2016, the Party of the Great Fatherland for the first time intends to participate in a number of subjects of the Russian Federation (St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, Perm Krai, Republic of Mordovia, etc.) — in the elections to the regional parliaments.[1]
History
In April 2012 Nikolai Starikov together with the founder of IT-company "Ashmanov and partners" Igor Ashmanov created the party "New Great Russia".[2] April 12, 2013 the Ministry of Justice of Russia has registered the party under the name "Great Fatherland Party". Change the name of the party was caused by the fact that the previous version was in tune with the names of already registered parties and the Ministry of Justice refused to register.
Participation in regional and local elections
In 2014, the party filed an application to participate in the elections to the State Council of Crimea, but she was refused registration in connection with failure to provide required documents.[3]
As stated on the official website, as of June 1, 2016 representatives of the party won in two local elections and head of the local Executive authorities in the village of Energetik (Orenburg Oblast)[4] and the settlement of Znamensk (Kaliningrad Oblast).[5]
In the municipal elections in St. Petersburg in 2014 the party won 7 seats.[6]
Participation in federal elections
In 2016, the Great Fatherland Party had intended to take part in the elections to the State Duma. However, on 12 August 2016 the Central Election Commission refused to register the party list in the elections to the State Duma on the basis of exceeding the percentage of invalid signatures.[7] 8 September 2016 the Great Fatherland Party signed the agreement about collaboration with Rodina party.[8]
Leadership
The Presidium of the Central Committee of the Party of the Great Fatherland:[9]
- Nikolai Starikov — Chairman
- Igor Ashmanov — Co-chair
- Alexander Kurinov — Co-chair
- Vladimir Obozny — Co-chair
References
- ↑ Допуск ПВО к участию в выборах зависит от вашей подписи
- ↑ АШМАНОВ СТРОИТ "НОВУЮ ВЕЛИКУЮ РОССИЮ"
- ↑ За места в Госсовете Крыма будут бороться 12 партий
- ↑ Первый мэр от ПВО выбран в Оренбургской области
- ↑ Член Партии Великое Отечество стал мэром Знаменска
- ↑ Глава Горизбиркома Петербурга озвучил официальные итоги муниципальных выборов
- ↑ ЦИК отказал в регистрации на выборах в Госдуму партии "Великое отечество"
- ↑ ПВО и партия «Родина» подписали предварительное соглашение о взаимодействии на выборах | Партия Великое Отечество (Russian)
- ↑ Leadership