People's Freedom Party (Russia)

People's Freedom Party
Партия народной свободы
Partiya narodnoy svobody
PresidentMikhail Kasyanov
FoundersVladimir Lysenko,
Stepan Sulakshin,
Vyacheslav Shostakovsky
FoundedNovember 17, 1990 (1990-11-17) (RPR)
December 13, 2010 (2010-12-13) (PARNAS)
June 16, 2012 (2012-06-16) (merged as RPR–PARNAS)
July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05) (re-named as PARNAS)
RegisteredMarch 14, 1991 (1991-03-14)
May 5, 2012 (2012-05-05) (re-registered)
DissolvedMay 25, 2023
Merger ofForward, Russia!
Peasant Party of Russia
People's Freedom Party
United People's Party of Soldiers' Mothers
Preceded byDemocratic platform of the CPSU
HeadquartersMoscow
Youth wingPeople's Democratic Union of Youth
Youth committee of Solidarity
Membership (2011)46,158
IdeologyRepublicanism
Liberalism
Conservative liberalism
Federalism
Atlanticism
Anti-communism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationFree Russia Forum
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Colours  Dark violet
Before 2012:
  Orange
Slogan"For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption"
(Russian: "За Россию без произвола и коррупции")[1]
Seats in the State Duma[2]
0 / 450
Seats in the Regional Parliaments
0 / 3,980
Website
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The People's Freedom Party (Russian: Партия народной свободы, romanizedPartija narodnoj svobody), often known by its short form PARNAS (Russian: ПАРНАС),[3] and formerly the Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party,[4] and initially Republican Party of Russia,[5] was a liberal-democratic political party in Russia. It was one of the first opposition parties founded in the final years of the Soviet Union.

In 2007, it was denied re-registration and declared to be dissolved by the Russian Supreme Court. It was only after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the denial of registration was unlawful that it could restore its official registration in May 2012.

The party was dissolved by Russia's Supreme Court on May 25, 2023 because it did not have the required number of branches and due to claims filed against existing branches by the Federal Taxation Service and the Ministry of Justice.[6][7]

  1. ^ "В Москве прошел 15-й восстановительный и объединительный съезд Республиканской партии России — Партии народной свободы" [Moscow hosted the 15th Restorative and Unifying Congress of the Republican Party of Russia - People's Freedom Party] (in Russian). Republican Party of Russia. June 16, 2012. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  2. ^ ""РПР-Парнас" прошла в городскую думу Барнаула" ["RPR-Parnas" passed to the City Duma of Barnaul]. Vedomosti (in Russian). 15 October 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Two Russian parties merge in push against Putin". Reuters. 16 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. ^ Russian: Республиканская партия России — Партия народной свободы; РПР—ПАРНАС; Respublikanskaja partija Rossii – Partija narodnoj svobody, RPR–PARNAS
  5. ^ Russian: Республиканская партия России; РПР; Respublikanskaja partija Rossii, RPR'
  6. ^ "Верховный суд ликвидировал ПАРНАС". РБК (in Russian). 2023-05-25. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  7. ^ "Верховный суд России по иску Минюста ликвидировал партию ПАРНАС". Interfax.ru (in Russian). 2023-05-25. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-25.