Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice

Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice
Российская партия пенсионеров за социальную справедливость
AbbreviationRPPSJ (English)
RPPSS (Russian)
LeaderVladimir Burakov
FounderSergei Atroshenko
Founded29 November 1997; 26 years ago (1997-11-29)
5 April 2012; 12 years ago (2012-04-05) (refoundation)
Dissolved28 October 2006; 18 years ago (2006-10-28)
Merged intoA Just Russia (2006–2012)
HeadquartersMoscow
Membership1,000
Ideology
Political positionCentre[2]
Colours  Red
State Duma
0 / 450
Seats in the Regional Parliaments
32 / 3,994
Website
pensioner.party

The Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice (RPPSJ; Russian: Российская партия пенсионеров за социальную справедливость, РППСС, romanizedRossiyskaya partiya pensionerov za sotsialnuyu spravedlivost, RPPSS), commonly shortened to the Party of Pensioners (Russian: Партия пенсионеров, romanized: Partiya pensionerov) is a registered political party in Russia.

The party was founded as the Party of Pensioners (Общественно-Политичеcкая организация) in 1997. On 29 November 1997 Sergei Atroshenko was elected as the first chairman. On 29 May 1998 the party was registered with the Ministry of Justice. In the December 1999 State Duma elections the party won 1.95% of the vote.

  1. ^ a b c d "The Russian Party of Pensioners". Global Action on Aging.
  2. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2007). "Russia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007.