Communist Party of the Russian Federation
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Template:Politics of Russia Image:KPRF.jpg The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Russian: Коммунистическая партия Российской Федерации = КПРФ; translit.: Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Rossiskoy Federatsiy = KPRF) is a Russian political party. It is sometimes seen a successor to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Bolshevik Party. The party has emphasised its uniquely Russian character and it has consistently invoked Russian patriotism in addition to communism. Some members of the party, such as general Albert Makashov, are infamous for their anti-semitic and ultranationalist views. Today the party's economic platform resembles democratic socialism, in spite of the party's name. It claims membership of 500,000.
Early members included Aleksandr Dugin who helped to draft early party documents and pushed the party in the direction of nationalism. He has since left to join the National Bolshevik Party, from which he was also banned, later forming his own "Eurasian" movement. Party leader Gennady Zyuganov also briefly worked with leading European nationalist Jean-Francois Thiriart before the latter's death.
Its support had been building steadily since its establishment in 1993, but it dropped massively in the 2003 parliamentary elections and has remained low since. At these last legislative elections, 7 December 2003, the party won 12.6 % of the popular vote and 51 out of 450 seats. Support is expected to be on the rise following several unpopular reforms in the Putin government, primarily the elimination of social benefits.
The CPRF is led by Gennady Zyuganov, who called the 2003 elections a 'revolting spectacle' and accuses the Kremlin of setting up a Potemkin party, the Rodina party, to steal its votes.
In July 2004 a breakaway faction elected Vladimir Tikhonov as its leader. The faction later formed the Communist Party of Russian Future.
External links
- [1] - CPRF site in Russian language.
See also
Template:European communist partiesde:Kommunistische Partei der Russischen Föderation es:Partido Comunista de la Federación Rusa ko:러시아연방공산당 it:Partito Comunista della Federazione Russa nl:Communistische Partij van de Russische Federatie ja:ロシア連邦共産党 nn:Den russiske føderasjonens kommunistiske parti pl:Komunistyczna Partia Federacji Rosyjskiej ru:Коммунистическая партия Российской Федерации sv:Ryska federationens kommunistiska parti zh:俄罗斯联邦共产党