Democratic Party of Russia
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Democratic Party of Russia
Демократическая партия России |
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| Leader | Timur Bogdanov |
| Founder | Nikolay Travkin |
| Founded | May 26, 1990 March 12, 2012 (restored) |
| Dissolved | 2008-2012 |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Youth wing | Youth union of DPR |
| Membership (2015) | 500 |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| Colours | Blue |
| Seats in the State Duma |
0 / 450
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| Seats in the Regional Parliaments |
0 / 3,787
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The Democratic Party of Russia or DPR (Russian: Демократическая Партия России, Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii) is a Russian political party founded in 1990. The party's ideology is conservativism. Under the leadership of Andrey Bogdanov, the party advocated the entry of Russia into the European Union. In 2008 the party merged with several others to form the Right Cause. It was re-established as a party and officially registered again in 2012.
The Democratic Party of Russia was founded by Nikolai Travkin. It initially featured Stanislav Govorukhin and Sergey Glazyev, was a prominent democratically-oriented party, member of the Democratic Russia coalition, and had deputies in the first State Duma. After the August coup, the party evolved from liberal anticommunism to centrism (1992–1993) to moderate Russian nationalism (1994–1995).
In 1991, the Democratic Party differed from other liberal/democratic organizations with its 'demopatriotic' stance (similar to Aksyuchits' Christian-Democratic Party and Astafyev's Constitutional Democrats). The Democratic Party was opposed to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and criticised Latvia's and Estonia's policies towards their Russian-speaking minorities. After the signing of the Belovezhye treaty, the DP organized a number of demonstrations against the treaty.
In 1993 on the parliamentary Elections in Russia, the party was held in the Parliament received 5.52% (2 969 533 votes) after Parliament 14 deputies.
The party's stance on Yegor Gaidar's economic reforms was ambiguous, but developed more critical in the course of time. During the constitutional crisis in Russia (1992–93), the party did not have unanimous position. The party called for balloting both for re-election of the President as well as of the legislative bodies on the referendum in April 1993; however, some of the party's leaders took the pro-Yeltsin side. Similarly, during the October 1993 events in Moscow, Travkin initially supported the so-called zero variant (annulling both Yeltsin's decree nr 1400 and the Supreme Soviet's subsequent decisions). On 4 October, Travkin supported Yeltsin's actions in suppressing the armed rebellion. The party took part in the Russian legislative election, 1993 and won 14 seats. The party split, however, on the issue of support for the Chernomyrdin cabinet. Travkin who took a more conciliatory stand lost the power struggle to Govorukhin and Glazyev, who were determined opponents of the government course, and Travkin consequently left the party and joined the Our Home is Russia movement.
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