People's Freedom Party "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption"
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People's Freedom Party
Партия народной свободы |
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| Quadrumvirate Chairmen |
Mikhail Kasyanov Vladimir Milov Boris Nemtsov Vladimir Ryzhkov |
| Founded | December 13, 2010 |
| Dissolved | June 16, 2012 |
| Merger of | Democratic Choice, Russian People's Democratic Union, Solidarnost |
| Merged into | Republican Party of Russia |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Ideology |
Social liberalism Classical liberalism Libertarianism (minority) |
| Political position | Big tent |
| European affiliation | ALDE Party (associate) |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Blue, red |
People's Freedom Party "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption" (Russian: Партия народной свободы «За Россию без произвола и коррупции», Partiya narodnoy svobody "Za Rossiyu bez proizvola i korruptsiyi", abbreviated as Parnas, Парнас) was a Russian liberal democratic political party founded on 13 December 2010 by opposition politicians Vladimir Ryzhkov, Boris Nemtsov, Mikhail Kasyanov and Vladimir Milov and de facto dissolved on 16 June 2012 (merged into RPR-PARNAS party). The name is a reference to the original liberal democratic Party of Popular Freedom.
The party is strongly critical of Putin's regime. Its stated goal is to return Russia to the path of democracy and restore respect for the Constitution.
The party has been formed on the basis of a coalition including four organisations:
A number of Solidarity members have decided not to join the People's Freedom Party, including Garry Kasparov and his United Civil Front, saying that they do not want to participate in unfree elections and waste resources attempting to register an opposition party, which, in their opinion, is impossible. They are also on bad terms with some key members of the Democratic Choice.
In 2011 the European Court of Human Rights that ruled the refusal to register the Republican Party of Russia was unlawful. Since 5 May 2012, the Justice Ministry has restored the state registration of the Republican Party of Russia. On 16 June 2012 on 15th congress of the Republican Party of Russia, PARNAS members joined to RPR and the united democratic opposition party was renamed to Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party (RPR-PARNAS).
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