Union of Rightist Forces
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Union of Right Forces
Сою́з Пра́вых Сил |
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| President (s) |
Sergey Kiriyenko (1998—2001) Boris Nemtsov (2001—2004) Viktor Nekrutenko (2004—2005) Nikita Belykh (2005—2008) |
| Founded | December 10, 1998 |
| Dissolved | November 15, 2008 |
| Succeeded by | Right Cause |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Newspaper | "Just Cause" |
| Membership (2007) | 57,410 |
| Ideology |
Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| Colours | Blue, red, white |
| Slogan | "Оur cause is just" |
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The Union of Right Forces political party, or SPS (Russian: Сою́з Пра́вых Сил, СПС/Soyuz Pravykh Sil), is a Russia political public organization and former party, initially founded as an electoral bloc in 1999 and associated with free market reforms, privatization, and the legacy of the "young reformers" of the 1990s: Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov, and Yegor Gaidar. The party was officially self-dissolved in 2008. Nikita Belykh was the party's last leader in 2005-2008.
In 2011, the SPS was refounded by some of its former members as the Union of Right Forces Movement. In 2012, it was registered as a political public organization, a type of NGO. In Russia, participation in elections require being accepted into the list of political parties controlled by the Ministry of Justice. The current leader of the SPS is Leonid Gozman.
Both the former SPS and the refounded SPS were accepted as an associate member of the International Democrat Union.
The SPS was established in 1999, following a merger of several smaller liberal parties, including Democratic Choice of Russia and Democratic Russia. In the 1999 parliamentary elections the SPS won 8.6% of the vote and 32 seats in the Russian State Duma (lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia).
In the 2000 presidential election, the SPS supported Vladimir Putin's candidacy, though many of the party leaders supported Grigory Yavlinsky.
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