Democratic Choice of Russia

The Democratic Choice of Russia (DVR; Russian: Демократический выбор России; ДВР; Demokraticheskiy vybor Rossii, DVR), before 1994 Choice of Russia Bloc (VR; Russian: Блок «Выбор России»; ВР; Blok «Vybor Rossii», VR) was a Russian centre-right conservative-liberal political party. Later the party was self-disbanded and most members would merge into the Union of Right Forces.

Democratic Choice of Russia

Демократический выбор России
AbbreviationDVR (English)
ДВР (Russian)
LeaderYegor Gaidar
FoundedOctober 17, 1993 (1993-10-17) (Choice of Russia bloc)
June 12, 1994 (1994-06-12) (Democratic Choice of Russia party)
DissolvedMay 19, 2001 (2001-05-19)
Succeeded byUnion of Right Forces
Headquarters23th Building, Profsoyuznaya Street, Moscow, Russia
Newspaper"Democratic Choice",
magazine "Open politics"
IdeologyLiberalism
Conservative liberalism
Liberal conservatism
Economic liberalism
Political positionCentre-right
Colours  White
  Blue
  Red
Slogan"Liberty, Property, Legality"
(Russian: "Свобода, Собственность, Законность")
Seats in the 1st State Duma
64 / 450
Seats in the 2nd State Duma
9 / 450
Website
dvr.ru
Logo of the Choice of Russia (1993-1994)

Background and establishment

At the elections to the State Duma held on December 12, 1993, the Choice of Russia bloc (the predecessor to the Democratic Choice of Russia) received 15.51% of the vote, and consequently, 40 seats in the State Duma.

On January 20, 1994, having lost influence over making economic decisions and opposed to the increase of budget expenditure, the leader of the Choice of Russia, Yegor Gaidar, resigned from the government headed by Viktor Chernomyrdin. At that point the Choice of Russia lost its status as a pro-government faction, yet at the same time it continued to support president Boris Yeltsin and Chernomyrdin's government by providing constructive criticism of their policies.

On 12–13 June 1994, the founding meeting of the party Democratic Choice of Russia was held. At the meeting, the party's programme was adopted and its governing bodies were set up. Yegor Gaidar was elected as party chairman.

In 1995, the party contested the election in a coalition of (minor) like-minded groups, forming the Democratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats.

Later, in 2001, it merged into the Union of Rightist Forces.

Values

The party had valued ideas of both liberalism and conservatism. This included human rights, self-determination, a market economy, private capital investment, fair competition and the restriction of government regulations in the economy.

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