Green Alternative (Russia)

Green Alternative (GA; Russian: Зелёная альтернатива; ЗА; Zelonaya al'ternativa, ZA) is a green political party in Russia. It was established in March 2020.

This article is about political party established in 2020. It is not to be confused with environmental movement established in 1991.
Green Alternative

Зелёная альтернатива
AbbreviationGA (English)
ЗА (Russian)
LeaderRuslan Khvostov
Founded10 March 2020 (2020-03-10)
Headquarters17th Bulinding, Dukhovskoy Lane Moscow, Russia
IdeologyGreen politics
Environmentalism
Pro-Europeanism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
Colours  Green
Seats in the Federation Council
0 / 170
Seats in the State Duma
0 / 450
Seats in the Regional Parliaments
2 / 3,983
Website
zaecology.ru

According to party members, the Green Alternative is not exclusively associated with the environmental movement, but rather belongs to the type of "moderate left-wing environmental party of the European type".[1]

History

Green Alternative was created as a social movement in December 2019 by eco-activist Ruslan Khvostov.[2]

In February 2020, documents for registration of a political party were submitted to the Ministry of Justice.[3]

On 10 March 2020, the founding congress of the Green Alternative was held, where Ruslan Khvostov was elected party leader, gaining almost 80% of the vote. In addition, the famous artist Vasya Lozhkin was elected informal leader of the party.[4]

On 7 April 2020, the party was officially registered By the Ministry of Justice and in May received the right to participate in the elections.[5][6][7]

The party participated in the 2020 regional elections, which resulted in 10% of the vote in the Komi Republic and 5.4% in the Chelyabinsk region.[8][9] Since the party won seats in regional parliaments, it has the right to participate in Federal parliamentary elections without collecting signatures.[10]

References
  1. "Новая "зеленая" партия решила выдвинуть в Думу художника Васю Ложкина". Интерфакс. 2020-02-04.
  2. "Новая «зеленая» партия решила выдвинуть в Думу художника Васю Ложкина". Интерфакс. 2020-02-04.
  3. "В России анонсировали появление новой экологической партии. На довыборы в Госдуму от нее может пойти художник Вася Ложкин". Новая газета. 2020-02-04.
  4. "Василий Ложкин выбран неформальным лидером партии «Зеленая Альтернатива»". Московский комсомолец. 2020-03-11.
  5. "Политическая партия «Зелёная альтернатива»". Ministry of Justice. 2020-04-07.
  6. "Минюст зарегистрировал партии "За правду", "Новые люди" и "Зеленая альтернатива"". ТАСС. 2020-04-07.
  7. "Минюст разрешил партии "Зеленая альтернатива" участвовать в выборах". ТАСС. 2020-05-21.
  8. ""Единая Россия" победила на выборах депутатов госсовета Коми". РИА Новости. 2020-09-14.
  9. "Избирком Челябинской области опубликовал итоговую явку на выборах". Коммерсантъ. 2020-09-15.
  10. "В выборах в Госдуму в 2021 году 16 партий смогут участвовать без сбора подписей". ТАСС. 2020-09-14.
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