Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"

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Russian Ecological Party
"The Greens"

Российская экологическая партия «Зелёные»
LeaderAnatoly Panfilov,
Oleg Mitvol
FoundersYevgeny Belyaev,
Viktor Danilov-Danilyan
Founded7 September 1992 (1992-09-07)
Merger ofAgrarian Party of Russia
(one-half)
HeadquartersMoscow
IdeologyGreen politics
Environmentalism
Centrism
Agrarianism
Political positionCentre to Centre-left
Colours  Green
State Duma
0 / 450
Seats in the Regional Parliaments
4 / 3,994
Website
http://greenparty.ru/

The Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" (Russian: Российская экологическая партия «Зелёные», Rossiiskaya ekologicheskaya partiya "Zelyonyye") is a green political party in the Russian Federation. It was founded in 1992 as the Constructive Ecological Party "KEDR". In 2002 the party was transformed into the Russian Ecological Party "The Greens".

In the 2007 Russian regional elections "The Greens" gained 7.58% of the votes in the Samara Oblast, and it therefore has Deputies in the Samara Regional Duma.[1]

Before the 2007 parliamentary elections, the Russian Central Electoral Commission decided that the Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" would not be able to stand, due to an alleged large number of faked signatures (17%, more than the allowed 5%) in their supporters' lists.[2]

In 2008 the XV congress of the party decided to transform the party into the social movement Russian Ecological Movement "Greens" (Российское экологическое движение «Зеленые»). It advised all members and supporters of the party to join A Just Russia.[3]

In 2012 the members met and decided to register as a party and not as a social movement.[4] The decision was carried out successfully and the party registered itself.[5]

The party is widely seen as a pro-Vladimir Putin systemic organisation, having endorsed Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 Russian presidential election and Putin himself in the 2018 Russian presidential election.[6] Despite claiming of being a green political party, it is not a member of either the European Green Party or the Global Greens, both positions currently held by the Union of Greens of Russia.[7][8]

Vote returns

The Greens announced that they will not run in the 2018 Russian presidential election and that the party would support current president Vladimir Putin for the elections.[9]

Presidential elections
Election year Candidate first round second round
# of overall votes % of overall vote # of overall votes % of overall vote
2008 No candidate, endorsed Dmitry Medvedev N/A N/A N/A N/A
2018 No candidate, endorsed Vladimir Putin N/A N/A N/A N/A

See also

References
  1. "Results of the 2007 regional elections, Page 21-22" (PDF). russlandanalysen.de (in German). 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  2. "Russian Greens are not permitted to the elections". NZZ Online (in German). 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-12-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Greens party will appear again in Russia". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19.
  5. "Минюст России". minjust.ru.
  6. "Партия "Зелёные" завила, что поддержит Путина на выборах президента". РИА Новости (in Russian). 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  7. "Member Parties". European Greens. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  8. "Member Parties". Global Greens. 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  9. "Партия "Зеленые" завила, что поддержит Путина на выборах президента". РИА Новости (in Russian). 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
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