Russian Party of Life
The Russian Party of Life (RPL; Russian: Российская партия жизни; РПЖ, romanized: Rossiyskaya partiya zhizni; RPZh) was a political party in Russia, led by Sergey Mironov (Speaker of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament). According to its website, the party was liberal on economic issues and nationalistic on everything else. Its headquarters were located in Moscow.
Russian Party of Life Российская партия жизни | |
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| Abbreviation | RPL (English) РПЖ (Russian) |
| Leader | Sergey Mironov |
| Founded | 29 June 2002 |
| Dissolved | 28 October 2006 |
| Merged into | A Just Russia |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
| Youth wing | Energy of Life |
| Membership | 112,000 |
| Ideology | Environmentalism Economic liberalism Russian nationalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Red Blue |
| Website | |
| rpvita.ru | |
In the legislative elections on 7 December 2003, the alliance of the Party of Russia's Rebirth and the Russian Party of Life party won only 1.9% of the popular vote and no seats, despite attracting to its list a number of Russian celebrities, most famously Oxana Fedorova.
The Russian Party of Life merged with Rodina and the Russian Pensioners' Party into a new party, A Just Russia, on 28 October 2006.