Russian party of pensioners for justice

The Russian Party of Pensioners (Russian: Российская партия пенсионеров ( РПП ) / Rossiyskaya Partija Pensionerow (RPP ) ) is a existing from 1997 to 2006 and again in 2012, founded a political party in Russia.

Substantive Profile

The party saw itself as representing the interests of Russian pensioners. It is the content attributed to the putin nearby environment of the ruling party, United Russia. According to the party counted them last around 600,000 members and was represented in approximately 60 regional parliaments. In the Russian State Duma, the party of 2003-2006 had only a single deputies, a direct mandate, since they did not make the jump over the 5% hurdle.

History of the Party

The party was founded in 1997 as a party of pensioners. On May 29, the party was registered with the Russian Ministry of Justice. In the Russian parliamentary elections in 1999 the party won 1.95 % of votes. On 1 December 2001, it was founded on the base of the party, the Russian Party of Pensioners and registered with the Ministry of Justice on May 15.

In the Russian parliamentary elections in 2003 the party won in an electoral bloc with the party of social justice 3.1% of the votes, but no seat in 2005 committed the party against welfare reforms of the Russian government, which meant financial cuts for many retirees. Since the election of the current chairman Igor Zotov in December 2005, the party punished again a loyal rate against Vladimir Putin. Your greatest political successes recorded the party between 2003 and 2005 in regional elections, where she managed a place in eight out of eight regional parliaments being beaten with up to 13.3% share of the vote.

On 28 October 2006, the party merged with the also -government groups Rodina and the Russian Party of Life for Just Russia party: home, retirees, life (Russian Справедливая Россия: родина, пенсионеры, жизнь ) to the left for a great new, the government to create a related party. This is seen as an attempt by the government to strengthen the competition left the Communist Party.

Party chairman

• November 1997 - January 2004: Sergei Atroschenko
• January 2004 - December 2005: Valeri Gartung
• December 2005 - October 2006: Igor Zotov