People's Front for Russia
The All-Russian National Front (Russian Общероссийский народный фронт ( ОНФ ) ), transcription Obschtscherossijski Narodni front ( ONF ) means a group of social organizations in Russia, which was officially founded in May 2011 by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Structure
The All-Russian National Front is currently composed of more than 2,000 organizations, including:
- United Russia ( political party )
- Russian Union of Afghan Veterans
- Russian Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs
- All-Russian community of small and medium entrepreneurs
- Freedom of choice ( representing the interests of motorists )
- Young Guard of Russia ( youth organization of the United Russia party )
- Cossack Party of the Russian Federation
The Chairman of the All-Russian National Front is Vladimir Putin.
History
The All-Russian National Front was officially founded on May 6, 2011 in Volgograd. The United Russia party stated the aim of this organization to want to integrate non-party deputies to the Duma. Everyone who belongs to the All-Russian National Front, has a theoretical chance to collect as a deputy in the Duma, without being a member of the party " United Russia ".
The All-Russian National Front should have a non-partisan character, according to Putin's press secretary Dmitry Leskov. At the same time will "Russia stuff " required of every member of the front is a " fundamental agreement " with the political goals of the party.
On 7 May 2011, the Coordination Council of the All-Russian National Front was formed in Novo- Ogaryovo. At this meeting, in addition to Russian President Vladimir Putin a number of representatives of various social organizations were present.
Here are the first goals of the ONF have been written:
- Development and modernization of production
- Promoting an innovative economy
- Promote effective and equitable approach to social problems.
On 20 May 2011 it was announced that the basic program of the All-Russian National Front will be worked out by the Institute for Socio-economic and policy research. The same institution has been involved with the party program of the party "United Russia". Will be also involved in the basic program of the former President of the Chuvash Republic, Nikolai Fyodorov.
On 23 May 2011, the Coordinating Council of ONF met in Pskov. It was decided that registered organizations can not be a member of the ONF. You would have to follow " the lively and important " societal purpose, according to Putin only one.
In June 2011, it was also decided that individual persons or associations can be ONF member.
End of June 2011, it was reported that the opinion of ONF will find in future in appointments of governors consideration.
On 13 July 2011, the ONF counted 800 memberships of organizations and 4,500 memberships of individuals. 36% of people are also members of the party " United Russia ". On 21 July 2011, there were already more than 2,000 organizations that were ONF member.
On 26 July 2011, the first foreign organization of ONF joined. These were the panslawisch oriented Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, which is headed by Natalija Vitrenko.
On April 25, 2012 reported the ONF Coordinating Council that the work of the All-Russian National Front will set up the fall of 2012 on ice.
On 30 December 2012, the ONF started work again and adopted, at its first ordinary congress that they would focus more on the Eurasian integration in the future. For this purpose, the umbrella organization founded " Eurasian front."
On May 20, 2013, the Second Congress of the ONF was held.
On May 25, 2013, the newly formed Cossack Party of the Russian Federation ( KaPRF ) of ONF joined.
Criticism
The ONF has been criticized in Russia and many other countries.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is skeptical of the ONF. While he recognized the commitment and effort of the party " United Russia ", but do not think that the ONF could ascend to the dominant political movement in Russia.
The Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov, who led the Liberal party rights thing from June to September 2011 declined to join the ONF, but expressed neither positive nor negative.
Sergei Mironov said that his party ( Fair Russia ) will stay away from the ONF, as they in opposition to " Russia" finds it.
The Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Gennady Zyuganov, the ONF sharply criticized and subsequently announced the formation of a people's militia to, a communist front counter for ONF.
The Russian nationalists did not agree with the ONF and directly founded on the Sovereign Union of Russia, whose members currently 13 organizations.
The lawyer Alexei Navalny and bloggers complained on 21 June 2011, with a letter to the Moscow Prosecutor General's Office, as he saw numerous violations of law in the ONF activity.
The Russian political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky compared the ONF with the National Front of the GDR.
The U.S. magazine Foreign Policy provides for the establishment of the ONF as a desperate attempt of the party " United Russia " on to compensate for their suffered in the recent past loss of popularity.
Major representatives of the All-Russian National Front
- Vladimir Putin
- Boris Gryzlov
- Leonid Roshal