Union of Right Forces

The Union of Right Forces (Russian Союз Правых Сил ( СПС ) / Soyuz Prawych Sil, PLC for short ) was a Liberal Party in Russia. It consisted of 1999 to October 2008.

Substantive Profile

The PLC was in his own words for liberal principles in politics and business.

It held liberal positions (privatization, reduction of bureaucracy ), campaigned for greater political freedoms and called for the creation of a professional army. Their relationship to the created under Vladimir Putin power elite was mixed. There was a radically critical of the government grand, which was the politician Boris Nemtsov, who left the party in February 2008, and a moderate critical and partially willing to cooperate wing under Anatoly Chubais.

Internal structure

The supreme body of the PLC was the party conference. He chose the presidential candidates, the so-called Federal Political Council ( the supreme body between congresses ) and audit committee for its control. The party was represented in approximately 90 % of Russian regions with local organizations.

History of the Party

The PLC was founded in 1999 as a coalition of various organizations which include the party " Democratic Choice of Russia " belonged. In the elections to the State Duma in 1999, the Alliance received 8.3 % of votes. 2001 united the members of the electoral alliance to a party. In the elections in 2003, however, the Union of Right Forces was only 3.9% and was represented in the following legislative session, only three directly elected deputies in the Duma. The following Duma elections in December 2007, she was able to win any more seats and only reached 1% of the vote.

The party was, until his arrest, Khodorkovsky funded. In May 2005, Nikita Belykh was elected chairman of the Federal Political Council. In May 2008, the party participated in oppositional action " alternative parliament". In September 2008, there were reports of an impending dissolution of the party or a merger with another liberal applicable forces .. On 2 October 2008, the PLC after the resignation of its chairman announced their resolution. Together with the Democratic Party of Russia wanted the followers form a new party as a reservoir oppositional liberal forces in Russia This company was established in November 2008 under the name of Right Cause.

Prominent members

• Nikita Belykh (Chairman from May 2005 to October 2008 )
• Yegor Gaidar
• Leonid Gosman ( Vice-Chairman )
• Leaked Boris Nemtsov (Former Russian vice-president in the government of Boris Yeltsin ), February 2008
• Anatoly Chubais ( known business oligarch, a former Minister of Finance)
• Sergei Kiriyenko Wladilenowitsch ( former Russian Prime Minister )