People's Freedom Party (Russia)
The People's Freedom Party (Russian: Партия народной свободы, romanized: Partija narodnoj svobody), often known by its short form PARNAS (Russian: ПАРНАС), and formerly the Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party, and initially Republican Party of Russia, was a liberal-democratic political party in Russia. It was one of the first opposition parties founded in the final years of the Soviet Union.
People's Freedom Party Партия народной свободы Partiya narodnoy svobody | |
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| President | Mikhail Kasyanov |
| Founders | Vladimir Lysenko, Stepan Sulakshin, Vyacheslav Shostakovsky |
| Founded | November 17, 1990 (RPR) December 13, 2010 (PARNAS) June 16, 2012 (merged as RPR–PARNAS) July 5, 2015 (re-named as PARNAS) |
| Registered | March 14, 1991 May 5, 2012 (re-registered) |
| Dissolved | May 25, 2023 |
| Merger of | Forward, Russia! Peasant Party of Russia People's Freedom Party United People's Party of Soldiers' Mothers |
| Preceded by | Democratic platform of the CPSU |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Youth wing | People's Democratic Union of Youth Youth committee of Solidarity |
| Membership (2011) | 46,158 |
| Ideology | Republicanism Liberalism Conservative liberalism Federalism Atlanticism Anti-communism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Free Russia Forum |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
| Colours | Dark violet Before 2012: Orange |
| Slogan | "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption" (Russian: "За Россию без произвола и коррупции") |
| Seats in the State Duma | 0 / 450 |
| Seats in the Regional Parliaments | 0 / 3,980 |
| Website | |
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In 2007, it was denied re-registration and declared to be dissolved by the Russian Supreme Court. It was only after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the denial of registration was unlawful that it could restore its official registration in May 2012.
The party was dissolved by Russia's Supreme Court on May 25, 2023 because it did not have the required number of branches and due to claims filed against existing branches by the Federal Taxation Service and the Ministry of Justice.