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LDPR — Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Russian: ЛДПР — Либерально-демократическая партия России, romanized: LDPR — Liberalno-demokraticheskaya partiya Rossii) [23] [24] is a Russian ultranationalist and right-wing populist political party. It succeeded the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet ...
Liberal Democratic Party LDPR ЛДПР: Monarchism Economic interventionism Social conservatism Right-wing populism Russian ultranationalism: Right-wing to far-right: Vladimir Zhirinovsky: 1992 2002 5.65% (Vladimir Zhirinovsky) 7.55% (Party list) 5.89% (SMC) (21 seats) MJ profile Website: 4 Political party "Russian United Democratic Party ...
The 34th Congress of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia was held on 27 May 2022 to elect a new party leader, after the death of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. [1] The congress was held to elect a new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party after the death of its long-time leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Leonid Slutsky was elected as new party leader. [2]
The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia currently has 21 members in the 8th convocation of the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly, the Russian parliament. The party was led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky until his death on 6 April 2022.
The Liberal Democratic Party was a significant force in Russian politics, particularly in the early 1990s. At the height of its success, the LDPR gathered 23% of the vote in the 1993 Duma elections [1] and achieved a broad representation throughout Russia – it gained the most votes in 64 out of 87 regions.
The 2024 presidential campaign of Leonid Slutsky, deputy of the State Duma and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, was announced on 19 December 2023, during the party's congress. Slutsky became the third person in history nominated by the Liberal Democratic Party for the President of Russia.
In the 1990s it was a prominent democratically oriented party holding seats in the first State Duma and was a member of the Democratic Russia coalition. After the coup in 1991, the party evolved from liberal anticommunism to centrism (1992–1993) and later to moderate Russian nationalism (1994–1995). [2]
The term "liberal democrats" is often used for members of the far-right nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. There are Russian opposition and pro-government liberal political parties in Russia. Pro-government liberal politicians support Putin's policy in economics. There are no liberal factions in Russian parliament at the moment.