Great Russia (political party)


Great Russia



Leader	Andrei Saveliyev

Founded	April 2007
Headquarters	Moscow

Ideology	Nationalism, conservatism, populism
International affiliation	none

Website www.velikoross.ru

Great Russia (Russian: Великая Россия) is a new Russian political party established in April 2007 by former Rodina leader and legislator Dmitry Rogozin in conjunction with the nationalist Movement Against Illegal Immigration, the Congress of Russian Communities and former members of the Rodina party which won 9% of the vote at the 2003 Russian Parliamentary elections. Andrei Nikolaievich Savelyev (Андрей Николаевич Савельев is a Russian politician and a former member of the Russian State Duma. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Populism is a discourse which supports "the people" versus "the Elites " Populism may involve either a political philosophy urging social and political Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Rodina or Motherland-National Patriotic Union ( Rodina - Narodno-Patrioticheskiy Soyuz, Партия "РОДИНА" is one of the four parties that control Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin or Dmitri Rogozin (Дмитрий Олегович Рогозин (born 21 December 1963 in Moscow) is a Russian politician The Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI (Движение против нелегальной иммиграции — ДПНИ is a Russian The Congress of Russian Communities is a nationalist political organization in Russia Rodina or Motherland-National Patriotic Union ( Rodina - Narodno-Patrioticheskiy Soyuz, Партия "РОДИНА" is one of the four parties that control The current Chairman of the party is Andrei Saveliyev. Andrei Nikolaievich Savelyev (Андрей Николаевич Савельев is a Russian politician and a former member of the Russian State Duma.

The colours of the party are the orange and yellow of the Amur Tiger. The Siberian tiger ( Panthera tigris altaica) also known as the Amur tiger, Manchurian tiger, or Ussuri tiger, is a rare Subspecies According to Dmitry Rogozin, he came up with the idea of using the tiger as the party's logo upon learning that the animal's population had increased in 2006 for the first time in recorded history. Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin or Dmitri Rogozin (Дмитрий Олегович Рогозин (born 21 December 1963 in Moscow) is a Russian politician Rogozin has stated "I believe that the Amur tiger will become a competitor to the blue bear", referring to the symbol of United Russia, a white bear on a blue background. United Russia (Единая Россия Yedinaya Rossiya) is a major Political party in the Russian Federation.

Great Russia has initially stated it supports Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's candidacy for President of Russia in 2008, a candidacy which is impossible as Lukashenko is not a Russian citizen. Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (Аляксандр Рыгоравіч Лукашэнка Aljaksandar Ryhoravič Lukašenka/Alyaksandar Ryhoravich Lukashenka; Александр The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской Rogozin has also stated that the party will contest seats in the December elections to the State Duma. The State Duma (Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma common abbreviation Госдума (Gosduma in the Russian Federation is the Rogozin estimated that the party would obtain twenty five percent of the vote in the election, and opinion polls suggested the party had a good chance of crossing the seven percent threshold for representation in the Duma. A Duma (Ду́ма is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history [1]

On the 24th July 2007 Great Russia was denied registration by the Federal Registration Service. The Secretary of the party's ruling council, Sergei Pykhtin, said the party would either appeal the decision or submit new paperwork in an attempt to be registered. [2] However, the party was unsuccessful and so did not contest the Russian legislative election, 2007. Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 2 2007.

References

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