United Russia Единая Россия
Leader	Vladimir Putin
Founded	1 December 2001
Headquarters	Moscow
Membership	1. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of 98 million
Ideology	Centrism Conservatism Populism pro-governmental
International affiliation	none
Website http://www.er.ru/

United Russia (Russian: Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya) is a major political party in the Russian Federation. In Politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting Moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes 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 A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending United Russia supports President Dmitry Medvedev, and is currently the largest political party in the Russian Federation. The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( Dmitrij Anatol′evič Medvedev;; born 14 September 1965 is currently President of Russia, inaugurated on 7 May 2008 Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending On April 15, 2008, Vladimir Putin accepted the nomination to become chairman of the party. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia ^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Structure 3 Policies 4 Leaders 5 Election results 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

History

United Russia was founded in April 2001 as a merger between the strictly anti-communist parties of Fatherland - All Russia led by Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov and the pro-government Unity Party of Russia led by emergency minister Sergey Shoygu. Fatherland – All Russia (Отечество – Вся Россия ОВР was a political block formed in 1999 by the Fatherland and All Russia blocks Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Yury Mikhaylovich Luzhkov (Ю́рий Миха́йлович Лужко́в (born September 21 1936 in Moscow, Russia, USSR) is a Russian Unity (Единство Yedinstvo was a Russian political party that was created in September 1999 and registered on October 15 supported by Russia’s President Boris Yeltsin Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu (Серге́й Кужуге́тович Шойгу́ (born May 21, 1955 in Chadan, Tuva, Russia, United Russia made rapid gains in federal and local elections due to the popularity of its leading figure, Vladimir Putin.

A number of Ministers in Putin's Government and many regional governors and other senior government officials in Russia are members of the party. The longtime head of United Russia was Speaker of the State Duma and former Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov, elected party leader in November 2002. The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body The State Duma (Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma common abbreviation Госдума (Gosduma in the Russian Federation is the Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov or Boris Grizlov ( Russian: Борис Вячеславович Грызлов) (born December 15 1950) is a Russian In April 2008, Putin accepted an offer to become the party's chairman.

As of April 2008, United Russia claims 1. 98 million members. ^[2] According to United Russia's register dated 2005-09-20, the party has 2,600 local and 29,856 primary offices in all Russia's regions. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France.

Structure

On April 2008 United Russia amended Section 7 of its charter, changing its heading from “Party Chairman” to “Chairman of the Party and Chairman of the Party’s Supreme Council”. Under the amendments, United Russia may introduce a supreme elective post in the party, the post of the party’s chairman, at suggestion of Supreme Council and its chairman.

The Supreme Council, is lead by the Supreme Council chairman, defines the strategy for the development of the party.

The General Council has 152 members, is the foremost party platform in between party congresses and issues statements on important social or political questions. The presidium of the General Council is lead by a secretary, consists of 23 members, and leads the political activity of the party, for instance election campaigns or other programmatic publications.

United Russia runs local and regional offices in all parts of the Russian Federation. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

Policies

The party follows the policies outlined by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia United Russia views itself as conservative democracy, though not in the usual, Western European sense of the word. Foreign media and observers describe United Russia as a pure "presidential party" set to secure the power of the Russian President in the Russian parliament. The vast majority of office bearers in Russia are member of the party, hence it is sometimes described as a "public official party" or "administration party". Within Russia, the party follows a centralist course. Centralization (or centralisation) is the process by which the activities of an organization particularly those regarding decision-making become concentrated within

The state-owned media and nearly all privately owned media are more or less politically in line with the United Russia policies.

Leaders

• Boris Gryzlov, former interior minister and current speaker of State Duma
• Yuri Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow, founder of Fatherland party. Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov or Boris Grizlov ( Russian: Борис Вячеславович Грызлов) (born December 15 1950) is a Russian Yury Mikhaylovich Luzhkov (Ю́рий Миха́йлович Лужко́в (born September 21 1936 in Moscow, Russia, USSR) is a Russian This is a list of Mayors of Moscow. From 1917 to 1991 de-facto leadership of the city was in the hands of the First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party.
• Sergey Shoigu, the emergency minister, former leader of Unity party
• Mintimer Shaymiev, president of Tatarstan
• Vladislav Surkov, Deputy Chief of Staff of the President
• Alexander Zhukov, Deputy Prime Minister

Election results

In the 2003 parliamentary elections it polled 37% of the party vote. Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu (Серге́й Кужуге́тович Шойгу́ (born May 21, 1955 in Chadan, Tuva, Russia, Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev (Минтимер Шәрип улы Шәймиев|Mintimer Şärip ulı Şäymiev Минтимер Шарипович Шаймиев (born January Republic of Tatarstan (Респу́блика Татарста́н Татарстан Республикасы|Tatarstan Respublikası is a federal subject of the Russian Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov (Владисла́в Ю́рьевич Сурко́в (b Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 7 2003. In the 2004 presidential election United Russia supported Vladimir Putin and contributed to his victory. Presidential elections were held in Russia on March 14, 2004. As of January 2005 it controls 305 seats out of 450, which gives it a Constitutional majority. United Russia members also make up 88 out 178 delegates in the Federation Council of Russia, (The Upper House of Parliament). Federation Council of Russia (Сове́т Федера́ции Sovet Federatsii) is the Upper house of the

During the December 2007 election, the party was accused by voters and election monitoring group Golos of numerous election law violations banned in the Russian constitution. The GOLOS Association (Cyrillic ГОЛОС meaning "vote" or "voice" is a Russian civilian organization established in year 2000 to protect electoral rights Election law is a discipline falling at the juncture of Constitutional law and Political science. For the constitution of the Imperial Russia see Russian Constitution of 1906 The current Constitution of the Russian Federation ^[3] Russian authorities dismissed accusations as "emotional" rather than fact-based. ^[4] According to preliminary election results, United Russia won 64. 24% of the popular vote in December 2007 elections. ^[5] This means that the party has sufficient power to change the constitution and pass all laws it deems necessary, unless these are vetoed by the Federation Council or the President of Russia.

The party supported the successful candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 presidential election. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( Dmitrij Anatol′evič Medvedev;; born 14 September 1965 is currently President of Russia, inaugurated on 7 May 2008 The Russian Presidential election of 2008, held on March 2, 2008 resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia

See also

• Politics of Russia

References

External links

• Official web site of the party (Russian)
• Official web site of the Duma fraction
• Youth wing of the party
• Forum of party supporters

---

© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic