Union of Right Forces

Union of Right Forces
Союз правых сил
AbbreviationSPS (English)
СПС (Russian)
President (s)Sergey Kiriyenko
(1998–2001)
Boris Nemtsov
(2001–2004)
Viktor Nekrutenko
(2004–2005)
Nikita Belykh
(2005–2008)
Leonid Gozman
(acting, 2008)
FoundersYegor Gaidar
Anatoly Chubais
Sergey Kiriyenko
Boris Nemtsov
Irina Khakamada
Konstantin Titov
Founded24 October 1999 (1999-10-24) (as bloc)
26 May 2001 (2001-05-26) (as party)
Dissolved15 November 2008 (2008-11-15)
Merger ofDemocratic Choice of Russia
Conservative Movement "New Force"
Young Russia (liberal movement)
Democratic Russia
Voice of Russia
Common Cause
Party of Economic Freedom
Preceded byRight Cause (coalition)
Succeeded byRight Cause[1]
Solidarnost
Democratic Choice
HeadquartersMoscow
NewspaperJust Cause
Membership (2007)57,410
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Conservative liberalism
Neoliberalism
Economic liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Atlanticism
Political positionCentre-right[2]
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union
Colours    Blue, red, white
Slogan"Our Cause is Just/Right"
(Russian: "Наше дело правое!")
"Liberty, Property, Legality"
(Russian: "Свобода, Собственность, Законность")
Anthem"Patrioticheskaya Pesnya"
Seats in the 3rd State Duma
29 / 450
Seats in the 4th State Duma
3 / 450
Party flag
Website
www.sps.ru

The Union of Right Forces (URF)[a] was a Russian liberal-conservative[1] political public organization and former party, initially founded as an electoral bloc in 1999 and associated with free market reforms, privatization, and the legacy of the "young reformers" of the 1990s: Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov, Sergey Kiriyenko and Yegor Gaidar. The party officially self-dissolved in 2008. Nikita Belykh was the party's last leader from 2005 to 2008.

In 2011, the SPS was refounded by some of its former members as the Union of Right Forces Movement. In 2012, it was registered as a political public organization, a type of NGO. In Russia, participation in elections requires being accepted into the list of political parties controlled by the Ministry of Justice.

Both the former SPS and the refounded SPS were accepted as a member of the International Democracy Union (IDU).

  1. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2008). "Russia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009.
  2. ^ Kuzio, Taras (2007). Ukraine–Crimea–Russia: Triangle of Conflict. ibidem Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-3-89821-761-3. ISSN 1614-3515.


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