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1 Political Political Parties Parties in in Putin s Putin s (Gulag) (Gulag) Russia Russia By Когтерез Путина, Товарищ основе Бог, Мышечная зубная щетка

2 Beginnings of the Party System Mikhail Gorbachev took power in Western-styled leader, had his policies of Glasnost, Democratization, and Perestroika Glasnost: Openness that allowed discussion of political and social issues (frowned upon by the people) Democratization: Keep soviet structure while creating a new Congress of People s deputies with directly elected president, and a new president selected by the Congress. Perestroika: Rebuild economy through some forms of privatization

3 Chaos of 1990s In August 1991, a coup d état was lead by conservative from the Politburo, and they wanted to stop the reforms of Gorbachev. Movement failed, and Boris Yeltsin won the presidential seat, made possible by Gorbachev's reforms. Favored more extreme reform movements of westernization that Gorbachev did. The Constitution of 1993 created a three-branch government: president, a prime minister, and a lower legislative house called the Duma Yeltsin was a drunk and he was sick all the time, so our savior Lord Putin took power in 200.

4 United Russia (Pro-Putin/God) Founded in April 2001, as a merger of Fatherland All-Russia Party and the Unity Party of Russia. Put together by oligarch Boris Berezovsky and other entrepreneurs to help Putin win. Continued to gain seats in the Duma (450 seats in total) until 2011, when it began to lose them. Medvedev won in 2008 with 70% of the vote, and Putin was chosen as the Prime Minister. Anti-democratic, controls the media, restrains civil rights, and reduce power beyond the presidency. By far the most dominant party in Russia. Won 238 seats in the Duma in 2011, and Putin won the election with 63.3% of the vote

5 Formed in 2006 my a merger of Motherland People s Patriotic Union with the Party of Pensioners and the Party of Life. Led by the speaker of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov. The Party passed the 7% threshold needed to hold seats in 2007 with 7.74% of the vote enough to win them 38% of the seats in the Duma. In 2011, they won 64 Duma seats. Center-Left party, believes in freedom, fairness, and solidarity, and it advocates for a welfare state. Guarantees the rights and freedoms of its people. A Just Russia

6 Putin Break I go to the gym, I swim daily and from time to time I meet with friends and do extracurricular stuff. -Vladimir Putin

7 Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) -Immediate successor of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -The goal of the CPRF is to establish a new modernized form of socialism in Russia. This includes nationalization of natural resources, agriculture, and large industries. -It draws support from a lot of people who are hostile to political and economic changes since 1980s -The CPRF has done consistently well since 1993 elections. It captured 10% seats in Duma 1993 election and one-third of the seats in Today still remains the second-largest party in the Duma after United Russia. The CRPF's head Gennady Zyuganov has come in second in every presidential election since 1996 (even when he had less than 20% of the votes). -The CPRF is different from other post-communist parties in Europe. It remains close to its Communist ideology whereas many of the other parties got rid of their Communist past in 1990s to become social democratic organizations.

8 Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) - The LDPR is led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky since it was founded in The name of the party is a misnomer because it is neither liberal nor democratic. It has been described typically as fiscally leftist and authoritarian. -During the 1990s, LDPR supported xenophobia and anti-semitism, the reconstruction of the Soviet Union, and hostility toward liberal capitalism and democracy. -The LDPR's popularity went down after 1993 elections but they made a comeback recently -Today, it is the third largest party in the Duma. Many suspect that it is funded and controlled by the government to serve as a pseudo opposition.

9 Liberal Parties -In Spite of Russia s move toward capitalism, liberalism did not grow very big -The biggest liberal party is Yabloko. It was founded in 1993 by Grigory Yavlinsky (former economic adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev) - Yabloko is pro-western and pro-market economy. It favors strong ties to NATO and the EU. It draws support from white-collar workers and urban residents. -Union of Right Forces is also another liberal party similar to Yabloko. -In the 1990, these parties tended to get 5-10% votes in the Duma elections. But after 2000, they lost all of their representations in the Duma.

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11 How United Russia Maintains National Politics Putin Rides his unicorn to the moon to maintain national policies. Putin is able to stay president because he wins elections by super majority. United Russia and Putin together shut down any oppsisition to the party very quickly. Many times through use of executive powers Most Recent Event: One of Putin s foes was shot dead in a square two days before he was supposed to lead a march against the president. Putin was not involved but it is pretty suspicious. In other news check out this carebear >

12 How United Russia Maintains Local Politics - Putin and his party love to win over the local parties. - They make rallies to bring the people together. - Putin created a catchy song about how russia needs a man like putin. - They use very similar tactics to national affairs.

13 Putin Is a Man of Nature

14 United Russia(Putin s squad) United Russia is the current ruling party in Russia at the moment and the largest in the Russian Federation at the moment. It currently holds 238 of 450 seats in the State Duma. (52.89%) Party holds no current ideology but embraces politicians with a variety of views as long as they support the administration. In 2009 claimed Russian Conservatism as its official ideology although it is debatable. Very similar to the PRI in Mexico with its lack of ideology and its main dominance over the whole country. Also similar to PRI as the president and party uses corruption and fraud in elections to win over and over again and gain more power and supporters.

15 Russian parties vs other parties Russia don t give no jack about other countries and their parties and what the norm is. Russian multi-party system is similar to the UK s proportional representation with four main parties with a dominant party, United Russia. However unlike all other countries, Russia has decreased in party sizes since Putin s presidency until only 7 left from 100 in Also unlike other countries, new independent parties are all blocked especially those in opposition. However slowly Based Putin runnin thru the six with his woes >>> protests allowed more political parties now back up to 48 official.

16 Putin Gifs I don t read books by people who have betrayed the Motherland. -Putin You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place. -Putin You can swim any way you like in the dead sea actually. -Putin How does one control weight? By not overeating. How does one stay in shape? One plays sports. There are no magic pills here. -Putin

17 The End

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