Russian Ecological Party
"The Greens"
Российская экологическая партия «Зелёные»
AbbreviationREP "The Greens" (English)
РЭП «Зелёные» (Russian)
FoundersYevgeny Belyaev,
Viktor Danilov-Danilyan
Founded7 September 1992 (1992-09-07) (KEDR)
19 June 2002 (2002-06-19) (The Greens)
11 February 2012 (2012-02-11) (re-foundation)
Registered6 June 2012 (2012-06-06)
Merged intoA Just Russia (2008-2012)
HeadquartersLuchnikov Lane 4/1, Moscow, Russia. 117630
Youth wingYoung Greens
Action wingGreen Patrol
Membership (2008)60,000
IdeologyGreen politics
Agrarianism
Political positionCentre[1]
Continental affiliationEurasian Association of Green Parties
Colours  Green
  Teal
Slogan"Мake Russia green together!"
(Russian: "Сделаем Россию зелёной вместе!")
State Duma
0 / 450
Seats in the Regional Parliaments
4 / 3,994
Website
greens.ru

The Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" (REP "The Greens"; Russian: Российская экологическая партия «Зелёные», romanized: Rossiyskaya ekologicheskaya partija «Zelyonyye») is a green political party in the Russian Federation. It was founded in 1992 as the Constructive-Ecological Movement of Russia "Kedr" (KEDR; Russian: Конструктивно-экологическое движение России «Кедр», romanized: Konstruktivno-ekologicheskoye dvizheniye Rossii «Kedr»). In 2002 the party was transformed into the Russian Ecological Party "The Greens". The party endorsed Vladimir Putin in the 2018 Russian presidential election.

History

Former version of the logo

In the 2007 Russian regional elections "The Greens" gained 7.58% of the votes in the Samara Oblast, gaining deputies in the Samara Regional Duma.[2]

Before the 2007 parliamentary elections, the Russian Central Electoral Commission decided that the Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" would not be able to stand, due to an alleged large number of faked signatures (17%, more than the allowed 5%) in their supporters' lists.[3]

In 2008 the XV congress of the party decided to transform the party into the social movement Russian Ecological Movement "Greens" (Российское экологическое движение «Зеленые»). It advised all members and supporters of the party to join A Just Russia.[4]

In 2012 the members met and decided to register as a party and not as a social movement.[5] The decision was carried out successfully and the party registered itself.[6]

The party endorsed Putin in the 2018 Russian presidential election.[7]

Change of leadership

On May 15, 2021, an extraordinary party congress was held at the President Hotel in Moscow, which was attended by more than 80 delegates from 53 regions. Members previously expelled from the party before the congress were reinstated. The congress elected Andrey Nagibin as the new chairman and leader of the Russian Ecological Party "The Greens", director of the All-Russian Green Patrol movement, replacing Anatoly Panfilov in this post. The congress also elected co-chairs of the party of pilot-cosmonaut Sergey Revin, chairman of the council of the Bashkortostan regional branch, Deputy of the State Assembly - Kurultai of the Republic of Bashkortostan Rufina Shagapova, chairman of the Council of the regional branch of the Krasnoyarsk Krai, member of the Krasnoyarsk City Council of Deputies Sergey Shakhmatov and director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Kronotsky State Reserve" Peter Hairpin. The congress adopted a new edition of the Party Charter.[8]

On April 29, 2021, the official website of "The Greens" party published a statement of its chairman Panfilov A.[9] saying that a group of people headed by some A. Komarov on instructions of the state authorities conspired to seize the party with the aim of preventing it from participating in the 2021 Duma elections.

On May 12, 2021, the Central Council expelled from the party former deputy Minister of Resources of Krasnoyarsk Krai Shakhmatov S. for participation in raider seizure of the party.[10]

A group of people involved in the takeover of the party sent out a press release to mass media saying that on May 15 in "President-hotel" an illegitimate congress of the party took place;[11] there it was decided to overthrow the former leadership and to change the charter which made it impossible for the party to participate in elections to the State Duma on September 19, 2021, because the charter has to be presented not later than one year before the elections.[12]

The "legitimate" congress of the party was set to take place on May 21–22, 2021, at the Cosmos Hotel.[13]

The Ministry of Justice of Russian Federation recognized the decision of the extraordinary congress of May 15, 2021 as legitimate, and a record of the change of leadership and legal address was made in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.[14]

On October 28, 2023, an extraordinary congress of the Green Party took place.[15] As a result, Andrei Nagibin retained the post of Chairman of the party. The co-chairs of the party were the chairman of the council of the Bashkortostan regional branch, Deputy of the State Assembly - Kurultai of the Bashkortostan Republic Rufina Shagapova, the chairman of the council of the regional branch of the Krasnoyarsk Krai Sergei Shakhmatov, the chairman of the council of the Moscow regional branch Alexandra Kudzagova.[16]

Electoral results

Presidential elections

Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
2008 Endorsed Dmitry Medvedev 52,530,712
70.28%
 Elected Green tick
2012 Party was part of A Just Russia and did not participate in the elections
2018 Endorsed Vladimir Putin 56,430,712
76.69%
 Elected Green tick

Legislative elections

Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
1993 Anatoly Panfilov 406,789
0.76%
 New
1 / 450
 New 12th Opposition
1995 962,195
1.39%
 Increase 0.63
0 / 450
 Decrease 1 Decrease 25th Extra-parliamentary
1999 Only constituencies
0 / 450
 Steady 0 Decrease 28th Extra-parliamentary
2003 253,985
0.41%
 Decrease 0.98
0 / 450
 Steady 0 Increase 14th Extra-parliamentary
2007 Party was part of A Just Russia and did not participate in the elections Extra-parliamentary
2011 Extra-parliamentary
2016 Oleg Mitvol 399,429
0.77%
 Increase 0.77
0 / 450
 Steady 0 Increase 10th Extra-parliamentary
2021 Andrey Nagibin 512,420
0.91%
 Increase 0.14
0 / 450
 Steady 0 Increase 9th Extra-parliamentary

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Russia". Europe Elects.
  2. ↑ "Results of the 2007 regional elections, Page 21-22" (PDF). russlandanalysen.de (in German). 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  3. ↑ "Russian Greens are not permitted to the elections". NZZ Online (in German). 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  4. ↑ "Российская экологическая партия "Зеленые"". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  5. ↑ "Greens party will appear again in Russia". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19.
  6. ↑ "Минюст России". minjust.ru.
  7. ↑ "Партия "Зелёные" завила, что поддержит Путина на выборах президента". РИА Новости (in Russian). 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  8. ↑ "Устав политической партии "Российская экологическая партия "Зелёные"".
  9. ↑ "Заявление Председателя Партии "Зелёные" о попытках рейдерского захвата партии".
  10. ↑ "Партия "Зелёные" исключили Сергея Шахматова за попытку устроить раскол в рядах".
  11. ↑ "Партия "Зеленые" выбрала нового председателя".
  12. ↑ "Партия "Зелёные" исключили Сергея Шахматова за попытку устроить раскол в рядах".
  13. ↑ "Съезд Российской экологической партии "Зелёные"".
  14. ↑ "Политическая партия «Российская экологическая партия «ЗЕЛЁНЫЕ» (Министерство юстиции Российской Федерации)".
  15. ↑ "Стали известны итоги внеочередного съезда партии «Зеленые»".
  16. ↑ "Лица партии".
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