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| | | website = [http://www.er.ru/ er.ru] | | | website = [http://www.er.ru/ er.ru] |
| | | leader = [[Dmitry Medvedev]] | | | leader = [[Dmitry Medvedev]] |
| − | | Parleader = Sergey Neverov | + | | parleader = Sergey Neverov |
| | | foundation = 2001 | | | foundation = 2001 |
| | | ideology = [[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[Statism]] | | | ideology = [[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[Statism]] |
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| | }}</ref> Its current leader is [[Dmitry Medvedev]].<ref>http://rt.com/politics/medvedev-united-russia-leader-293/</ref> The headquarters of the United Russia is situated in [[Moscow]]. The party is ideologically [[centrist]].<ref>[http://parties-and-elections.eu/russia.html]</ref> | | }}</ref> Its current leader is [[Dmitry Medvedev]].<ref>http://rt.com/politics/medvedev-united-russia-leader-293/</ref> The headquarters of the United Russia is situated in [[Moscow]]. The party is ideologically [[centrist]].<ref>[http://parties-and-elections.eu/russia.html]</ref> |
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| | + | == History == |
| | The strategic goal of the party is "to raise people’s living standards to European standards."<ref name=RUSSIAPROFILE/> According to the statement adopted at the founding congress on December 1, 2001, the priorities of the party are administrative reform, transparent state policy, development of local self-administration, improvement of the nation's defence, judicial reform etc.<ref name=RUSSIAPROFILE/> | | The strategic goal of the party is "to raise people’s living standards to European standards."<ref name=RUSSIAPROFILE/> According to the statement adopted at the founding congress on December 1, 2001, the priorities of the party are administrative reform, transparent state policy, development of local self-administration, improvement of the nation's defence, judicial reform etc.<ref name=RUSSIAPROFILE/> |
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| − | The creation of this party largely isolated the communists and liberals at the extremes.<ref name="RTDPSNR67"/> In the 2003 Russian legislative election, the party won nearly half of the seats in the [[Duma]].<ref name="RTDPSNR67"/> In the Russian Presidential Election in 2004, the party supported [[Vladimir Putin]]; in the Russian Presidential Election in 2008, the party supported [[Dmitry Medvedev]], because of term limits on Putin's presidency. In 2012 and 2018 it again supported Putin, who was reelected. | + | The creation of this party largely isolated the communists and liberals at the extremes.<ref name="RTDPSNR67"/> In the 2003 Russian legislative election, the party won nearly half of the seats in the [[Duma]].<ref name="RTDPSNR67"/> In the Russian Presidential Election in 2004, the party supported [[Vladimir Putin]]; in the Russian Presidential Election in 2008, the party supported [[Dmitry Medvedev]], because of term limits on Putin's presidency. In the [[Russian Presidential Election 2012]] and 2018 it again supported Putin, who was reelected. |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |