Russian Party of Freedom and Justice Российская партия свободы и справедливости | |
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Abbreviation | RPSS |
Chairman | Konstantin Rykov |
Founder | Andrei Bogdanov |
Founded | 8 April 2012(Communist Party of Social Justice) 28 March 2021 (Russian Party of Freedom and Justice) |
Headquarters | Moscow |
Political position | Centre-left[1] |
Colours | Black Red |
Seats in the State Duma | 0 / 450 |
Seats in the Regional Parliaments | 1 / 3,928 [2][3] |
Website | |
my.rpss.ru | |
The Russian Party of Freedom and Justice (RPSS; Russian: Российская партия свободы и справедливости; РПСС, romanized: Rossiyskaya partiya svobody i spravedlivosti; RPSS) is a political party in Russia established and registered in 2012 as Communist Party of Social Justice.[4]
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He was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, forever changing the course of one of the world's largest countries. But was he a hero who toppled an oppressive tyranny or a villain who replaced it with another? It's time to put Lenin on the stand in History vs. Lenin. "Order, order, hmm. Now, wasn't it your fault that the band broke up?" "Your honor, this is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, AKA Lenin, the rabblerouser who helped overthrow the Russian tsar Nicholas II in 1917 and founded the Soviet Union, one of the worst dictatorships of the 20th century." "Ohh." "The tsar was a bloody tyrant under whom the masses toiled in slavery." "This is rubbish. Serfdom had already been abolished in 1861." "And replaced by something worse. The factory bosses treated the people far worse than their former feudal landlords. And unlike the landlords, they were always there. Russian workers toiled for eleven hours a day and were the lowest paid in all of Europe." "But Tsar Nicholas made laws to protect the workers." "He reluctantly did the bare minimum to avert revolution, and even there, he failed. Remember what happened in 1905 after his troops fired on peaceful petitioners?" "Yes, and the tsar ended the rebellion by introducing a constitution and an elected parliament, the Duma." "While retaining absolute power and dissolving them whenever he wanted." "Perhaps there would've been more reforms in due time if radicals, like Lenin, weren't always stirring up trouble." "Your Honor, Lenin had seen his older brother Aleksandr executed by the previous tsar for revolutionary activity, and even after the reforms, Nicholas continued the same mass repression and executions, as well as the unpopular involvement in World War I, that cost Russia so many lives and resources." "Hm, this tsar doesn't sound like such a capital fellow." "Your Honor, maybe Nicholas II did doom himself with bad decisions, but Lenin deserves no credit for this. When the February 1917 uprisings finally forced the tsar to abdicate, Lenin was still exiled in Switzerland." "Hm, so who came to power?" "The Duma formed a provisional government, led by Alexander Kerensky, an incompetent bourgeois failure. He even launched another failed offensive in the war, where Russia had already lost so much, instead of ending it like the people wanted." "It was a constitutional social democratic government, the most progressive of its time. And it could have succeeded eventually if Lenin hadn't returned in April, sent by the Germans to undermine the Russian war effort and instigate riots." "Such slander! The July Days were a spontaneous and justified reaction against the government's failures. And Kerensky showed his true colors when he blamed Lenin and arrested and outlawed his Bolshevik party, forcing him to flee into exile again. Some democracy! It's a good thing the government collapsed under their own incompetence and greed when they tried to stage a military coup then had to ask the Bolsheviks for help when it backfired. After that, all Lenin had to do was return in October and take charge. The government was peacefully overthrown overnight." "But what the Bolsheviks did after gaining power wasn't very peaceful. How many people did they execute without trial? And was it really necessary to murder the tsar's entire family, even the children?" "Russia was being attacked by foreign imperialists, trying to restore the tsar. Any royal heir that was rescued would be recognized as ruler by foreign governments. It would've been the end of everything the people had fought so hard to achieve. Besides, Lenin may not have given the order." "But it was not only imperialists that the Bolsheviks killed. What about the purges and executions of other socialist and anarchist parties, their old allies? What about the Tambov Rebellion, where peasants, resisting grain confiscation, were killed with poison gas? Or sending the army to crush the workers in Kronstadt, who were demanding democratic self-management? Was this still fighting for the people?" "Yes! The measures were difficult, but it was a difficult time. The new government needed to secure itself while being attacked from all sides, so that the socialist order could be established." "And what good came of this socialist order? Even after the civil war was won, there were famines, repression and millions executed or sent to die in camps, while Lenin's successor Stalin established a cult of personality and absolute power." "That wasn't the plan. Lenin never cared for personal gains, even his enemies admitted that he fully believed in his cause, living modestly and working tirelessly from his student days until his too early death. He saw how power-hungry Stalin was and tried to warn the party, but it was too late." "And the decades of totalitarianism that followed after?" "You could call it that, but it was Lenin's efforts that changed Russia in a few decades from a backward and undeveloped monarchy full of illiterate peasants to a modern, industrial superpower, with one of the world's best educated populations, unprecedented opportunities for women, and some of the most important scientific advancements of the century. Life may not have been luxurious, but nearly everyone had a roof over their head and food on their plate, which few countries have achieved." "But these advances could still have happened, even without Lenin and the repressive regime he established." "Yes, and I could've been a famous rock and roll singer. But how would I have sounded?" We can never be sure how things could've unfolded if different people were in power or different decisions were made, but to avoid the mistakes of the past, we must always be willing to put historical figures on trial.
History
The party was created with the participation of the leader of the Democratic Party of Russia and politician Andrey Bogdanov.[5]
In the 2013 elections in Volgograd, the party received 5.04% (9055 votes) breaking the five-percent threshold and received one seat in the city Parliament.[6]
In 2014, Bogdanov became party leader, succeeding Yuri Morozov in this post. Andrei Brezhnev, grandson of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev, was elected First Secretary of the Central Committee of the party. In this year's election, Brezhnev was the candidate for the Parliament of Crimea and Sevastopol,[7] but the party did not win any seats.[8][9]
In April 2021, the party was renamed the Russian Party of Freedom and Justice. Konstantin Rykov became the chairman of the party, and Maksim Shevchenko became the leader.[10]
On September 9, 2022, Maxim Shevchenko stated in his official Telegram channel that he no longer considers himself the leader of the RPSS and does not participate in the activities of a political party.[11]
Criticism
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) has accused the party of being a creation of the Kremlin and United Russia to siphon votes away from the CPRF.[12][13]
CPRF points out that the CPSJ nominated candidates in single-mandate constituencies who had the same names as candidates from the CPRF, in order to confuse voters. Sergei Obukhov asserts that "it is not the CPSJ who stands behind the nomination of namesakes, but the administrative resource and the ruling party".[14]
In 2020, the party nominated Gennady Shchadov in the elections for the governor of Irkutsk Oblast while Mikhail Shchapov was nominated from the CPRF.[15]
Leader of the Left Front Sergei Udaltsov said that "the nature of the actions of the new party (RPSS) gives reason to think that they will be a spoiler party". He called Maksim Shevchenko's joining the RPSS "a betrayal of his comrades at a crucial moment" and considered possible his exclusion from Left Front.[16]
Former logos
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Communist Party of Social Justice (2012–2017)
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Communist Party of Social Justice (2017–2021)
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Alternative logo (2021–)
References
- ^ "Russia". Europe Elects.
- ^ "Депутат Шувалова, исключенная из КПРФ после круглого стола с Навальным, пойдет в Госдуму" [Deputy Shuvalova, expelled from the Communist Party after a round table with Navalny, will go to the State Duma]. Znak.com (in Russian). 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Из КПРФ выгнали самого известного депутата Закдумы" [The most famous deputy of the Zakduma was expelled from the CPRF]. DVNovosti Khabarovsk (in Russian). 26 January 2021.
- ^ "The program of the political party Communist party of social justice". Archived from the original on 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ^ [Press conference of the leaders of the five political parties created by Andrey Bogdanov on YouTube
- ^ The results of elections of Deputies of the Volgograd city Duma of the 5th convocation
- ^ Crimea was unilaterally annexed from Ukraine by the Russian Federation in early 2014
- ^ Grandson of Leonid Brezhnev will fight for the seat of member of the state Council of the Crimea
- ^ Grandson of Brezhnev and the Grand master of the Grand Lodge of Russia Andrey Bogdanov electoral Commission gives the green light to participate in elections
- ^ "Максим Шевченко положил партбилет на другой стол". kommersant.ru (in Russian). April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ Shevchenko's message in Telegram about the termination of his participation in the activities of the RPSS
- ^ "The mystery of the new Red". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
- ^ Laboratory Bogdanov and party squatters
- ^ "Fraudulent party nominates namesakes in the Krasnodar Krai elections". Communist Party of the Russian Federation. 2012-08-22. Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ^ "All the participants of the race for governorship in Irkutsk Oblast were determined". www.nakanune.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ "Shevchenko may be expelled from the Council of the Left Front after he headed the RPSS". Business Online (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-05-20.