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New Kremlin-friendly party formed in Russia
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Nov 16, 2008 07:04pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Nov 16, 2008 07:00pm |
| Description | A new Kremlin-friendly party emerged Sunday in Russia, creating itself from the ashes of a once-leading opposition party and two smaller groups.
The Right Cause party is widely seen as a government effort to create a loyal group that could lure opposition-minded voters and to kill off the Union of Right Forces, which had in recent years adopted a tough anti-Kremlin line.
The ostensibly pro-business Right Cause, which held its founding congress on Sunday, is not an opposition party, its leaders have acknowledged. That could help the party's chances of achieving what its predecessors could not — parliamentary representation.
The next State Duma elections are set for 2011, and Right Cause's leaders are confident they can cross the 7-percent barrier needed to win legislature seats.
Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion and vocal Kremlin critic, called the new party part of "the Kremlin's puppet theater." |
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