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The National Patriotic Forces of Russia (NPSR ; ), also known as Left-wing Patriotic Forces, is a Russian coalition of
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and right nationalist
political groups A political group is a group consisting of political parties or legislators of aligned ideologies. A technical group is similar to a political group, but with members of differing ideologies. International terms Equivalent terms are used differ ...
that are allied with the
Communist Party of the Russian Federation , anthem = , seats1_title = Seats in the State Duma , seats1 = , seats2_title = Seats in the Federation Council , seats2 = , seats3_title = Governors , seats3 = , seats4_title ...
. These forces are not legally formalized, but since 2012 there has been a Permanent Conference of the National Patriotic Forces of Russia, which claims to unite all Russians patriots: from social democrats to monarchists.


History

Leftists and nationalists have formed eclectic alliances in Russia since
perestroika ''Perestroika'' (; russian: links=no, перестройка, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg) was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s widely associated wit ...
, a clear example being
Alexander Nevzorov Alexander Glebovich Nevzorov (russian: Алекса́ндр Гле́бович Невзо́ров; born on 3 August 1958) is a Russian (since 2022, also Ukrainian) television journalist, film director and a former member of the Russian State ...
's Nashi movement in the early 1990s. The National Salvation Front was a coalition of leftists and nationalists formed to oppose
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
and directly involved in the side of the
Supreme Soviet The Supreme Soviet (russian: Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet, Supreme Council) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) ...
during the 1993 constitutional crisis. After the NSF was banned, leftists and nationalists rallied around the
Communist Party of the Russian Federation , anthem = , seats1_title = Seats in the State Duma , seats1 = , seats2_title = Seats in the Federation Council , seats2 = , seats3_title = Governors , seats3 = , seats4_title ...
. In 1996, the
People's Patriotic Union of Russia The People's Patriotic Union of Russia (NPSR; russian: Народно-патриотический союз России, Narodno-patrioticheskiy soyuz Rossii) was a political association in Russia. Created on August 7, 1996, by political parties ...
(NPSR) alliance was created by the CPRF, which united part of the social conservative and left-nationalist movements in order to support Zyuganov's presidential candidacies. After the conflicts between Zyuganov and the leader of the NPSR Gennady Semigin, the latter left the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and founded the Patriots of Russia party, and the activity of the NPSR was de facto terminated. In July 2022, the leader of the
CPRF , anthem = , seats1_title = Seats in the State Duma , seats1 = , seats2_title = Seats in the Federation Council , seats2 = , seats3_title = Governors , seats3 = , seats4_title ...
Gennady Zyuganov Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as M ...
stated he would allow the party to merge with the left-conservative party, A Just Russia — For Truth, but only if they adopted the Communist program. The day before, the leader of the A Just Russia
Sergey Mironov Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov (russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Миро́нов; born 14 February 1953) is a Russian politician. He was Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian ...
said that he "does not see any obstacles to the creation in Russia of a large coalition of left-wing patriotic forces".


PDS NPSR

, website
pdsnpsr.ru
, country = Russia In August 2012, with the participation of
Yury Boldyrev Yury Yurievich Boldyrev (russian: Юрий Юрьевич Болдырев, born May 29, 1960) is a Russian economist and politician, he was a Senator from St. Petersburg from 1993 to 1995, and Deputy Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia fr ...
, the Permanent Conference of the National Patriotic Forces of Russia was founded. The PDS NPSR, together with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Left Front, participated in the nomination and
presidential campaign President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese fu ...
of
Pavel Grudinin Pavel Nikolayevich Grudinin (russian: link=no, Павел Николаевич Грудинин; born 20 October 1960) is a Russian politician and entrepreneur. Previously, he was a Municipal Deputy of the city settlement Vidnoye and Chairman o ...
in the 2018 Russian presidential election. Later, after the presidential elections, the PDS of the NPSR and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation supported the continuation of cooperation. As of May 2019, the PDS NPSR includes 29 movements. The movement strongly opposed the amendments to the Russian constitution in 2020.


See also

* Red–green–brown alliance


References

Communist parties in Russia Communist Party of the Russian Federation Eurosceptic parties in Russia Neo-Sovietism Political party alliances in Russia Russian nationalist organizations Social conservative parties {{Russia-party-stub