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with the aim on consolidating support for the

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regime among military people (former soldiers and veterans). The party was officially founded in July 1992, Alexander Kotenev and Anatoly Gil became co-chairmen (both were leaders of an

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veteran's organization). In 1992/93, the party was joined by 4 people's deputies. The party also joined a number of pro-reform coalitions, like 'Supporters of Reform' and the bloc

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. After Burbulis was sacked from his positions in the government, the party drifted for a time between democratic (pro-reform), moderately

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and

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positions, before fixing its allegiance to president Yeltsin and the

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. In September 1993 the party's leaders supported president Yeltsin's decree Nr. 1400 dissolving the Russian Supreme Soviet. It is reported that NPP battalions formed of (private) security service employees took part in blocking the Supreme Soviet building. The party sought to participate of the

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but failed to gather enough signatures to be enabled to present its list. In 1994, Kotenev left the party. The NPP took part in the

1995 Russian legislative election Legislative election were held in Russia on 17 December 1995.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642 At stake were the 450 seats in the State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), the lower house of the Fed ...

within the list 'For Motherland'. The bloc failed to pass the 5% barrier, winning only 0.28% of votes. The party also contested the

1999 Russian legislative election Legislative election were held in Russia on 19 December 1999 to elect the 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642 Like in the p ...

, this time within the list Unity. The party should not be mistaken for a nationalist organization of the similar name ( Народно-патриотическая партия), existing from 2002 to 2007.

References

*http://www.panorama.ru/works/vybory/party/afgan.html 1992 establishments in Russia Defunct political parties in Russia Political parties established in 1992 Political parties with year of disestablishment missing {{Russia-party-stub