The Russian Party of Life (RPL; russian: Российская партия жизни; РПЖ, Rossiyskaya partiya zhizni; RPZh) was a

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, led by

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 ...

(

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of the

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, the upper house of the Russian parliament). According to its website, the party was liberal on economic issues and nationalistic on everything else. Its headquarters were located in

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. In the legislative elections on 7 December 2003, the alliance of the

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and the Russian Party of Life party won only 1.9% of the popular vote and no seats, despite attracting to its list a number of Russian celebrities, most famously

Oxana Fedorova Oksana Gennadyevna Borodina (russian: Оксана Геннадьевна Бородина, Oksana Gennad'yevna Borodina; née Fedorova, russian: Фёдорова, Fyodorova; born 17 December 1977), known professionally as Oxana Fedorova, is a ...

. The Russian Party of Life merged with Rodina and the Russian Pensioners' Party into a new party,

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, on 28 October 2006.

External links

Official party web site

Energy of Life – Youth wing of Russian Party of Life
Defunct political parties in Russia Political parties established in 2002 Political parties disestablished in 2006 A Just Russia 2002 establishments in Russia {{Russia-party-stub