United Democratic Movement "Solidarnost" (russian: Объединённое демократическое движение «Солидарность»; ОДД «Солидарность»; ''Obyedinonnoye demokraticheskoye dvizheniye «Solidarnost»'', ''ODD "Solidarnost"''), abbreviated ODD "Solidarnost" ( Russian for "Solidarity", named after the

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Solidarność), is a Russian liberal democratic

political movement A political movement is a collective attempt by a group of people to change government policy or social values. Political movements are usually in opposition to an element of the status quo, and are often associated with a certain ideology. Some t ...

founded on 13 December 2008 by a number of well-known members of the liberal democratic opposition, including Garry Kasparov,

Boris Nemtsov Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov ( rus, Бори́с Ефи́мович Немцо́в, p=bɐˈrʲis jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪmˈtsof; 9 October 195927 February 2015) was a Russian physicist and liberal politician. He was involved in the introduction ...

and others from the

Yabloko The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko (RUDP Yabloko) (russian: Росси́йская объединённая демократи́ческая па́ртия «Я́блоко», Rossíyskaya obyedinyónnaya demokratícheskaya pártiya "Y ...

and

Union of Right Forces )"Liberty, Property, Legality"(russian: "Свобода, Собственность, Законность") , headquarters = Moscow , newspaper = Just Cause , membership_year = 2007 , membership = 57,410 , ideology ...

(which had just merged with two pro-Kremlin parties, the Democratic Party of Russia and

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, to form the pro-Kremlin liberal democratic Right Cause) parties, leaders of the

Dissenters March The Dissenters' March (russian: Марш несогласных) was a series of Russian opposition protests that took place on December 16, 2006 in Moscow, on March 3, 2007 in Saint Petersburg, on March 24 in Nizhny Novgorod, on April 14 for t ...

events, the

Committee 2008 "Committee 2008: A Free Choice" (russian: Комитет 2008: Свободный выбор; ''Komitet 2008: Svobodnyy vybor'') was an umbrella organization of the Russian democratic opposition, launched on 29 January 2004 and broke up in the spri ...

, the People's Democratic Union, the

United Civil Front United Civil Front (UCF; russian: Объединённый гражданский фронт; ОГФ; ''Obyedinonnyy grazhdanskiy front'', ''OGF'') is a social movement in Russia founded and led by chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. In 2006–200 ...

, The Other Russia and other politicians and political groups. In an apparent attempt to weaken the movement immediately before its foundation,

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Dmitri Medvedev nominated former leader of the Union of Right Forces

Nikita Belykh Nikita Yuryevich Belykh (russian: Ники́та Ю́рьевич Белы́х, born June 13, 1975) is a Russian politician and former leader of the Union of Rightist Forces party. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai until 20 ...

to become governor of the

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. (Belykh agreed to take the position.) As reported by the

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Belykh "sought to explain his decision by arguing that he could do more good by working with the Kremlin. He said he would prove that someone with progressive ideas could succeed in the government", while saying that "When you have nothing at all, when you cannot even get close in the elections, when all your paths are being cut off, then you just can't have a political party."

History

Previously, attempts to unite the opposition were undertaken by the organizations of the

, the

, the Other Russia, the National Assembly of the Russian Federation, and many years of attempts to establish a dialogue between the

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and Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko".

Participants

Solidarnost movement includes the following forces: * Anti-war club, unifying protesters against war and torture at the

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*Former members of the

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libertarian movement ( *

Oborona Russian Youth Movement "Oborona" (russian: Российское молодёжное движение «Оборона»; ''Rossiyskoye molodozhnoye dvizheniye «Oborona»'') (Russian for "Defense") is a non-partisan civic youth movement in Russia ...

movement *Union of solidarity with political prisoners *"For human rights" movement *other democratic and human rights organizations. *

led by Garry Kasparov Solidarnost Russia map

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