The Yabloko — United Democrats (russian: Яблоко — Объединённые демократы; ''Yabloko — Obyedinonnyye demokraty'') was a coalition between

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

party and the

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

formed for the Moscow municipal elections on December 4, 2005. During the campaign, the coalition declared its opposition to the policies of President

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

and called for the restoration of political and media freedoms, curtailed by the Putin administration. Yabloko-United Democrats won 11% of the vote and became one of only three parties (along with

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

and the

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) to enter the new Moscow City Duma. Its deputies in the Duma are Yevgeny Bunimovich (

), Sergei Mitrokhin (

) and Ivan Novitsky (

Electoral results

Moscow City Duma elections

2005 establishments in Russia Defunct political party alliances in Russia Liberal parties in Russia Union of Right Forces Yabloko {{Russia-party-stub