Great Russia (russian: Великая Россия; romanized ''Velikaya Rossiya'') is an unregistered far-right nationalist

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. The party has been led by former Rodina deputy Andrei Saveliyev since its founding.

History

The party was formed in May 2007 by former Rodina leader

Dmitry Rogozin Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin (russian: link=no, Дми́трий Оле́гович Рого́зин; born 21 December 1963) is a Russian politician who served as director general of Roscosmos from 2018 to July 2022. He previously served as deputy ...

at its founding congress, which included delegates from the Rodina bloc, the

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, as well as

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, the leader of the anti-immigrant

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. Rogozin stated that the party would contest seats in the 2007 State Duma elections. Rogozin estimated that the party would obtain twenty five percent of the vote in the election, and opinion polls suggested the party had a good chance of crossing the seven percent threshold for representation in the State Duma. On 24 July 2007, Great Russia was denied registration by the Federal Registration Service. The secretary of the party's ruling council, Sergei Pykhtin, said the party would either appeal the decision or submit new paperwork in an attempt to be registered. In September 2007, the party was again denied registration.

References

External links

Rogozin creates "Great Russia"
Gazeta.ru 12 April 2007
Will Russia's new party be built on Berezovsky's money?
Regnum 13 April 2007
New Party Set Up With Plans to Win Every Fourth Seat in the Duma

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