The Party of Russia's Rebirth ( ''Partiya Vozrozhdeniya Rossii'') is a

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founded by Gennady Seleznev, former

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speaker and a former member of the Communist Party of Russia (2002-2007). The party took the name of the illegal Russian

fascist Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural soci ...

party, which existed in the USSR, and abroad among the Russian expatriates, in the 1930s. Igor Ashurbeyli is the current leader of the party. In the 2003 legislative elections, the alliance of the Party of Russia's Rebirth and the

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party won 1.9% of the popular vote and no seats on the party list ballot, although Seleznev himself narrowly beat liberal candidate

Irina Khakamada Irina Mutsuovna Khakamada ( rus, Ири́на Муцу́овна Хакама́да, p=ɪˈrʲinə mʊˈtsuəvnə xəkɐˈmadə; born 13 April 1955) is a Russian economist, political activist, journalist, teacher, publicist, and politician who ...

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to win a seat there. In the

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Party of Russia's Rebirth blocked up with another nationalist party,

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, led by Gennady Semigin. On September 9, 2008, the party was officially dissolved. Many of the members including Gennady Seleznev joined

. The party was re-founded in October 2012 and registered once again in May 2013. On 19 July 2015, the founder and leader of the party Gennady Seleznev died, the acting leader became Viktor Arkhipov. On 26 June 2016, Igor Ashurbeyli was elected the new leader of the party. During the 2018 local elections, the party nominee Sardana Avksentyeva was elected Mayor of

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, defeating the candidate from the ruling

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party.

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