The Russian All-People's Union (ROS; ; ''Rossiyskiy obshchenarodnyy soyuz'', ''ROS'') is a
Russian conservative political party formed in October 1991. In 2001, it merged into the
People's Union (). In 2008, it was reorganized when the Narodnaya Volya dissolved itself. Its leader is
Sergey Baburin.
The organization was founded by
Russian nationalist
Russian nationalism () is a form of nationalism that promotes Russian cultural identity and unity. Russian nationalism first rose to prominence as a Pan-Slavic enterprise during the 19th century Russian Empire, and was repressed during the early ...
-oriented members of the Russian Platform of the
CPSU
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU),. Abbreviated in Russian as КПСС, ''KPSS''. at some points known as the Russian Communist Party (RCP), All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet ...
, and was launched on 26 October 1991 by
Russian Supreme Soviet deputies of the faction ''Rossiya''. According to Nikolai Pavlov, one of the ROS leaders, the party was established as a "patriotic and democratic" force with the aim of uniting parties of
socialist
Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...
orientation. Pavlov also stated that they had similar positions with more
centrist
Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum. It is associated with moderate politics, including people who strongly support moderate policie ...
organizations like the Cadet Party of
Mikhail Astafyev, Viktor Aksiuchits'
Christian Democratic Party of Russia
The Christian Democratic Party of Russia () was a Christian democratic political party in the Russia, Russian Federation. It was founded in May 1990, but represents a revival of a previous political party founded by the clergy of the Catholic Chur ...
, and the
Democratic Party of Russia; one of the ROS member organizations in 1992 was the Russian Party of Communists, which was led by A. Kryuchkov. The ROS was part of the United Opposition and later
National Salvation Front, belonging to the FNS right-wing faction. Besides socialist tendencies, the ROS had connections with traditional Russian nationalists and monarchists, and promoted
pan-Slavist policies, including support for
Serbia
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's expansion.
The party published newspaper ''Vremya'' (''Time''). The ROS took part in the
1995 Russian legislative election
Legislative elections was held in Russia on 17 December 1995 to elect all 450 seats in the 2nd State Duma of the Russian Federation.
The anti-government Communist Party won a total of 147 seats, the most deputies of any single bloc in the ch ...
within the bloc
Power to the People!, which was led by Baburin and
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov (; ; 28 September 1929 – 28 February 2024) was a Russian politician. He served as the last Premier of the Soviet Union, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 and was succeeded b ...
. It won 1.6% of votes, failing to pass the 5% barrier; the ROS got nine seats, all from
majoritarian
Majoritarianism is a political philosophy or ideology with an agenda asserting that a majority, whether based on a religion, language, social class, or other category of the population, is entitled to a certain degree of primacy in society, and ...
districts. The party co-operated with other formations of
nationalist-communist orientation, such as the
Communist Party of Russian Federation, whose candidate
Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as Member of the State Duma since 1993. He is also the Chair of the Union ...
(supported by the ROS) was defeated in the
1996 Russian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 16 June 1996, with a second round being held on 3 July 1996. It resulted in a victory for the incumbent Russian president Boris Yeltsin, who ran as an independent politician. Yeltsin defeated the Co ...
by incumbent
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to ...
. In 2001, the ROS joined with three other
nationalist
Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation,Anthony D. Smith, Smith, A ...
parties to form the
People's Union (''Narodnaya Volya''). In 2008, the ROS was reorganized when ''Narodnaya Volya'' dissolved itself.
On 22 December 2017, the ROS nominated
Sergey Baburin as its candidate for the
2018 Russian presidential election. On 24 December, Baburin filed registration documents with the
Central Election Commission
An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...
(CEC). The CEC rejected Baburin's bid on 25 December because it identified violations in the information provided regarding 18 of his party's 48 representatives. Baburin resubmitted the documents, and they were approved by the CEC.
Baburin was nominated by his party again in December 2023 during the party's congress. He submitted documents to participate in the election on 26 December, which were registered on 29 December. Baburin collected the required number of signatures, but decided to withdraw on the day before the deadline to submit signatures 30 January 2024 and endorsed Putin for the 2024 election.
Electoral results
Presidential elections
Legislative elections
See also
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Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
LDPR – Liberal Democratic Party of Russia () is a Russian Ultranationalism, ultranationalist and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist List of political parties in Russia, political party. It succeeded the Liberal Democratic Party of the ...
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List of political parties in Russia
This article discusses political parties in Russia.
The Russian Federation has a ''de jure'' multi-party system, however it operates as a dominant-party system. , six parties have members in the federal parliament, the State Duma, with one domi ...
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Paternalistic conservatism
Paternalistic conservatism is a strand of conservatism which reflects the belief that societies exist and develop organically and that members within them have obligations towards each other. There is particular emphasis on the paternalistic ob ...
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Pochvennichestvo
''Pochvennichestvo'' ( ; rus, почвенничество, p=ˈpot͡ɕvʲɪnnʲɪt͡ɕɪstvə, roughly "return to the native soil", from wikt:почва#Russian, почва "soil") was a late 19th-century movement in Russia that tied in close ...
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Social conservatism
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