United Russia

1. United russia

UNITED RUSSIA
Barkanova Ulyana

2.

United Russia is the ruling Russian political party,
the largest in the country. It was founded on
December 1, 2001 as the All-Russian party "Unity
and Fatherland - United Russia", has a modern
name since December 24, 2003.
The chairman of the party is Dmitry Medvedev,
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

3. History of creation

HISTORY OF CREATION
United Russia was formed on the basis of the Unity party, the socio-political organization
Fatherland and the All Russia movement. On April 12, 2001, Unity and Fatherland leaders Sergei
Shoigu and Yuri Luzhkov announced their intention to create a single party at a joint press
conference.
On December 1, 2001, the Third Congress of the Union took place in Moscow, at which it was
transformed into the All-Russian political party "Unity and Fatherland" - United Russia ".
On December 24, 2003, during the IV Congress, it was renamed "United Russia".
At the VIII Congress in 2007, Vladimir Putin accepted the party’s proposal to head its list in the
upcoming Duma elections.
On May 7, 2008, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin led United Russia as its chairman. Boris Gryzlov,
who previously held this post, became the chairman of the Supreme Council of the party.
In 2011, at the 12th congress of United Russia, the incumbent head of state, Dmitry Medvedev,
proposed the candidacy of Vladimir Putin for the presidency of the country and agreed to lead
the party during the parliamentary campaign.
After the 2012 presidential election, which Putin won, on May 22, 2012, he officially joined
United Russia and a few days later, on May 26, was elected its chairman.

4. Governing bodies

GOVERNING BODIES
The supreme organ of the party is the congress. The highest governing
body between congresses is the General Council, elected for five
years. It consists of no more than 170 party members, and the
Presidium of the General Council - no more than 27 people. Since
May 26, 2012, the post of Secretary of the General Council has been
held by Sergey Neverov.
The party chairman is elected at the congress for a five-year term.
According to the charter, both a member of United Russia and a
citizen of the Russian Federation who are not members of the party
can be elected to this post.
Monitoring compliance with the statutory documents, financial and
economic activities is carried out by the Central Control Commission. It
consists of 15 people, elected for a five-year term. Chairman of the
Central Control Commission - Irina Yarovaya.

5. Participation in the elections

PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTIONS
United Russia has been represented in parliament since 2003 and has the
largest Duma faction. According to the results of the 2003 elections, she
managed to take first place among 18 parties and five electoral blocs
(37.57%). Member of the faction Boris Gryzlov was elected chairman of the
lower house of parliament.
In the 2007 election, the federal list of the party was led by Russian
President Vladimir Putin. United Russia again took first place among 11
parties, gaining a record 64.30%.
In anticipation of the sixth convocation of the State Duma in 2011, United
Russia formed its federal list on the basis of primaries in conjunction with the
All-Russian Popular Front, a political union that unites a number of public
organizations, groups of enterprises, and individuals. The leader of the list
was Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. As a result of the vote, United
Russia gained 49.32% (first place among seven parties) and formed a
faction of the parliamentary majority - 238 deputies. The post of State
Duma speaker was taken by Sergey Naryshkin.

6. Structure and size

STRUCTURE AND SIZE
The structure of "United Russia" includes regional, local and primary branches.
Regional - are created in each constituent entity of the Russian Federation, local - in
the urban district or municipal district, primary - in the urban or rural settlement.
Currently, there are 82 thousand 631 primary and 2 thousand 595 local branches.
The number of parties is over 2 million 114 thousand people.
Since 2005, the party’s youth wing, the Young Guard of United Russia, has been
operating, with more than 150,000 members.