- Social Democratic Party of Russia
Infobox_Political_Party
party_name = Social Democratic Party of Russia
party_
leader =Vladimir Kishenin
colorcode = crimson
foundation =November 26 2001
ideology =Social democracy
headquarters =Moscow
international =Socialist International
website = [http://www.sdpr.ru www.SDPR.ru] The Social Democratic Party of Russia (Russian: Социал-демократическая партия России) was apolitical party founded inRussia byMikhail Gorbachev onNovember 26 ,2001 . "First name of party is: Social Democratic Party of Russia (United)". It was acoalition of severalsocial democrat ic parties, had approximately 12,000 members, but had no seats in the RussianState Duma . Gorbachev resigned as party leader in May 2004 over a disagreement with party chairmanKonstantin Titov who had insisted, over Gorbachev's opposition, on a deal with the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party in the previous year's general election.Konstantin Titov, in turn, announced his resignation at the 3rd convention of the party held
September 4 , 2004. The convention elected the new chairman,Vladimir Kishenin , leader of theParty of Social Justice , who was favoured by Titov.Presenting himself, Kishenin mentioned that he studied in a
KGB college in 1972-1975. When asked why he was a trusted representative forVladimir Putin during the last presidential election, Kishenin explained that this was done at the request ofVladislav Surkov , deputy director of the President's Administration.On
April 13 ,2007 , the party lost its official status due to its small membership. The vast majority of the party's base has regrouped under the banner ofUnion of Social-Democrats , a new party organized and led by Mikhail Gorbachev, founded on October 20, 2007. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7054274.stm|title=Gorbachev sets up Russia movement|publisher=BBC News|date=October 20, 2007|accessdate=2007-10-20]Youth organization
Youth organization of Social Democratic Party of Russia is
Rusian Social Democratic Union of Youth (RSDUY, Russian: Российский социал-демократический союз молодёжи). RSDUY was founded on2000 and have official status. RSDUY is an observer ofInternational Union of Socialist Youth .ee also
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Union of Social-Democrats
*Politics of Russia References
External links
* [http://www.online-translator.com/url/tran_url.asp?lang=en&direction=re&autotranslate=on&transliterate=on&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sdprus.ru/ translation] of the [http://www.sdprus.ru/ Social Democratic Party of Russia Official Website]
* [http://www.online-translator.com/url/tran_url.asp?lang=en&direction=re&autotranslate=on&transliterate=on&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newizv.ru%2Fnews%2F%3Fid_news%3D10866 translation] of theNovye Izvestia [http://www.newizv.ru/news/?id_news=10866 article] on the 3rd convention.
* [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2007/04/13/nogorbyparty.shtml Russia Bans Party Founded by Gorbachev] , "mosnews.com ", April 13, 2007
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