The Other Russia (coalition)

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The Other Russia
Другая Россия
Founders Garry Kasparov
Eduard Limonov
Mikhail Kasyanov
Founded11 July 2006 (2006-07-11)
Dissolved10 July 2010 (2010-07-10)
Preceded by Committee 2008
Succeeded by Solidarnost (2008)
The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov (2010)
For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption (2010),
Russian Opposition Coordination Council (2012)
Headquarters Moscow
Ideology Anti-Putinism
Factions:
Liberal democracy
National democracy
Social democracy
Social liberalism
Marxism–Leninism
Communism
Civic nationalism
National Bolshevism
Soviet patriotism
Political position Big tent (Non-system opposition)
Member parties United Civil Front
National Bolshevik Party
Russian People's Democratic Union
Republican Party of Russia
Labour Russia
Oborona
Vanguard of Red Youth
People's Will Army
Freedom Nation
Colours  White
  Blue
  Red
Slogan"We need Another Russia!"
(Russian: "Нам нужна другая Россия!")
"Russia without Putin!"
(Russian: "Россия без Путина!")
Website
www.theotherrussia.ru
15,000 people in St. Petersburg on March 3, 2007. Dissenters' Marches were main events of the Other Russia. The Dissenters March in St. Petersburg, March 3, 2007.jpg
15,000 people in St. Petersburg on March 3, 2007. Dissenters' Marches were main events of the Other Russia.

The Other Russia (Russian : Другая Россия; Drugaya Rossiya), sometimes cited as Another Russia, was an umbrella coalition (2006–2008/2009/2010) that gathered opponents of President Vladimir Putin and was known as an organizer of Dissenters' Marches. The coalition brought together representatives from a wide variety of political and human rights movements, liberals, nationalists, socialists and communists (though the CPRF was absent), as well as individual citizens. The last Dissenters' March took place in 2008.

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The group included both far left, centre, and far right opposition leaders as well as mainstream liberals such as former world chess champion and United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov (in 2006–2007), the radical National Bolshevik Party leader Eduard Limonov, and the far-left Vanguard of Red Youth. [1] [2] In 2010, the coalition was dissolved.

History

The Other Russia was formed during a constitutional meeting in July 2006, (during the G8 summit) in Moscow. Western diplomats, including British Ambassador to Russia Anthony Brenton, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Barry Lowenkron, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried, were attending the conference.[ citation needed ] The two main liberal parties, Yabloko and the Union of Rightist Forces, were boycotting the event over the participation of what they consider to be nationalist and extremist groups. [3]

During the summer of 2006, the society prepared a "coalition of national harmony", designed to accumulate common positions among its members. Work on several agenda items are discussed in specialized work groups. The final text was presented for a general discussion at a meeting on November 22, 2006. On September 25, 2006, The Other Russia was declared a "national forum".

On December 16, 2006, the first joint political rally took place in Moscow, named the "Dissenters' March". The name was first used by Garry Kasparov in 2005. Later, on March 3, 2007, the next "Dissenters' March" took place in Saint Petersburg, which was the largest opposition rally made in recent years in Russia.

A further "Dissenters' March" took place on April 14, 2007 in Moscow. Several people, including Garry Kasparov and former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, were arrested, but released some hours later. Another rally was held on April 15 in Saint Petersburg.

Leaders of the Other Russia Andrei Dmitriev and Garry Kasparov on march MarchNesoglas09juneSpB1.jpg
Leaders of the Other Russia Andrei Dmitriev and Garry Kasparov on march

Key people

Former members

See also

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References

  1. Thousands Take to City Streets for Protest by Galina Stolyarova, St. Petersburg Times , March 6, 2007.
  2. Anti-Kremlin protesters beaten by police Associated Press, March 3, 2007. Retrieved: 2007-03-24.
  3. The Other Russia Conference Opens In Moscow, Interfax, July 11, 2006
  4. Former Russian Premier Leaves Opposition Group Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine , Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (July 03, 2007)