Union of Right Forces

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The Union of Right Forces was a liberal, pro-market political party in post-Soviet Russia that advocated democratic reforms and economic liberalization.

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instanceOf defunct political party
liberal political party
political party
abbreviation SPS
advocated democratic reforms
economic liberalization
integration with the West
market reforms
private property rights
color blue
continent Asia
Europe
country Russia
criticized Vladimir Putin's centralization of power
dissolved 2008
electoralPerformance failed to cross the threshold in the 2003 State Duma elections
won seats in the State Duma elections of 1999
electoralSystemContext Russian multi-party system
founded 1999
headquartersLocation Moscow
ideology democratic reformism
economic liberalism
liberalism
pro-market
language Russian
mergedInto Right Cause
nameInRussian Union of Right Forces self-linksurface differs
surface form: Союз правых сил
notableLeader Anatoly Chubais
Boris Nemtsov
Irina Khakamada
Nikita Belykh
notableMember Yegor Gaidar
operatedIn post-Soviet Russia
opposed authoritarianism
communism
state economic control
originatedFrom reformist liberal groups of the 1990s
parliamentaryRepresentation State Duma
surface form: State Duma of Russia
participatedIn Russian legislative elections
politicalPosition centre-right
right-liberal
region Europe
status dissolved
successor Right Cause
supported development of civil society
political pluralism
privatization
rule of law reforms
timePeriod post-Soviet era

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Boris Nemtsov politicalParty Union of Right Forces
Boris Nemtsov coChairpersonOf Union of Right Forces
Yegor Gaidar memberOfPoliticalParty Union of Right Forces
Union of Right Forces nameInRussian Union of Right Forces self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Союз правых сил
Russian opposition movement hasComponent Union of Right Forces
this entity surface form: Union of Right Forces (historically)
Sergei Kiriyenko memberOfPoliticalParty Union of Right Forces