Agrarian Party of Russia

Agrarian Party of Russia

Leader	Olga Bashmachnikova
Founded	February 26, 1993
Preceded by	no
Ideology	Centrism, Agricultural policy
Political position	Centre-left to Left-wing
International affiliation	unknown
Colours	Yellow
Website
агро-партия.рф
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Olga Bashmachnikova - the leader of the party in 2012

The Agrarian Party of Russia (Agrarnaya Partiya Rossii, Аграрная Партия России, АПР) is a left-wing agrarian political party in Russia. Founded in February 1993, it was among the earliest parties in the Russian Federation.

History

The party was founded by the Head of the Altai Republic Mikhail Lapshin and Governor of the Tula region, a former member of the State Committee on the State of Emergency of the USSR Vasily Starodubtsev. During their leadership the party was in Alliance with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) and block the Fatherland – All Russia. The ideology of the party until 2008 was agrarian socialism and collectivism.

The party was founded and led by Mikhail Lapshin until 2004; the last leader of the party was Vladimir Plotnikov. In the State Duma election of December 1993, the Agrarian Party of Russia obtained 37 seats in the parliament and won 8% of the popular vote. Between 1994 and 1996 party member Ivan Rybkin was a speaker of the Russian parliament. In the State Duma elections in December 1995, the APR did not make it over the 5% threshold, obtaining only 3.78% of the vote. At the last legislative elections, 7 December 2003, the party won 3.6% of the popular vote and 3 out of 450 seats.

Agrarian party member Nikolay Kharitonov ran as a presidential candidate of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the 2004 Russian Presidential election and won 13.7% of the vote, placing second to Vladimir Putin.

In the 1990s the party deputies were usually allies of the Communist Party in the State Duma and advocated greater government support for the agricultural sector.

The party won 2.30% of votes in the 2007 elections, not breaking the 7% barrier, and thus capturing no seats in the Duma.

The Agrarian Party supported the candidacy of Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 presidential election. It merged into United Russia.^[1]

Recovery

In 2012, marked a specially notable period for the party as it was officially restored and the registered leader was elected Executive Director of the agricultural Association Olga Bashmachnikova, leading the party to take a new direction with which it chose to move away from following the ideas of agrarian socialism and collectivism, so for this reason the party's ideology is now centrism. The party has abandoned the Alliance with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) which was in the Union since its Foundation. Agrarian party of Russia is the Union People's Front for Russia and the Russian Ecological Party "The Greens".^[2]

According to the results of the regional Elections of 2012, 2013, 2014 years, the party failed to win in regional and city parliaments.

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Registered political parties in Russia

Represented in State Duma	United Russia (343) Communist Party of the Russian Federation (42) Liberal Democratic (39) A Just Russia (23) Rodina (1) Civic Platform (1)

Only in regional parliaments	Patriots of Russia Communist Party of Social Justice Communists of Russia Alliance of Greens and Social Democrats Russian Party of Pensioners for Justice Yabloko Party of Growth People's Freedom Party

Other registered (in the Justice Ministry's order)	Democratic Party of Russia People's Party for the Women of Russia Union Towns People People's Party of Russia Social Democratic Party of Russia Cities of Russia Young Russia New Russia Party of Free Citizens Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" Agrarian Party of Russia Russian All-People's Union Party for Justice Civilian Power Clever Russia Monarchist Party Home Country Party of Peace and Unity Democratic Choice Will Against All Russian United Labour Front Party Action Civil Position Party of Russia's Rebirth

Official list of parties registered by the Ministry of Justice Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Russia Russian political movements and non-registered parties

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