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Green Alternative (Russia)

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Green Alternative
Зелёная альтернатива
AbbreviationGA (English)
ЗА (Russian)
LeaderRuslan Khvostov
Founded10 March 2020 (2020-03-10)
Split fromMestnye
Headquarters17, Dukhovskoy Lane Moscow, Russia
IdeologyGreen politics
Political positionCentre-left
Colours  Green
Seats in the Federation Council
0 / 170
Seats in the State Duma
0 / 450
Seats in the Regional Parliaments
2 / 3,983
Website
zaecology.ru

Green Alternative (GA; Russian: Зелёная альтернатива; ЗА; Zelyonaya al'ternativa, ZA) is a green political party in Russia. It was established in March 2020.

Green Alternative does not exclusively associate itself with the environmental movement, calling itself a "moderate left-wing environmental party of the European type".[1]

History

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Green Alternative was created as a social movement in December 2019 by environmental activist and former Mestnye member Ruslan Khvostov.[2]

In February 2020, documents for registration of a political party were submitted to the Ministry of Justice.[3]

On 10 March 2020, the founding congress of the Green Alternative was held, where Ruslan Khvostov was elected party leader, gaining almost 80% of the vote. In addition, the famous artist Vasya Lozhkin [ru] was elected informal leader of the party.[4]

On 7 April 2020, the party was officially registered by the Ministry of Justice and in May received the right to participate in the elections.[5][6][7]

The party participated in the 2020 regional elections, gaining 10% of the vote in the Komi Republic and 5.4% in the Chelyabinsk region.[8][9] Since the party won seats in regional parliaments, it has the right to participate in Federal parliamentary elections without collecting signatures.[10]

In the 2021 legislative elections, Green Alternative came twelfth, winning 0.64% of the popular vote and no seats.

Election results

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State Duma elections

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Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
2021 Ruslan Khvostov 357,855
0.64%
New
0 / 450
New 12th Extra-parliamentary

References

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  1. ^ "Новая "зеленая" партия решила выдвинуть в Думу художника Васю Ложкина". Интерфакс. 2020-02-04.
  2. ^ "Новая "зеленая" партия решила выдвинуть в Думу художника Васю Ложкина". Интерфакс. 2020-02-04.
  3. ^ "В России анонсировали появление новой экологической партии. На довыборы в Госдуму от нее может пойти художник Вася Ложкин". Новая газета. 2020-02-04. Archived from the original on 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  4. ^ "Василий Ложкин выбран неформальным лидером партии "Зеленая Альтернатива"". Московский комсомолец. 2020-03-11.
  5. ^ "Политическая партия "Зелёная альтернатива"". Ministry of Justice. 2020-04-07.
  6. ^ "Минюст зарегистрировал партии "За правду", "Новые люди" и "Зеленая альтернатива"". ТАСС. 2020-04-07.
  7. ^ "Минюст разрешил партии "Зеленая альтернатива" участвовать в выборах". ТАСС. 2020-05-21.
  8. ^ ""Единая Россия" победила на выборах депутатов госсовета Коми". РИА Новости. 2020-09-14.
  9. ^ "Избирком Челябинской области опубликовал итоговую явку на выборах". Коммерсантъ. 2020-09-15.
  10. ^ "В выборах в Госдуму в 2021 году 16 партий смогут участвовать без сбора подписей". ТАСС. 2020-09-14.
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