People's Freedom Party (Russia)
People's Freedom Party Партия народной свободы Partiya narodnoy svobody | |
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| Abbreviation | PARNAS (English) ПАРНАС (Russian) |
| President | Mikhail Kasyanov |
| Founders | Vladimir Lysenko, Stepan Sulakshin, Vyacheslav Shostakovsky |
| Founded | 17 November 1990 (RPR) 13 December 2010 (PARNAS) 16 June 2012 (merged as RPR–PARNAS) 5 July 2015 (re-named as PARNAS) |
| Registered | 14 March 1991 5 May 2012 (re-registered) |
| Dissolved | 25 May 2023 |
| Merger of | Forward, Russia! Peasant Party of Russia People's Freedom Party "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption" United People's Party of Soldiers' Mothers |
| Preceded by | Democratic Platform of the CPSU |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Youth wing | People's Democratic Union of Youth Youth committee of Solidarity |
| Membership (2011) | 46,158 |
| Ideology | Republicanism Anti-Putinism Liberalism Conservative liberalism Federalism Atlanticism Anti-communism Pro-Europeanism Nemtsovism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Free Russia Forum |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
| Colours | Dark violet Before 2012: Orange |
| Slogan | "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption" (Russian: "За Россию без произвола и коррупции") |
| State Duma | 0 / 450 |
| Regional Parliaments | 0 / 3,980 |
| Website | |
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The People's Freedom Party (Russian: Партия народной свободы, romanized: Partija narodnoj svobody), often known by its short form PARNAS (Russian: ПАРНАС), and formerly the Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party, and initially Republican Party of Russia, was a liberal-democratic political party in Russia. It was one of the first opposition parties founded in the final years of the Soviet Union.
In 2007, it was denied re-registration and declared to be dissolved by the Russian Supreme Court. It was only after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the denial of registration was unlawful that it could restore its official registration in 5 May 2012.
The party was dissolved by Russia's Supreme Court on 25 May 2023 because it did not have the required number of branches and due to claims filed against existing branches by the Federal Taxation Service and the Ministry of Justice.