Great Russia (political party)

Great Russia

Партия «Великая Россия»
Great Russia Партия «Великая Россия»
Leader	Andrei Saveliyev
Founder	Dmitry Rogozin
Founded	5 May 2007; 17 years ago
Split from	Rodina
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Ideology	National conservatism; Russian nationalism; Patriotism; Orthodox traditionalism
Political position	Far-right
National affiliation	Permanent Conference of the National Patriotic Forces of Russia; Russian National Front
Colours	Black; Gold; White
Slogan	«The will of the nation instead of the dictatorship of the oligarchy!»; (Russian: «Воля нации вместо диктатуры олигархии!»)
Party flag
Website
	www.velikoross.org
	Politics of Russia; Political parties; Elections;

Great Russia (Russian: Великая Россия; romanized Velikaya Rossiya) is an unregistered far-right nationalist political party in Russia.^[2]^[3] The party has been led by former Rodina deputy Andrei Saveliyev since its founding.^[4]

History

The party was formed in May 2007 by former Rodina leader Dmitry Rogozin at its founding congress, which included delegates from the Rodina bloc, the Congress of Russian Communities,^[5]^[6] as well as Alexander Belov, the leader of the anti-immigrant Movement Against Illegal Immigration.^[7]

Rogozin stated that the party would contest seats in the 2007 State Duma elections. Rogozin estimated that the party would obtain twenty five percent of the vote in the election, and opinion polls suggested the party had a good chance of crossing the seven percent threshold for representation in the State Duma.^[8]

On 24 July 2007, Great Russia was denied registration by the Federal Registration Service. The secretary of the party's ruling council, Sergei Pykhtin, said the party would either appeal the decision or submit new paperwork in an attempt to be registered.^[8] In September 2007, the party was again denied registration.^[9]