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Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Либерально-демократическая партия России
Abbreviation LDPR (English)
ЛДПР (Russian)
Leader Leonid Slutsky
First Deputy Head of the Central Office Alexei Didenko
Parliamentary Leader Leonid Slutsky
Founder Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Founded 18 April 1992; 31 years ago (1992-04-18)
Preceded by Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union (LDPSU)
Headquarters 1st Basmanny Lane, 3 building 1, Moscow
Newspaper For the Russian People
Youth wing Youth Organization of LDPR
Membership (2019) 295,018
Ideology
Political position Right-wing to far-right
Colours           Gold and blue (official)
     Light blue (customary)
Slogan Freedom, Patriotism, Law
(Russian: «Свобода, патриотизм, закон»)
Seats in the Federation Council
5 / 170
Seats in the State Duma
20 / 450
Governors
2 / 85
Seats in the Regional Parliaments
236 / 3,928
Ministers
0 / 31
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LDPR — Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (Russian: ЛДПР — Либерально-демократическая партия России, romanized: LDPR — Liberal'no-demokraticheskaya partiya Rossii) is a right-wing populist and ultranationalist political party in Russia. It succeeded the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union (LDPSU) in Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The party was led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky since its inception until his death in April 2022. Opposing both communism and neoliberal capitalism of the 1990s, and advocating for monarchism albeit in a constitutional form, the party scored a major success in the 1993 Duma elections with almost 23% of the vote, giving it 64 seats of the 450 seats in the State Duma. In the 2021 elections, the party received 7.55% of the vote, giving it 21 seats.

Despite the party's name, it is frequently described as "neither liberal nor democratic nor a party". The LDPR was centred around Zhirinovsky, and is often described as populist, nationalist, or ultranationalist. It has been described as adhering to statism and authoritarianism, and has also been described as fascist, though this label has been disputed. The party, as part of the "systemic opposition", is considered to be traditionally loyal to the Kremlin.

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