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'''Rodina''' or '''Motherland-National Patriotic Union''' (''Rodina - Narodno-Patrioticheskiy Soyuz'', Партия "РОДИНА") is a left-wing nationalist political party in ]. It was a coalition of 30 nationalist and left-wing<ref>Robert A. Saunders, Vlad Strukov, ''Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation'' (The Scarecrow Press, 2010), . ISBN 978-0810854758</ref> groups that was established by ], ], ], ], ], ] and others in August 2003.It has been banned in the past from taking part in elections after complaints that its advertisements incited racial hatred. The most notorious showed dark-skinned people eating watermelon and throwing the rinds to the ground, then called for Russians to clean up their cities.<ref name="Snyder20.03.2014">Timothy Snyder, ''The New York Review of Books'' (20 March 2014). Retrieved 19.12.2014.</ref>
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Its headquarters were located in ]. In the 2003 ] elections, Rodina won 9.2 percent of the vote and ended up with 37 of the 450 seats in the Duma.
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The '''All-Russian Political Party "Rodina"'''{{efn|{{lang-rus|Всероссийская политическая партия «Родина»|r=Vserossijskaja političeskaja partija «Rodina»|p=fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə pəlʲɪˈtʲitɕɪskəjə ˈpartʲɪjə ˈrodʲɪnə}}}} is a ]<ref name="Nordsieck"/> ] in ]. It was a coalition of thirty nationalist groups<ref name=Sras/> that was established by ],<ref name=Sras>Bryant, Jordan. . School of Russian and Asian Studies.</ref> ],<ref name=Sras/> ],<ref name=Sras/> ], ], ] and others in August 2003. The party's ideology combines "patriotism, nationalism, and a greater role for the government in the economy",<ref name=Sras/> and is described as pro-Kremlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32009360|title=Europe far-right parties meet in St Petersburg, Russia|website=BBC News|date=22 March 2015}}</ref> Its headquarters is located in ].


In the ], Rodina won 9.02% of the vote and ended up with 37 of the 450 seats in the ]. In the ], it won 1.51% of the vote and ended up with one seat. In the ], it won 0.80% of the vote and ended up with one seat. The party supports President ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Доклад Алексея Журавлева на III Съезде партии "РОДИНА" |url=http://www.rodina.ru/s-ezd-partii/III-sezd-partii-chast-II-01072017/Doklad-Alekseya-ZHuravleva-na-III-Sezde-partii-RODINA |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=www.rodina.ru}}</ref>
Following allegations brought by the ] and ousted reform-oriented ] parties such as the ] and ] that President ]'s ] coalition had manipulated elections to ensure a favorable outcome, Rodina declined to field its own candidate in the 14 March 2004 presidential elections. This created a schism within Rodina: Glazyev insisted on running for President under the banner of an officially separate Rodina party, but Rogozin was able to consolidate his support and defeat Glazyev.


== Party name ==
In the aftermath of the 2003 elections, the party mostly supported the policies of President Putin. However, in February 2005 four Rodina deputies, including Dmitry Rogozin, went on a public ] and locked themselves in their offices at the ] to protest the ] reforms being pushed through by Putin's Government. The bloc since increasingly adopted the slogan "Za Putina, Protiv Pravitel'stva" (For Putin, Against the Government), and stated that its immediate goal was to win a parliamentary majority in the 2007 State Duma elections.
The term ''rodina'' (Russian: ''родина'') means "]".<ref name=Sras/> It is one of three words in the Russian language that express the concept of "native land". ''Otechestvo'' (отечество) and ''оtchizna'' (oтчизна) both translate into English as "fatherland" and "relate to the country in which one is a citizen". ''Rodina'' means one's birthplace and is identified with the nation's soul.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Meaning of Motherland|url=http://www.simoncroberts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Motherland-Rosamund_-Bartlett_Essay.pdf|last=Bartlett|first=Rosamund|date=2006|access-date=28 August 2016|website=simoncroberts.com}}</ref>


== History ==
On 27 January 2005, nineteen members of the State Duma, including members of Rodina and the Communist Party, signed a petition to the prosecutor-general demanding that Jewish organisations be banned in the Russian Federation.<ref name="Snyder20.03.2014"/> This caused a political scandal, with then-president Putin (who was participating in commemorations for the anniversary of the liberation of ] on the day that the petition was issued) expressing shame over the petition's content and the ] issuing a statement roundly criticising the petition and its signers, but the prosecutor-general, in a later investigation, declined to charge the signatories of the petition with fomenting racial hatred.
Following allegations brought by the Communist Party and ousted ]-oriented ] parties such as the ] and ] that President Vladimir Putin's ] had manipulated elections to ensure a favorable outcome, Rodina declined to field its own candidate in the ]. This created a schism within Rodina as Sergey Glazyev insisted on running for President under the banner of an officially separate Rodina party, but Dmitry Rogozin was able to consolidate his support and defeat Glazyev.


In the aftermath of the 2003 legislative elections, the party mostly supported the policies of President Putin. However, four Rodina deputies, including Dmitry Rogozin, went on a public ] and locked themselves in their offices at the State Duma to protest the ] reforms being pushed through by Putin's government in February 2005. The bloc since increasingly adopted the slogan ''Za Putina, Protiv Pravitel'stva'' ("For Putin, Against the Government") and stated that its immediate goal was to win a parliamentary majority in the ].
In July 2005 the party's co-leader Sergey Baburin left the bloc, taking nine Duma deputies with him and forming an alternative group in the State Duma, which also calls itself 'Motherland'. The split led to a reunification of Dmitry Rogozin's and Sergey Glazyev's supporters.


Dmitry Rogozin had in recent months accused the Kremlin of waging a dirty war against his bloc, which he claims is feared by the United Russia party because of its potential electoral support. Rogozin had also announced intentions to take legal action against the ] for allowing Baburin to register his bloc in the Duma as "Motherland", creating a potential for confusion within the ]. On 27 January 2005, nineteen members of the State Duma, including members of Rodina and the Communist Party, signed a petition to the prosecutor-general demanding that Jewish organisations be banned in the Russian Federation.<ref name="Snyder20.03.2014"/> This caused a political scandal, with President Putin (who was participating in commemorations for the anniversary of the liberation of ] on the day that the petition was issued) expressing shame over the petition's content and the ] issuing a statement roundly criticising the petition and its signers. The prosecutor-general in a later investigation declined to charge the signatories of the petition with fomenting racial hatred. In July 2005, the party's co-leader Sergey Baburin left the bloc, taking nine Duma deputies with him and forming an alternative group in the State Duma, which also calls itself Motherland. The split led to a reunification of Dmitry Rogozin's and Sergey Glazyev's supporters. Rogozin accused the ] of waging a dirty war against his bloc, which he claims is feared by the United Russia party because of its potential electoral support. Rogozin had also announced intentions to take legal action against the State Duma for allowing Baburin to register his bloc in the Duma as Motherland, creating a potential for confusion within the ].


On 6 November 2005, Rodina was barred from taking part in the December elections to the Moscow Duma following a complaint filed by the ] that Rodina's advertising campaign incited racial hatred. The advertisement in question showed dark-skinned ] immigrants tossing watermelon rinds to the ground and ended with the slogan, "let's clear our city of trash". It garnered much controversy and opinion polls predicted that Rodina would come second with close to 25% in the December vote. Rogozin appealed the decision, but the ban was upheld on 1 December 2005.<ref> Dmitry Babich, 15-11-2005 12:03</ref> On 6 November 2005, Rodina was barred from taking part in the ] following a complaint filed by the ] that Rodina's advertising campaign incited racial hatred.<ref name="Snyder20.03.2014"/> The advertisement in question showed ] immigrants tossing watermelon rinds to the ground and ended with the slogan "Let's clear our city of trash", calling for Russians to clean their cities of rubbish.<ref name="Snyder20.03.2014">{{cite news|last=Snyder|first=Timothy|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/mar/20/fascism-russia-and-ukraine/|title=Fascism, Russia, and Ukraine|work=The New York Review of Books|date=20 March 2014|access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref><ref name=SupremeCourt6Mar06>{{cite web|url=http://www.angi.ru/news/312575-Верховный-суд-снял-партию-Родина-со-всех-ближайших-региональных-кампаний/|title=Верховный суд снял партию Родина со всех ближайших региональных кампаний|trans-title=The Supreme Court has removed the Rodina Party from all the regional campaigns|date=6 March 2006|publisher=Oil and Gas Information Agency|access-date=19 March 2018}}</ref><ref name=ToryGraph23Nov2005>{{cite web|title=Racist ads spark row in Russia's far-Right|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/1503752/Racist-ads-spark-row-in-Russias-far-Right.html|last=Blomfield|first=Adrian|date=23 November 2005|access-date=28 August 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref name=Swarthy>{{cite web|title='Racist' Russian TV advert investigated|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/10/russia.tomparfitt|last=Parfitt|first=Tom|date=10 November 2005|access-date=28 August 2016|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name=2005RubbishAdvert>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiBOg5jTJQs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/PiBOg5jTJQs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Родина-2005: Очистим Москву от мусора!|trans-title=Rodina-2005: Clean Moscow of rubbish!|publisher=politota.ru|access-date=5 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It garnered much controversy and opinion polls predicted that Rodina would come second with close to 25% in the December vote. Rogozin appealed the decision, but the ban was upheld on 1 December 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/engsmi/960.html|title=The Upheaval in France – an Inspiration for Russian Xenophobes?|last=Babich|first=Dmitry|date=15 November 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505235704/http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/engsmi/960.html|archive-date=5 May 2007|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=2005RubbishAdvert/>


Rodina's difficulties continued into 2006, when it failed to obtain permission to contest local elections in a number of regions.<ref name=SupremeCourt6Mar06/> However, the party did come third in the regional elections in ]. Rogozin unexpectedly stepped down as party leader in March 2006 and was replaced by the less known businessman ]. Many suspected this was a tactical decision on Rodina's part to ease pressure from the Kremlin, although a small number of party members in Moscow had been vocal in their criticism of Rogozin's more outlandish nationalist rhetoric. On 28 October 2006, Rodina merged with the ] and the ] into a new party called ]. Many of Rodina's parliamentary faction joined the new party, except for Rogozin, ] and Glazyev, who at present does not belong to any party. In 2007, Rogozin was appointed Russian Ambassador to ].
Rodina's difficulties continued into 2006, when it failed to obtain permission to contest local elections in a number of regions. It did, however, come third in the regional elections in ].


Rodina was reinstated on 29 September 2012 and ], formally a member of the ruling United Russia, was unanimously voted to lead the party.{{cn|date=March 2023}} Rodina endorsed President ] in the ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Доклад Алексея Журавлева на III Съезде партии "РОДИНА"|url=http://www.rodina.ru/s-ezd-partii/III-sezd-partii-chast-II-01072017/Doklad-Alekseya-ZHuravleva-na-III-Sezde-partii-RODINA|access-date=2020-11-12|website=www.rodina.ru}}</ref>
Dmitry Rogozin unexpectedly stepped down as party leader in March 2006, and was replaced by the less known businessman ]. Many suspected this was a tactical decision on Rodina's part to ease pressure from the Kremlin, although a small number of party members in ] had been vocal in their criticism of Rogozin's more outlandish nationalist rhetoric.


In July 2017, the chairman of Rodina announced that the only candidate whom the party will support is current President Vladimir Putin for the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rodina.ru/s-ezd-partii/III-sezd-partii-chast-II-01072017/Doklad-Alekseya-ZHuravleva-na-III-Sezde-partii-RODINA|title=Доклад Алексея Журавлева на III Съезде партии "РОДИНА"|website=rodina.ru|language=ru|access-date=9 November 2017}}</ref>
Rodina merged with the ] and the ] into a new party, ], on 28 October 2006. Many of Rodina's Parliamentary faction joined the new party except for ], ] and ], who at present does not belong to any party.


In December 2023, Rodina announced that the party will support current President Vladimir Putin for the ].<ref>https://rodina.ru/novosti/ZHuravlev-postavil-podpis-v-podderzhku-kandidatury-Putina-na-vyborax-v-2024-godu Журавлев поставил подпись в поддержку кандидатуры Путина на выборах в 2024 году</ref>
In 2007 ] was appointed Russian Ambassador to ]. Rodina was reinstated on September 29, 2012. Alexei Zhuravlyov, formally a member of the ruling ], was unanimously voted to lead the party.<ref name="‘Putin’s Special Force’ Reborn">{{cite web|url=http://www.en.rian.ru/russia/20120929/176303091.html|title=‘Putin’s Special Force’ Reborn|author=Sergey Mamontov|date=2012-09-29|publisher=RIA Novosti|accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref>


== Party name == ==Party platform==
The party was described as "]" by ] in '']'' in March 2014.<ref name="Snyder20.03.2014" />
"Rodina" (] ''родина'') means '']''. When capitalized, the term refers to the whole country, particularly in political speech.

'']'' journalist ] stated that Rodina was a ] organisation that had been "created by the Kremlin's spin doctors" for the 2003 election and the "aim was to draw moderately nationalist voters away from the more extreme ]".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Death of Russian Parliamentary Democracy|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400066827&view=excerpt|work=A Russian Diary|last=Politkovskaya|first=Anna|publisher=]|year=2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802123439/http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400066827&view=excerpt|archive-date=2 August 2009|access-date=28 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> '']'' claims that Rodina was "set up by ] ]'s allies" in 2003 "to leach votes from the ]".<ref name=Swarthy/>

Rodina and its leader ] has made illegal immigration and a "]!" platform a centerpiece of their election campaign.<ref>Ivanov, Eugene (2005-10-17), . Russia Profile.</ref> While initially including left-wing factions (that later split away and merged into ]), the party is currently anti-communist and supports the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Лидер "РОДИНЫ": Пора провести декоммунизацию России |url=https://rodina.ru/novosti/Lider-RODINY-Pora-provesti-dekommunizaciyu-Rossii |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=rodina.ru}}</ref>

==Electoral results==
===Presidential===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|-
! rowspan="2" | Election
! rowspan="2" | Candidate
! colspan="2" scope="col" | First round
! colspan="2" | Second round
! rowspan="2" | Result
|-
! Votes
! %
! Votes
! %
|-
!]
|align=left| Endorsed ]
|2,850,063
|4.10
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
|{{no2|Lost}}
|-
!]
|rowspan=2 colspan=6 align=center|''Party was part of ] and did not participate in the elections''
|-
!]
|-
!]
|align=left| Endorsed ''']'''
|56,430,712
|76.69
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
|{{yes2|Won}}
|-
!]
|align=left| Endorsed ''']'''
|76,277,708
|88.48
|colspan=2 {{N/A}}
|{{yes2|Won}}
|}

===State Duma===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Rank
! Government
|-
!]
|align=left| ]
|5,470,429
|9.02
|{{composition bar|38|450|hex=#D10000}}
|bgcolor=lightgrey|
|{{increase}} 4th
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
!]
|rowspan=2 colspan=8 align=center|''Party was part of ] and did not participate in the elections''
|-
!]
|-
!]
|align=left rowspan=2| ]
|792,226
|1.51
|{{composition bar|1|450|hex=#EE2244}}
|{{increase}} 1
|{{increase}} 8th
|{{partial2|Support}}
|-
!]
|450,437
|0.80
|{{composition bar|1|450|hex=#EE2244}}
|{{steady}} 1
|{{decrease}} 10th
|{{partial2|Support}}
|-
|}

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All-Russian Political Party "Rodina" Всероссийская политическая партия «Родина»
LeaderAleksey Zhuravlyov
Founders
Founded14 August 2003; 21 years ago (2003-08-14) (as National Patriotic Union "Rodina")
29 September 2012; 12 years ago (2012-09-29) (refoundation)
Dissolved28 October 2006; 18 years ago (2006-10-28)
Merger of
Merged intoA Just Russia (2006–2012)
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Youth wingTigers of Rodina
Membership (2006)135,000
Ideology
Political positionFar-right
National affiliationAll-Russia People's Front
Colours  Red
State Duma1 / 450
Seats in the Regional Parliaments6 / 3,994
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The All-Russian Political Party "Rodina" is a nationalist political party in Russia. It was a coalition of thirty nationalist groups that was established by Dmitry Rogozin, Sergey Glazyev, Sergey Baburin, Viktor Gerashchenko, Georgy Shpak, Valentin Varennikov and others in August 2003. The party's ideology combines "patriotism, nationalism, and a greater role for the government in the economy", and is described as pro-Kremlin. Its headquarters is located in Moscow.

In the 2003 legislative elections, Rodina won 9.02% of the vote and ended up with 37 of the 450 seats in the State Duma. In the 2016 elections, it won 1.51% of the vote and ended up with one seat. In the 2021 elections, it won 0.80% of the vote and ended up with one seat. The party supports President Vladimir Putin.

Party name

The term rodina (Russian: родина) means "motherland". It is one of three words in the Russian language that express the concept of "native land". Otechestvo (отечество) and оtchizna (oтчизна) both translate into English as "fatherland" and "relate to the country in which one is a citizen". Rodina means one's birthplace and is identified with the nation's soul.

History

Following allegations brought by the Communist Party and ousted reform-oriented liberal parties such as the Union of Right Forces and Yabloko that President Vladimir Putin's United Russia had manipulated elections to ensure a favorable outcome, Rodina declined to field its own candidate in the 2004 presidential elections. This created a schism within Rodina as Sergey Glazyev insisted on running for President under the banner of an officially separate Rodina party, but Dmitry Rogozin was able to consolidate his support and defeat Glazyev.

In the aftermath of the 2003 legislative elections, the party mostly supported the policies of President Putin. However, four Rodina deputies, including Dmitry Rogozin, went on a public hunger strike and locked themselves in their offices at the State Duma to protest the welfare reforms being pushed through by Putin's government in February 2005. The bloc since increasingly adopted the slogan Za Putina, Protiv Pravitel'stva ("For Putin, Against the Government") and stated that its immediate goal was to win a parliamentary majority in the 2007 legislative elections.

On 27 January 2005, nineteen members of the State Duma, including members of Rodina and the Communist Party, signed a petition to the prosecutor-general demanding that Jewish organisations be banned in the Russian Federation. This caused a political scandal, with President Putin (who was participating in commemorations for the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on the day that the petition was issued) expressing shame over the petition's content and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews issuing a statement roundly criticising the petition and its signers. The prosecutor-general in a later investigation declined to charge the signatories of the petition with fomenting racial hatred. In July 2005, the party's co-leader Sergey Baburin left the bloc, taking nine Duma deputies with him and forming an alternative group in the State Duma, which also calls itself Motherland. The split led to a reunification of Dmitry Rogozin's and Sergey Glazyev's supporters. Rogozin accused the Kremlin of waging a dirty war against his bloc, which he claims is feared by the United Russia party because of its potential electoral support. Rogozin had also announced intentions to take legal action against the State Duma for allowing Baburin to register his bloc in the Duma as Motherland, creating a potential for confusion within the electorate.

On 6 November 2005, Rodina was barred from taking part in the December elections to the Moscow Duma following a complaint filed by the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia that Rodina's advertising campaign incited racial hatred. The advertisement in question showed Caucasian immigrants tossing watermelon rinds to the ground and ended with the slogan "Let's clear our city of trash", calling for Russians to clean their cities of rubbish. It garnered much controversy and opinion polls predicted that Rodina would come second with close to 25% in the December vote. Rogozin appealed the decision, but the ban was upheld on 1 December 2005.

Rodina's difficulties continued into 2006, when it failed to obtain permission to contest local elections in a number of regions. However, the party did come third in the regional elections in Altai Republic. Rogozin unexpectedly stepped down as party leader in March 2006 and was replaced by the less known businessman Alexander Babakov. Many suspected this was a tactical decision on Rodina's part to ease pressure from the Kremlin, although a small number of party members in Moscow had been vocal in their criticism of Rogozin's more outlandish nationalist rhetoric. On 28 October 2006, Rodina merged with the Russian Party of Life and the Russian Pensioners' Party into a new party called A Just Russia. Many of Rodina's parliamentary faction joined the new party, except for Rogozin, Andrey Savelyev and Glazyev, who at present does not belong to any party. In 2007, Rogozin was appointed Russian Ambassador to NATO.

Rodina was reinstated on 29 September 2012 and Aleksey Zhuravlyov, formally a member of the ruling United Russia, was unanimously voted to lead the party. Rodina endorsed President Vladimir Putin in the 2018 Russian presidential election.

In July 2017, the chairman of Rodina announced that the only candidate whom the party will support is current President Vladimir Putin for the 2018 presidential election.

In December 2023, Rodina announced that the party will support current President Vladimir Putin for the 2024 presidential election.

Party platform

The party was described as "far-right" by Timothy Snyder in The New York Review of Books in March 2014.

Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya stated that Rodina was a chauvinistic organisation that had been "created by the Kremlin's spin doctors" for the 2003 election and the "aim was to draw moderately nationalist voters away from the more extreme National Bolsheviks". The Guardian claims that Rodina was "set up by President Vladimir Putin's allies" in 2003 "to leach votes from the Communist party".

Rodina and its leader Dmitry Rogozin has made illegal immigration and a "Moscow for Muscovites!" platform a centerpiece of their election campaign. While initially including left-wing factions (that later split away and merged into A Just Russia), the party is currently anti-communist and supports the decommunization of Russia.

Electoral results

Presidential

Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
2004 Endorsed Sergey Glazyev 2,850,063 4.10 Lost
2008 Party was part of A Just Russia and did not participate in the elections
2012
2018 Endorsed Vladimir Putin 56,430,712 76.69 Won
2024 Endorsed Vladimir Putin 76,277,708 88.48 Won

State Duma

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Rank Government
2003 Sergey Glazyev 5,470,429 9.02 38 / 450 Increase 4th Opposition
2007 Party was part of A Just Russia and did not participate in the elections
2011
2016 Aleksey Zhuravlyov 792,226 1.51 1 / 450 Increase 1 Increase 8th Support
2021 450,437 0.80 1 / 450 Steady 1 Decrease 10th Support

Notes

  1. Russian: Всероссийская политическая партия «Родина», romanized: Vserossijskaja političeskaja partija «Rodina», IPA: [fsʲɪrɐˈsʲijskəjə pəlʲɪˈtʲitɕɪskəjə ˈpartʲɪjə ˈrodʲɪnə]

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