United Democratic Movement "Solidarnost" (Russian: Объединённое демократическое движение «Солидарность»; ОДД «Солидарность»; Obyedinonnoye demokraticheskoye dvizheniye «Solidarnost», ODD "Solidarnost"), abbreviated ODD "Solidarnost" (Russian for "Solidarity", named after the Polish Solidarność), is a Russian liberal democratic political movement founded on 13 December 2008 by a number of well-known members of the liberal democratic opposition, including Garry Kasparov, Boris Nemtsov, Lev Ponomaryov and others from the Yabloko and Union of Right Forces (which had just merged with two pro-Kremlin parties, the Democratic Party of Russia and Civilian Power, to form the pro-Kremlin liberal democratic Right Cause) parties, leaders of the Dissenters March events, the Committee 2008, the People's Democratic Union, the United Civil Front, The Other Russia and other politicians and political groups.[3][4]

Solidarity
Солидарность
Solidarnost
AbbreviationODD «Solidarnost» (English)
ОДД «Солидарность» (Russian)
LeaderFederal Political Council[1]
FoundersGarry Kasparov
Boris Nemtsov
Nikita Belykh
Ilya Yashin
Vladimir Bukovsky
Lev Ponomaryov
Vladimir Milov
Roman Dobrokhotov
Maksim Reznik
Founded12 December 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-12)
Preceded byUnion of Right Forces
United Civil Front
Oborona
The Other Russia
Succeeded byPeople's Freedom Party "For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption"
Democratic Choice
5th of December Party
Vesna
HeadquartersMoscow
IdeologyLiberalism
Liberal democracy
National affiliationOpposition Coordination Council (2012–2013)
Colours  Orange
  Grey
Slogan"Change requires solidarity. Solidarity requires change."
(Russian: "Перемены требуют солидарности. Солидарность требует перемен.")
AnthemMy zhdyom peremen[2]
Party flag
Website
http://www.rusolidarnost.ru/

In an apparent attempt to weaken the movement immediately before its foundation, President Dmitri Medvedev nominated former leader of the Union of Right Forces Nikita Belykh to become governor of the Kirov Oblast. (Belykh agreed to take the position.)[citation needed] As reported by the International Herald Tribune Belykh "sought to explain his decision by arguing that he could do more good by working with the Kremlin. He said he would prove that someone with progressive ideas could succeed in the government", while saying that "When you have nothing at all, when you cannot even get close in the elections, when all your paths are being cut off, then you just can't have a political party."[5]

History

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Previously, attempts to unite the opposition were undertaken by the organizations of the Committee 2008, the United Civil Front, the Other Russia, the National Assembly of the Russian Federation, and many years of attempts to establish a dialogue between the SPS and Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko".[6]

Participants

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Solidarnost movement includes the following forces:[7]

 
Regional branches

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Лидеры" [Leaders]. www.rusolidarnost.ru. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Гимном оппозиционного движения стала песня Цоя" [Tsoi's song became the anthem of the opposition movement]. gazeta.spb.ru. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. ^ derStandard.at. "Opposition gründet neue Bewegung Solidarnost - Russland - derStandard.at › International" [Opposition founds new Solidarity movement - Russia - derStandard.at]. Derstandard.at. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Russische Opposition gründet Solidarnost - Ausland" [Russian opposition establishes Solidarity - Abroad]. nachrichten.ch. 20 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  5. ^ Eisenberg, Anne. "The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Новое демократическое движение "Солидарность"" [New democratic movement "Solidarity"]. Эхо Москвы/ Moscow Echo. 9 October 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  7. ^ "voinenet.ru article ID 17880". Voinenet.ru. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Антивоенное движение" [Anti-war movement]. voinenet.ru. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  9. ^ politzeki.voinenet.ru Archived 2009-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "За Права Человека" [Reports and articles]. Zaprava.ru. Archived from the original on 20 January 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
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