All-Russia People's Front

The All-Russia People's Front[lower-alpha 1] (ONF; Russian: Общероссийский народный фронт, romanized: Obshcherossiyskiy narodnyy front), is a political coalition in Russia started in 2011 by then-Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin to provide the United Russia political party with "new ideas, new suggestions and new faces". The ONF aims to forge formal alliances between United Russia (the ruling party from 2001 onwards) and numerous Russian non-governmental organizations. On 12 June 2013 the ONF founding conference elected Putin (President of Russia from 2012) as the Front's leader.[10][11]

All-Russia People's Front
Общероссийский народный фронт
AbbreviationONF
LeaderVladimir Putin
Founded6 May 2011 (2011-05-06)
Headquarters40th Building, Mosfilmovskaya Street, Moscow, Russia. 119285
Membership (2018)125,000
IdeologyPutinism
Statism[1][2]
National conservatism[3][4]
Russian conservatism[5]
Russian nationalism[6]
Political positionBig tent
Member partiesUnited Russia
A Just Russia — For Truth[7]
Rodina
Party of Growth[8]
National Liberation Movement
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine
New People
We Are Together with Russia
Colors  White,   Blue,   Red
(Russian national colors)
Slogan"If you are for Putin, then you are for the Front"
(Russian: "Если ты за Путина, значит ты за Фронт")
Seats in the Federation Council
146 / 170
Seats in the State Duma
356 / 450
Website
onf.ru

History

Poster of the front in a Marshrutka

At the meeting of United Russia on 6 May 2011, Putin called for the creation of a "broad popular front [of] like-minded political forces" to participate in the Duma election. He included United Russia and other political parties, business associations, trade unions and youth', women's and veterans' organizations. He claimed that United Russia's party list would include non-party candidates nominated by these organizations.

A website was set up involving headquarters, regional branches and leadership. The Front urged individuals and groups that care about the "fate" and "victory" of Russia and want "access to participation in power" to fill out an application on the website. Putin's aides have stated that he is the "informal head" of the popular front, but deputy prime minister and chief of government staff Vyacheslav Volodin was named the head of the popular front headquarters.

In April 2011 at a meeting with the Coordinating Council of the People's Front, Putin said the activities of the front would continue after the election season. At the same meeting, Putin also said that Russia should ensure that the parliament remained a leading political force. By May 2011, hundreds of businesses had enlisted their workforces in the organization, including around 40,000 from the Siberian Business Union.[12]

On 12 June 2013, the movement convened its inaugural congress, electing Putin as its leader.[10] The congress also elected the front's Central Staff: film director Stanislav Govorukhin, Delovaya Rossiya, co-chairman Aleksandr Galushka and State Duma member Olga Timofeyeva.[10]

According to the Charter, the Front's goal is "promotion of unity and civil solidarity in the name of Russia's historical success"; the country's development as a free, strong and sovereign state with a robust economy; fast economic growth; and reliance on the family. On the list of the ONF founders were 480 people, including trade union activists, workers, scientists, culture workers, athletes, businessmen, farm and medical workers and politicians.[13]

On 4 December 2013, the conference of the Front was held. The conference, which ran until 6 December, discussed the process of implementing reforms in healthcare, economy, community services, education and culture. The meeting held numerous round tables on the president's so-called "May decrees" and tackled internal agenda items.[14]

In January 2014, the Front registered its first regional office in the city of Lipetsk, located about 440 kilometers south of Moscow, with Russia's Justice Ministry.[15]

On October 21, 2019, the Supreme Court of Russia, following a lawsuit by the Ministry of Justice, liquidated the Agrarian Party of Russia for insufficient participation in the elections for 7 years, thus also ending its participation in the Front.[16]

Member organizations

Name
(abbreviation)
Ideology Position Leader State Duma Federation Council Government
United Russia[17]
Единая Россия
Putinism
Russian conservatism
Russian nationalism
Statism
Big tent Dmitry Medvedev,
Vladimir Putin,
Sergei Shoigu
325 / 450
142 / 170
government
A Just Russia — For Truth[7][18][19]
Справедливая Россия — За правду
Social democracy
Russian nationalism
Social conservatism[20]
Eurasianism[21]
Centre[25] to centre-left[28] Sergey Mironov,
Zakhar Prilepin,
Gennady Semigin
28 / 450
4 / 170
Support for government
New People[29]
Новые люди
Liberalism
Communitarianism
Regionalism
Centre to centre-right Alexey Nechayev[29]
15 / 450
0 / 170
Support for government
Party of Growth[8]
Партия роста
Liberal conservatism
Conservative liberalism
Economic liberalism
Centre-right Boris Titov
1 / 450
0 / 170
Support for government
Rodina[17]
Родина
Russian nationalism
Russian conservatism
Right-wing populism
Far-right Aleksey Zhuravlyov
1 / 450
0 / 170
Support for government
National Liberation Movement[30]
Национально-освободительное движение
Russian nationalism
Ultranationalism
Eurasianism
Far-right Yevgeny Fyodorov
1 / 450
[31]
0 / 170
Support for government
Overseas member
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine[32]
Прогрессивная социалистическая партия Украины
Прогресивна соціалістична партія України
Russophilia
National Bolshevism
Left-wing populism
Social conservatism
Syncretic Nataliya Vitrenko
0 / 450
(seats in Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)
not in Russia, not in government of Ukraine
Banned in Ukraine since 20 March 2022
We Are Together with Russia[33]
Мы вместе с Россией
Russian nationalism
Russophilia
Putinism
Collaborationism
Vladimir Rogov

The All-Russia People's Front also includes the following organisations:[34]

Analysis

According to journalist Steve Rosenberg in an article for the BBC, the ONF may replace United Russia in the future, which was the probable reason for its establishment.[35]

See also

References

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  6. Chen, Cheng (6 July 2016). The Return of Ideology: The Search for Regime Identities in Postcommunist Russia and China. University of Michigan Press. p. 87. ISBN 9780472119936.
  7. Общероссийский народный фронт утвердил формат взаимодействия со СПРАВЕДЛИВОЙ РОССИЕЙ
  8. "Партия роста" предложит ОНФ вместе поработать над созданием рабочих мест (tr. "The "Party of Growth" will offer the ONF to work together to create jobs ") ria.ru
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  16. Decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. AKPI19-796 of October 21, 2019
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  29. "Нечаев Алексей Геннадьевич". 2021-05-31. Archived from the original on 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
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  31. in the United Russia faction
  32. "Прогрессивная социалистическая партия Украины присоединилась к".
  33. "Pro-Russian Movement's Headquarters In Occupied Ukrainian City Hit By Blast". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
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