People's Front (, NF), formally All-Russia People's Front (, ONF), 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.Putin becomes Popular Front for Russia leader, Interfax-Ukraine (13 June 2013).
History
By May 2011, hundreds of businesses had enlisted their workforces in the organization, including around 40,000 from the Siberian Business Union.
On 12 June 2013, the movement convened its inaugural congress, electing Putin as its leader. The congress also elected the front's Central Staff: film director Stanislav Govorukhin, Delovaya Rossiya, co-chairman Aleksandr Galushka and State Duma member Olga Timofeeva.
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.
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.
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.
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.Decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. AKPI19-796 of October 21, 2019
Member organizations Name(abbreviation)Ideology PositionLeaderState DumaFederation CouncilStatusUnited RussiaЕдиная РоссияBig-tentDmitry Medvedev,Vladimir Putin,Sergei ShoiguA Just Russiahttps://rg.ru/2011/12/20/onf.html "Патриоты России" вступят в Общероссийский народный фронтСправедливая РоссияSocial democracyRussian nationalismSocial conservatismEurasianismCentre to centre-leftSergey Mironov,Zakhar Prilepin,Gennady SemiginRodinaРодинаRussian nationalismRussian conservatismRight-wing populismFar-rightAleksey ZhuravlyovNational Liberation MovementНационально-освободительное движениеRussian nationalismUltranationalismEurasianismFar-rightYevgeny Fyodorovin the United Russia factionAbroad membersProgressive Socialist Party of UkraineПрогрессивная социалистическая партия УкраиныПрогресивна соціалістична партія УкраїниNational BolshevismRussophiliaLeft-wing populismSocial conservatismFar-leftNataliya Vitrenko (seats in Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)Banned in Ukraine since 20 March 2022We Are Together with RussiaМы вместе с РоссиейRussophiliaPutinismFar-rightVladimir Rogov
The All-Russia People's Front also includes the following organisations: Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Young Guard of United Russia Siberian Business Union All-Russian Public Civil-Patriotic Movement Union of Pensioners of Russia Union of Transport Workers of Russia Union of Russia Women Killed Roads movement Support of Russia
Election results
Presidential Election Candidate First round Second round Result Votes % Votes %2018Vladimir Putin 56,430,712 76.69colspan=2 2024 76,277,708 88.48colspan=2
Analysis According to a 2013 article by the BBC, the ONF may replace United Russia in the future, which was the probable reason for its establishment.
See also
Popular front National Front of the German Democratic Republic United front (China)
References
External links Declaration of the Formation of the All-Russia People's Front at SRAS.org