Liberal Russia

The Liberal Russia (; Liberalnaya Rossiya) was a liberal Russian political party in the first half of the 2000s. History On April 23, 2000 the founding congress of the social and political movement "Liberal Russia" took place. The congress elected 5 co-chairs of the movement: Boris Zolotukhin, Sergei Yushenkov, Viktor Pokhmelkin, Sergei Shokhin, Galina Sartan. The congress also elected members of the political council, including Eduard Vorobyov. In 2001, the Democratic Choice of Russia (DVR) party announced its dissolution in connection with the creation of a new right-wing liberal party, the Union of Right Forces (SPS). Some of the DVR members did not join the new party due to the support of the Union of Right Forces for the candidacy of Vladimir Putin for the post of President of the Russian Federation and the ambiguous position of the SPS leadership on the issue of the Second Chechen War. In May 2001, State Duma deputies from the Democratic Choice of Russia Sergei Yushenkov and Vladimir Golovlyov refused to join the Union of Right Forces party, announcing their desire to create an opposition party on the basis of "Liberal Russia". Vladimir Golovlyov joined the leadership of the Liberal Russia. In December 2001, Viktor Pokhmelkin and Yuly Rybakov left the Union of Right Forces.