Rodina or Motherland-National Patriotic Union (Rodina - Narodno-Patriotičeskij Sojuz, Партия "РОДИНА") is one of the four parties that control seats in the Russian legislature. It is a coalition of 30 nationalist and left-wing groups that was established by Dmitry Rogozin, Sergey Glazyev, Sergey Baburin and others in August of 2003, the party's ideology combines nationalist, agrarian and socialist ideas. Its headquarters are located in Moscow. Many accuse Rogozin and Glazyev of establishing the party on behalf of the Kremlin to siphon power from the Communist Party. In the 2003 Duma elections, Rodina managed to win 9.2 percent of the vote or 37 of the 450 seats in the Duma. Analysts contend that most of these voters had become disillusioned with the Communist Party after it accepted bribes from leading Russian oligarchs. However, following allegations brought by the Communist Party and ousted reform-oriented liberal parties such as the Union of Right Forces and Yabloko that Putin's United Russia coalition had manipulated elections to insure a favorable outcome, Rodina declined to officially choose its own presidential candidate for the 14 March 2004 elections. This created a schizm in Rodina; Glazyev insisted on running for President under the banner of an officially separate Rodina party. Rogozin managed to consolidate the support and defeat Glazyev. A Duma (Ду́ма in Russian) is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. ... Dmitry Rogozin or Dmitri Rogozin (Russian: Рогозин Дмитрий Олегович) is a Russian politician. ... Sergey Glazyev or Sergei Glaziev (Russian: Сергей Глазьев) Russian left-wing politician. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Nationalism is an ideology which holds that the nation, ethnicity or national identity is a fundamental unit of human social life, and makes certain political claims based on that belief, above all the claim that the nation is the only legitimate basis for the state and... Jump to: navigation, search The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA:   listen?) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... Communist Party supporters attend a May Day rally in Moscow The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Росси́йской Федера́ции = КПРФ) is a Russian political party. ... A Duma (Ду́ма in Russian) is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. ... Communist Party supporters attend a May Day rally in Moscow The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Росси́йской Федера́ции = КПРФ) is a Russian political party. ... Business oligarch, a synonym of business magnate, describes wealthy people that significantly influence the life of a state. ... In modern usage, a Communist party is a political party which promotes communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ... The Union of Right Forces, or SPS (Сою́з Пра́вых Сил, СПС/Soyuz Pravykh Sil), is a Russian political party commonly associated with free market reforms, privatization, and the legacy of the Young Reformers of the 1990s: Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov, and Yegor Gaidar. ... Politics of Russia Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Russian political parties ... United Russia (Russian Единая Россия - Yedinaya Rossiya) is a Russian political party, which usually labels itself centrist. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Since the 2003 elections, the party has mostly supported the politics of President Vladimir Putin. However, in February 2005 four Rodina deputies, including Dmitry Rogozin, went on a public hunger strike and locking themselves in their offices in the State Duma in protest at the social benefit reforms being pushed through by Putin's Government. The bloc since this time increasingly has adopted the slogan "Za Putina, Protiv Pravitel'stva" (For Putin, Against the Government), and has stated it's immediate aim to be the securing of a parliamentary majority at the 2007 State Duma elections. Jump to: navigation, search Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин, pronunciation [â–¶], Pútin; born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and the current President of the Russian Federation. ... The State Duma (Russian: Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), common abbreviation: Госдума (Gosduma)) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (parliament), the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. ...

In July 2005 co-leader Sergey Baburin left the bloc, taking around 18 deputies with him and sitting as an alternative group in the State Duma, also calling itself 'Motherland'. The split, however, proved the catalyst for a reunion between the supporters of Dmitry Rogozin and Sergey Glazyev.

Dmitry Rogozin has in recent months accused the Kremlin of waging a dirty war against his bloc, which he says is feared by United Russia for it's potential electoral support. Rogozin has also announced intentions to take legal action against the State Duma for allowing Baburin to register his bloc in the Duma as 'Motherland', creating potential confusion amongst the electorate. The State Duma (Russian: Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), common abbreviation: Госдума (Gosduma)) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (parliament), the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. ... In politics, an electorate is the group of entities entitled to vote in an election. ...

Party name

"Rodina" (Russian родина) means motherland. When capitalized, the term refers to the whole country, particularly in political speech. Motherland means a mother country in contrast to its colonies, or the origin of an ethnic minority. ...

See also

• Russian legislative election, 2003

Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 7, 2003. ...

External link

• Official web site