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"United Russia" and its satellites
Before the start of the campaign in the State Duma-2016, a little more than a year remained, but the system parties have already begun to prepare for it.
The Communist Party fights anti -Sovietism, supports the Kremlin in the Crimea and Donbass, recalls the "Heritage of October" and requires the government of the government. "Fair Russia" is also for the Donbass, Crimea and the resignation of officials. Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party are expressed in the same line. The New Times sorted out what the wings of the Party of power are counting on - what abbreviations they could not 
For his homeland, for Stalin Lenin and Stalin, Zyuganov called "people of outstanding spirituality." “With the departure of Stalin, the USSR lost the faithful ally of Lenin, who perfectly owned Marxism. A deviation from the installation began: to solve economic problems using the objective laws of the development of society, ”Zyuganov said. Gorbachev perestroika, according to him, was also initiated by the forces of "world imperialism."
The head of the Communist Party demanded the strengthening of the role of the state and the resignation of the government. Zyuganov equated “anti -Sovietism” to Russophobia, recalled “militias”, stigmatized “Bandera” in the spirit of official TV. “The reunification of Crimea with Russia confirmed: our people want to breathe clean and fresh air. The country needs a healthy atmosphere of pride in the affairs of ancestors, faith in the future, the atmosphere of creation and progress, ”Zyuganov reasoned closer to the end of his speech.
From these positions, the Communist Party will act in the September regional elections, and then during the Duma campaign. “The summer campaign is the beginning of the federal, preparation for it,” confirms the member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, State Duma deputy Vadim Soloviev. According to him, the party will retain the main slogans by 2016.
Briefly, the CPRF position can be described as follows: capitalism on a landfill of history, the government of resignation, monuments to Stalin - on the streets, “anti -Soviets” - there is no solid, our Crimea, overseas enemies continue to harm. The most clearly these attitudes are reflected by the “performances” of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party: its leader Valery Rashkin on one of the processions of the rocket rocket with the inscription “Obama”. Capital communists came to the US Embassy.
The deputy director of the Levada Center, Alexei citizenship believes that the strengthening of anti-American rhetoric can be considered a successful course of the Communists. “The negative attitude towards the United States is supported by most voters and potential EXPRESS EXPRESS. It has been preserved for the electorate of the Communists from the Soviet era, ”the expert notes.
The director of the Communist Director Valery Fedorov, who had crashed at the Plenum of Communists, said that the rating of the Communist Party was about 6 %. The Communist Party does not agree with this. “It is clear what goals this data is voiced with. According to our sociology, the party’s rating is about 30 %, and it is growing, ”says Solovyov. According to the December survey, Levada Center, 10 % of Russians are ready to vote for the Communists.
According to the political strategist Konstantin Kalachev, the Communists finally made a bet on the "effect of the total rehabilitation of the USSR." The expert believes that for the rating in today's conditions, such a position fully coinciding with the authorities go into plus, but for “choosing the latter before the voting of the day” - into the minus. “Previously, the Communist Party accumulated protest voices, especially in millionaire cities, where the voter often made a decision at the last moment. Now such a jump on the day of elections can not be expected: protesters no longer see a special difference between the Communist Party and United Russia. Soloviev, however, believes that such ideas are tribute to the intrigues of rivals: “They (“ United Russia ”) specifically emphasize that we converge the points of view on Crimea and Donbass,” the deputy says. The communist assures that for the party “Issues related to the situation in Ukraine and Crimea”, this is only 5 % of the agenda. “Our main requirement is the resignation of the government, the change of socio-economic course. In accordance with the polls, the internal problems, which we will talk about, take a harshly opposition course, ”he concludes,” he concludes. And it seems that Soloviev even believes in this - in any case at that moment when he pronounces the words about the "harsh opposition course."
The deputies from the “fair Russia” also talk about resignations in the government, but more gently-they offer only an economic bloc. On the party’s website, many news are devoted to the statements of deputies about the Donbass and the situation in Ukraine. Even statements about the resignations in the office of ministers look more likely security. “Our party, the faction insists that the economic bloc of the government: this is Mr. Dvorkovich, Mr. Shuvalov, gentlemen Siluanov and Ulyukaev would be resigned. They have neoliberal approaches, they learned the same approaches and all, they see nothing more, ”said Sergey Mironov. The white ribbons that once appeared on the jackets of the SSRs replaced the Georgian ribbons.
With vivid leaders, the party is difficult. The head (now the ex-Petersburg reference of Oksana Dmitrieva, the St. Petersburg reference has announced the withdrawal from Fair Russia. At the same time, the result of the party in the city was always worthy, and Dmitriev was considered one of the most famous and media party members. The leadership accused her of the fact that the party in the city decreased, and recommended to pay attention to "work at the federal level." Now the department is headed by deputy Oleg Nilov, who, in particular, became famous for the performance of the Black Raven of the Duma rostrum in response to the victory in the Eurovision Condition of Conchita VURST. Other strong regional leaders are Oleg Shein from Astrakhan, Galina Khovanskaya from Moscow, Alexander Burkov from Yekaterinburg, Valery Kartung from Chelyabinsk remained in the party.
“We can argue about the affairs of the country, but when the question is about foreign policy - the USA, European countries - we hold on a common line, this plays a key role for the development of the state,” says Burkov. How will they differ from the main party leg of power? The fact that the campaign of “Fair Russia” was always built on “local problems”: “Who will repair the roofs, who will build the roads,” Burkov explains.
The unnecessary party is the political strategist Kalachev calls the “fair Russia” a party that “survived itself”. He recalls that on the eve of the past Duma elections, hundreds of polls showed that the SSRs did not go to parliament, but in recent months they have increased opposition rhetoric before voting, and, in addition, in plus they were played by the Navalny campaign “vote for any batch, except“ United Russia ”. As a result, Fair Russia received 13.24 % of the vote in the election. “Now the chances of SRs to get into the Duma are striving for zero, even if the party leaders are present on all federal channels. The only option for SR is a complete rebrand and the appearance of some new persons who have not been associated with SR, ”the expert concludes. Recall: in recent years, such bright deputies as Gennady and Dmitry Gudkov and Ilya Ponomarev have been excluded from the party: Dmitry Gudkov abstained when voting in the State Duma on the accession of Crimea to Russia.
However, in the Kremlin the SSRs are not in a hurry to write off - it is believed that “Fair Russia” has every chance to be in the new composition of the State Duma. For example, now the former head of the Presidential Administration’s internal policy department, Oleg Morozov, at the Youth Convention last year, stated that only parliamentary parties, including reference, are still taking place in the Duma. Cooperation with the Popular Front can help: a State Duma deputy from SR Alexei Kazakov has been sitting at his headquarters since recently. Now the Rossiya Russia rating is 3 % - two percent less than the passing barrier requires.
Sokols without the Zhirinovsky LDPR, according to the Levada Center, passes into the State Duma and can score 6 %in the elections. Sociologist Aleksey citizenship believes that the influence of the party may decrease in the event of the departure of its leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky. After the quota appeared in the Federation Council for presidential senators, there were rumors that these places could take honored leaders of parliamentary parties, including Zhirinovsky. He himself denies the possibility of his departure.
“If the party changed the leader every year, it would have lost the support of voters, because the new leaders would not have time to become famous and popular. Many parties went along this path, but they have already broken up. The fact is that it is difficult for the population to navigate many diverse political forces. And the name “Zhirinovsky” is already associated with people with the LDPR, and they vote for the party, ”Vladimir Zhirinovsky said without false modesty.
State Duma deputy Alexei Didenko says that the party’s campaign will be built on two components: “active work on Earth with voters” and using a conservative agenda. “The party has always played for a strong state, a conservative bias. Our program has not changed for years. Now is the LDPR time: the conservative agenda has only worsened due to the international situation, ”says Didenko. The deputy promised the formation of the youngest parliamentary faction in Europe.
They are not afraid of competitors on the conservative-patriotic field in the LDPR: “We have been doing this since 1989, and the rest since last spring.”
Kalachev calls voters of the LDPR "a sustainable circle of fans of Zhirinovsky." “Any artist has it and has long been formed. So far, nothing comparable with Zhirinovsky in the LDPR is observed. But I am sure that back in the 18th year he will participate in the presidential election, ”the expert said.
The political strategist believes that “erasing the faces” between the system parties will lead to an increase in the rating of “United Russia”, which is still not small-45 % (according to the “Levada Center”, the survey was conducted at the end of February 2015): “If there is no difference, then we must choose a real party in power.” True, according to Kalachev, people are negatively related to the monopolization of power by one party, so they "vote for the theater of one actor, out of habit or from nostalgia for Soviet times." “The request for a beginner still remains,” Kalachev concludes.
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