LDPR – Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is a Russian ultranationalist and right-wing populist political party. It succeeded the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union in Russia after the disso
Vladimir Zhirinovsky speaks at an rally during the party's 2016 legislative election campaign in Ryazan
Party members and State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin at the funeral service of Zhirinovsky
Slutsky during his 2024 presidential campaign
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The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, with the upper house being the Federation Council. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993.
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
…of the 1990s, the party scored a major success in the 1993 Duma elections with almost 23% of the vote, giving it 64 seats of the 450 seats in the State Duma. In the 2021 elections, the party received 7.55% of the vote, giving it 21 seats. Despite the party's name, it has been described as "neither liberal…
Building of Council of Labor and Defense, Moscow
Nine members of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma in March 1917. From left to right: Seated: V. N. Lvov, V. A. Rzhevsky, S. I. Shidlovsky, and M. V. Rodzianko (Chairman); Standing: V. V. Shulgin, B. A. Engelhardt, A. F. Kerensky, and M. A. Karaulov.
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Vyacheslav Volodin with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the State Duma, 21 June 2018