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Our Home Is RussiaНаш Дом Россия: Nash Dom Rossia, "Our Home is Russia" Our Home is Russia or NDR, was founded in 1995 by then Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. Our Home is Russia is a liberal, centrist political movement, founded for the purpose of rallying more technocratic-reformist (right-wing) government supporters. At the time of its founding, Chernomyrdin had the backing of Yeltsin along with numerous large financial institutions such as Association of Russian Banks, and major companies such as Gazprom, of which he was formerly the director. The movement attracted the sympathies and interests of many prominent members of the ruling elite of Russia, and NDR was thus nicknamed "the party of power." It is also known as the party of the Oligarchs, - the position once identified with another political party, Russia's Choice. Two other parties were interested in cooperating with NDR after its founding; parts of the Agrarian Party of Russia and Russia's Democratic Choice. Together their platform would promote "freedom, property, and legality," and would favor such policies as reducing the state's role in the economy, support for small businesses, privatization of agriculture, and military cutbacks. However after Chernomyrdin's candidacy for a second term as Prime Minister was rejected by the Duma, Our Home is Russia declined the parties' bid for cooperation. Although it was critical of the war in Chechnya, Viktor Chernomyrdin and NDR played a central role in supporting Yeltsin in his 1996 bid for re-election as the President of the Russian Federation. "To sum up why Our Home is Russia is for Yeltsin, I can say only one thing -- because we are for reforms, for the constitution of Russia, for peace in Chechnya, for a normal life in Russia," Chernomyrdin told Itar-Tass news agency in 1996. Our Home is Russia holds 7 seats in Parliament. Further reading - David E. Hoffman. 2002, 2003. The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia. New York; Public Affairs. ISBN 1586482025.
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