United Russia

United Russia (Russian Единая Россия - Yedinaya Rossiya) is a Russian political party, which usually labels itself centrist. It backs the president Vladimir Putin and can be seen as his vehicle in the Duma. It was founded in 2001 as a merger of Yuri Luzhkov's Fatherland All-Russia party, and the Unity Party of Russia, led by Sergei Shoigu. In the 2003 parliamentary elections it polled 37% of the party vote. As of January 2005 it controls 305 Duma sits out of 450, which gives it a constitutional majority.

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