Green Alternative (Russia)
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ЗА (Russian)
Green Alternative Зелёная альтернатива | |
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| Abbreviation | GA (English) ЗА (Russian) |
| Chairman | Ruslan Khvostov |
| Deputy chairman | Stepan Soloviev |
| Informal leader | Vasya Lozhkin |
| Founded | 10 March 2020 |
| Registered | 7 April 2020 |
| Headquarters | 17, Dukhovskoy Lane, Moscow |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Green |
| Seats in the Federation Council | 0 / 170 |
| Seats in the State Duma | 0 / 450 |
| Seats in the Regional Parliaments | 2 / 3,983 |
| Website | |
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Green Alternative (GA; Russian: Зелёная альтернатива; ЗА, romanized: Zelyonaya al'ternativa, ZA) is a green political party in Russia. It was founded in December 2019 as a social movement by its chairman Ruslan Khvostov. It held its founding party congress in March 2020 and was officially registered as a political party with the Ministry of Justice the following month. The party has yet to win a seat in the national State Duma, but it won two seats in the 2020 regional elections: one in the Komi Republic and another in the Chelyabinsk Oblast.
Green Alternative was created as a social movement in December 2019 by environmental activist and former Mestnye member Ruslan Khvostov.[1] Documents for its registration as a political party were submitted to the Ministry of Justice in February 2020.[2] The founding party congress of Green Alternative was subsequently held on 10 March 2020, and Khvostov was elected party leader with almost 80% of the vote. The artist Vasya Lozhkin was also elected as the "informal leader" of the party.[3] On 7 April 2020, the party was officially registered by the Ministry of Justice and in May it received the right to participate in elections.[4][5][6]
The party contest the 2020 regional elections, receiving 10% of the vote in the Komi Republic and 5.4% in the Chelyabinsk Oblast, and winning a seat in both federal subjects' parliaments.[7][8] Because the party won seats in regional parliaments, it gained the right to participate in federal parliamentary elections without collecting signatures.[9]
In the 2021 legislative elections, Green Alternative came twelfth, winning 0.64% of the popular vote and no seats.[10]
Ideology
Green Alternative does not associate itself exclusively with the environmental movement, calling itself a "moderate left-wing environmental party of the European type".[1]
Leadership
Ruslan Khvostov is the chairman of the party, while Stepan Soloviev is deputy chairman. Vasya Lozhkin is the "informal leader" of the party.[11]