The Other Russia Другая Россия | |
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| Founders | Garry Kasparov Eduard Limonov Mikhail Kasyanov |
| Founded | 11 July 2006 (2006-07-11) |
| Dissolved | 10 July 2010 (2010-07-10) |
| Preceded by | Committee 2008 |
| Succeeded by | Solidarnost (2008) The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov (2010) For Russia without Lawlessness and Corruption (2010), Russian Opposition Coordination Council (2012) |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Ideology | Anti-Putinism Factions: Liberal democracy National democracy Social democracy Social liberalism Marxism–Leninism Communism Civic nationalism National Bolshevism Soviet patriotism |
| Political position | Big tent (Non-system opposition) |
| Member parties | United Civil Front National Bolshevik Party Russian People's Democratic Union Republican Party of Russia Labour Russia Oborona Vanguard of Red Youth People's Will Army Freedom Nation |
| Colours | White Blue Red |
| Slogan | "We need Another Russia!" (Russian:"Нам нужна другая Россия!") "Russia without Putin!" (Russian:"Россия без Путина!") |
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The Other Russia (Russian:Другая Россия;Drugaya Rossiya), sometimes cited asAnother Russia, was an umbrella coalition (2006–2008/2009/2010) that gathered opponents ofPresidentVladimir Putin and was known as an organizer ofDissenters' Marches. The coalition brought together representatives from a wide variety of political and human rights movements,liberals,nationalists,socialists andcommunists (though theCPRF was absent), as well as individual citizens. The last Dissenters' March took place in 2008.
The group included bothfar left,centre, andfar right opposition leaders as well as mainstream liberals such as formerworld chess champion andUnited Civil Front leaderGarry Kasparov (in 2006–2007), the radicalNational Bolshevik Party leaderEduard Limonov, and the far-leftVanguard of Red Youth.[1][2] In 2010, the coalition was dissolved.
The Other Russia was formed during a constitutional meeting in July 2006, (during theG8 summit) in Moscow. Western diplomats, including British Ambassador to RussiaAnthony Brenton, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and LaborBarry Lowenkron, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian AffairsDaniel Fried, were attending the conference.[citation needed] The two main liberal parties,Yabloko and theUnion of Rightist Forces, were boycotting the event over the participation of what they consider to be nationalist and extremist groups.[3]
During the summer of 2006, the society prepared a "coalition of national harmony", designed to accumulate common positions among its members. Work on several agenda items are discussed in specialized work groups. The final text was presented for a general discussion at a meeting on November 22, 2006. On September 25, 2006, The Other Russia was declared a "national forum".
On December 16, 2006, the first joint political rally took place in Moscow, named the "Dissenters' March". The name was first used byGarry Kasparov in 2005. Later, on March 3, 2007, the next "Dissenters' March" took place inSaint Petersburg, which was the largest opposition rally made in recent years in Russia.
A further "Dissenters' March" took place on April 14, 2007 in Moscow. Several people, including Garry Kasparov and former prime ministerMikhail Kasyanov, were arrested, but released some hours later. Another rally was held on April 15 in Saint Petersburg.
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