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Democratic Choice of Russia Демократический выбор России | |
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| Abbreviation | DVR (English) ДВР (Russian) |
| Leader | Yegor Gaidar |
| Founded | 17 October 1993 (1993-10-17)(Choice of Russia bloc) 12 June 1994 (1994-06-12)(Democratic Choice of Russia party) |
| Dissolved | 19 May 2001 (2001-05-19) |
| Succeeded by | Union of Right Forces |
| Headquarters | 23th Building, Profsoyuznaya Street,Moscow |
| Newspaper | "Democratic Choice", magazine"Open politics" |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | White Blue Red |
| Slogan | "Liberty, Property, Legality" (Russian:"Свобода, Собственность, Законность") |
| Seats in the 1st State Duma | 64 / 450 |
| Seats in the 2nd State Duma | 9 / 450 |
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TheDemocratic Choice of Russia (DCR),[a] known before 1994 as the"Choice of Russia" Bloc (CR),[b] was a Russian centre-right conservative-liberal political party. Later the party was self-disbanded and most members would merge into theUnion of Right Forces.[1]
At the elections to theState Dumaheld on 12 December 1993, the Choice of Russia bloc (the predecessor to the Democratic Choice of Russia) received 15.51% of the vote, and consequently, 40 seats in the State Duma.
On 20 January 1994, having lost influence over making economic decisions and opposed to the increase of budget expenditure, the leader of the Choice of Russia,Yegor Gaidar, resigned from the government headed byViktor Chernomyrdin. At that point the Choice of Russia lost its status as a pro-government faction, yet at the same time it continued to support presidentBoris Yeltsin and Chernomyrdin's government by providing constructive criticism of their policies.
On 12 and 13 June 1994, the founding meeting of the party Democratic Choice of Russia was held. At the meeting, the party's programme was adopted and its governing bodies were set up. Yegor Gaidar was elected as party chairman.[2]
In 1995, the party contested theelection in a coalition of (minor) like-minded groups, forming theDemocratic Choice of Russia – United Democrats.[3]
Later, in 2001, it merged into theUnion of Rightist Forces.[1]
The party had valued ideas of bothliberalism andconservatism. This included human rights,self-determination, a market economy, private capital investment, fair competition and the restriction of government regulations in the economy.
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | Result | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 1996 | EndorsedBoris Yeltsin | 26,665,495 | 35.32% | 40,402,349 | 53.82% | Elected Y |
| 2000 | EndorsedVladimir Putin | 39,740,434 | 52.94% | ElectedY | ||
| Election | Party leader | Performance | Rank | Government | ||||
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| Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/– | ||||
| 1993 | Yegor Gaidar | 8,339,345 | 15.51% | New | 64 / 450 | New |  2nd | Coalition |
| 1995 | 2,674,084 | 3.86% |  11.65 | 9 / 450 | 55 | 4th | Opposition(1995–1997) | |
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| 1999 | 5,677,247 | 8.52% | 4.66 | 29 / 450 | 20 |  4th | Coalition | |
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