Russian Party (Serbia)

The Russian Party (Russian: Русская партия; Serbian: Руска странка, romanized: Ruska stranka, abbr. RS) is a political party in Serbia representing the Russian minority.^[2] In addition to the small Russian minority, the party also gathers a large number of pro-Russian citizens, mostly Serbs. The party's president is Slobodan Nikolić, a former vice-president of the People's Peasant Party.^[3] The party competed in the 2023 parliamentary election in alliance with the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

Russian Party Руска странка Русская партия
Abbreviation	RS
Leader	Slobodan Nikolić
Founded	9 June 2013 (2013-06-09)
Split from	People's Peasant Party
Headquarters	Cerska 17/4, Šabac
Ideology	Russian minority interests[1] Serbian nationalism[1] Social conservatism[1] Russophilia[1]
Political position	Right-wing
Parliamentary group	Healthy Serbia–Russian Party–United Peasant Party
Colors	Blue
Slogan	"Srbija ka istoku" ("Serbia to the East")
National Assembly	1 / 250
Assembly of Vojvodina	1 / 120
City Assembly of Belgrade	1 / 110
Website
www.ruskastranka.rs
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Programme

According to its program, the Russian Party advocates Serbia's entry into the Eurasian Economic Union, and the full membership of Serbia in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.^[4] The party also advocates increasing cooperation with the Russian Federation in the field of economy, culture and education.^[5]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

National Assembly of Serbia

Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status	Ref.
2014	Slobodan Nikolić	6,547	0.19%	15th	0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary	[6]
2016		13,777	0.38%	16th	0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary	[7]
2020		6,295	0.20%	21st	0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary	[8]
2022		Did not participate			0 / 250	0	–	Extra-parliamentary	–
2023		11,369	0.31%	14th	1 / 250	1	RS–NKPJ	Support	[9]

Presidential elections

Year	Candidate	1st round popular vote		% of popular vote	2nd round popular vote		% of popular vote
2017	Did not participate	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022		—	—	—	—	—	—

References

1. "Ko učestvuje na izborima za vlast u Beogradu". BBC News na srpskom (in Serbian (Latin script)). 16 November 2023.
2. Miladinović, Aleksandar (10 June 2020). "Ko je ko na glasačkom listiću". BBC News (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
3. "Registry of political parties".
4. ""Руска странка" у Шапцу - Амбасада Руске Федерације у Републици Србији". www.ambasadarusije.rs. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
5. "Ruska stranka | Srbija izbori 2020". www.srbijaizbori.com. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
6. Vukmirović, Dragan (2014). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije [Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-6161-108-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
7. Kovačević, Miladin (2016). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije [Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-6161-154-4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
8. Kovačević, Miladin (2020). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije [Elections for Deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia] (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 9. ISBN 978-86-6161-193-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
9. Kovačević, Miladin (2024). Izbori za narodne poslanike Narodne skupštine Republike Srbije (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade: Republički zavod za statistiku. p. 8–9. ISBN 978-86-6161-252-7. Retrieved 22 June 2024.