All-Russia People's Front

The All-Russia People's Front^[a] (Russian: Общероссийский народный фронт, romanized: Obshcherossiyskiy narodnyy front, ONF), since 2023 styled as People's Front (Russian: Народный фронт, romanized: Narodnyy front), is a political coalition in Russia started in 2011 by then-Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin to provide the United Russia political party with "new ideas, new suggestions and new faces". The ONF aims to forge formal alliances between United Russia (the ruling party from 2001 onwards) and numerous Russian non-governmental organizations. On 12 June 2013 the ONF founding conference elected Putin (President of Russia from 2012) as the Front's leader.^{[11][failed verification][12]}

People's Front Народный фронт
Abbreviation	NF (Since 2023) ONF (Before 2023)
Leader	Vladimir Putin
Ruling body	Central headquarters[1]
Co-chairs[1]	Sergey Kogogin [ru] Alexey Komissarov Leonid Roshal Elena Tsunaeva Yelena Shmelyova [ru]
Chairman of the Central Audit Commission	Anatoly Karpov
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee	Mikhail Kuznetsov
Founder	Vladimir Putin
Founded	6 May 2011; 13 years ago (2011-05-06)
Headquarters	40th Building, Mosfilmovskaya Street, Moscow, Russia. 119285
Membership (2018)	125,000[needs update]
Ideology	Statism[2][3] Social conservatism[4] National conservatism[5][6] Conservatism (Russian)[7] Russian nationalism[8]
Member parties	United Russia A Just Russia – For Truth[9] Rodina National Liberation Movement Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine We Are Together with Russia
Colors	White,   Blue,   Red (Russian national colors)
Slogan	"We are for Russia!" (Russian: Мы — за Россию!")
Seats in the Federation Council	146 / 170
Seats in the State Duma	340 / 450
Website
onf.ru
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History

Poster of the People's Front in September 2011

By May 2011, hundreds of businesses had enlisted their workforces in the organization, including around 40,000 from the Siberian Business Union.^[13]

On 12 June 2013, the movement convened its inaugural congress, electing Putin as its leader.^[11] The congress also elected the front's Central Staff: film director Stanislav Govorukhin, Delovaya Rossiya, co-chairman Alexander Galushka and State Duma member Olga Timofeeva.^[11]

According to the Charter, the Front's goal is "promotion of unity and civil solidarity in the name of Russia's historical success"; the country's development as a free, strong and sovereign state with a robust economy; fast economic growth; and reliance on the family. On the list of the ONF founders were 480 people, including trade union activists, workers, scientists, culture workers, athletes, businessmen, farm and medical workers and politicians.^[14]

On 4 December 2013, the conference of the Front was held. The conference, which ran until 6 December, discussed the process of implementing reforms in healthcare, economy, community services, education and culture. The meeting held numerous round tables on the president's so-called "May decrees" and tackled internal agenda items.^[15]

In January 2014, the Front registered its first regional office in the city of Lipetsk, located about 440 kilometers south of Moscow, with Russia's Justice Ministry.^[16]

On October 21, 2019, the Supreme Court of Russia, following a lawsuit by the Ministry of Justice, liquidated the Agrarian Party of Russia for insufficient participation in the elections for 7 years, thus also ending its participation in the Front.^[17]

Member organizations

Name (abbreviation)		Ideology	Position	Leader	State Duma	Federation Council	Status
	United Russia[18] Единая Россия	Conservatism (Russian)[22] Statism[26] Cultural nationalism (Russian)[27]	Big-tent	Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Shoigu	324 / 450	142 / 170	In Government
	A Just Russia – For Truth[9][28][29] Справедливая Россия — За правду	Social democracy Russian nationalism Social conservatism[30] Eurasianism[31]	Centre[35] to centre-left[38]	Sergey Mironov, Zakhar Prilepin, Gennady Semigin	28 / 450	4 / 170	Support for government
	Rodina[18] Родина	Russian nationalism Russian conservatism Right-wing populism	Far-right	Aleksey Zhuravlyov	1 / 450	0 / 170	Support for government
	National Liberation Movement[39] Национально-освободительное движение	Russian nationalism Ultranationalism Eurasianism	Far-right	Yevgeny Fyodorov	1 / 450 [40]	0 / 170	Support for government
Abroad members
	Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine[41] Прогрессивная социалистическая партия Украины Прогресивна соціалістична партія України	National Bolshevism Russophilia Left-wing populism Social conservatism	Far-left[42]	Nataliya Vitrenko	0 / 450 (seats in Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)		not in Russia, not in government of Ukraine Banned in Ukraine since 20 March 2022
	We Are Together with Russia[43] Мы вместе с Россией	Russophilia Putinism	Far-right[42]	Vladimir Rogov

The All-Russia People's Front also includes the following organisations:^[44]

• Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia
• Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
• Young Guard of United Russia
• Siberian Business Union
• All-Russian Public Civil-Patriotic Movement
• Union of Pensioners of Russia
• Union of Transport Workers of Russia
• Union of Russia Women
• Killed Roads movement
• Support of Russia

Analysis

According to a 2013 article by the BBC, the ONF may replace United Russia in the future, which was the probable reason for its establishment.^[45]

See also

• Russia portal

• Popular front
• National Front of the German Democratic Republic
• United front (China)

References

1. Officially, People's Front "For Russia" Russian: Народный фронт «За Россию», romanized: Narodnyy front «Za Rossiyu»^[10]

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External links

• Declaration of the Formation of the All-Russia People's Front at SRAS.org