Just Russia boss Sergei Mironov thinks his party will soon merge with the Communist Party, creating a ‘true’ Socialist party in Russia.
The Just Russia party will walk the same road as “honest Communists” and “there are far more things that we share than those dividing us.”
Moreover, Mironov said he was extending a friendly hand to all left-wing forces with an offer to create a Socialist Party of Russia “in the historical perspective.”
According to ITAR-TASS, Mironov sees a merger as a potential way for both Parties to overtake United Russia.
Personally, I think he’s just talking things up at the moment, keeping his name in the press. I can’t ever see the Communists agreeing to this.
Having said that, I’m sure there are many within the Kremlin who would like to see the influence of the Communist Party diluted still further - although they are broadly supportive of Putin at the moment, there is no guarantee that they will continue to be so if the face of Russian politics changes over the next few years.
Any thoughts on whether a KPRF / Just Russia merger will ever get off the ground?
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Sean 05.30.07 at 5:24 pm
It seems that the KPRF has already shot this idea down. As RIA Novosti reports Ivan Melnikov, KPRF first deputy chairman, had this to say:
“We categorically and resolutely refuse to recognize Mironov’s project as a truly leftist political force,” Melnikov said. He described Mironov’s bloc as “small organizations of unemployed officials and ambitious politicians” pretending to be “leftist.”
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