The Russian All-People's Union (ROS; russian: Российский общенародный союз; РОС; ''Rossiyskiy obshchenarodnyy soyuz'', ''ROS'') is a Russian conservative political party formed in October 1991. In 2001, it merged into the People's Union (russian: Народная Воля, Narodnaya Volya). In 2008, it was reorganized when the Narodnaya Volya dissolved itself. Its leader is Sergey Baburin. The organization was founded by

Russian nationalist Russian nationalism is a form of nationalism that promotes Russian cultural identity and unity. Russian nationalism first rose to prominence in the early 19th century, and from its origin in the Russian Empire, to its repression during early ...

-oriented members of the Russian Platform of the

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, and was launched on 26 October 1991 by Russian Supreme Soviet deputies of the faction ''Rossiya''. According to Nikolai Pavlov, one of the ROS leaders, the party was established as a "patriotic and democratic" force with the aim of uniting parties of

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

orientation. Pavlov also stated that they had similar positions with more

centrist Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to Left-w ...

organizations like the Cadet Party of Mikhail Astafyev, Viktor Aksiuchits'

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, and the

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; one of the ROS member organizations in 1992 was the Russian Party of Communists, which was led by A. Kryuchkov. The ROS was part of the United Opposition and later National Salvation Front, belonging to the FNS right-wing faction. Besides socialist tendencies, the ROS had connections with traditional Russian nationalists and monarchists, and promoted

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policies, including support for

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's expansion. The party published newspaper ''Vremya'' (''Time''). The ROS took part in the

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within the bloc Power to the People!, which was led by Baburin and

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. It won 1.6% of votes, failing to pass the 5% barrier; the ROS got nine seats, all from

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districts. The party co-operated with other formations of

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orientation, such as the

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, whose candidate

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(supported by the ROS) was defeated in the 1996 Russian presidential election by incumbent

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

. In 2001, the ROS joined with three other

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parties to form the People's Union (''Narodnaya Volya''). In 2008, the ROS was reorganized when ''Narodnaya Volya'' dissolved itself. On 22 December 2017, the ROS nominated Sergey Baburin as its candidate for the 2018 Russian presidential election. On 24 December, Baburin filed registration documents with the Central Election Commission (CEC). The CEC rejected Baburin's bid on 25 December because it identified violations in the information provided regarding 18 of his party's 48 representatives. Baburin resubmitted the documents, and they were approved by the CEC."ЦИК разрешил Бабурину открыть избирательный счет и начать сбор подписей"

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