Russian Labour Front (RTF; russian: Российский трудовой фронт; РТФ), formerly Russian United Labour Front (ROT FRONT; russian: Российский объединённый трудовой фронт; РОТ ФРОНТ) is a

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in Russia. It was formed by Left Front,

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and several unions on 4 December 2012. On 27 February 2020 at the request Law "about political parties", the

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liquidated the party on the claim of the

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for insufficient participation in regional elections for 7 years.

2022 split

In 2022, the organization split. On 20 March 2022, the RCWP headquarters in St. Petersburg hosted a conference "Za Pobedu! (''For the Victory!'')" in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which was also attended by The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov and

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. The attempt of Viktor Tyulkin and Stepan Malentsov to cooperate with the

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caused contradictions: some of the party members took a completely anti-war position, in contrast to the intermediate position of the leadership of the RCWP. In addition, there were contradictions on the issue of participation in the elections: if the RCWP was in favor of participation and planned to re-register the Front's companies, then the supporters of opposed any participation in the elections. Alexander Batov and his supporters were expelled from the RCWP, some members of the Moscow and Novosibirsk branches left the party. On July 1, 2022, the organization was rebranded: the word "united" was removed from the name, the abbreviated name was changed from "ROT FRONT" to "RTF", the design of the website was changed, where the blue color began to prevail, not red, communist symbols were removed from the organization's symbols. In turn, the RKRP does not recognize the split, plans to recreate the ROT FRONT together with the

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2022 split

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