A Just World () is a

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...

opposition political coalition in

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established in 2024.

History

A Just World coalition was established in anticipation of the

2024 Russian presidential election Russian presidential elections, Presidential elections were held in Russia from 15 to 17 March 2024. It was the eighth presidential election in the country. The incumbent president Vladimir Putin won with 88% of the vote, the highest percentage ...

. The coalition included people and organizations holding anti-war, democratic, socialist and communist views. One of the co-founders of the coalition, left-wing blogger and founder of the Union of Marxists Andrey Rudoy, believes that “the coalition should have appeared two years ago, but the elections became a kind of catalyst that somewhat accelerated all processes. A left-wing non-systemic anti-war camp has already taken shape with a more or less common understanding of the transition program and tactics." The coalition called for people to come to the polls on the last day, March 17, at 12:00 and spoil their ballot. A Just World coalition believes that the “Noon Against Putin” action could become a starting point for uniting the left and for consolidating anti-war and democratic-minded citizens around them.

Ideology

According to the coalition, despite different opinions, it is ready to “tactically cooperate” with the liberal opposition. The coalition advocates for the right of nations to self-determination, and for fair referendums on the status of

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and the annexed regions of Ukraine, after their

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Members

Organizations

*Socialists Against War Coalition * Russian Socialist Movement *Socialist Tendency

Journals/blogs

*Vestnik Buri *Allo, Macron *Nevoyna *Black Book of Capitalism *New Deal *Sentyabr

People

*Yevgeny Stupin *Mariya Menshikova ( RSD member) * Mikhail Lobanov *Vitaly Bovar (

Yabloko The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko (RUDP Yabloko; rus, Росси́йская объединённая демократи́ческая па́ртия «Я́блоко», Rossiyskaya obyedinyonnaya demokraticheskaya partiya "Yabloko" ...

member) *Sergey Tsukasov *Pavel Kudyukin (Democracy and Socialism group member) *Elmar Rustamov (

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member) *Sasha Talaver ( FAS and RSD member)

References

2024 establishments in Russia Left-wing politics in Russia Opposition to Vladimir Putin Political parties established in 2024 Political opposition alliances Russian opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine {{Russia-party-stub