The Beer Lovers Party (PLP; ; ''Partiya lyubiteley piva'', ''PLP'') was created in

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on December 26, 1993, and officially registered on August 9, 1994. By the moment of registration the party listed 1,700 members.

History

Initially it was a kind of practical joke, supposedly created in an analogy with the Polish Beer-Lovers Party. Its documents read as a parody on political cliches in party programmes. For example, its goal was "protection of interests of beer lovers regardless of racial, national, or religious affiliation". Among demands was decrease of taxes for beer manufacturers. It has fractions of "

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lovers", "

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lovers", "

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patriot fraction", etc. It was supported by a number of Russian entrepreneurs in the context of

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, and its documents were rewritten into a more serious style. Among its goals now was the "protection of interests of beer lovers that do not contradict the law". The party now stood for "efficient means for preservation of main natural resources, such as land, air, and especially water, which is the basis of a good beer". Among its official slogans were "Replete and Safe Life" ("Сытая и безопасная жизнь") and "Clever and Calm Politicians Grasping not only Beer". Its platform stated that the Party "will defend interests not only beer lovers, but also lovers of sausage, butter, meat, tea,

and other lovers, with the exception of lovers of power". It was branched into about 60 regions of Russia, the largest ones being in

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and

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. By the moment of elections it enlisted over 50,000 members. During the

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into the

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(second convocation) it gained 0.62% of votes, way below the 5%

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. Vladimir Pribylovsky was among the candidates nominated by the party. After the failure, the sponsors dropped their support and the party de facto ceased to exist and was not re-registered in 1998. Still, many branches of the Party continue to exist as formal and informal associations.

Sponsors and finance

*Промрадтехбанк - Promradtechbank; *АО "Управление перспективных технологий" - "Promising Technology Management"; *КБ "Платина" - Platina; *ТОО Фирма "Русич" - Rusich; *ТОО "Артиль" - Artil; *АООТ "Телекомпания ВКТ" - VKT Television; *МАКБ "Возрождение" - Rebirth Bank; *ООО "Корпорация НР-Телеком" - NR Telecom Corporation; *ТОО "Финтраст" - FinTrust; *АКБ "МБТС-Банк" - MBTS Bank; *АО "Московская телекоммуникационная корпорация" - Moscow Telecommunications Corporation. Total donation by sponsors: 697,300,000

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s (1995). 115 million was allocated by the

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. About 777 million was supplied by individuals and companies. In total, the party had spent about 1.07 billion rubles for the election campaign.

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List of 1995 Duma electorate unions
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History

Sponsors and finance

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