The Congress of Russian Communities (CRC, ) is a political organization in Russia. It was created in the early 1990s initially to promote the rights of ethnic

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living in the newly independent countries of the former

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. The group contested a number of elections to the

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in the 1990s. In the 1995

election, the group took 4.3% of the vote, just missing the 5% threshold to gain seats. In 1999 it again failed to pass the 5% threshold, although KRO candidates did win a small number of single-mandate district seats. In 1996

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used the KRO as the organisational vehicle for his campaign for the presidency. Lebed was surprisingly successful, taking 15% of the popular vote and later going on to become governor of

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. In 2006 the KRO was revived by

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politician

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following the merger of his Rodina party into a new

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coalition. Rogozin initially stated that he would turn the KRO into a political party to contest the

elections in December 2007. In April 2007 Rogozin announced that he had formed a new party, the Great Russia Party, in conjunction with the

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Movement Against Illegal Immigration. The party would campaign for seats in the

and initially stated its support for

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's candidacy for the Russian Presidency, a campaign which is impossible as Lukashenko is not a Russian citizen.

Restoration

On December 9, 2006, the restoration congress of the Russian communities under the new name “ Rodina (“Motherland”): Congress of Russian Communities” was held;

is not officially included in its leadership, but he is an informal leader. On September 21, 2011, with the participation of

, the constituent congress of the Motherland-Congress of Russian Communities movement was held, at which the organizing committee for the restoration of the Rodina party was established. Dmitry Rogozin accused the leader of the party

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on raider seizure of the Rodina party. At the congress, Dmitry Rogozin called the Russian Communities Congress to become part of the All-Russian People's Front, created in support of presidential candidate

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. In 2011, the

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officially registered the Congress of Russian Communities. In April 2012, the organizing committee "Rodina Congress of Russian Communities" submitted to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation a note on the restoration of the political party "Rodina".Партия Рогозина встала в очередь на бренд Родина
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Electoral results

Presidential elections

Legislative elections

References

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