Green Alternative (GA; ) is a

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political party in Russia. It was founded in December 2019 as a social movement by its chairman Ruslan Khvostov. It held its founding party congress in March 2020 and was officially registered as a political party with the

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the following month. The party has yet to win a seat in the national

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, but it won two seats in the 2020 regional elections: one in the

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and another in the

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History

Green Alternative was created as a

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in December 2019 by environmental activist and former Mestnye member Ruslan Khvostov. Documents for its registration as a political party were submitted to the

in February 2020. The founding party congress of Green Alternative was subsequently held on 10 March 2020, and Khvostov was elected party leader with almost 80% of the vote. The artist was also elected as the "informal leader" of the party. On 7 April 2020, the party was officially registered by the

and in May it received the right to participate in elections. The party contest the 2020 regional elections, receiving 10% of the vote in the

and 5.4% in the

, and winning a seat in both federal subjects' parliaments. Because the party won seats in regional parliaments, it gained the right to participate in federal parliamentary elections without collecting signatures. In the 2021 legislative elections, Green Alternative came twelfth, winning 0.64% of the popular vote and no seats.

Ideology

Green Alternative does not associate itself exclusively with the environmental movement, calling itself a "moderate left-wing environmental party of the European type".

Leadership

Ruslan Khvostov is the chairman of the party, while Stepan Soloviev is deputy chairman. Vasya Lozhkin is the "informal leader" of the party.

Election results

References

External links

Official website
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