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Russian Labour Front (RTF; ), formerly Russian United Labour Front (ROT FRONT; ) is a communist party in Russia. It was formed by the Left Front, Russian Communist Workers' Party (RCWP) and several unions on 21 December 2010, but was only registered on 4 December 2012 on the eighth attempt. On 27 February 2020, the party was de-registered by the
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after the
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appealed for the party's liquidation over its non-participation in elections.


Split from the RCWP

In 2022, the organization split from the Russian Communist Workers' Party and was rebranded under the leadership of ; The word "united" was removed from the name, its abbreviation was changed to "RTF", and the design of the website was changed to feature the colour blue more prominently, with red having previously been the primary colour, while communist symbols were removed. The rebranding was preceded by disagreements over the RCWP's support for the
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and the expulsion of Batov from the RCWP. The RCWP plans to re-organise the ROT FRONT with the
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