Liberal democratic party of Russia

officially registered political party in the Russian Federation. Since its

Foundation, it has positioned itself as an opposition party. It was founded on December 13, 1989(as LDPSS) April 18, 1992 (as the liberal democratic party). Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky

initiative group for the creation of the liberal democratic party

of the Soviet Union (LDPSS) was held on December 13, 1989 in Moscow. It was attended by Vladimir Bogachev, Stanislav Zhebrovsky, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Lev Ubozhko and others. The Assembly decided to prepare and convene a constituent Congress of the LDPSS The first party Congress was held on March 31, 1990 in Moscow, and the Congress approved the party's program and Charter. Vladimir Zhirinovsky was elected Chairman of the LDPSS and a member of the Central Committee of the party. On April 12, 1991, the Ministry of justice of the USSR registered the liberal democratic party of the Soviet Union — the only opposition party of the CPSU at that time, which had existed unofficially since December 1989. In addition, in the 1990s and early 2000s, rumors were spread about the LDPR, which said that the party was allegedly a project of the KGB of the USSR, or was cooperating with it. LDPR Chairman Vladimir Zhirinovsky has repeatedly said that the rumor of KGB involvement in the party appeared as a result of an error.

241 of the 924 bills submitted to the state Duma

during this time. During the same period, the state Duma considered 360 laws, 80 of them from the LDPR
In 2006, Vladimir Zhirinovsky introduced a bill "on the rehabilitation of members of the White movement", which was not adopted in the first reading In 2009, the LDPR Duma faction prepared a resolution concerning the return of A.V. Kolchak's gold, which was never considered by the state Duma. During the autumn session of 2012, the LDPR introduced 177 draft laws, 9 of which were adopted in the first reading, 3 in the third reading: laws on restricting access to illegal information on the Internet, on NGOs that perform the functions of a foreign agent, and on postponing the application of the legislation in terms of approving the procedure for state registration of medical devices. Many media outlets note that the LDPR faction in The state Duma often submits draft laws with resonant ideas and proposals. For example, in September 2018, a member of the S. V. Ivanov faction submitted to the Duma a bill on the adoption of the Dueling code in Russia after the statement of the Director of the Rosgvardiya V. V. Zolotov about the challenge of the oppositionist A. A. Navalny to a duel that caused a stir in the society[119]. In January 2019, Ivanov submitted to the state Duma a draft Federal law "on territorial claims to the Russian Federation from Japan" after the media began discussing the issue of ownership of the southern Kuril Islands and active negotiations between the leadership of Russia and Japan on this issue. The project appeals to the post-war agreements and the peace Treaty, it notes that the chain of Islands "are an integral part of the Russian Federation and are located in the Sakhalin region." The document States that the Islands belong to Russia as a result of world war II, on the basis of the Cairo Declaration of December 1, 1943, the Potsdam Declaration of July 26, 1945, and the Treaty with Japan signed in San Francisco on September 8.. This draft Federal law was proposed for consideration by the state Duma deputies by the conclusions of the state Duma Council and the responsible Committee of the house of Parliament. In 2016, the faction introduced a bill to ban collection activities, which was rejected by state Duma deputies.The LDPR faction has repeatedly submitted bills to the Duma on the abolition of the unified state exam, but they were rejected each time. In 2017, deputies of the LDPR faction introduced a bill to the state Duma to change the anthem of the Russian Federation-the restoration of the anthem " God save the Tsar!» and the transition to the Julian calendar. The bill on the anthem was not considered, and the bill on the Julian calendar was proposed by the responsible Duma Committee for rejection. According to Zhirinovsky, state Duma deputies from the LDPR, as well as experts and news agencies, a large number of ideas and bills are first rejected by the votes of Duma deputies from United Russia under the pretext that the authorship of the idea belongs to the opposition party, and then the same initiatives are submitted to the state Duma by deputies from United Russia, which are immediately adopted by the houses of Parliament and signed by the President of Russia.

parties that participated in the election of deputies to the

State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in all seven convocations, and one of two parties that always received representation in the lower house of Parliament as a result of elections.

is Vladimir Zhirinovsky.Elected at the party Congress. The election of

the LDPR Chairman took place at the I (1990), III (1992), IV (1993), VIII (1998), XVII (2005), XXII (2009), XXVI (2013), XXX (2017) party congresses. Until December 2009, The Chairman of the LDPR was the head of the Supreme Council. The Supreme governing body of the LDPR in the intervals between congresses, in accordance with the party's Charter, is the Supreme Council, elected at the party Congress. The last elections were held at the XXX Congress in 2017. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Ivan Abramov, Sergey karginov, Anton Morozov, Vladimir Sysoev, Igor Toroshchin, and Boris Chernyshov were elected to the Supreme Council Members of the Central control and audit Commission, elected at the XXX Congress in 2017: Alexander Kurdyumov — Chairman of the Central control and audit Commission, Andrey Svintsov, Danil Shilkov