Green Alternative (Russia)
Green Alternative Зелёная альтернатива | |
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| Abbreviation | GA (English) ЗА (Russian) |
| Chairman | Ruslan Khvostov |
| Deputy chairman | Stepan Soloviev |
| Informal leader | Vasya Lozhkin |
| Founded | 10 March 2020 |
| Registered | 7 April 2020 |
| Headquarters | 17, Dukhovskoy Lane, Moscow |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Green |
| Seats in the Federation Council | 0 / 170 |
| Seats in the State Duma | 0 / 450 |
| Seats in the Regional Parliaments | 2 / 3,983 |
| Website | |
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Green Alternative (GA; Russian: Зелёная альтернатива; ЗА, romanized: Zelyonaya al'ternativa, ZA) is a green 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 Ministry of Justice the following month. The party has yet to win a seat in the national State Duma, but it won two seats in the 2020 regional elections: one in the Komi Republic and another in the Chelyabinsk Oblast.