Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice
Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice Российская партия пенсионеров за социальную справедливость | |
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| Abbreviation | RPPSJ (English) RPPSS (Russian) |
| Leader | Erik Prazdnikov |
| Founder | Sergei Atroshenko |
| Founded | 29 November 1997 5 April 2012 (refoundation) |
| Dissolved | 28 October 2006 |
| Merged into | A Just Russia (2006–2012) |
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Membership | 1,000 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Red |
| State Duma | 0 / 450 |
| Seats in the Regional Parliaments | 32 / 3,994 |
| Website | |
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The Russian Party of Pensioners for Social Justice (RPPSJ; Russian: Российская партия пенсионеров за социальную справедливость, РППСС, romanized: Rossiyskaya partiya pensionerov za sotsialnuyu spravedlivost, RPPSS), commonly shortened to the Party of Pensioners (Russian: Партия пенсионеров, romanized: Partiya pensionerov) is a registered political party in Russia.
The party was founded as the Party of Pensioners (Общественно-Политичеcкая организация) in 1997. On 29 November 1997 Sergei Atroshenko was elected as the first chairman. On 29 May 1998 the party was registered with the Ministry of Justice. In the December 1999 State Duma elections the party won 1.95% of the vote.