Political activity of opposition

In the present paper one of the most significant aspects of the political life of Russian society is discussed: the political activity of opposition. In the present-day world there is a continuous state of exploration of political system models. Accordingly, there is an actual interest to processes of formation and development of opposition parties in modern Russia. The formation and the development of political parties in the history of Russia in the 19-20 centuries occurred in deep opposition. In 1960-80s, during the last days of the Soviet history, the prerequisites of the formation of the basic course of the current Russian political opposition were formed. From this article we can learn about the history of formation and development of the Russian political opposition from the end of 1980s up to the present days, about organisations, which represent loyal opposition and semi-opposition, and also about the basic disloyal opposition in Russia. For understanding modern Russian political opposition, it is necessary to define the general stages of formation of the political party system in Russia: 1. 1989 - 1991. First informal associations appeared. Then oppositional political parties appeared. These parties were united by the shared objective - struggle against the CPSU. At the same time political parties out of the CPSU were formed. They supported communistic ideology and preservation of the USSR. 2. The beginning of 1990 (from 1991 up to the first half of 1993) - the period of the highest influence of Liberal parties. 3. From the second half of 1993 up to 1995 - a sharp decrease in influence of Liberalparties, the strengthening of positions of the Liberal Democratic Party, the beginning of revival of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. 4. 1996 - 1999 - the strengthening of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in regions, the central power is supervised by Liberal parties. 5. 1999 - 2003 - the change of the basic opposition of the "left" and the "right" changes to the rivalry of the "left" of the Communist Parties of the Russian Federation and centrists ("Yedinstvo (Unity)", "Yedinaya (United) Russia"). There is a decrease in the influence of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the strengthening of the position of the "party in power". 6. Since 2004 - the strengthening and control of "Yedinaya (United) Russia" of the central and regional powers. There also were structural changes in the oppositional component. There is a conclusion in the article that the role and the place of the opposition in the Russian political system are not the long-standing phenomenon yet. And the decrease of interest to opposition parties on the part of the society is observed in practical activities today

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