The Russian Party (Russian: Русская партия; Serbian Cyrillic: Руска странка, romanized: Ruska stranka, abbr. RS) is a political party in Serbia representing the Russian minority.[2] In addition to the small Russian minority, the party also gathers a large number of pro-Russian citizens, mostly Serbs. The party's president is Slobodan Nikolić, a former vice-president of the People's Peasant Party.[3] The party competed in the 2023 parliamentary election in alliance with the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
Russian Party Руска странка Ruska stranka Русская партия | |
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| Abbreviation | RS |
| Leader | Slobodan Nikolić |
| Founded | 9 June 2013 |
| Split from | People's Peasant Party |
| Headquarters | Cerska 17/4, Šabac |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colors | Blue |
| Slogan | "Srbija ka istoku" ("Serbia to the East") |
| National Assembly | 1 / 250 |
| Assembly of Vojvodina | 1 / 120 |
| City Assembly of Belgrade | 0 / 110 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Programme
According to its program, the Russian Party advocates Serbia's entry into the Eurasian Economic Union, and the full membership of Serbia in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.[4] The party also advocates increasing cooperation with the Russian Federation in the field of economy, culture and education.[5]
Electoral performance
Parliamentary elections
| Year | Leader | Popular vote | % of popular vote | # | # of seats | Seat change | Coalition | Status | Ref. |
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| 2014 | Slobodan Nikolić | 6,547 | 0.19% |  15th | 0 / 250 |  0 | – | Extra-parliamentary | [6] |
| 2016 | 13,777 | 0.38% |  16th | 0 / 250 | 0 | – | Extra-parliamentary | [7] | |
| 2020 | 6,295 | 0.20% | 21st | 0 / 250 | 0 | – | Extra-parliamentary | [8] | |
| 2022 | Did not participate | 0 / 250 | 0 | – | Extra-parliamentary | ||||
| 2023 | 11,369 | 0.31% | 14th | 1 / 250 | 1 | RS–NKPJ | TBA | ||
Presidential elections
| Year | Candidate | 1st round popular vote | % of popular vote | 2nd round popular vote | % of popular vote | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Did not participate | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |