Russian Party (Serbia)

Russian Party Руска странка Ruska stranka Русская партия
Abbreviation	RS
Leader	Slobodan Nikolić
Founded	9 June 2013 (2013-06-09)
Split from	People's Peasant Party
Headquarters	Cerska 17/4, Šabac
Ideology	Russian minority interests[1] Serbian nationalism[1] Social conservatism[1] Russophilia[1]
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.ruskastranka.rs
Politics of Serbia Political parties Elections

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.

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

National Assembly of Serbia

Year	Leader	Popular vote	% of popular vote	#	# of seats	Seat change	Coalition	Status	Ref.
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

References