Russian Party of Freedom and Justice

The Russian Party of Freedom and Justice (RPSS; ) is a political party in Russia established and registered in 2012 as Communist Party of Social Justice. History The party was created with the participation of the leader of the Democratic Party of Russia and politician Andrey Bogdanov. In the 2013 elections in Volgograd, the party received 5.04% (9055 votes) breaking the five-percent threshold and received one seat in the city Parliament. In 2014, Bogdanov became party leader, succeeding Yuri Morozov in this post. Andrei Brezhnev, grandson of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev, was elected First Secretary of the Central Committee of the party. In this year's election, Brezhnev was the candidate for the Parliament of Crimea and Sevastopol, but the party did not win any seats.