New People (political party)

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New People
Новые люди
LeaderAlexey Nechayev
Founded1 March 2020; 23 months ago (2020-03-01)
Headquarters22nd building, Malaya Yakimanka Street
Moscow, Russia
Ideology
Political positionCentre[4] to centre-right[2]
National affiliationAll-Russia People's Front[5]
Colours  Turquoise
  Black
Seats in the Federation Council
0 / 170
Seats in the State Duma
15 / 450
Seats in the Regional Parliaments
34 / 3,987
Website
newpeople.ru
Alexey Nechayev, founder and current leader of the party

New People (Russian: Новые люди, romanized: Novyye lyudi) is a political party in Russia formed in Moscow on 1 March 2020. New People is considered a liberal party, and observers have called it centrist[4] or centre-right.[2]

It was established in March 2020 by Alexey Nechayev, the founder of the Russian cosmetics company Faberlic.[6] Nechayev was elected as party chairman during the second party congress, held on August 8, 2020. Alexander Davankov is the head of the party executive committee.

In 2020 the party entered four regional parliaments on party lists, earning the right to participate in the 2021 elections to the State Duma without collecting voters' signatures.[7]

The party opposed many policies of the ruling United Russia, although is supportive towards Vladimir Putin specifically[8] and has been accused of being a spoiler party to attract young and liberal voters.[9]

History[]

Party faction in the 8th State Duma during meeting with finance minister Anton Siluanov

In January 2020, Alexey Nechayev announced the party's creation to the media.

On 1 March 2020, the constituent congress of New People was held. 55 party regional branches were created. Official party registration was received from the Russian Ministry of Justice at the end of March.[10]  

In April 2020, the party sent an appeal to the State Duma and the Federation Council and called on them to adopt additional laws eliminating contradictions in respect of the absence of an official emergency regime in the country.[11]

As of 1 July 2020, New People had 55 registered regional branches, which began preparing to take part in the regional elections of September 2020 in 12 regions of the country. Also, the party declared its readiness and intent to take part in the elections to the State Duma in 2021.[12][13]

On 8 August 2020, the second congress of the party was held in Moscow at which its founder Alexey Nechayev was elected chairman of the party.

At the end of 2020, the party announced that its election campaign for the State Duma of the VIII convocation would be led by the well-known political strategist Yevgeny Minchenko.

On 4 July 2021, a party congress was held at which the party's list and candidates for participation in the 2021 legislative election were nominated. Party leader Alexey Nechaev headed the federal list of the party. The second number in the federal list was the former Mayor of Yakutsk Sardana Avksentyeva.[14]

According to the election results, the party gained 5.3% of the vote, winning 13 seats in the State Duma. New People became the first party not from the "big four" (UR, CPRF, LDPR and SRZP) since 2007 to overcome the 5% barrier and form its own faction.[15] In addition to the 13 deputies elected on the party list of the party, the New People faction also included two independent deputies elected in single-mandate constituencies: Dmitry Pevtsov and Oleg Leonov.[16]

Ideology[]

According to electronic media, the party's goal is to "reorient the state" from caring for officials to serving citizens.[17][18]

The party has a centre-right ideology and considers self-employed people, as well as representatives of small business, its social base. It combines support for the values of popular capitalism such as private property, a competitive economy, a decrease in the state's share in governing the country, with a social agenda, the rights of people with disabilities and an accessible barrier-free environment, as well as environmental issues, animal protection, garbage collection problems.[12]

An important part of the party's position is the renewal and modernization of management systems and political institutions. Support for the development of modern technologies, science and education is declared.[19]

The party attracts social entrepreneurs and activists from the regions as candidates, focusing on the regional agenda.[20]

  • The party proposes to make electable positions of heads of city and regional police departments, district inspectors, prosecutors and mayors of cities. They also raise the issue of banning one person from holding one position more than twice in a lifetime.[19]
  • The party also proposes to reduce the number of state structures and officials, to reduce the powers of police and other government security structures, which the party members call inflated, to limit the costs of maintaining officials and state top managers.[21]
  • The party considers it necessary to carry out a large-scale reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other power structures. One of their proposals for reform is to double the salaries of ordinary police officers.[22]
  • It is important for the party to shift budget funding from Moscow to the construction of infrastructure and job creation in the regions. The party also demands that each person be provided free of charge land for the construction of his own house or estate no further than 150 km from the place of actual residence.[23]
  • Related to this is the theme of road construction and road safety announced by the New People. The statements of the party representatives contain specific measures related to the establishment of warranty periods for road repairs, the prohibition of "mobile ambushes", the dismantling of 50% of traffic cameras and the installation of separators on the highways.[24]
  • Party leader Alexey Nechayev and other party members have repeatedly proposed to increase the border of the special tax regime for the self-employed to 5 million rubles of income per year.[25] Another important aspect of stimulating business, from the point of view of the party, is to start teaching children the basics of entrepreneurship and financial literacy at school.[26]
  • A number of specific nutrition and health initiatives have also been added to the party program. The party is in favor of increasing the federal subsidy for school and pre-school meals by at least 50%, as well as a ban on harmful substances (antibiotics, trans fats and growth hormones) in the food of Russians.[27]
  • The party declares that all enterprises that harm the health of Russians are obliged to reduce the harmful effect: either modernize production or close down.[27]
  • The electoral barrier for the passage of parties to the State Duma "New People" propose to reduce from 5% of the number of voters to 1 million votes. Elections are proposed to be held in electronic form, and for participation in them, citizens should be awarded incentive points for paying for housing and communal services or taxes.[21]
  • The party proposes to increase the participation of citizens in state and municipal government by expanding the practice of people's budgeting.
  • The party stands for the abolition of laws used to implement state censorship: in particular, the law on extremism and the law on insulting government officials.[27]

Elections[]

On 1 June 2020, the Ministry of Justice added the party to the list of associations eligible to participate in elections.[28]

Election commissions did not allow party lists to participate in the elections in the Belgorod and Voronezh Oblasts, as well as to the elections to the city duma of Rostov-on-Don, by rejecting voters signatures.[29][30][31][32]

On the Single Election Day, 13 September 2020, the party overcame the electoral barrier in all four regions where it participated, namely in Novosibirsk (7.0%), Kaluga (8.08%), Ryazan (5.7%) and Kostroma (7.5%). The party also took part in the elections to the Tomsk City Duma having received 10,945 votes.[33]

In the elections to the city duma of Krasnodar, the election commission announced the party's result in 4.97% of votes.[34] Party candidates also took part in municipal elections in Samara and Nizhny Novgorod.[35]

The party ranked second in terms of financial expenditures in the elections in the third quarter of 2020, spending 179 million rubles, after United Russia with 261 million rubles.[36]

Election results[]

Federal parliamentary elections[]

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Rank Government
2021 Alexey Nechayev 2,997,676 5.32
13 / 450
 5th Opposition

Regional parliamentary elections[]

Regional parliaments of Russia in which New People is represented.

Regional parliament Election year and amount of Seats Current seats Next election
No. Position
2020 2021 2022
 Republic of Karelia 0 1
1 / 36
 2026
 Kamchatka Krai 0 1
1 / 28
 2026
 Krasnoyarsk Krai 0 2
2 / 52
 2026
 Perm Krai 0 2
2 / 60
 2026
 Amur Oblast 0 1
1 / 27
 2026
 Astrakhan Oblast 0 1
1 / 44
 2026
 Kaluga Oblast 2
2 / 40
 3rd[a] 2025
 Kirov Oblast 0 1
1 / 40
 2026
 Kursk Oblast 0 1
1 / 45
 2026
 Kostroma Oblast 1
1 / 35
 4th[a] 2025
 Lipetsk Oblast 0 1
1 / 42
 2026
 Moscow Oblast 0 1
1 / 52
 2026
 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 0 1
1 / 52
 2026
 Novgorod Oblast 0 1
1 / 32
 2026
 Novosibirsk Oblast 3
3 / 76
 4th 2025
 Omsk Oblast 0 2
2 / 44
 2026
 Oryol Oblast 0 1
1 / 50
 2026
 Ryazan Oblast 1
1 / 40
 4th[a] 2025
 Pskov Oblast 0 1
1 / 26
 3rd[a] 2026
 Samara Oblast 0 1
1 / 50
 4th[a] 2026
 Sverdlovsk Oblast 0 2
2 / 50
 2026
 Saint Petersburg 0 3
3 / 50
 4th 2026

Leaders[]

  1. Irena Lukyanova,[37] 1 March – 8 August 2020
  2. Alexey Nechayev,[38] since 8 August 2020

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Tied with other parties.

References[]

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  3. ^ https://newpeople.ru/program_newpeople Мы - партия «Новые люди»
  4. ^ a b "In Russia, Communists Are Standing Up Against Putin's Fraud". Jacobin. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022. Among other parties, the social-democratic “A Just Russia” took 7.5 percent, the centrist “New People” 5 percent, and the far-right Liberal Democratic Party of Russia its worst showing in recent history, with 7.5 percent backing.
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  13. ^ "Партия основателей Faberlic сообщила о допуске к региональным выборам". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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  15. ^ ""Протестный избиратель пошел искать другой способ канализировать свой протест"". ZNAK (in Russian). Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Певцов и Леонов войдут во фракцию "Новые люди" Госдумы VIII созыва". ТАСС (in Russian). Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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  19. ^ a b "Осень перемен - Аргументы Недели". argumenti.ru. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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  21. ^ a b "Полиция должна стать бережной, а правда — истиной". Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  22. ^ "Для реальной реформы МВД надо сделать всего три шага". www.mk.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  23. ^ "Лучшие проекты – в Москву. НОВЫЕ ЛЮДИ Костромы отправились покорять столицу". Kostroma.Today (in Russian). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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  28. ^ "Минюст РФ разрешил партии основателей компании Faberlic участвовать в выборах". ТАСС. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  29. ^ ""Яблоко", "Новых людей" и "Партию Роста" не пустили на выборы в гордуму Ростова". 161.ru (in Russian). 13 August 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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  32. ^ "Партия "Новые люди" собрала в Воронеже больше 50 тыс. подписей в свою поддержку". Вести Воронеж (in Russian). 27 July 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  33. ^ ""Конечно, будем участвовать в выборах в Госдуму"". Газета.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  34. ^ "Депутатский расклад". Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  35. ^ "ЦИК подвела предварительные итоги выборов". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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  37. ^ «Новые люди» спрятались от старых
  38. ^ "Алексей Нечаев стал председателем партии "Новые люди"". РИА Новости (in Russian). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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