Union of People for Education and Science
Union of People for Education and Science Союз людей за образование и науку | |
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| Abbreviation | SLON (English) СЛОН (Russian) |
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| Founded | November 16, 2002 |
| Dissolved | April 16, 2007[1] |
| Split from | Yabloko |
| Headquarters | 41st Building, 9th Parkovaya Street, Moscow, Russia |
| Newspaper | Open newspaper |
| Ideology | Social liberalism Social democracy Support of science and education |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
| Colours | Purple Periwinkle |
| Website | |
| slon-party.ru | |
The Union of People for Education and Science or UPES party (Russian: Союз людей за образование и науку, партия СЛОН, romanized: Soyuz lyudey za obrazovaniye i nauku, Partiya SLON, lit. 'Elephant Party') was a social-liberal political party that existed in Russia from 2002 to 2007.
The party was formed by a group of politicians who left Yabloko, led by . Their political priorities included social protection, general liberal values, and support for science and education.[2] The party received 0.17% of the vote in the 2003 Russian legislative election.[3] On October 30, 2004, the party joined a coalition with the Patriotic Party of Russia. On March 21, 2005, the party signed an agreement with the Russian Party of Life.[4] On August 8, 2006, the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography ruled that the party lacks the legally required number of members, and it was dissolved in February 2007.
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