Decommunization in Russia - Re-establishment of The Communist Party

Re-establishment of The Communist Party

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation was reestablished in February 1993. A number of smaller communist parties claimed to be successors of the CPSU as well.

Unlike in many other countries of the former Soviet bloc, lustration of senior Communist Party and KGB officials in Russia was staunchly resisted and has never been implemented. Many of them have remained in power. In fact, most of the modern Russian politicians started their careers in the Soviet Union. A law project on lustration was first proposed to the parliament in December 1992 by Galina Starovoytova, but it has never been passed.

The persons arrested in connection with of the August Coup were released from prison in 1992, and the charges were lifted under amnesty by the State Duma on February 23, 1994. Vasily Starodubtsev was the Governor of Tula Oblast in 1997-2005, Anatoly Lukyanov was a deputy of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the State Duma in 1993-2003, Valentin Varennikov has been a deputy in the State Duma since 1995 (Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Rodina), the latter two were heads of parliamentary committees.

There has been no deliberate attempt to deal with the Soviet past for Russia as a society.