This article lists political parties in Russia. Russia has a multi-party system. Currently there are four parties that make up the federal parliament, the State Duma, with one dominant party (United Russia).
Last year there were only seven parties in Russia, and every new attempt to register new independent parties was blocked, but after a series of protests, the law was changed and the number of registered parties quickly increased to more than 35 in August 2012. About 200 parties are in creation stage now.
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