For political parties with similar names, see Democratic Union.
Democratic Union (Russian: Демократический Союз) is a Russian liberal party led by a controversial Russian female politician Valeriya Novodvorskaya. The orientation has been radically liberal and pro-reform. The party charter specifies the main goals of the organization (among others) as follows:
- popularization of liberal ideas
- strengthening the rule of law
- supporting liberal reforms
- support and protection of private property
- fighting against occurrence of communism, nazism, fascism, socialism.
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