Party of Peace and Unity

Party of Peace and Unity
Party of Peace and Unity; Партия мира и единства
Abbreviation	PME (English); ПМЕ (Russian)
Leader	Sazhi Umalatova
Founder	Sazhi Umalatova; Ivan Shashviashvili
Founded	14 December 1996; 12 May 2012 (refoundation)
Dissolved	23 November 2008
Merged into	Patriots of Russia (2008-2012)
Headquarters	4/3th building, Kuznetsky Most Street; Moscow, Russia
Newspaper	Voice of unity
Ideology	Internationalism; Democratic socialism; Eurasianism; Putinism; Anti-Americanism; Soviet nationalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	All-Russia People's Front
Colours	Red; Purple
Slogan	"Peace People Unity"; (Russian: "Мир Народ Единство")
Seats in the State Duma	0 / 450
Seats in the Regional Parliaments	0 / 3,994
Party flag
Website
	http://pmerf.ru/
	Politics of Russia; Political parties; Elections;

Party of Peace and Unity (PME; Russian: Партия мира и единства; ПМЕ; Partiya mira i yedinstva, PME) is a socialist party in Russia.

It was founded in 1996, uniting several communist groups that opposed president Yeltsin's policies. Its leader was Sazhi Umalatova, a Russian politician of Chechen nationality, who was a devoted opponent of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. Umalatova supported the August coup in 1991 and the anti-Yeltsin opposition in the October 1993 events. However, she later became an ardent supporter of President Vladimir Putin.

At the December 7, 2003 legislative elections, the party won 0.25% of the popular vote and no seats. The party did not participate in the 2007 legislative election and merged with the party Patriots of Russia in 2008.

The party received 34 million barrels worth of oil vouchers in the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme, according to the paper "The Beneficiaries of Saddam's Oil Vouchers: The List of 270".[1]

The party was revived on May 24, 2012

References

"The Beneficiaries of Saddam's Oil Vouchers: The List of 270". The Middle East Media Research Institute. January 29, 2004. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2010.

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[oilbribelist-1] "The Beneficiaries of Saddam's Oil Vouchers: The List of 270". The Middle East Media Research Institute. January 29, 2004. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2010.