New People (political party)
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{{Infobox political party
| name = New People
| native_name = Новые люди
| logo = New People logo.svg
| logo_size =
| chairperson = Alexey Nechayev
| leader1_title = Deputy Chairpersons
| leader1_name = Alexander Davankov
Viktor Zvagelskyhttps://www.interfax.ru/russia/964689 Бизнес-омбудсмен Титов возглавил федеральный политсовет "Новых людей"
| leader2_title = {{abbr|FPC|Federal Political Council}} Chairman
| leader2_name = Boris Titovhttps://www.rbc.ru/politics/19/04/2024/6622391b9a7947b057605f98 «Новые люди» и Партия роста объявили об объединении
| colorcode = {{party color|New People (political party)}}
| founder = Alexey Nechayev
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2020|3|1|df=y}}
| merger = Party of Growthhttps://www.rbc.ru/politics/19/04/2024/6622391b9a7947b057605f98 «Новые люди» и Партия роста объявили об объединении (2024)
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| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
|Liberalism (Russian)[http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/russia.html Partija "Novyie Ljudi" (NL)] (tr. "Party "New People"") Liberalism www.parties-and-elections.eu
|Communitarianism{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://radiokp.ru/politika/chto-novogo-prinosyat-rossiyskoy-politike-novye-lyudi_nid38237_au8118au|title=What's New New People bring to Russian politics|author=Alexey Markov|website=radiokp.ru|date=2020-09-02|access-date=2020-09-08}}
|Regionalism{{cite journal |last1=Vadim |first1=Shtepa |title=How New Are the 'New People' in Russia's Parliament? |journal=Eurasia Daily Monitor |date=6 October 2021 |volume=18 |issue=152 |url=https://jamestown.org/program/how-new-are-the-new-people-in-russias-parliament/}}{{cite web |last1=Denis |first1=MacShane |title=A new party in Russia hopes to do politics the 'normal' way – but will it win them an election? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/russia-politics-new-peoples-party-putin-alexei-navalny-b404886.html |work=The Independent |access-date=7 September 2020}}
}}
| position = {{nowrap|Centre to centre-right}}
| headquarters = 22nd building, Malaya Yakimanka Street
Moscow, Russia
| national = Union of Progressive Political Forces
| international =
| european =
| membership_year = 2020
| membership =
| slogan = "People Matter More"
{{small|({{langx|ru|#ЛюдиВажнее}})}}https://newpeople.ru/storonnik Наш слоган — #ЛюдиВажнее.
| colours = {{color box|{{party color|New People (political party)}}|border=darkgray}} Turquoise
{{color box|#020001|border=darkgray}} Black
| seats1_title = Seats in the Federation Council
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|170|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}}
| seats2_title = Seats in the State Duma
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|16|450|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}}
| seats3_title = Seats in the Regional Parliaments
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|60|3987|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}}
| website = {{url|https://newpeople.ru/}}
| country = Russia
| flag =
}}
File:Alexey Nechayev (2021-09-25).jpg, founder and current leader of the party]]
New People ({{langx|ru|Новые люди|Novyye lyudi}}) is a political party in Russia formed in 2020. New People is considered a liberal party, and observers also often refer to it as centrist{{cite news|url=https://jacobinmag.com/2021/10/communist-party-russian-federation-general-election-vladimir-putin-voting-fraud |title= In Russia, Communists Are Standing Up Against Putin's Fraud |quote=Among other parties, the social-democratic “A Just Russia” took 7.5 percent, the centrist “New People” 5 percent, and the far-right Liberal Democratic Party of Russia its worst showing in recent history, with 7.5 percent backing. |work=Jacobin |date=27 October 2021 |access-date=18 January 2022}} or centre-right.
The party opposes many policies of the incumbent United Russia government, although it has adopted an agnostic to moderately supportive stance towards Vladimir Putin specifically. Its abstention in the vote to recognise the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics is an example.{{cite web|date=|access-date=16 September 2021|title=Russia|url=https://europeelects.eu/russia/|website=Europe Elects}} It has therefore been described by critics as a spoiler that attracts young and liberal voters.{{cite web|date=23 February 2021|access-date=16 September 2021|title=Looking for Something New in Russia's 'New People' Party|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/world/europe/russia-opposition-navalny.html|website=The New York Times}}
New People is led by cosmetic company Faberlic founder Alexey Nechayev since its first party congress, held on August 8, 2020, in Moscow. Alexander Davankov is the head of the party executive committee.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-01|title=В России создали партию "Новые люди" |trans-title=New people party created in Russia |url=https://ria.ru/20200301/1566042535.html|access-date=2021-01-19|website=РИА Новости|language=ru}}
The party won 5.43% of the nationwide vote in the 2021 Russian legislative election, gaining 13 seats.{{cite web|date=19 January 2021|title=Regulations for federal candidates elections|url=http://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_159349/6ddf587240f921d7fd7d0c0ed83d0ceafb99b687/ |work=www.consultant.ru}}
History
File:New People party faction in the 8 State Duma (2021-10-25).jpg during meeting with finance minister Anton Siluanov]]
In January 2020, Alexey Nechayev announced the party's creation to the media.
On 1 March 2020, the constituent congress of New People was held. 55 party regional branches were created. Official party registration was received from the Russian Ministry of Justice at the end of March.{{Cite web|title=«Новые люди» спрятались от старых |trans-title="New people" hid from the old ones |url=https://onf.ru/nechaev-aleksey-gennadevich/|access-date=2021-01-29|website=onf.ru|language=ru}}
In April 2020, the party sent an appeal to the State Duma and the Federation Council and called on them to adopt additional laws eliminating contradictions in respect of the absence of an official emergency regime in the country.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-23|title=Партийцы призвали Госдуму и Совфед отменить "режим ХЗ" и ввести борьбу с эпидемией в законные рамки |trans-title=The party members called on the State Duma and the Federation Council to cancel the "XZ regime" and introduce the fight against the epidemic within the legal framework |url=https://openmedia.io/news/n3/partijcy-prizvali-gosdumu-i-sovfed-otmenit-rezhim-xz-i-vvesti-borbu-s-epidemiej-v-zakonnye-ramki/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Открытые Медиа|language=ru-RU}}
As of 1 July 2020, New People had 55 registered regional branches, which began preparing to take part in the regional elections of September 2020 in 12 regions of the country. Also, the party declared its readiness and intent to take part in the elections to the State Duma in 2021.{{Cite web|title=Party of New People created in Russia|url=https://360tv.ru/news/obschestvo/v-rossii-sozdali-partiju-novyh-ljudej/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=360tv.ru|date=March 2020 |language=ru}}{{Cite web|title=Партия основателей Faberlic сообщила о допуске к региональным выборам |trans-title=Faberlic founding party announces admission to regional elections |url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5ed514389a7947667ae96ce6|access-date=2021-01-21|website=РБК|date=June 2020 |language=ru}}
On 8 August 2020, the second congress of the party was held in Moscow at which its founder Alexey Nechayev was elected chairman of the party.
At the end of 2020, the party announced that its election campaign for the State Duma of the VIII convocation would be led by the well-known political strategist Yevgeny Minchenko.
On 4 July 2021, a party congress was held at which the party's list and candidates for participation in the 2021 legislative election were nominated. Party leader Alexey Nechayev headed the federal list of the party. The second number in the federal list was the former Mayor of Yakutsk Sardana Avksentyeva.{{Cite web|title=Алексей Нечаев и Сардана Авксентьева возглавили список партии "Новые люди" на выборах в Госдуму |trans-title=Alexei Nechaev and Sardana Avksentieva topped the list of the New People party in the elections to the State Duma |url=https://www.mk.ru/social/2021/07/05/aleksey-nechaev-i-sardana-avksenteva-vozglavili-spisok-partii-novye-lyudi-na-vyborakh-v-gosdumu.html|access-date=2021-10-04|website=МК.RU|date=5 July 2021 |language=ru}}
According to the election results, the party gained 5.3% of the vote, winning 13 seats in the State Duma. New People became the first party not from the "big four" (United Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and A Just Russia — For Truth) since 2007 to overcome the 5% barrier and form its own faction.{{Cite web|title="Протестный избиратель пошел искать другой способ канализировать свой протест" |trans-title=The protest voter went looking for another way to channel his protest |url=https://www.znak.com/2021-09-19/novye_lyudi_stanovyatsya_pyatoy_partiey_v_gosdume_kak_eto_poluchilos|access-date=2021-10-04|website=ZNAK|language=ru}} In addition to the 13 deputies elected on the party list of the party, the New People faction also included two independent deputies elected in single-mandate constituencies: Dmitry Pevtsov and Oleg Leonov.{{Cite web|title=Певцов и Леонов войдут во фракцию "Новые люди" Госдумы VIII созыва |trans-title=Pevtsov and Leonov will join the "New People" faction of the State Duma of the VIII convocation |url=https://tass.ru/politika/12633549|access-date=2021-10-25|website=ТАСС|language=ru}}
On 15 February 2022, New People's Duma faction voted against the recognition of the separatist regions of Ukraine as independent states. In a statement the party warned against jeopardizing peace and human lives in an escalating Ukraine conflict and accused the political leadership of distracting from internal affairs by seeking conflict with other nations.{{Cite web |title=Новые люди против войны |trans-title=New people against war |url=https://newpeople.ru/News/novye-lyudi-protiv-vojny |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Партия Новые люди}} However, the party later withdrew its statement and proclaimed its support for the invasion.{{cite web |last1=Zamakhina |first1=Tatiana |date=24 February 2022 |title="New People" Agree that Peace Cannot Solve the Problem with Ukraine |url=https://rg.ru/2022/02/24/novye-liudi-soglasny-chto-mirom-problemu-s-ukrainoj-ne-reshit.html |access-date= |website=Rossiskaya Gazeta |publisher=}}
On 16 August 2022, the party called for Instagram to be unblocked.{{cite web | url=https://newpeople.ru/News/novye-lyudi-predlozhili-razblokirovat-instagram?nocache= | title=Новые люди предложили разблокировать Instagram }}
On 24 December 2023, it was reported that the Party of Growth will be merged with New People, both parties are already part of the informal political alliance Union of Progressive Political Forces.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2023/12/24/1012665-partiya-rosta-prisoedinitsya-k-novim-lyudyam|title=Партия роста присоединится к «Новым людям»|date=24 December 2023 }} At a joint congress on 19 April 2024, the New People and the Growth Party announced a legal unification, and all delegates voted for the unification. The parties will operate under the general name “New People”. Growth Party leader Boris Titov will head the federal political council.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=«Новые люди» и Партия роста объявили об объединении |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/19/04/2024/6622391b9a7947b057605f98 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=РБК |language=ru}} The only State Duma deputy from the Growth Party, Oksana Dmitriyeva, announced that she would take the position of chairwoman of the regional branch of New People in Saint Petersburg. At the same time, she stated that she did not intend to join the New People faction in the Duma.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=Оксана Дмитриева возглавит реготделение партии «Новые люди» в Петербурге {{!}} Санкт-Петербург |url=https://fedpress.ru/news/78/policy/3312485 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=ФедералПресс |language=ru-RU}}
Ideology
According to mass media, the party's goal is to "reorient the state" from caring for officials to serving citizens.{{Cite web|title=Политическая партия "Новые Люди" |trans-title=Political party "New People" |url=https://minjust.gov.ru/ru/documents/7816/|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Министерство юстиции Российской Федерации|language=ru}}{{Cite web|title=Партия основателей Faberlic сообщила о допуске к региональным выборам |trans-title=Faberlic founding party announces admission to regional elections |url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5ed514389a7947667ae96ce6|access-date=2021-01-24|website=РБК|date=June 2020 |language=ru}}
The party has a centre-right ideology and considers self-employed people, as well as representatives of small business, its social base. It combines support for the values of popular capitalism such as private property, a competitive economy, a decrease in the state's share in governing the country, with a social agenda, the rights of people with disabilities and an accessible barrier-free environment, as well as environmental issues, animal protection, garbage collection problems.
An important part of the party's position is the renewal and modernization of management systems and political institutions. Support for the development of modern technologies, science and education is declared.{{Cite web|title=Осень перемен – Аргументы Недели |trans-title=Autumn of Changes – Arguments of the Week |url=https://argumenti.ru/opinion/2020/09/686035|access-date=2021-01-24|website=argumenti.ru}}
The party attracts social entrepreneurs and activists from the regions as candidates, focusing on the regional agenda.{{Cite web|title=Есть запрос |trans-title=Have a request |url=https://www.mk.ru/politics/2020/07/29/est-zapros.html|access-date=2021-01-24|website=www.mk.ru|date=29 July 2020 |language=ru}}
- The party proposes to make electable positions of heads of city and regional police departments, district inspectors, prosecutors and mayors of cities. They also raise the issue of banning one person from holding one position more than twice in a lifetime.
- The party also proposes to reduce the number of state structures and officials, to reduce the powers of police and other government security structures, which the party members call inflated, to limit the costs of maintaining officials and state top managers.{{Cite news|title=Полиция должна стать бережной, а правда — истиной |trans-title=The police must become careful, and the truth – the truth |work=Коммерсантъ|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4377334|access-date=2021-01-24}}
- The party considers it necessary to carry out a large-scale reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other power structures. One of their proposals for reform is to double the salaries of ordinary police officers.{{Cite web|title=Для реальной реформы МВД надо сделать всего три шага |trans-title=Only three steps need to be taken for a real reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs |url=https://www.mk.ru/social/2020/07/07/dlya-realnoy-reformy-mvd-nado-sdelat-vsego-tri-shaga.html|access-date=2021-01-24|website=www.mk.ru|date=7 July 2020 |language=ru}}
- It is important for the party to shift budget funding from Moscow to the construction of infrastructure and job creation in the regions. The party also demands that each person be provided free of charge land for the construction of his own house or estate no further than 150 km from the place of actual residence.{{Cite web|title=Лучшие проекты – в Москву. НОВЫЕ ЛЮДИ Костромы отправились покорять столицу |trans-title=The best projects go to Moscow. NEW PEOPLE of Kostroma set off to conquer the capital |url=https://kostroma.today/novosti-partnerov/luchshie-proekty-v-moskvu-novye-lyudi-kostromy-otpravilis-pokoryat-stolicu/|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Kostroma.Today|date=11 August 2020 |language=ru}}
- Related to this is the theme of road construction and road safety announced by the New People. The statements of the party representatives contain specific measures related to the establishment of warranty periods for road repairs, the prohibition of "mobile ambushes", the dismantling of 50% of traffic cameras and the installation of separators on the highways.{{Cite web|title=Алексей Нечаев, основатель партии "Новые люди": Есть простые способы сделать дороги безопаснее |trans-title=Alexei Nechaev, founder of the New People party: There are simple ways to make roads safer |url=https://dni.ru/auto/2020/7/9/454334.html|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Дни ру|language=ru}}
- Party leader Alexey Nechayev and other party members have repeatedly proposed to increase the border of the special tax regime for the self-employed to 5 million rubles of income per year.{{Cite web|title=Россия будет прирастать самозанятыми |trans-title=Russia will grow self-employed |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/social/2020/07/08/13145173.shtml|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Газета.Ru|language=ru}} Another important aspect of stimulating business, from the point of view of the party, is to start teaching children the basics of entrepreneurship and financial literacy at school.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-25|title=Партия "Новые люди" пойдет на выборы гордумы Томска |trans-title=Party "New People" will go to the elections of the City Duma of Tomsk |url=https://news.vtomske.ru/news/175302-partiya-novye-lyudi-poidet-na-vybory-gordumy-tomska|access-date=2021-01-24|website=vtomske.ru|language=ru}}
- A number of specific nutrition and health initiatives have also been added to the party program. The party is in favor of increasing the federal subsidy for school and pre-school meals by at least 50%, as well as a ban on harmful substances (antibiotics, trans fats and growth hormones) in the food of Russians.{{Cite web|title=Основные положения программы Политической партии "Новые Люди" |trans-title=The main provisions of the program of the Political Party "New People"|url=https://rg.ru/2020/06/26/partiya-dok.html|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Российская газета|language=ru}}
- The party declares that all enterprises that harm the health of Russians are obliged to reduce the harmful effect: either modernize production or close down.
- The electoral barrier for the passage of parties to the State Duma "New People" propose to reduce from 5% of the number of voters to 1 million votes. Elections are proposed to be held in electronic form, and for participation in them, citizens should be awarded incentive points for paying for housing and communal services or taxes.
- The party proposes to increase the participation of citizens in state and municipal government by expanding the practice of people's budgeting.
- The party stands for the abolition of laws used to implement state censorship: in particular, the law on extremism and the law on insulting government officials.
Elections
On 1 June 2020, the Ministry of Justice added the party to the list of associations eligible to participate in elections.{{Cite web|title=Минюст РФ разрешил партии основателей компании Faberlic участвовать в выборах |trans-title=The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation allowed the party of the founders of Faberlic to participate in elections |url=https://tass.ru/politika/8617331|access-date=2021-01-23|website=ТАСС}}
Election commissions did not allow party lists to participate in the elections in the Belgorod and Voronezh Oblasts, as well as to the elections to the city duma of Rostov-on-Don, by rejecting voters signatures.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-13|title="Яблоко", "Новых людей" и "Партию Роста" не пустили на выборы в гордуму Ростова |trans-title="Yabloko", "New People" and "Party of Growth" were not allowed to vote in the Rostov City Duma |url=https://161.ru/text/politics/2020/08/13/69419986/|access-date=2021-01-23|website=161.ru|language=ru}}{{Cite web|date=2020-08-11|title="Новые люди" не смогли зарегистрироваться на выборы в белгородскую облдуму |trans-title="New people" could not register for elections to the Belgorod Regional Duma |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4450393|access-date=2021-01-23|website=www.kommersant.ru|language=ru}}{{Cite web|date=2020-08-05|title=Воронежский избирком забраковал список "Новых людей" на выборы в облдуму |trans-title=Voronezh electoral committee rejected the list of "New people" for elections to the regional Duma |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4442866|access-date=2021-01-23|website=www.kommersant.ru|language=ru}}{{Cite web|date=2020-07-27|title=Партия "Новые люди" собрала в Воронеже больше 50 тыс. подписей в свою поддержку |trans-title=The New People party has collected more than 50,000 signatures in its support in Voronezh |url=https://vestivrn.ru/news/2020/07/27/partiya-novye-lyudi-sobrala-v-voronezhe-bolshe-50-tys-podpisei-v-svoyu-podderzhku/|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Вести Воронеж|language=ru-RU}}
On the Single Election Day, 13 September 2020, the party overcame the electoral barrier in all four regions where it participated, namely in Novosibirsk (7.0%), Kaluga (8.08%), Ryazan (5.7%) and Kostroma (7.5%). The party also took part in the elections to the Tomsk City Duma having received 10,945 votes.{{Cite web|title="Конечно, будем участвовать в выборах в Госдуму" |trans-title=Of course, we will participate in the elections to the State Duma |url=https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2020/09/14_a_13250995.shtml|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Газета.Ru|language=ru}}
In the elections to the city duma of Krasnodar, the election commission announced the party's result in 4.97% of votes.{{Cite news|title=Депутатский расклад|work=Коммерсантъ |trans-title=Deputy layout |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4492361|access-date=2021-01-23}} Party candidates also took part in municipal elections in Samara and Nizhny Novgorod.{{Cite web|title=ЦИК подвела предварительные итоги выборов |trans-title=The CEC summed up the preliminary results of the elections |url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/13/09/2020/5f5e5bb69a79477313a3edc8|access-date=2021-01-23|website=РБК|date=13 September 2020 |language=ru}}
The party ranked second in terms of financial expenditures in the elections in the third quarter of 2020, spending 179 million rubles, after United Russia with 261 million rubles.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-30|title=Партия "Новые люди" стала второй по доходам после "Единой России". В ТОП-10 не попала "Справедливая Россия" |trans-title=The New People party became the second in terms of income after United Russia. "Fair Russia" did not get into the TOP-10 |url=https://openmedia.io/news/n3/partiya-novye-lyudi-stala-vtoroj-po-doxodam-posle-edinoj-rossii-v-top-10-ne-popala-spravedlivaya-rossiya/|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Открытые Медиа|language=ru-RU}}
Election results
= Presidential elections =
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rowspan="2" | Election
! rowspan="2" | Candidate ! colspan="2" scope="col" | First round ! colspan="2" | Second round ! rowspan="2" | Result |
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Votes
! % ! Votes ! % |
2024
|align=left| Vladislav Davankov |3,362,484 |3.90 | style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"| |{{no2|Lost}} |
= Federal parliamentary elections=
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Election
!Leader !Votes !% !Seats !+/– !Rank !Government |
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rowspan="2"|2021
|rowspan="2" align=left |Alexey Nechayev |rowspan="2"|2,997,676 |rowspan="2"|5.32 |rowspan="2"|{{composition bar|13|450|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} |rowspan="2" bgcolor=lightgrey| |rowspan="2"|5th |{{no2|Opposition {{small|(2021–2024)}}}} |
{{partial2|Support {{small|(2024–)}}}} |
= Regional parliamentary elections =
Regional parliaments of Russia in which New People is represented.
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! rowspan="3" |Regional parliament ! colspan="6" rowspan="2" |Election year and amount of Seats ! colspan="2" |Current seats ! rowspan="3" |Next election |
rowspan="2" |No.
! rowspan="2" |Position |
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2020
!2021 !2022 !2023 !2024 !2025 |
{{flag|Republic of Karelia}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|36|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Tatarstan}}
|0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |2 |{{Composition bar|2|100|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2029 |
{{flag|Tuva}}
|0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|32|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2029 |
{{flag|Kamchatka Krai}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|28|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Khabarovsk Krai}}
|0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|36|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2029 |
{{flag|Krasnoyarsk Krai}}
|0 | colspan="5" |2 |{{Composition bar|2|52|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Perm Krai}}
|0 | colspan="5" |2 |{{Composition bar|2|60|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Amur Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|27|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Astrakhan Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|44|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Kaluga Oblast}}
| colspan="6" |2 |{{Composition bar|2|40|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} |3rd{{Efn|Tied with other parties.|name=rpe}} |2025 |
{{flag|Kirov Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|40|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Kursk Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|45|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Kostroma Oblast}}
| colspan="6" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|35|{{party color|New People (political party)}}}} |4th{{Efn|name=rpe}} |2025 |
{{flag|Lipetsk Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|42|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Moscow Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|52|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Nizhny Novgorod Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|52|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Novgorod Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|32|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{Flag|Novosibirsk Oblast}}
| colspan="6" |3 |{{Composition bar|3|76|{{party color|New People (political party)}}}} |4th |2025 |
{{flag|Omsk Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |2 |{{Composition bar|2|44|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Oryol Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|50|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Pskov Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|26|{{party color|New People (political party)}}}} |3rd{{Efn|Tied with other parties.|name=rpe}} |2026 |
{{Flag|Ryazan Oblast}}
| colspan="6" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|40|{{party color|New People (political party)}}}} |4th{{Efn|name=rpe}} |2025 |
{{flag|Sakhalin Oblast}}
|0 |0 | colspan="4" |2 |{{Composition bar|2|28|{{party color|New People (political party)}}}} |2nd{{Efn|Tied with other parties.|name=rpe}} |2027 |
{{Flag|Samara Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|50|{{party color|New People (political party)}}}} |4th{{Efn|name=rpe}} |2026 |
{{flag|Saratov Oblast}}
|0 |0 | colspan="4" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|45|{{party color|New People (political party)}}}} |5th{{Efn|Tied with other parties.|name=rpe}} |2027 |
{{flag|Sverdlovsk Oblast}}
|0 | colspan="5" |2 |{{Composition bar|2|50|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2026 |
{{flag|Volgograd Oblast}}
|0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|38|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2029 |
{{flag|Moscow}}
|0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |1 |{{Composition bar|1|45|hex={{party color|New People (political party)}}}} | |2029 |
{{flag|Saint Petersburg}}
|0 | colspan="5" |3 |{{Composition bar|3|50|{{party color|New People (political party)}}}} |4th |2026 |
Leaders
- Irena Lukyanova,{{Cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4274687 |title=«Новые люди» спрятались от старых |trans-title="New people" hid from the old ones |work=www.kommersant.ru|date=March 2020 }} 1 March – 8 August 2020
- Alexey Nechayev,{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://ria.ru/20200808/1575524766.html|title=Алексей Нечаев стал председателем партии "Новые люди" |trans-title=Alexei Nechaev became chairman of the New People party |website=РИА Новости |date=2020-08-08|access-date=2020-09-08}} since 8 August 2020
Criticism
The party, like other new parties that appeared at the beginning of 2020, is accused of spoiling, justifying this opinion by the fact of quick registration and the absence of obstacles from the authorities.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mk.ru/politics/2020/05/21/v-partiynom-inkubatore-vlasti-vylupilis-novye-gomunkuly.html |title=В партийном инкубаторе власти вылупились новые гомункулы |date=21 May 2020 |access-date=2021-04-27 |archive-date=2021-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707172921/https://www.mk.ru/politics/2020/05/21/v-partiynom-inkubatore-vlasti-vylupilis-novye-gomunkuly.html |url-status=live}} In addition, the leader of the New People, Alexey Nechayev, was a member of the Central Council of the All-Russia People's Front until 2021,{{Cite web |date=2021-12-21 |title=На Народном фронте не без перемен |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5141734 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Коммерсантъ |language=ru}} headed by Vladimir Putin. The party is also accused of having links with the current government. So, in December 2020, the party's campaign was headed by political strategist Yevgeny Minchenko, who is close to the presidential administration.{{Cite web |url=https://sobesednik.ru/politika/20201203-novym-lyudyam-napomnili-ih-mes |title=«Новым людям» напомнили их место. Кампанию возглавил политтехнолог Минченко |access-date=2021-04-27 |archive-date=2021-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429200650/https://sobesednik.ru/politika/20201203-novym-lyudyam-napomnili-ih-mes |url-status=live}} According to sources in the party leadership, Nechayev's entourage and the presidential administration, the new composition of the campaign headquarters should adjust the party's strategy so that the constitutional majority in the State Duma remains with United Russia, and the New People return to their electoral niche – educated middle class aged 18–30.{{Cite web |url=https://openmedia.io/news/n3/novyx-lyudej-poprosili-otdoxnut-partii-nechaeva-pomeshayut-poluchit-krupnuyu-frakciyu-po-itogam-vyborov-gosdumy/ |title=«Новых людей» попросили отдохнуть. Партии Нечаева помешают получить крупную фракцию по итогам выборов Госдумы |date=3 December 2020 |access-date=2021-04-27 |archive-date=2021-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810025744/https://openmedia.io/news/n3/novyx-lyudej-poprosili-otdoxnut-partii-nechaeva-pomeshayut-poluchit-krupnuyu-frakciyu-po-itogam-vyborov-gosdumy/ |url-status=live}}
Pavel Salin, director of the Center for Political Science Research at the Financial University under the Government, called the party "a spoiler for street protest activity".{{Cite web |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4449254 |title="Новые люди» позвали «старых" |date=10 August 2020 |access-date=2020-08-11 |archive-date=2021-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718161108/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4449254 |url-status=live}}
According to the results of the investigation by MBKh Media, the popularity of the party was ensured not so much by the creativity of its members or the "marathon of ideas", but by the promotion strategy in the regions. MBKh Media came to this conclusion in the course of studying the party's partnerships with regional media. Several media managers in different editions of the Central Federal District and the Southern Federal District confirmed to MBKh Media the facts of cooperation with the party without formalizing the relevant documents and complying with the law on advertising. Publications publish the materials needed by New People, covering its activities in a positive light, for money, without making a mandatory note about it in publications, as required by Russian law.{{Cite web|lang=ru|url=https://zapad24.ru/articles/83076-novye-ljudi-s-chernoj-kassoj-kak-partija-novye-ljudi-stala-populjarnoj-v-regionah.html|title=Новые люди с черной кассой. Как партия «Новые люди» стала «популярной в регионах»|website=ИА Запад24|access-date=2021-08-17|archive-date=2021-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817092320/https://zapad24.ru/articles/83076-novye-ljudi-s-chernoj-kassoj-kak-partija-novye-ljudi-stala-populjarnoj-v-regionah.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|lang=ru|url=https://mbk-news.appspot.com/suzhet/novye-lyudi-s-chernoj-kassoj/|title=Новые люди с черной кассой. Как партия «Новые люди» стала «популярной в регионах»|website=МБХ медиа — новости, тексты, видео, подкасты|date=2021-07-14|access-date=2021-08-17|archive-date=2021-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817070748/https://mbk-news.appspot.com/suzhet/novye-lyudi-s-chernoj-kassoj/|url-status=live}}
In the Legislative Assembly of Omsk Oblast, New People party opposed including on the agenda of the next session the issue of returning direct elections of mayors and district heads, although such an item was in their election program. At the same time, before the elections to the State Duma of the 8th convocation, the party spoke in its program about the need to return direct elections, the leader of New People, Nechayev, stated this at the federal level. As Ilya Smirnov, leader of New People faction in the Legislative Assembly of Omsk Oblast, later explained, the faction opposed the inclusion of the CPRF bill on the agenda, because the explanatory note to the bill stated that the bill would not require additional budget expenditures, while the mayoral elections cost money.{{Cite web |url=https://t.me/partynewpeople/475 |title=Telegram: Contact @partynewpeople |access-date=2021-11-05 |archive-date=2021-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105075436/https://t.me/partynewpeople/475 |url-status=live}}
The initiative of Sardana Avksentyeva to allow the law of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation to take measures to regulate the number of certain species of animals without owners on the basis of a local referendum received resonance.{{Cite web|url=https://iarex.ru/news/93147.html|title=Законопроект о праве регионов самим определять меры борьбы с бездомными собаками внесён в Госдуму|date=2023-04-03|website=ИА REX}} A little over a week later, a different bill of all factions{{Cite news|title=Покатились глаза собачьи. Почему «ответственное обращение с животными» в России хотят заменить на убийства|url=https://zona.media/article/2023/05/02/sad-dogs|website=Медиазона|date=2023-05-02}} except the CPRF was introduced into the State Duma, with the participation of Avksentyeva and her party colleague, Georgy Arapov, supported by the Government.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/society/25/04/2023/644798ff9a79476125eb35ac|title=Правительство поддержало право регионов усыплять бродячих собак|website=РБК|date=2023-04-25}} During the voting, New People party, with the exception of the co-authors of the supported bill (and Avksentyeva voted only in the first reading), opposed both initiatives.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/17/05/2023/6463b6a09a79479f6e9c46c5|title=Живодерство или защита: что важно знать о законе о безнадзорных животных|website=РБК|date=2023-05-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://vote.duma.gov.ru/vote/123694|title=Первое чтение. О проекте федерального закона № 328021-8 «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон «Об ответственном обращении с животными и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Российской Федерации» (в части обращения с животными без владельцев)|date=2023-07-20}}
During the gubernatorial elections of Altai Krai scheduled for 8–10 September 2023, the New People candidate Vladislav Vakaev, who spent 20 million rubles on his campaign, withdrew his candidacy in mid-August and supported the current governor from United Russia, Viktor Tomenko.{{Cite news|title=Кандидат «Новых людей» на пост главы Алтайского края потратил на кампанию 20 млн рублей. Теперь он снялся с выборов и поддержал губернатора|url=https://theins.ru/news/264268|website=The Insider|date=2023-08-15}} The regional branch of the party called the act of its nominee a betrayal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6161026|title=«Новые люди» назвали предательством отказ кандидата в губернаторы от участия в выборах|website=Коммерсантъ|date=2023-08-15}}
Sanctions
In December 2022 the EU sanctioned New People in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2477 of 16 December 2022 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.LI.2022.322.01.0466.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2022%3A322I%3ATOC |access-date=8 February 2023}}
Notes
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