Russian Opposition Coordination Council Explained

Opposition Coordination Council
Native Name:	Координационный совет оппозиции
Native Name Lang:	ru
Abbreviation:	KSO (English) КСО (Russian)
Colorcode:	737587
Chairman:	Alexei Navalny Garry Kasparov Gennady Gudkov Vladimir Tor Boris Nemtsov Alexey Gaskarov Mikhail Gelfand Sergei Davidis Ilya Konstantinov Ilya Yashin
Predecessor:	The Other Russia
Successor:	Free Russia Forum
Affiliation1 Title:	Member parties
Affiliation1:	RPR-PARNAS Solidarnost People's Alliance Russia Behind Bars 5th of December Party Left Front United Civil Front Green Alliance Yabloko
Membership Year:	2012
Membership:	45
Ideology:	Liberal democracy Anti-Putinism
Position:	Big tent
Headquarters:	Moscow
Colours:	White Grey
Slogan:	"Russia without Putin!" (Russian: "Россия без Путина!")
Website:	kso-russia.org (archived)
Country:	Russia

The Russian Opposition Coordination Council (OCC or KSO; Russian: Координационный совет российской оппозиции, КСО – Koordinatsionnyy sovet rossiyskoy oppozitsii, KSO) was a council created in October 2012 by Russian protesters. Due to the fractured nature of the opposition, in June 2012 activists decided to create a 45-member Opposition Coordination Council (OCC), which would try to coordinate and direct dissent in Russia.

Elections for the council were held on 20–22 October 2012. 170,000 people had registered on the site cvk2012.org, of whom nearly 98,000 were classed as "verified" and nearly 82,000 had cast their votes.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] The council was dissolved in October 2013.

Members by votes

Most votes were cast for Alexei Navalny.

Civil activists list

Left politicians list

Alexey Gaskarov
Ekaterina Aitova
Aleksandr Nikolaev
Akim Palachev
Leonid Razvozzhayev

Liberal politicians list

Sergey Davidis
Andrey Pivovarov
Anton Dolgikh
Anna Karetnikova
Pyotr Tsarkov

Nationalist politicians list

Daniil Konstantinov
Ogor Artemov
Nikolay Bondarik
Konstantin Krylov
Vladimir Tor

External links

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Notes and References

Web site: Central electoral committee of the Russian Opposition . https://archive.today/20121220152448/http://www.cvk2012.org/ . 2012-12-20 . live . (Official site – in Russian). Retrieved 9 November 2012.
Web site: The Other Russia . https://archive.today/20120523202618/http://www.theotherrussia.org/ . 2012-05-23 . live . . Retrieved 9 November 2012.
News: Russian opposition "election" hit by cyber attack: organizers . Reuters . 20 October 2012 . https://archive.today/20130201091358/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/20/net-us-russia-onlinevote-idUSBRE89J0BM20121020 . 2013-02-01 . live ., Reuters, 20 October 2012. Retrieved 9 Nov 2012.
News: Anti-Putin opposition elected in Russian online poll . BBC News . 23 October 2012 . https://archive.today/20130418143525/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20037209 . 2013-04-18 . live ., BBC, 23 October 2012. Retrieved 9 Nov 2012.
News: Russia's opposition ballot: The country's other elections . BBC News . 19 October 2012 . https://archive.today/20130418143519/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19994303 . 2013-04-18 . live ., BBC, 19 October 2012. Retrieved 9 Nov 2012.
Web site: Post-election schism in Russia's opposition parties . 9 November 2012 . https://archive.today/20130417120457/http://rbth.ru/articles/2012/11/09/post-election_schism_in_russias_opposition_parties_19949.html . 2013-04-17 . live ., Russia Beyond the Headlines, 9 November 2012. Retrieved 9 Nov 2012.