Union of Greens of Russia explained

Union of Greens of Russia
Native Name:Союз зелёных России
Native Name Lang:ru
Abbreviation:UGR (English)
СЗР (Russian)
Colorcode:
  1. 0B8413
Leader:Alexey Yablokov
Merged:Yabloko
Headquarters:Moscow, Russia
Ideology:Green politics
Environmentalism
Civil rights
Position:Centre-left
European:European Greens
Colours: Green
Website:rusgreen.ru
Country:Russia

The Union of Greens of Russia (UGR; Russian: Союз зелёных России; СЗР; Soyuz zelonykh Rossii, SZR) or Green Russia (Russian: Зелёная Россия; Zelonaya Rossiya) was a political party in Russia that was active from 2005 until 2006.

In 2005, the organization was founded as an independent party, but in 2006, it merged with the party Yabloko as an ecological faction "Green Russia". The "Union of Greens of Russia" and the faction "Green Russia" of Yabloko were headed by professor Alexey Yablokov, the founder of Greenpeace USSR in the 1980s.

The faction "Green Russia" is an associate member of the European Green Party.[1]

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  1. http://europeangreens.eu/parties/green-russia Green Russia