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{{Infobox political party|name=Communist Party of the Russian Federation|native_name=Коммунистическая Партия Российской Федерации|logo=CPRF logo.png|founded=14 February 1993|abbreviation=CPRF|leader1_title=General Secretary|leader1_name=[[Gennady Zyuganov]]|newspaper=Pravda|youth_wing=Komsomol|political_orientation=[[Marxism-Leninism]] (claimed)<ref>[[https://kommynist.ru/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%97%D1%8E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0#cite_ref-9:~:text=%C2%AB%D0%91%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D1%83%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%20%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F%20%5B%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%2D%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%5D%20%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%20%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%20%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%20%D0%B2%20%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%85%20%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2...%C2%BB%5B9%5D]]</ref><br>[[Reformism]]<ref>[https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1535|Геннадий Зюганов: постоянный второй номер большой политики]</ref><br>[https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Nationalism&#124; Russian Nationalism]<ref>[[https://kommynist.ru/%D0%A6%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%97%D1%8E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0#cite_ref-9:~:text=%C2%AB%D0%A1%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%BB%20%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9%20%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B8,%D0%B8%20%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%20%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%C2%BB]]</ref><br>[https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/LGBT%2B#Refuting_myths_about_homosexuality&#124; Anti-LGBT]<ref>[https://kprf.ru/activity/children/211250.html|«Родительскийотпор.рф» против растления детей ЛГБТ-пропагандой]</ref>|website=https://cprf.ru/}}{{Communist Parties}}
The '''Communist Party of the Russian Federation''' ('''CPRF''') (Russian: ''Kommunističeskaja Partija Rossijskoj Federatsii'', ''KPRF'') is a [[Reformism|reformist]] [[political party]] in [[Russia]] that claims to adhere to [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] philosophy, even though it rejects revolutionary struggle and does not aim to establish a [[dictatorship of the proletariat]].<ref>[https://kprf.ru/party/charter Устав КПРФ.] KPRF.ru</ref> It is the second-largest political party in the Russian Federation after United Russia. The youth organisation of the party is the [[Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation|Leninist Young Communist League]].

The party's stated goal is to establish a new, modernized form of [[socialism]] in Russia.<ref>{{News citation|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2011/12/06/can-russias-communist-party-make-a-comeback/2/|title=Can Russia's Communist Party Make A Comeback?|date=6 December 2011|access-date=2013-08-11|work=Forbes|first=Kenneth|last=Rapoza}}</ref> Immediate goals of the party include the [[nationalization]] of [[Geography of Russia#Natural%20resources%20and%20land%20use|natural resources]], [[Agriculture in Russia|agriculture]] and large industries within the framework of a [[mixed economy]] that allows for the growth of small and medium enterprises in the private sector.<ref>{{News citation|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/22/socialism-may-be-waning-but-not-for-young-russians/?page=all|title=Socialism may be waning, but not for young Russians|date=22 November 2012|access-date=2013-08-11}}</ref> It also promotes [[Reactionary|socially reactionary]] ideas as well as [[Nationalism|bourgeois nationalism]].<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Communist Party of the Russian Federation|title=PATRIOTS FOR A STRONG RUSSIA, AGAINST LAWLESSNESS, VIOLENCE AND POLICE EXCESSES|date=2021-12-6|url=https://cprf.ru/2021/12/patriots-for-a-strong-russia-against-lawlessness-violence-and-police-excesses/|retrieved=2022-6-28}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Communist Party of the Russian Federation|title=THE COUNTRY’S RUSSIAN CORE|date=2020-6-1|url=https://cprf.ru/2020/06/the-countrys-russian-core/|retrieved=2022-6-28}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Communist Party of the Russian Federation|title=CPRF: RUSSIA’S RESURGENCE CALLS FOR A NEW COURSE, A NEW TEAM AND A NEW POLICY|date=2016-8-31|url=https://cprf.ru/2016/08/cprf-russias-resurgence-calls-for-a-new-course-a-new-team-and-a-new-policy/|retrieved=2022-6-28}}</ref>

In 2014, the party called for Russia to formally recognise the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] and the [[Luhansk People's Republic]].<ref>{{News citation|url=http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/746089|title=TASS: Russia - Communist Party urges Russian leadership to recognise Novorossiya|work=TASS}}</ref>

== Party program ==
Under the present conditions in the Russian Federation, the CPRF calls for the following proposals:<ref name="kprf.ru">{{News citation|url=http://kprf.ru/party/program/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050102215355/http://www.kprf.ru/party/program/|archive-date=2005-01-02|url-status=dead|title=Программа партии|access-date=2015-03-13}}</ref>

* Stop the extinction of the country, restore benefits for large families, reconstruct the network of public kindergartens and provide housing for young families.
* Nationalise natural resources in Russia and the strategic sectors of the economy; revenues in these industries are to be used in the interests of all citizens.
* Return to Russia from foreign banks the state financial reserves and use them for economic and social development.
* Break the system of total fraud in the elections.
* Create a truly independent judiciary.
* Carry out an immediate package of measures to combat poverty and introduce price controls on essential goods.
* Not raise the retirement age.
* Restore government responsibility for housing and utilities, establish fees for municipal services in an amount not more than 10% of family income, stop the eviction of people to the streets and expand public housing.
* Increase funding for science and scientists to provide decent wages and all the necessary research.
* Restore the highest standards of universal and free secondary and higher education that existed during the Soviet era.
* Ensure the availability and quality of health care.
* Vigorously develop high-tech manufacturing.
* Ensure the food and environmental security of the country and support the large collective farms for the production and processing of agricultural products.
* Prioritise [[domestic debt]] over [[foreign debt]]
* Introduce progressive taxation; low-income citizens will be exempt from paying taxes.
* Create conditions for development of small and medium enterprises.
* Ensure the accessibility of cultural goods, stop the commercialisation of culture, defend Russian culture as the foundation of the spiritual unity of multinational Russia, the national culture of all citizens of the country.
* Stop the slandering of the [[History of Russia|Russian]] and [[History of the Soviet Union|Soviet history]].
* Take drastic measures to suppress corruption and crime.
* Strengthen national defense and expand social guarantees to servicemen and law enforcement officials.
* Ensure the territorial integrity of Russia and the protection of compatriots abroad.
* Institute a foreign policy based on mutual respect of countries and peoples to facilitate the voluntary restoration of the Union of States.

The party is in favour of cooperation with the [[Russian Orthodox Church]].<ref>{{News citation|url=https://kprf.ru/rus_soc/61751.html|title=Г.А. Зюганов о кончине Патриарха Алексия Второго: Он внес огромный вклад в дело возрождения церкви|work=kprf.ru}}</ref> According to the words of [[Gennady Zyuganov|Zyuganov]], the CPRF is a party of scientific, but not militant [[atheism]]. [[Propaganda]] of any [[religion]] is banned inside the party.<ref>[http://kprf.ru/pravda/issues/2012/111/article-41057/ Актуальные вопросы совершенствования идейно-теоретической работы партии] (2012)</ref> The CPRF celebrates the rule of Joseph Stalin.<ref>[https://ria.ru/20190404/1552382644.html]</ref> 

== Party Revisionism ==
Zyuganov and the party support social conservatism and voted in favor of the ban on the "promotion of non-traditional sexual relations to minors", commonly known as the [[Russian gay propaganda law]], as well as the transphobic law, banning gender reassignment procedures and transgender healthcare, which was passed in July 2023.<ref>[https://www.rbc.ru/politics/23/10/2015/5629f3689a7947066e293618]</ref><ref>{{News citation|url=https://themoscownews.com/politics/20140129/192192050-print/Russian-State-Duma-Possessed-printer-or-executor-of-the-peoples.html|title=Russian State Duma: 'Possessed printer' or executor of the people's will?|author=Natalia Antonova|date=2014-01-29|publisher=themoscownews.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301042652/http://themoscownews.com/politics/20140129/192192050-print/Russian-State-Duma-Possessed-printer-or-executor-of-the-peoples.html|archive-date=1 March 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://duma.gov.ru/news/57524/ Государственная Дума запретила смену пола в России.] duma.gov.ru</ref><ref>{{News citation|url=https://www.euronews.com/2013/06/11/russian-mps-vote-overwhelmingly-to-outlaw-gay-propaganda|title=Russian MPs vote overwhelmingly to outlaw gay 'propaganda'|date=2013-06-11|publisher=[[EuroNews]]|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref>

== History ==
The CPRF ran Nikolay Kharitonov in the 2024 presidential elections in the Russian Federation.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=RT|title=Early voting opens in Russian presidential election|date=2024-02-25|url=https://www.rt.com/russia/593112-early-vote-president-election/|retrieved=2024-02-25}}</ref> He secured 4.31% of the vote with 87.28% voter turnout.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=RT|title=Putin scores historic win in Russian presidential election – official results|date=2024-03-18|url=https://www.rt.com/russia/594390-putin-win-presidential-election/|retrieved=2024-03-18}}</ref>

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	The '''Communist Party of the Russian Federation''' ('''CPRF''') (Russian: ''Kommunističeskaja Partija Rossijskoj Federatsii'', ''KPRF'') is a [[Reformism\|reformist]] [[political party]] in [[Russia]] that claims to adhere to [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist–Leninist]] philosophy, even though it rejects revolutionary struggle and does not aim to establish a [[dictatorship of the proletariat]].<ref>[https://kprf.ru/party/charter Устав КПРФ.] KPRF.ru</ref> It is the second-largest political party in the Russian Federation after United Russia. The youth organisation of the party is the [[Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation\|Leninist Young Communist League]].		The '''Communist Party of the Russian Federation''' ('''CPRF''') (Russian: ''Kommunističeskaja Partija Rossijskoj Federatsii'', ''KPRF'') is a [[Reformism\|reformist]] [[political party]] in [[Russia]] that claims to adhere to [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist–Leninist]] philosophy, even though it rejects revolutionary struggle and does not aim to establish a [[dictatorship of the proletariat]].<ref>[https://kprf.ru/party/charter Устав КПРФ.] KPRF.ru</ref> It is the second-largest political party in the Russian Federation after United Russia. The youth organisation of the party is the [[Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation\|Leninist Young Communist League]].