Russia registers ‘non-feminist’ women’s party

Published time: May 30, 2012 08:55
Edited time: May 30, 2012 12:55
People attending the Bakshevskaya Maslenitsa festival held in the Ramenskoye district, Moscow region. (RIA Novosti/Alexander Utkin)

The Russian Justice Ministry has registered the For Women of Russia party that positions itself as non-feminist and with equal gender participation.

According to the ministry’s decree, the party’s numbers are around 100,000 and its founding convention that took place about a month ago gathered 90 representatives from 45 regions of the Russian Federation. The registration of For Women of Russia brings the number of official political parties in the country up to ten.

For Women of Russia existed as a public movement for many years, but re-registered as a political party only now, after Dmitry Medvedev’s amendments to legislation making the founding and existence of parties much simpler.

For Women of Russia states its objective as “restoration of the family and through the family of Russia’s spirituality”. Party leader Galina Khavrayeva has especially stressed that her organization is not a feminist movement. “We are not feminists, we have about 50 percent of male members and these people are heads of our regional offices,” the RIA-Novosti news agency quoted the politician as saying.

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TO:Melina (unregistered) (unregistered) 31.05.2012 21:26

Three largest export industries in the United States are weapons; Hollywood movies and Pornographic B movies. Now, yes, Russia has a problem because women in today's Russia are losing rights and power they gained during the Soviet era. In fact Soviet women have gained rights which women in the West have never reached. It is a fact therefore in today's Russia, women’s place in society is declining. This is the reason women in Russia want to form their own political organization. Most likely this will be a communist in orientation since women gained their greatest political power during the Soviet era. However, you here spreading nothing but vulgarity and anti-Russian hat message.

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Melina (unregistered) 31.05.2012 13:05

Rven (unregistered) wrote in #10
@Melina (unregistered)

this statement

" the reason Russian women are popular around the world - if that is true - is because there are so many Russian prostitutes! From Alaska to Australia (going the long way) they are to be found everywhere."

is a vulgar, hateful and uncalled for accusation, not to mention blatant racism against Russian women and people in general

as to your delusion about my comment

"Blame the feminists for that then!"

as you can read (can't you?) not a word of slander is directed at you "feminists"

only admiration for women who choose a traditional path - which excludes explotation by the usual criminal-minded (men and women)

do you deny these women their rights to live as they wish?

"femini sts" demand the right to live as they wish, so allow non-feminists to do the same
 and seek professinal counseling for your racists, delusional slanders and views
You are either an idiot or a liar. Perhaps you have never travelled outside your collective, but believe it or not THERE ARE RUSSIAN PROSTITUTES IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD! I don't deny any woman - including your prostitutes - the right to choose how they live, so long as it is within the law.

But don't take this too seriously, I'm just attacking you for your outdated misogynist views.

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Enoch (unregistered) 31.05.2012 13:05

Why are there more 'darker' female journalists from the Caucasus on RT? And most of them are, frankly speaking, not looking good and boring!

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