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{{Infobox_Political_Party |
party_name = Independent Democratic<br>Party of Russia |
leader = |
colorcode = blue |
foundation = 2008 |
ideology = [[Social liberalism]]|
headquarters = [[Moscow]]|
international = |
website = |
}}

The ”’Independent Democratic Party of Russia”’ ({{lang-ru|Независимая демократическая партия России}}) is the proposed name of a new liberal party that in late September 2008 was announced to be founded by the former President of the [[Soviet Union]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and the billionaire and [[State Duma]] deputy of [[Fair Russia]] [[Alexander Lebedev]].<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2008/09/29/party/
|title=Михаил Горбачев и Александр Лебедев объединят независимых демократов
|publisher=[[lenta.ru]]
|date=2008-09-29
|accessdate=2008-10-01
|last=
|first=
}}
</ref> The [[Union of Social Democrats]] is said to be its main base, but [[Alexander Lebedev|Lebedev]] has suggested that members of the just failed [[Union of Right Forces]] could join but at the same time also said that there would be ‘no extremists’ among the party’s prospective membership.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/30/russia
|title=Gorbachev launches political party with Russian billionaire
|publisher=[[guardian.co.uk]]
|date=2008-09-30
|accessdate=2008-10-01
|last=Gray
|first=Sadie
}}
</ref>
Lebedev also stressed that the ‘party will press for legal and economic reform and promote the growth of independent media’ as well as ‘less state capitalism’ and a reform of the justice system and a stronger role for the parliament.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE48T59W20080930?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
|title=Gorbachev to form new Russian party
|publisher=[[Reuters]]
|date=2008-09-30
|accessdate=2008-10-01
|last=Sweeney
|first=Conor
}}
</ref>

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[[Category:Political parties in Russia]]