Party of crooks and thieves

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A poster that won the Navalny contest "Against the party of crooks and thieves".
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A sticker in Moscow prior to the December 5, 2011 protests reads "Against the party of crooks and thieves" Anti-government protests in Moscow, December 10, 2011. The poster in the foreground reads "Party of crooks and thieves go away!"
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"Down with the power of crooks and thieves!"

Party of crooks and thieves (Russian: Партия жуликов и воров - Partiya zhulikov i vorov, abbr. Russian: ПЖиВ - PZhiV[1]) is a popular[2] expression in Russia which refers to the ruling United Russia party, led by Dmitry Medvedev put into use by blogger and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny[3] in February 2011.[4]

Origin

On February 2, 2011 in an interview with Finam FM radio station, blogger and anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny responded to the question about United Russia:[5]

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К партии «Единая Россия» я отношусь очень плохо. Партия «Единая Россия» — это партия коррупции, это партия жуликов и воров.
I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves.[6]

The English version "party of crooks and thieves" first appeared in an article of The New Yorker on April 4, 2011 by Russian-born American journalist Julia Ioffe.[6]

Usage

The slogan was widely used during the 2011 Russian legislative election campaign[7] by parties and individuals.[8]

Posters, banners, stickers were common during the protests in 2011 and 2012.

Public opinion

A Levada Center survey on July 19, 2011 revealed that 33% of Russian agree with that United Russia is a "party of crooks and thieves", while 47% disagreed.[9] Another survey by the same center in June 2012 showed an increase in respondents agreeing with the characterization. Of the total, 47% agreed and 40% disagreed.[10] The latest survey was conducted in April 2013 by Levada Center. For the first time since 2011, it showed the majority of Russians (51%) agreeing with the phrase.[11] At the same poll, 62% of Russian said United Russia members are about "maintaining and strengthening their own power."[12]

In February 2011, Navalny created a poll in his LiveJournal blog in which around 38,000 people participated with over 96% agreeing with the characterization of United Russia as "party of crooks and thieves".[13]

Reaction from United Russia

On October 11, 2011 the Lyublinsky District Court rejected the lawsuit of United Russia member Vladimir Svirid against Navalny.[14]

On November 24, 2011 during a debate on Rossiya 1, State Duma Member Alexander Khinshtein (a member of United Russia) stated:

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United Russia works. It does everything to change the life [standards] in our country. They tell us about a "party of crooks and thieves." I will respond them. It is better to be in a "party of crooks and thieves" than in a "party of murderers, rapists and robbers."[15]

See also

References

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  9. ↑ 19.07.2011. Левада-центр. О партии «Единая Россия»
  10. ↑ Левада Центр «Единая Россия» не может избавиться от ярлыка «Партией жуликов и воров» её считают все больше россиян, [Левада-Центр], 04.07.2012
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  15. ↑ «Партия жуликов и воров» схлестнулась в прямом эфире с «Партией убийц и насильников». Жириновский двум уральским единороссам из ФСБ: «Нам с вами срать на одном поле противно» // УРА.ru: 25.11.2011

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