The Democratic Party of Russia or DPR (Russian: Демократическая Партия России, Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii) is a Russian political party founded in 1990. It merged with Union of Right Forces and Civilian Power to form Right Cause on 16 November 2008, but separated in 2012.
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