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Russia, as of now, has the United Russia Party (53% of the Duma), and 8 registered opposition parties. A law that recently flew through the Duma is set to decrease the regulation on forming parties, allowing even more to form. This, however, does not confront the issue that only parties with a 5% vote get a seat on the Duma, and only parties in the Duma may nominate a president as the leader of the Yabloko party, Sergei Mitrokhin, pointed out. Another problem could come from over doing it: some political leaders have already voiced concerns that too many political parties will spring up, essentially splintering the opposition into tiny fragments against the huge United Russia.
The law was proposed in response to the protests following the Duma elections this past winter and accusations that Putin and his United Russia party have been holding too tightly too Russian Politics. And the bill seems to be very popular; several prominent figures are already picking out names or seeking to form a party, including Mikhail Gorbachev who seeks to unite socialist democrats, and Vladimir Ryzhkov leader of Parnas.
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