[4] The movement aimed to unite small socialist parties into a single pre-election bloc and to win the 2000 presidential election.

[9] On May 8, 2020, Platoshkin announced on his YouTube channel that the movement would be transformed into a political party and would take part in the 2020 Russian regional elections.

On June 2, Platoshkin announced that he would become leader the Alternative for Russia (Party of Socialist Choice), which had been officially registered by the Ministry of Justice.

On July 3, speakers at a congress of the Russian Party of Freedom and Justice introduced themselves as "representatives of the Movement for a New Socialism".

[20] Evgeny Tarlo, Doctor of Law, described the movement's program as "a set of wishes, dreams, platitudes and the desire to live well without working".

[17] In November 2019, Viktor Trushkov, (Doctor of Sciences and professor, published his opinion in the Communist Party of the Russian Federation's Pravda newspaper.

[23] Inversely, political analyst Pavel Salin believes that the movement, due to its small scale, cannot be a serious competitor or hindrance to the Communist Party.

[1] The coordinator of the Left Front Sergei Udaltsov noted that he regarded the movement as "his allies" and "supporters of socialism".