Great Fatherland Party

Great Fatherland Party (GFP or PVO; Russian: Партия Великое Отечество; ПВО; Partiya Velikoye Otechestvo, PVO) is a Russian political party founded on 12 April 2013.

In 2016, the Party of the Great Fatherland declared its intention to participate in the elections for Russian regional parliaments, contesting seats in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, Perm Krai, and Republic of Mordovia.

In 2014, the party filed an application to participate in the elections to the State Council of Crimea, but was refused registration in connection with failure to provide required documents.

[5] As stated on the official website, as of June 1, 2016 representatives of the party won in two local elections and head of the local Executive authorities in the village of Energetik (Orenburg Oblast)[6] and the settlement of Znamensk (Kaliningrad Oblast).

[8] In 2016, the Great Fatherland Party had intended to take part in the elections to the State Duma.