It was formed on 1 August 2006 by followers of Vladimir Zhirinovsky and is affiliated with the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.

The congress formally elected Roman Khoudyakov, the LDPR Commissioner in Transnistria, as president, and was attended by sitting members of the Russian Duma and the Party of the Regions of Ukraine.

", and the resolution underlined that "[The LDPP] advocate[s] the restoration of the best traditions of the Russian empire and the Soviet Union.

"[1] Shortly after their founding Congress the LDPP participated in protests calling for the annexation of Transnistria as a "second Kaliningrad.

"[3] Khudyakov would be expelled from the LDPR in 2016 and shortly after the LDPP's website would shut down and the party would become inactive.