Belaya Rus

Belaya Rus (Belarusian: Белая Русь, romanized: Bělaja Ruś, lit. 'White Rus'') is a Belarusian political party which was initially founded as a public association on 17 November 2007^[8][9] to support President Alexander Lukashenko.

Belaya Rus Белорусская партия «Белая Русь»
Chairman	Oleg Romanov
Founder	Alexander Radkov[1][2]
Founded	17 November 2007 (2007-11-17)
Registered	18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) (as party)
Legalised	12 December 2007 (2007-12-12)[3]
Headquarters	5th Building, Frunze St, Minsk, Belarus
Membership (2018 est.)	180,000[4][needs update]
Ideology	Pro-Lukashenko Russophilia Euroscepticism Statism[5] Agrarianism[6] Anti-color revolution[7] (self-described)
Political position	Big tent
National affiliation	RKSKPPGA
Colours	Green   Red
Slogan	"For a Strong and Prosperous Belarus!"[a]
House of Representatives	51 / 110
Council of the Republic	16 / 64
Website
partiya.by (party) 1br.by (movement)
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Since its foundation, the organization's leaders regularly announced they were ready to become a political party. President Lukashenko neither firmly opposed the idea nor supported it. He commented, "Well, if they are ready, let them be a party; I am not against it. On the contrary, I will support it because they are patriots. But I wouldn't advise them to hurry." The party is based on the idea of the All-Russia People's Front. It has no actual ideology outside of absolute support for Lukashenko.^[10] The former minister of Education of Belarus, Alexander Radkov was chairman of the association from 2007 to 2018. The NGO had a membership of over 180,000.^[11] On March 18, 2023, the association was officially transformed into a political party.^[12]

Gennady Davydko, the head of the Belarusian TV and Radio Company, was elected chairman of Belaya Rus unanimously by the association's council on 19 January 2018.^[13]

On 18 March 2023 Belaya Rus was formally transformed into a political party and held its founding congress in Minsk; Oleg Romanov was elected as party chairman.^[14][15]

The party won 46.40% of votes in the 2024 Belarusian parliamentary election, winning 51 seats.^[16]