Constitution Party (Estonia)

Constitution Party Konstitutsioonierakond
Leader	Sergei Jürgens
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Estonia a pst 3/5, 10143 Tallinn
Ideology	Russian minority interests, centre-left politics
International affiliation	None
European affiliation	None
European Parliament Group	None
Official colours	Blue, Red, White
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The Constitution Party (Konstitutsioonierakond), known until 11 February 2006 as the Estonian United People's Party (Eestimaa Ühendatud Rahvapartei/Obyedinnenaya Narodnaya Partiya Estonii), was a political party in Estonia, mainly supported by the Russian minority. The party held 6 seats in the Riigikogu from 1999 to 2003. At the legislative elections of 2 March 2003, it won 2.2 % of the popular vote and got no seats. In 2007's election, it fell further to 5,470 votes (1.0%) and again got no seats, despite active promotion campaign by Russian special services.^[1]

On 28 June 2008, it merged with the Estonian Left Party to form the Estonian United Left Party.

Controversy

According to the Estonian Security Police the Constitution Party was a puppet-party supported and controlled from Russia, created by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) as part of their campaign of "political intelligence manipulations".^[2] Also several members of the party have connections with groups such as Nochnoy Dozor.^[3]

References

1. ^ Eesti Päevaleht 20 June 2008: Kaitsepolitsei aastaraamat: Vene luure tegi mullu Eestis usinalt tööd by Kärt Anvelt
2. ^ "Counterintelligence". Annual Review 2007. Tallinn: Estonian Security Police. 2008. p. 8. http://www.kapo.ee/cms-data/_text/138/124/files/aastaraamat-2007-eng.pdf. 
3. ^ KAPO Yearbook 2007 Yearly report of KAPO

External links

• Official website

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