Viktor Anpilov is a Russia

Russia

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n Communist politician and trade unionist. Anpilov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world...

 in 1972. He worked as a Soviet journalist

Journalist

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 in Latin America

Latin America

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. In 1990, Anpilov was nominated as candidate for the Congress of People's Deputies and Moscow

Moscow

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 city Soviet. As a candidate, he is reported to have maintained links with the Pamyat

Pamyat

Pamyat is a Russian nationalist organization identifying itself as the "People's National-patriotic Orthodox Christian movement." The group's stated focus is preserving Russian culture.- History :...

 movement. After the dissolution of the USSR, Anpilov became the leader of the movement "Labour Russia

Labour Russia

Labour Russia is a hard-line communist movement in Russia. It was founded in 1991 as a popular movement supporting the Russian Communist Workers' Party and is led by Viktor Anpilov. Apart from the RKRP activists, the movement included activists from other radical opposition groups, e.g...

". During the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, he was one of the leaders of the anti-Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of...

 uprising. In 1999, his movement joined the coalition Stalin Bloc - For the USSR

Stalin Bloc - For the USSR

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. In 2007 he took part in the Dissenters March

Dissenters March

The Dissenters' March was a series of political opposition protests that took place on 16 December 2006, in Moscow, on 3 March 2007, in Saint Petersburg, on 24 March 2007, in Nizhny Novgorod, on 14 April 2007, for the second time in Moscow and on 15 April 2007, again in Saint Petersburg, on 18 May...

 organized to protest against president Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...

policies. Anpilov is a well-known figure and he has a certain popularity; sometimes he is also invited as a guest on TV shows.

External links

• "Working Russia" site