 He was the leader of Rodina, a political party in Russia, for several months in 2006 and organised the formation of A Just Russia, a merger between Rodina, the Russian Party of Life and the Russian Pensioners' Party, sitting on its governing committee.Between 2006 and 2007 he led A Just Russia's faction in the Duma as the party leader, Sergei Mironov, served as speaker of the Federation Council of Russia.He was elected to the Russian State Duma in 2003 and became party leader of Rodina in March 2006 following the surprise resignation of Dmitry Rogozin.