What is United Russia?
[[File:Election russia 2007 002.jpg|thumb|200px|People supporting United Russia trying to convince people to vote for United Russia candidates.]] '''United Russia''' ({{lang-ru|Единая Россия}}) is a [[Russia]]n political party, which usually labels itself centrist and conservationist. Former President and Prime Minister [[Dmitry Medvedev]] is leader of this party. Incumbent President [[Vladimir Putin]], though not a member of the party, is its de-facto Leader. The party has most of the seats in the [[State Duma]] and in the [[Composition of the Russian Regional Parliaments|Regional Parliaments]]. Because of this, United Russia is the most powerful [[List of political parties in Russia|political party]] in [[Russia]]. Two large parties merged in 2001 to form United Russia. {{Vladimir Putin}} {{politics-stub}} [[Category:Political parties in Russia]]