Political strategies of democratic opposition in a struggle power in modern Russia

The research deals with the strategy of democratic opposition parties as an actor of the political process in modern Russia based on the concepts of hybrid regimes, electoral authoritarianism, and defective democracy. The system-based, institutional approaches and the analysis of relevant literature are employed. In the author’s opinion, Russian democratic opposition parties and movements can be classified as parliamentary parties (Fair Russia, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation), non-parliamentary registered (Yabloko (Russian United Democratic Party), Civic Platform) and non-parliamentary unregistered parties (Russia of the Future). The research looks at their priorities for the development of society and the state being of particular relevance to modern political science and practice. The author concludes that, firstly, the strategies of democratic opposition parties depend, as a rule, on whether they are embedded in the system of power or not, whether they are parliamentary or not. Secondly, today, the main Russian political strategy of the democratic opposition in a power struggle is to support Western political values and strategies, criticize the current government, focus on decommunization, and strive to build a parliamentary state.