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Union of Communist Parties - CPSU

The Union of Communist Parties - CPSU (UCP-CPSU) is a voluntary international public association of communist parties operating in the states formed on the territory of the USSR. Its main goals are to protect the rights and social achievements of workers, preserve and restore the lost foundations of socialism, revive the comprehensive ties and friendship of the Soviet peoples and recreate their state union on a voluntary basis.

Basic program goals and ideological principles

After the anti-constitutional ban on the activities of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in August 1991, the communists fought for its restoration throughout the territory of the Soviet Union. In June 1992, an initiative group of members of the CPSU Central Committee held a Plenum, at which M. Gorbachev was expelled from the party, the activities of the Politburo of the Central Committee were suspended and a decision was made to convene the All-Union Party Conference. On October 10, 1992, the XX All-Union Conference of the CPSU was held in Moscow, which confirmed the decisions of the extraordinary Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee, considered the drafts of the new Program and Charter of the CPSU and decided to prepare the XXIX Congress of the CPSU.

Almost simultaneously with these events, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation considered the petition of 37 People's Deputies of the RSFSR to review the constitutionality of the decrees of President B. Yeltsin, who dissolved the CPSU and the CP of the RSFSR. The court recognized the suspension of the activities of the Communist Party of the RSFSR, its primary organizations formed on the territorial principle as inconsistent with the Constitution of Russia, but left in force the dissolution of the governing structures of the CPSU and the Communist Party of the RSFSR. The orders on the transfer of the property of the CPSU to the executive authorities were recognized as legal only in relation to the part of the property managed by the party, which was state property, and unconstitutional in relation to the part of it that was either the property of the CPSU or was under its jurisdiction.

On March 26-27, 1993, the XXIX Congress of the CPSU was held in Moscow. It was attended by 416 delegates from party organizations of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Estonia, Transnistria and South Ossetia. Based on the real conditions of the activities of communist parties in the republics of the former USSR, the Congress temporarily, until the re-establishment of the renewed Union of the SSR, reorganized the CPSU into the Union of Communist Parties - the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (UCP-CPSU), adopted its Program and Charter, elected the Council headed by Oleg Semenovich Shenin (1937-2009). The Congress proclaimed the UPC - CPSU the successor of the CPSU, and the communist parties operating on the territory of the USSR as the successors of the republican organizations of the CPSU.

In 1993 - 1995, communist parties were restored in all former republics of the USSR, except Turkmenistan. In a number of republics on the membership base of the CPSU, there were, unfortunately, several communist parties and movements. Thus, by July 1995, there were 26 communist parties and organizations operating in the post-Soviet space. 22 of them, uniting 1 million 300 thousand communists, became part of the Union of Communist Parties - CPSU. Among them are the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Russian Communist Workers' Party, the Communist Party of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Communist Party of Ukraine, the Union of Communists of Ukraine, the Movement for Democracy, Social Progress and Justice of Belarus, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, the Communist Workers' Party of Transnistria, the Communist Party of South Ossetia, the United Communist Party of Georgia, the Communist Party of Abkhazia, the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, the Union of Workers of Armenia, the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, the Communist Party of Tajikistan, the Communist Party of Uzbekistan, the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, the Communist Party of Estonia, the Union of Communists of Latvia, the Communist Party of Lithuania.

On July 1-2, 1995, the XXX Congress of the UPC-CPSU was held in Moscow. 462 delegates from all communist parties and organizations that are part of the UPC - CPSU took part in its work. The Congress heard the Political Report of the Council and the Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU, adopted a new version of the Program, amendments and additions to the Charter of the UPC-CPSU, approved the Regulations on the Control and Audit Commission, elected a new composition of the Council and the CRC of the UPC-CPSU.

The Supreme Forum of Soviet Communists confirmed the status of the UPC-CPSU as a voluntary international association of communist parties operating in states throughout the Soviet Union and adhering to common programmatic and statutory principles. He set the task of deploying a mass movement for the re-creation of the Union Socialist State in the broad strata of the people, to provide the necessary assistance to the activities of the Committee of Peoples of the USSR, to wage an offensive struggle against manifestations of aggressive nationalism and chauvinism.

In the period between the XXIX and XXXI Congresses of the UPC-CPSU, the Communist Party of Tatarstan determined its status as a regional branch of the CPRF. Instead of the "Movement for Democracy, Social Progress and Justice in Belarus", the Communist Party of Belarus joined the UPC-CPSU. The Communist Party of Armenia and another Communist Party working in special conditions were accepted into the ranks of the Union. On the eve of the XXXI Congress, the UPC-CPSU consisted of 19 Communist parties with the right to a decisive vote, one party (the Russian Party of Communists) and two movements (the Union of Communists of Ukraine and the Union of Workers' Union of Armenia) with the right to a consultative vote.

The XXXI Congress of the UPC-CPSU was held in Moscow on October 31 - November 1, 1998. 482 delegates from 20 republican parties and 2 public associations operating in all states on the territory of the USSR were sent to it. The Union of Communist Parties held the congress for the first time as a public organization officially registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus. The Congress considered the following agenda:

1) Political report of the UPC-CPSU Council.
2) Report of the Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU.
3) Election of the Council and the Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU.

On the issues under discussion, the Congress adopted a number of resolutions and resolutions. The delegates approved the new version of the Charter of the UPC-CPSU, adopted a Political Statement, resolutions in defense of the memory of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, against the political persecution of communists and activists of the labor movement, against NATO's aggressive plans.

The first joint Plenum of the Council and the KRC of the UCP-CPSU again elected O.S. Shenin, Deputy Chairmen - Secretaries of the Council of the UPC-CPSU A.M. Bagemsky, P.I. Georgadze, E.I. Kopysheva, E.K. Ligacheva, I.V. Lopatina, K.A. Nikolaeva, A.G. Chekhoeva, A.A. Shabanova, Sh.D. Shabdolova.

However, by 2000, the coordinating role of the governing bodies of the UPC-CPSU was seriously weakened, the principle of collective leadership was constantly violated. Moreover, in July 2000, the Chairman of the Council and three of his deputies held the so-called "founding congress of the Union Communist Party of Russia and Belarus" (CPU) without a decision of the Council of the UPC-CPSU. The Communist parties of the Russian Federation and Belarus did not send their delegates to this event. In fact, the creation of another Communist Party on the territory of Russia was proclaimed. The sectarian detachment from the masses, the fascination with the ultra-left phrase with negligible results of practical activities and many other political mistakes did not allow the group of former leaders of the UPC-CPSU to submit to the will of the majority. It became clear that their real goal is a direct attack on the CPRF as a center of attraction of communist forces recognized by all fraternal parties on the territory of the destroyed Soviet Union.

On January 20, 2001, at the request of the majority of the Communist Parties, which unite more than 90 percent of the Communists of the Union in their ranks, meetings of the Executive Committee and the Plenum of the UPC-CPSU Council were held in full accordance with the Charter. The plenum of the Council stated that the creation of the "Union Communist Party" outside the framework of the UPC - CPSU and without the participation of the Communist parties of Russia and Belarus inevitably leads to a split in a single communist movement in the post-Soviet space. The former Chairman of the UPC-CPSU Council, in fact, put himself outside the Union.

The plenum unanimously elected Gennady Andreevich Zyuganov, leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, as the Chairman of the UPC-CPSU Council, thus writing a bright page in the history of the Union and bringing all its activities to a qualitatively new level. The January (2001) Plenum of the UPC-CPSU Council threatened to destroy the Union of Communist Parties by adopting the Resolution "On Strengthening the Union of Communist Parties - CPSU and Improving the Efficiency of its leadership".

The next, XXXII Congress of the UPC-CPSU was held on October 27, 2001 in Moscow. The congress was attended by 243 delegates from the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, the Communist Party of Armenia, the Communist Party of Belarus, the United Communist Party of Georgia, the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, the Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Communist Party of Ukraine, the Communist Party of the Republic of South Ossetia and four communist parties working in special conditions.

The Congress heard the political report of the Council and the report of the Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU, information on changes in the Charter of the organization, adopted the Resolution on the political report, the Appeal to brotherly peoples, the resolution "On the current stage of globalization" and "On the threat of world war". The governing bodies of the UPC-CPSU were elected. The organizational plenum of the UCP-CPSU Council confirmed the powers of G.A. Zyuganov as Chairman of the Council of the UPC-CPSU and G.G. Ponomarenko (KPU) - as the Chairman of the KRC.

Long-overdue changes in the leadership of the UPC-CPSU Council had a positive impact on the style and methods of its work. In the period between the XXXII and XXXIII congresses, meetings of the Secretariat, the Executive Committee and the Plenums of the Council became regular, a number of major international events were held - the I and II Congresses of the Peoples of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, the Congresses of the Peoples of the Caucasus and the Central Asian Region, the round table "The struggle of brotherly peoples for the re-establishment of the Union State - the way to the revival of the country, the reflection of external threats, the improvement of people's welfare".

Due attention began to be paid to the education of the Komsomol shift. After the 1991 disaster, the Komsomol was disbanded by snasy chameleon functionaries, who quickly repainted themselves in the colors of the new masters. But since the beginning of 1992, the process of reunification of Komsomol organizations began to gain momentum, which ended with the XXIII (restorative) congress of the All-Union Lenin Komsomol. However, for a number of reasons, the organization failed to adapt to new conditions, to rally the communist youth of the former Soviet republics. The formation of a new form of association took several years, which led to the XXV Congress of the Komsomol in Kiev in April 2001. The congress transformed the Komsomol into the International Union of Komsomol Organizations - the All-Union Leninist Communist Youth Union. The ISCS-VLKSM includes the LCSM of the Russian Federation, the LCSM of Ukraine, the Belarusian Republican Youth Union, the Komsomol of Moldova, the Komsomol of Georgia, the Communist Youth Organization of Armenia, the Komsomol of Azerbaijan, the Komsomol of Kyrgyzstan, the Union of Communist Youth of South Ossetia, the Komsomol of Transnistria.

He approached his XXXIII Congress of the UPC-CPSU as an authoritative international organization that preserved the spirit of creative Marxism-Leninism, proletarian internationalism and party partnership. 140 delegates from 16 fraternal communist parties were elected to the congress convened in Moscow on April 16, 2005. By unanimous decision, the mandate № 1 was issued to the name of the founder of the Communist Party V.I. Lenin, mandate № 2 - to his faithful companion, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Great Victory of the Soviet People over Fascism I.V. To Stalin.

The Congress listened to the political report of the Council, which was presented by G.A. Zyuganov, and the report of the Deputy Chairman of the CRC of the UPC-CPSU G.M. Benova. Following the discussion of the reports, the Resolution of the Congress and the Statement to the ruling regimes of Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Pridnestrovie, Russia and Turkmenistan were adopted with a demand to release political prisoners and stop the persecution of citizens for political reasons. The XXXIII Congress of the UPC-CPSU elected a new Council of 65 representatives of all fraternal communist parties, the Control and Audit Commission in the amount of 16 people. At the congress, a new principle of membership in the Union and the formation of its governing bodies was established: "One state - one communist party".

In 2005-2008, at the meetings of the Executive Committee of the UPC-CPSU Council and the Plenums of the Council, issues related to the aggravation of the socio-political situation in Georgia and Ukraine, the implementation of measures in support of the Belarusian people and solidarity with the activities of the President of Belarus A.G. were comprehensively considered. Lukashenko, organizing the resistance to anti-communist attacks in PACE, celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Great October, providing assistance to fraternal parties during election campaigns.

March 27, 2008 The Union of Communist Parties - CPSU turned 15 years old. At the round table in the editorial office of the Pravda newspaper, it was stated that ideological community and unity of goals allow Communist Parties in the CIS republics to interact effectively, despite the huge differences in their working conditions. Moldovan comrades came to power peacefully, democratically. In Belarus, the Communist Party supports the patriotic and socially oriented course of the President. At the same time, in the Baltic States, Central Asia, communists are fighting against the ruling fascist and semi-feudal regimes actually underground. The leaders of the Communist Party of Lithuania M.M. have served their terms of imprisonment. Burokevičius (12 years old), Yu.Yu. Yermalavičius (8 years old), Yu.Yu. Kuolyalis (6 years old). For almost a decade, the leader of the communists of Turkmenistan S.S. has been in prison. Rakhimov. But nowhere and no one will be able to kill the communist idea. In 9 out of 19 state entities on the territory of the destroyed USSR, Communist Parties have their own factions in parliaments. The ranks of fighters against capitalist genocide, for social justice and democracy are constantly growing.

On October 24, 2009, Moscow again hosted the multinational family of communists of fraternal parties - the XXXIV Congress of the UPC-CPSU was opened. 142 delegates, 114 guests and guests took part in its work. Among them are party veterans, deputies of the parliaments of the CIS countries and far abroad, representatives of the Presidential Administration and the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, youth activist, patriotic society. More than 20 federal and foreign media were accredited.

The Congress listened to and discussed the reports of the Council and the CRC of the UPC-CPSU, as well as the report "On clarifications and additions to the UPC-CPSU Program". The work of the governing bodies was recognized as satisfactory, changes in the Program of the Union were approved. In addition to the final Resolution, the XXXIV Congress of the UPC-CPSU adopted the Statement "Stop Political Terror, Release Political Prisoners!". The Council and the Control and Audit Commission of the Union were elected. At the first organizational Plenum - new compositions of the Executive Committee and the Secretariat of the UPC-CPSU Council. Currently, the Chairman of the Council is G.A. Zyuganov, his First Deputy - K.K. Taisaev, the Secretariat of the UPC-CPSU Council includes comrades Yu.Yu. Ermalavičius, E.K. Ligachev, A.E. Elbow, I.N. Makarov, I.I. Nikitchuk, D.G. Novikov. A.V. was elected Chairman of the Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU. Svirid (Communist Party of Belarus).

In 2009-2012, the activities of the governing bodies of the UPC-CPSU were focused on the problems of countering the falsification of historical truth, organizing international events in honor of the 65th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War and the 140th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin, preparation for the XVII World Festival of Youth and Students, promotion of the recognition of the statehood of the republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The International Forum "Unity - the way to the salvation of brotherly peoples!", dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the August counterrevolutionary coup and the criminal collapse of the USSR, became a large-scale, bright and emotionally intense action. The forum, held on August 19, 2011 in Donetsk, was organized by the Council of the UPC-CPSU and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. One of the central squares of the mining capital of Ukraine, where the monument to V.I. Lenin, became red both literally and figuratively. Not only residents of the city, Ukrainian communists and Komsomol members gathered here, but also representatives of almost all republics of the USSR. Delegations from the Rostov region, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories also managed to break through to the forum, which the Ukrainian border service tried not to miss on far-fetched pretexts. "Symbolically," said the political secretary of the Central Committee of the United Communist Party of Georgia T.I. Pipia, that today we have all gathered on Slavic soil. It was the Slavic land that took the first blow in 1941, and it was from here that the liberation of our Motherland from the fascist invaders began!"

The result of the action was the adoption of the Appeal, which, in particular, said: "We, the participants of the International Forum in Donetsk, call on all workers who value Soviet socialist values to rally around the communists - true expressors of the interests of our peoples - and to launch a mass movement for the revival on a new basis of the common Soviet, socialist Fatherland.

We take into account that in the current conditions this historical task can be solved only with the restoration of the power of the workers and the revival of the socialist social system, the implementation of socialist reforms on the basis of compliance with the Leninist principles of federalism".

On February 29, 2012 in Moscow, under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Chairman of the UPC-CPSU Council, State Duma deputy K.K. Taisaev held a solemn meeting of the Executive Committee of the Council of the Union of Communist Parties - CPSU. The work of the Executive Committee was attended by delegations of all 17 fraternal parties that are part of the UPC-CPSU, and leaders of Komsomol organizations - members of the ISCO-Komsomol. The Executive Committee of the UPC-CPSU Council considered the following agenda items:

1. On the results of the work in 2011 and the tasks of the UPC-CPSU Council in connection with the CPRF campaign for the election of the President of the Russian Federation.

2. On the program of the candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Andreevich Zyuganov.

3. On the draft Declaration of Communist Parties "For a New Union of Brotherly Peoples!".

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine P.N. Simonenko stressed that "only as part of the UPC-CPSU we see the future of our party and the communist movement as a whole in the post-Soviet space. The situation requires us, the communists, to make serious decisions. For example, all the hopes that Ukrainians had for improving relations with Russia, relying on the political forces of large capital, melted. We are well aware that without our common victory in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other former union republics it is impossible to solve the issue of the unity of our peoples, their decent future".

Under the stormy applause of the hall, each of the representatives of the fraternal communist parties signed the text of the historical Declaration "For a new Union of Brotherly Peoples!". In conclusion, the Executive Committee unanimously adopted two short statements: "Hands off Belarus!" and "NO to the power of usurpers!" - in support of the struggle of the Moldovan people under the leadership of the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova for the restoration of the constitutional order in the country. In the evening, delegations of fraternal communist parties and youth unions took part in the rally-concert "Our address is the Soviet Union", held in the Luzhniki sports complex.

Further integration of the divided Soviet peoples is not only the main slogan of the UPC-CPSU. This is an objective trend, an integral part of the development of modern mankind. Currently, most regions of the world are involved in integration processes to one degree or another. Over the past 19 years, the Union of Communist Parties - CPSU has become a real political force playing a role in the system of interstate relations in the post-Soviet space.

Declaration of Communist Parties as part of the UPC-CPSU

On March 17, 1991, at the National Referendum, more than three quarters of the citizens of the USSR firmly and unequivocally said: we are for the preservation of the Soviet Union as a renewed Federation of equal, sovereign republics, in which human rights and freedoms of any nationality will be fully guaranteed.

The cynical trampling of the direct expression of the will of the Soviet people led to the collapse of the thousand-year-old world power and plunged its peoples into the most severe trials. The basic sectors of the economy have been destroyed. Millions of compatriots found themselves in a humiliating situation of refugees. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and injured in bloody interethnic conflicts. The mass death of people from rampant violence, social insecurity, man-made disasters continues.

Today, history has once again put the peoples of our common Motherland in front of the same choice as in 1917 and 1941: either a powerful united country and socialism, or enslavement and death. Lessons from the historical past and modern global trends indicate that the unification of our states and peoples is the most urgent need.

All objective prerequisites for integration are evident. The criminal Belovezh conspiracy has already been denounced in 1996 by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the initiative of the Communist faction. For many years, the Belarusian people and their leader A.G. have been extending a hand of unbreakable friendship to Russia. Lukashenko. Integration needs were ensured by the establishment of the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, the Eurasian Economic Community and the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

Global imperialism and its puppets - national-capitalist and semi-feudal cliques ruling in most of the republics of the destroyed USSR - stand in the way of further rallying brotherly peoples. A clear example of this is the shameful "gas" wars unleashed by the thieving Russian oligarchy against Belarus, regular information attacks on the Belarusian president.

Having played a certain positive role at the initial stage of the reunification of brotherly Soviet peoples, the Commonwealth of Independent States is gradually collapsing. A number of leaders of the CIS member countries do not hide that it was created not for unification, but for a "civilized divorce". The fate of the Commonwealth, created on the ashes of the Soviet power, can be predetermined by the founders, who will let him die "with his own death".

This prospect doesn't suit us. The work of building the Union State should be taken over by the working people, brotherly communist parties, all patriots of the Soviet Motherland. Following the wills of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, we confirm our loyalty to the principles laid down in the Declaration on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, adopted on December 30, 1922 by the First All-Union Congress of Soviets.

We are already acting for the gradual revival of the renewed Union of Peoples. We are optimistic and convinced that our peoples will show their inherent age-old wisdom and fight back against the thunderers and destroyers. Together they will go on a broad road of historical progress. They'll go hand in hand with it.

We are united by a common historical destiny, kinship of our characters and cultures. All this is immeasurably higher and stronger than any strifice. We, the descendants of the great winners of fascism, are connected by the desire for a decent and peaceful life, faith in the happy future of children and grandchildren. We are boldly and decisively moving forward.

Our business is right!

The victory will be ours!

From the Communist Party of Abkhazia

E.Yu. Shamba

From the Communist Party of Azerbaijan

A.M. Veyisov

From the Communist Party of Armenia

R.G. Tovmasyan

From the Communist Party of Belarus

G.P. Atamanov

From the United Communist Party of Georgia

T.I. Pipia

From the Communist Party of Kazakhstan

G.K. Aldamzharov

From the Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan

S.E. Egenberdiyev

From the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova

V.S. Vityuk

From the Transnistrian Communist Party

O.O. Khorzhan

From the Communist Party of the Russian Federation

G.A. Zyuganov

From the Communist Party of Uzbekistan

K.A. Mahmudov

From the Communist Party of Ukraine

P.N. Simonenko

From the Communist Party of the Republic of South Ossetia

I.K. Bekoev

The declaration was also signed by representatives of the Communist Party of Latvia, the Communist Party of Lithuania, the Communist Party of Turkmenistan, the Communist Party of Estonia, acting under special conditions.

g. Moscow, February 29, 2012

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CHARTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PUBLIC ASSOCIATIONS "UNION OF COMMUNIST PARTIES - COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION"

 

1. General provisions

1.1. The International Union of Public Associations "Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union", hereinafter referred to as "UCP-CPSU", is an international public association (union of public associations of legal entities).

1.2. The CCP-CPSU operates on the basis of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the current legislation of the Russian Federation, as well as in accordance with the norms of international law, international treaties of the Russian Federation, the legislation of foreign states where there are members of the UPC-CPSU, and this Charter. As part of the international communist movement, the UPC-CPSU participates in the work of various international public associations and non-profit organizations.
1.3. Full name of the organization: International Union of Public Associations "Union of Communist Parties - Communist Party of the Soviet Union". Abbreviated name: UPC-CPSU. The motto of the UPC-CPSU: "Proletarians of all countries, unite!".

1.4. The activities of the UPC-CPSU are based on the principles of voluntariness, equality, self-government, legality and are public, and information about its Charter and program documents is publicly available.
1.5. The UPC-CPSU is a legal entity since the moment of its state registration, has separate property, has an independent balance sheet, a round seal, stamps and forms with its own emblem and its name, approved and registered in accordance with the procedure established by law, settlement and other accounts in rubles and foreign currency in institutions of banks of the Russian Federation and abroad.

1.6. The UPC-CPSU may, on its own behalf, acquire property and personal non-property rights and perform relevant duties, be a plaintiff and defendant in the courts, make transactions both on the territory of the Russian Federation and abroad and conclude contracts corresponding to the goals and objectives of the UPC-CPSU activities in accordance with the procedure established by law.

1.7. The UPC-CPSU has its own symbols, which are subject to state registration and accounting in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
1.8. In accordance with the current legislation, the UPC-CPSU can create economic partnerships and companies with the rights of a legal entity, as well as acquire property intended for business. The established economic partnerships and companies make payments to the relevant budgets in the manner and amounts established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. Income from business activities cannot be redistributed among the members of the CCP-CPSU and should be used only to achieve the statutory goals and objectives of the UPC-CPSU or for activities related to the implementation of its programs. Business activity can be carried out by the UPC-CPSU only to the extent that it serves the statutory goals and objectives.
1.9. The UPC-CPSU operates on the territory of the Russian Federation, on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, on the territory of the Republic of Moldova, on the territory of the Republic of Ukraine, as well as on the territory of other states where public associations - members of the UPC-CPSU operate.

1.10. The main language of communication between the members of the CCP-CPSU is Russian.

1.11. The location of the permanent governing body of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU is the city of Moscow.

2. MAIN GOALS, OBJECTIVES, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE UPC-CPSU
   
   2.1. The main objectives of the UPC - CPSU at the present stage are:

- protection of the legitimate rights and social interests of workers;

- formation of the foundations of the modern theory of scientific socialism and communism;

- ensuring the democratic development of society on the principles of democracy and social justice;

- active promotion of political, economic and humanitarian integration of the republics of the former USSR, strengthening of comprehensive ties and friendship of the peoples of these countries, re-establishment of their state union on a voluntary basis.

2.2. To achieve the set goals, the UPC-CPSU solves the following tasks:

- promotes the ideology of Marxism - Leninism, internationalism and anti-fascism, the goals and objectives of the UPC-CPSU;

- coordinates the activities of public associations of the UPC-CPSU, organizes mutual assistance between them, protect their interests and provide them with social, legal and other assistance;

- promotes the involvement of public associations of communist and socialist orientation in the members of the UPC-CPSU, the exchange of experience and information between them;

- maintains and develops relations and cooperation of UPC-CPSU members with the authorities of the post-Soviet space, implements international programs, establishes contacts with similar national and international public associations in accordance with the current legislation;
- conducts scientific conferences and seminars, educational, cultural, sports and other mass events related to the activities of the UPC-CPSU in accordance with the established procedure;
- develops and distributes educational, methodological and information materials to assist members of the UPC-CPSU, trains their personnel in coordination with the members of the UPC-CPSU;
- develops proposals to state bodies, public associations on various aspects of public life, participates in the preparation and discussion of draft decisions of state authorities and local self-government bodies in the manner and to the extent provided for by the current legislation;

- maintains international relations, concludes relevant agreements that do not contradict the requirements of the legislation and this Charter.

2.3. The UPC-CPSU has the right in accordance with the current legislation:

- freely disseminate information about its activities;
- participate in the development of decisions of state authorities and local self-government bodies in the manner and to the extent provided for by the legislation on public associations;

- to establish mass media;

- to carry out entrepreneurial, foreign economic, educational, publishing and tourism activities in accordance with the procedure established by law. Licensed activities can be carried out by the UPC-CPSU only after obtaining a license in accordance with the procedure established by the current legislation;

- to represent and protect, in the cases and in accordance with the procedure established by the current legislation, the rights and legitimate interests of the members of the UPC-CPSU;
- take initiatives on various issues of public life, make proposals to public authorities;

- make proposals to the subjects of the law of the legislative initiative to amend laws and other regulatory legal acts;

- to use the tax benefits established by the tax legislation;

- for the period of its activity to receive for use state-owned property;

- take part in competitions of socially significant projects and programs, implementation of state orders;

- to send, in coordination with the authorities of the states on the territory of which public associations operate - members of the UPC-CPSU, international observers at the elections of state authorities and local self-government;

- exercise other powers provided for by the laws on public associations.

2.4. The UPC-CPSU is obliged to:

- comply with the legislation of the Russian Federation, generally recognized principles and norms of international law, as well as the norms provided for by this Charter and other constituent documents;
- annually inform the body registering public associations about the continuation of its activities, indicating the actual location of the permanent governing body, its name and data on the heads of the UPC-CPSU to the extent of information included in the unified state register of legal entities;

- at the request of the body registering public associations, submit decisions of the governing bodies and officials of the UPC-CPSU, as well as annual and quarterly reports on its activities in the amount of information submitted to the tax authorities;

- to allow representatives of the body registering public associations to the events held by the UCP-CPSU;

- to assist representatives of the body registering public associations in getting acquainted with the activities of the UPC-CPSU in connection with the achievement of the statutory goals and compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

3. MEMBERS OF THE UPC-CPSU, THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

3.1. Membership in the UPC-CPSU is voluntary.

3.2. Members of the UPC-CPSU may be legal entities - public associations that recognize the Charter and the UPC-CPSU Program, pay membership fees in a timely manner, carry out activities that do not contradict the implementation of the goals, objectives and principles of the UPC-CPSU.

3.3. Admission to the members of the UPC-CPSU is carried out by the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU on the basis of a written application and decision of the governing body of the incoming association, a copy of its Charter and a copy of the certificate of state registration of this association.

3.4. Membership in the UPC-CPSU may be terminated by the Central Council of the CCP-CPSU in the following cases:

- termination of the activities of a member of the UPC-CPSU;

- exclusion of a member of the CCP-CPSU for actions contrary to this Charter;

- voluntary withdrawal from the UPC-CPSU.

3.5. Members of the UPC-CPSU have equal rights and perform equal duties.

3.6. The members of the UPC-CPSU are subsidiaryly liable for the obligations of the UPC-CPSU in the amount of the approved membership fee. The UPC-CPSU is not responsible for the obligations of its members.

3.7. Members of the UPC-CPSU have the right to:

- have their own charters and program documents that do not contradict the objectives of the UPC-CPSU, conduct independent activities, determine its content;

- representations in the Central Council, the Central Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU;

- to participate in the development of the main directions of the development of the UPC-CPSU, to participate in the development and implementation of its programs, in all activities of the UPC-CPSU;

- request and receive information on the activities of the UPC-CPSU, the progress of the implementation of the decisions of the governing and control bodies of the UPC-CPSU, receive consulting and informational, methodological, legal and practical assistance;

- apply to the Central Council and the Central Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU for assistance in protecting and implementing their rights and legitimate interests, to use all the opportunities of the UPC-CPSU for this purpose;

- use the mass media founded by the UPC-CPSU;

- receive assistance in the implementation of international relations;

- for a free exit from the UPC-CPSU, while the governing body of the public association - a member of the UPC-CPSU notifies the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU of its decision in writing;

- be members of other public associations.

3.8. Members of the UPC-CPSU are obliged to:

- comply with the provisions of this Charter;

- not to adopt decisions and documents that contradict the Charter of the UPC-CPSU and infringe on the rights of other members of the UPC-CPSU;

- participate in the activities of the UPC-CPSU;

- implement the decisions of the governing bodies of the UPC-CPSU;

- guarantee obligations in relations and mutual monetary settlements with the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU;

- pay annual membership fees in a timely manner;

- regularly inform the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU about its activities.

4. STRUCTURE OF THE UCP-CPSU

4.1. The structure of the UPC-CPSU includes its members - legal entities - public associations that recognize the UPC-CPSU Charter, pay membership fees on time and participate in the activities of the UPC-CPSU.

4.2. Members of the UPC-CPSU retain legal, organizational and financial independence.

4.3. The property belonging to the members of the UPC-CPSU is their property.
4.4. Branches and representative offices may be established by the decision of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU. Branches and representative offices of the UPC-CPSU in the territories of foreign countries are not legal entities and operate on the basis of the Regulations approved by the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU. Heads of branches and representative offices are appointed by the decision of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU and act on the basis of a power of attorney issued by the Chairman of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU.

5. GOVERNING AND CONTROL BODIES OF THE UPC-CPSU

5.1. The highest body of the UPC-CPSU is the Congress of the CCP-CPSU.

5.1.1. The congress is convened at least once every five years. The decision to convene the Congress is made by the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU, which also determines the norm of representation and the procedure for electing delegates. The Extraordinary Congress is convened on the initiative of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU or at the proposal of at least 1/3 of the UPC-CPSU member associations.

5.1.2. A meeting of the Congress is considered valid if more than half of the elected delegates are present. The delegates of the Congress are representatives of the members of the UPC-CPSU who submitted protocols of their election to the Congress.
5.1.3. The decisions of the Congress are made by open voting by a simple majority of votes of the elected delegates in the presence of a quorum. The decision on the approval of the Charter, amendments and additions to the Charter and the reorganization or liquidation of the UPC-CPSU is decided by 2/3 of the delegates' votes in the presence of a quorum.

5.1.4. The Congress is authorized to resolve any issues of the activities of the UPC-CPSU.
5.1.5. The exclusive competence of the Congress includes:

- approval of the UPC-CPSU Charter;

- amendments and additions to the Charter of the UPC-CPSU;

- approval of reports on the activities of the Central Council and the Central Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU;

- definition of general directions on topical problems of the communist movement and the main activities of the UPC-CPSU;

- election of members and candidates for members of the Central Council and members of the Central Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU for a period of five years;

- resolution of issues on reorganization or liquidation of the UPC-CPSU.
5.2. The Central Council of the UPC-CPSU is the central governing collegial body of the UPC-CPSU, operating in the period between the Congresses of the UPC-CPSU.

5.2.1. The composition of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU is elected by the Congress of the UPC-CPSU for a period of five years.

5.2.2. The procedure for recalling members of the Council of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU is determined by the Regulations adopted by the joint Plenum of the Central Council and the Central Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU.
5.2.3. Central Council of the UCP-CPSU:

- organizes work on the implementation of the decisions of the UPC-CPSU Congress;

- considers the issue of admission to the members of the CCP-CPSU and the exclusion of members of the CCP-CPSU from its membership;

- convenes regular and extraordinary Congresses of the UPC-CPSU, determines their preliminary agendas, date and venue, as well as the norm of representation from each public organization - a member of the UPC-CPSU;
- elects from among its members and for the term of office the Chairman, First Deputy, Deputies, Secretaries, members of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU and prematurely terminates their powers;

- approves the heads of the UPC-CPSU media;

- adopts documents on the most important issues of political and socio-economic life on the basis of the Program and Charter, decisions of the Congresses of the UPC-CPSU;

- determines priority programs and approves the work plans of the UPC-CPSU;
- considers and approves the annual budget of the UPC-CPSU and the report on its implementation;
- determines the amount and procedure for payment of the annual membership fee;
- manages the property and funds of the UPC-CPSU;

- exercises the rights of a legal entity on behalf of the UPC-CPSU and performs its duties in accordance with the Charter;

- resolves other issues that are not within the exclusive competence of the Congress.
5.2.4. Meetings of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU are held in the form of plenary sessions and convened as necessary, but at least twice a year. The Plenum of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU is competent if more than half of the members of the Central Council participate in its meeting.
5.2.5. The meetings of the Plenums of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU are chaired by the Chairman of the UPC-CPSU (in his absence - the First Deputy or any of the Deputy Chairman of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU, replacing them by proxy).

5.2.6. Decisions of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU are adopted by open voting by a simple majority of votes of the members of the Central Council in the presence of a quorum. Candidates for members of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU participate in the work of the Plenum of the Central Council with the right to vote.

5.2.7. By the decision of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU, commissions, scientific and educational centers of the UPC-CPSU may be established, which carry out their activities on the basis of the provisions approved by the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU.

5.2.8. The Central Council of the UPC-CPSU has the right to co-opt new members from among the candidates elected at the Congress for the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU in exchange for those who have left.

5.2.9. The powers of the former Central Council of the UPC-CPSU remain until the Congress elects its new composition.

5.3. The Central Control And Audit Commission Of The UPC-CPSU Is The Central Control Body Of The UPC-CPSU, Accountable To The Congress Of The UPC-CPSU.
5.3.1. The Central Control and Audit Commission is elected by the Congress of the UPC-CPSU for a period of five years.

5.3.2. The procedure for recalling members of the Central Control and Audit Commission is determined by the Regulations adopted by the joint Plenum of the Central Council and the Central Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU.
5.3.3. Members of the Central Control and Audit Commission cannot be members of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU.

5.3.4. Central Control And Audit Commission Of The UPC-CPSU:
- conducts an audit of financial and economic activities of all structural units of the UPC-CPSU;

- checks the correctness of spending, the condition and accounting of material values on the balance sheet of the UPC-CPSU;

- checks compliance with the present Charter by all bodies and structural units of the UPC-CPSU;

- considers complaints, appeals of members of public associations that are part of the UPC-CPSU;

- monitors compliance with the procedure for consideration of complaints, appeals and other documents received by the central management and control bodies from public associations that are part of the UPC-CPSU.

5.3.5. To organize the work of the CCRC, the CCP-CPSU elects from its membership for the term of office the Presidium, the Chairman, the First Deputy and Vice-Chairmen, members of the Presidium of the CCRC-CPSU and prematurely terminates their powers.

5.3.6. The meetings of the CCRC of the UPC-CPSU are held in the form of plenary sessions. The plenum of the CCRC of the UPC-CPSU is considered eligible if more than half of the members elected by the Congress are present. Decisions are made by the majority of the heads of the members of the CCRC of the UPC-CPSU if there is a quorum in the form of resolutions.

5.3.7. If necessary, the Central Council and the Central Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU may hold joint plenary sessions.

5.3.8. The powers of the CCRC of the UPC-CPSU remain until the Congress elects a new composition of the CCRC of the UPC-CPSU.

5.3.9. Decisions of the Central Council and the Central Control and Audit Commission of the UPC-CPSU, adopted within their competence, are binding on all public associations - members of the UPC-CPSU.
5.4. In the period between the Plenums of the Central Council of the UCP-CPSU, the activities of the UCP-CPSU are coordinated by the Political Executive Committee of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU (hereinafter referred to as the Political Executive Committee of the UPC-CPSU). Chairman of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU, Deputy Chairmen of the UPC-CPSU, Secretaries of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU, heads of public associations-members of the UPC-CPSU (one person from each public association) are ex-efficio members of the Political Executive Committee of the UPC-CPSU. Meetings of the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the UPC-CPSU are held as necessary, but at least once a quarter.
Political Executive Committee of the UPC-CPSU:

- organizes work on the implementation of the decisions of the Congresses of the UPC-CPSU and the Plenums of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU;

- decides to convene regular and extraordinary Plenums of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU;

- accepts applications and appeals on behalf of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU;

- to carry out its statutory activities, the UPC-CPSU makes decisions on the establishment of branches, other organizations with the rights of a legal entity;

- determines the competence and distribution of responsibilities between the Chairman, First Deputy, deputies, secretaries of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU;

- approves samples of forms, seals and stamps of the UPC - CPSU;

- hears information on the activities of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the UPC-CPSU;

- appoints on behalf of the UPC-CPSU international observers at the elections of the authorities and local self-government of the states on the territory of which public associations - members of the UPC-CPSU operate;

- considers other issues provided for by the Charter of the UPC-CPSU, as well as other issues on behalf of the Congress or the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU.

5.5. The work of the Political Executive Committee of the UPC-CPSU is headed by the Chairman of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU, elected for his term of office.

Chairman of the SC of the UPC-CPSU:

- presides over the Plenums of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU and the meetings of its Political Executive Committee;

- represents the CCP-CPSU in relations with Russian and foreign state bodies, public associations, non-profit and commercial organizations and acts on behalf of the UPC-CPSU without a power of attorney;

- signs decisions of the UPC-CPSU Central Committee, its Political Executive Committee and Secretariat, as well as other documents on behalf of the UPC-CPSU;

- has the right of first signature on financial documents, opens and closes settlement and other accounts in banks, concludes contracts and agreements on behalf of the UPC-CPSU, issues powers of attorney, manages the property and funds of the UPC-CPSU within its competence;

- within its competence, issues orders and other acts, and also gives instructions that are mandatory for the employees of the apparatus of the Central Committee of the UPC-CPSU;
- makes decisions on other issues aimed at the implementation of statutory goals and objectives that are not within the exclusive competence of the Congress, the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU and its Political Executive Committee.

5.6. First Deputy Chairman of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU:
- performs representative functions on behalf of the UPC-CPSU and acts without a power of attorney;

- is responsible for the scope of activities assigned by the Chairman of the Central Committee of the UPC-CPSU;

- during the absence of the Chairman of the Central Committee of the UPC-CPSU, on his instructions, acts as the Chairman of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU.

5.7. To organize the current work, verify the implementation of the decisions of the governing bodies of the UPC-CPSU, the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU elects the Secretariat of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU.

The Secretariat of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU is a permanent body consisting of the Chairman, the First Vice-Chairman, the Vice-Chairmen and the Secretaries of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU, who oversees certain areas of activity of the UPC-CPSU.

The Secretariat is managed by the Chairman of the UPC-CPSU Central Committee and the First Deputy Chairman of the UPC-CPSU Central Committee, and during their absence - by one of the Deputy Chairman of the UPC-CPSU.

Secretariat of the UPC-CPSU:

- organizes practical work on the implementation of the decisions of the Congresses, the Central Council and the Political Committee of the UPC-CPSU;

- Develops and approves instructions and regulations on various issues of the activities of the SPC-CPSU;

- approves plans for current activities;

- hears reports of heads of public associations-members of the UPC-CPSU, branches and representative offices of the UPC-CPSU;

- develops draft documents for meetings of the Central Council and the Political Executive Committee of the UPC-CPSU;

- approves the staffing table, establishes official salaries, accepts and dismisses employees of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU in accordance with the current legislation;

- forms the apparatus of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU and manages its work;

- submits the draft basic principles of budget formation for approval by the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU and implements it;

- considers other issues provided for by this Charter, as well as other issues on behalf of the Congress, the Central Council and the Political Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the UPC-CPSU.

5.5. Office of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU:

- formed by the decision of the Secretariat of the UPC-CPSU;

- offers the Secretariat of the UPC-CPSU Central Committee priority areas of activity, draft documents, organizes mass and other events, current work related to the statutory activities of the UPC-CPSU;

- communicates and regularly informs public associations - members of the UPC-CPSU, its branches and representative offices about their activities;

- carries out contacts of the UPC-CPSU with other international organizations, state bodies, enterprises, public associations, non-profit and other organizations;
- provides organizational and material and technical activities of the UPC-CPSU;
- performs functions other than those attributed to the exclusive competence of the governing bodies of the UPC-CPSU.

The procedure for the activities of the UPC-CPSU management apparatus is determined by the Regulations approved by the Secretariat of the UPC-CPSU Central Committee.

6. PROPERTY AND SOURCES OF PROPERTY FORMATION OF THE UPC-CPSU

6.1. The UPC-CPSU may own land plots, buildings, structures, housing stock, transport, means of communication, equipment, inventory, property of cultural, educational and recreational purposes, cash, shares, other securities and other property necessary for the material support of the activities of the UPC-CPSU provided for by this Charter. The UPC-CPSU may also own institutions, publishing houses, mass media created and acquired at the expense of the UPC-CPSU in accordance with

statutory purposes and current legislation.
6.2. Property and means of the UPC-CPSU in accordance with the current legislation are formed on the basis of:

- membership fees of the members of the UPC-CPSU;

- voluntary donations, contributions and receipts from Russian and foreign legal entities and individuals in the form of funds, material and cultural values, property;

- income received from contracts in accordance with the current legislation and this Charter, including for the performance of work and the provision of services;

- social order for the implementation of various state programs;
- proceeds from the activities of the UPC-CPSU carried out in accordance with this Charter;

- income from entrepreneurial activity;

- receipts of deductions from the income of economic partnerships and companies established by the UPC-CPSU or with its participation;

- proceeds from civil law transactions that do not contradict the current legislation and this Charter;

- revenues from activities carried out by other associations and organizations in favor of the UPC-CPSU;

- bank and other loans;

- other revenues not prohibited by the current legislation.

6.3. Members of the UPC-CPSU do not retain rights to the property they have transferred to the CCP-CPSU, including membership and voluntary contributions. Upon withdrawal or exclusion from the members of the UPC-CPSU, entrance fees, membership fees and donations are not refundable.
6.4. In addition to the goals and objectives provided for by this Charter, the funds of the UPC-CPSU may be spent on the remuneration of the Chairman, First Deputy, Vice-Chairmen, Secretaries of the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU, heads of branches and representative offices of the UPC-CPSU, the maintenance of the apparatus of the JCPSU-CPSU.

6.5. The UPC-CPSU is liable for its obligations with its own funds and property, which may be foreclosed under the legislation of the Russian Federation.

6.6. The State shall not be liable under the obligations of the UPC-CPSU, nor is the CPSU not liable for the obligations of the State. The members of the UPC-CPSU are subsidiaryly liable for the obligations of the UPC-CPSU in the amount of the approved membership fee. The UPC-CPSU is not responsible for the obligations of its members.

6.7. The owner of the property belonging to the UPC-CPSU is the UPC-CPSU in general. Members of the UPC-CPSU do not own a share of property belonging to the UPC-CPSU, nor does the UPC-CPSU have ownership of its members' property.

6.8. The rights of the owner on behalf of the UCP-CPSU are exercised by the Central Council of the UPC-CPSU.

6.9. The UPC-CPSU may make any transactions that do not contradict the current legislation and this Charter in respect of its owned or on its property right.

7. THE PROCEDURE FOR AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS TO THE CHARTER OF THE UPC-CPSU
   7.1. All amendments and additions to the Statute of the UPC-CPSU are considered and adopted by a qualified majority of votes - at least 2/3 of the votes of the elected delegates of the UPC-CPSU Congress in the presence of a quorum with subsequent registration in accordance with the procedure established by law.
8. REORGANIZATION AND LIQUIDATION OF THE UPC-CPSU

8.1. Reorganization (merger, division, accession, separation, transformation) of the UPC-CPSU is carried out in accordance with the current legislation by the decision of the UPC-CPSU Congress, if 2/3 of the delegates voted for this decision in the presence of a quorum.

8.2. The liquidation of the UPC-CPSU is carried out by the decision of the Congress of the UPC-CPSU, if 2/3 of the delegates voted for this decision if there is a quorum.
8.3. The UPC-CPSU may be liquidated by a court decision in accordance with the procedure established by the Civil Legislation of the Russian Federation.

8.4. The decision on the liquidation of the UPC-CPSU is sent to the registration authority for its exclusion from the unified state register of legal entities.
8.5. Property and funds remaining after the liquidation of the UPC-CPSU by the decision of the Congress of the UPC-CPSU, after satisfaction of the creditors' claims, shall be directed to the purposes provided for by this Charter. The decision on the use of the property remaining after liquidation is published by the liquidation commission in the press.

8.6. After the liquidation of the UPC-CPSU, documents on the personnel of full-time employees are transferred to state storage in accordance with the established procedure.

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