Overview

• Delegates at the XXXVII congress in Moscow on Oct. 2 elected Leonid Slutsky to a new four-year term after formally ending his previous mandate in line with party rules.
• The congress focused on the party’s 2026 strategy with planned initiatives for participants in the military operation and their families, demographic policy, and reducing regional inequality and poverty.
• Party leadership, delegates from all Russian regions, lawmakers at every level, youth activists, and participants in the military operation took part in the proceedings.
• On Oct. 3, founders approved the charter of the all-Russian public movement “Block Zhirinovsky,” outlining goals to preserve and promote Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s legacy through educational, cultural, archival, and memorial projects.
• Reports attribute the initiative to create the movement to Slutsky, and the charter allows one regional branch per federal subject with open membership for adults, including foreigners and stateless persons.