Russia’s Justice Ministry Files Supreme Court Case to Liquidate Party of Growth
The Supreme Court has recorded the filing with a hearing yet to be scheduled.
Overview
- Court records show an administrative suit from the Justice Ministry seeking dissolution of the all‑Russian political party Party of Growth.
- The action comes after Party of Growth completed a 2024 merger into New People, which continued under the New People name.
- Party of Growth was reconstituted in 2016 under Boris Titov, who served as the presidential commissioner for entrepreneurs’ rights.
- TASS reports the party’s roots trace to the 2008 creation of Right Cause before its 2016 reorganization and renaming.
- Under Russian procedure, party liquidation cases are brought by the Justice Ministry and decided by the Supreme Court, making this filing the opening step.