Constitution Party (Estonia)


The Constitution Party, known until 11 February 2006 as the Estonian United People's Party, was a political party in Estonia, mainly supported by the Russian minority.
The party held 6 seats in the Riigikogu from 1999 to 2003. At the legislative elections of 2 March 2003, it won 2.2% of the popular vote and got no seats. In 2007's election, it fell further to 5,470 votes and again got no seat; Estonian Internal Security Service alleged there was an active promotion campaign by Russian special services.
On 28 June 2008, it merged with the Estonian Left Party to form the Estonian United Left Party.

Controversy

According to the Estonian Internal Security Service the Constitution Party was a puppet-party supported and controlled by Russia, created by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service as part of their campaign of "political intelligence manipulations". Also several members of the party have connections with groups such as Nochnoy Dozor.