Russian People's Democratic Union

The Russian People's Democratic Union (RNDS; Российский народно-демократический союз; РНДС; Rossiyskiy narodno-demokraticheskiy soyuz, RNDS), initially named as People for Democracy and Justice (NDS; Народ за демократию и справедливость; НДС; Narod za demokratiyu i spravedlivost, NDS) was a liberal opposition political party in Russia, founded in 2006. The party was a member of the opposition coalition The Other Russia and was founded by former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov after he failed to win the leadership of the Democratic Party of Russia. The Union was one of the founding parties of the People's Freedom Party, in which the RNDS merged into in 2012.