These forces are not legally formalized, but since 2012 there has been a Permanent Conference of the National Patriotic Forces of Russia, which claims to unite all Russians patriots: from social democrats to monarchists.[6]
After the NSF was banned, leftists and nationalists rallied around the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. In 1996, the People's Patriotic Union of Russia (NPSR) alliance was created by the CPRF, which united part of the social conservative and left-nationalist movements in order to support Zyuganov's presidential candidacies.[7]
After the conflicts between Zyuganov and the leader of the NPSR Gennady Semigin, the latter left the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and founded the Patriots of Russia party, and the activity of the NPSR was de facto terminated.[8]
At the end of July 2022, talks began about the unification of the CPRF and the SRZP into one "left-patriotic" party
In July 2022, the leader of the CPRFGennady Zyuganov stated he would allow the party to merge with the left-conservative party, A Just Russia — For Truth, but only if they adopted the Communist program.[9] The day before, the leader of the A Just Russia Sergey Mironov said that he "does not see any obstacles to the creation in Russia of a large coalition of left-wing patriotic forces".[10]
Later, after the presidential elections, the PDS of the NPSR and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation supported the continuation of cooperation.[17][18]
As of May 2019, the PDS NPSR includes 29 movements.[12]
