Digital Political Parties: Foreign Experience and Opportunities for Its Implementation in Russia

Abstract

The development of information and communication technologies in the context of declining confidence in traditional parties focused on mass membership has led to the emergence of a new model of political parties — digital parties. The article analyzes their essence, distinctive features and methods of activity. The reasons for the failure to create digital parties in Russia are explained by the lack of conditions for their existence, as well as the focus of Russian legislation on the model of mass parties with formal membership, an extensive structure and a large bureaucratic apparatus. The article analyzes the prospects for changes in legislation that will favor the formation of a model of digital political parties in Russia, while noting that in our country this model will have differences from foreign ones.