THE 18TH PARTY CONGRESS OF THE CPRF SUMMARY REPORTMay 9, 2021The 18th Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation was held on April 24, 2021 in Moscow and attended by delegates from all CPRF regional, local and primary organizations.The summary report to the Party Congress had been presented by the Chairman of the CPRF CC Gennady Zyuganov where he summed up the results of party activity for the reporting period and outlined the basic guidelines of the Party, they are:1. To raise prestige of a CPRFmember for strengthening ideological discipline and cleansing the Party from indifferent and dissenting individuals Priority in this issue should be paid to information, propaganda and ideology in order to implement one of the most important tasks of the CPRF aimed at bringing the majority of proletarians out of political apathy.3. To focus on doubling Party ranks and strengthening its class core. The share of young people under 30 now exceeds 12% and targeted efforts for further involvement of youth, creation of youth sections, councils of supporters, discussion platforms and other public structures will be very much helpful for getting the best results.4. To protect the legacy of the Soviet era and promote socialist values along with protection of democratic rights and freedoms of citizens.The CPRF will continue fighting for human rights, separation of powers, independence of the judiciary, freedom of speech, the right to assembly, the presumption of innocence, privacy, and the prohibition of censorship at all levels.5. To strengthen parliamentary participation of the Party. The CPRF need to focus on preparing for the upcoming elections to the State Duma (autumn, 2021) in order to maximize a new composition of its faction. This is essential for efficient protection of worker’s rights and interests.6. To continue development of relations with fraternal and left parties: all-round cooperation, exchange of views and coordination of positions on the main issues of international and intra-communist agenda.To increase interaction with scientific centers in China, Vietnam, Cuba and other interested institutions, parties and comrades, welcoming the interest in the Leninist and Leninist-Stalinist theoretical legacy.The participants of the Congress considered five issues on the agenda:Political report of the CPRF CC to the 18th Party Congress.Report of the Central Control and Revision Commission of the CPRF to the 18th Party Congress.Election of the CPRF CC.Election of alternate – members of the CPRF CC.Election of the Central Control and Revision Commission of the CPRF.e5d25a_ssi_2771_novyi-razmerThe Congress received about 80 messages of solidarity: from fraternal communist and worker’s parties and international public organizations.On behalf of the Congress, official congratulations were sent to President of Cuba Miguel Diaz – Canel Bermudez, who was recently re-elected to the post of the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.The Congress adopted resolutions and appeals:“For socialism, against poverty and lawlessness!“.Only struggle for justice and socialism against oligarchic state will lead to the goal. The CPRF stands firmly against cynical “Russophobia”, aggressive anti-Sovietism, nationalism and cosmopolitism.“The truth and strength of socialism – the bulwark of the victory of the USSR over fascism“.International security mechanisms have been undermined. The threats of local conflicts, “cold” and “hot” wars are growing. To oppose the threats, the CPRF needs to give an adequate respond to challenges and move forward.“To the fraternal people of Ukraine!“The CPRF declares its solidarity with the people of Ukraine, who is currently under rule of oligarchs and outspoken Nazis. The CPRF is confident that difficult times will be left behind and the historical destinies of Russia and Ukraine will be united.Members of the Congress elected 188 members of the CPRF CC, and 141 alternate – members of the Central Committee.At the second stage of the Congress the issues related to party participation in the elections to the State Duma, regional and local authorities will be discussed.Congress related information will be published in Party mass media.As a part of the Congress, the IstPlenum of the CPRF CC was held by the members of the Central Committee to consider organizational issues.The plenum elected Gennady Zyuganov as the Chairman of the CPRF CC unanimously. Ivan Melnikov and Yury Afonin were elected as the First Deputy Chairmen. Vladimir Kashin, Dmitry Novikov and Leonid Kalashnikov were elected as Deputy Chairmen.As the bottom line comrade Zyuganov called for coordinated and effective work to implement the missions facing the CPRF like preparation for the upcoming elections, active work with voters, propagation of the CPRF ideas, strengthening the parliamentary vertical and broadening of cooperation with friendly parties and organizations all over the world. 選舉候補(bǔ)成員——CPRF CC成員。 選舉CPRF中央控制和修訂委員會(huì)。 大會(huì)收到關(guān)于80條團(tuán)結(jié)信息：來(lái)自兄弟的共產(chǎn)黨和工人黨以及國(guó)際共組織。 代表大會(huì)向古巴總統(tǒng)米格爾·迪亞茲-卡內(nèi)爾·貝穆德斯表示正式祝賀，他最近再次當(dāng)選為古巴共產(chǎn)黨第一書(shū)記。 大會(huì)通過(guò)了決議和呼吁： “為了社會(huì)主義，反對(duì)貧困和無(wú)法無(wú)天！“。 只有為正義和社會(huì)主義而斗爭(zhēng)反對(duì)寡頭國(guó)家才能實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)。CPRF堅(jiān)決反對(duì)憤世嫉俗的“俄羅斯恐懼癥”，激進(jìn)的反蘇主義，民族主義和世界主義。 “社會(huì)主義的真理和力量——蘇聯(lián)戰(zhàn)勝法西斯主義的堡壘”。 國(guó)際安全機(jī)制遭到破壞。局部沖突、“冷”和“熱”戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的威脅正在增長(zhǎng)。為了應(yīng)對(duì)這些威脅，CPRF需要對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)做出充分反應(yīng)并向前邁進(jìn)。 “致兄弟的烏克蘭人民！“ CPRF宣布聲援烏克蘭人民，他們目前處于寡頭和直言不諱的納粹分子的統(tǒng)治之下。CPRF相信，困難時(shí)期將被拋在后面，俄羅斯和烏克蘭的歷史命運(yùn)將團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)。 代表大會(huì)選出了188名蘇共中央委員和141名候補(bǔ)中央委員。 在大會(huì)的第二階段，將討論與政黨參加國(guó)家杜馬、地區(qū)和地方當(dāng)局選舉有關(guān)的問(wèn)題。 大會(huì)相關(guān)信息將在黨的大眾媒體上公布。 作為大會(huì)的一部分，我圣 中央委員會(huì)成員召開(kāi)了中央委員會(huì)全體會(huì)議，審議組織問(wèn)題。 全會(huì)一致選舉根納季·久加諾夫?yàn)镃PRF CC主席。 伊萬(wàn)·梅爾尼科夫和尤里·阿福寧當(dāng)選為第一副主席。 弗拉基米爾·卡申、德米特里·諾維科夫和列昂尼德·卡拉什尼科夫當(dāng)選為副主席。 作為底線，久加諾夫同志呼吁協(xié)調(diào)和有效的工作來(lái)執(zhí)行CPRF面臨的任務(wù)，例如為即將舉行的選舉做準(zhǔn)備，積極與選民合作，宣傳CPRF思想，加強(qiáng)議會(huì)垂直以及擴(kuò)大與世界各地友好政黨和組織的合作。 注，本篇專欄只涉及就俄共十八屆代表大會(huì)，的內(nèi)容搬運(yùn)，不涉及本人的任何政治思想