According to the statements of one of the leaders of the movement,
Nikolay Kavkazsky (also member of
Yabloko), the LevSD "is equally far removed from
Bolshevik authoritarianism and from the opportunism of modern right-wing social democrats". In the "Declaration of the Socialists of Russia", the
current state system, in particular, is characterized as nomenclature, authoritarian and
Bonapartist. The document enshrined the social democrats' rejection of clericalism and obscurantism, xenophobia and poverty. According to the movement, social democracy implies a secular state, free democratic elections, support for trade unions, affordable housing and medicine, the introduction of a progressive tax, the correspondence of the minimum wage to the living wage, the rejection of all types of discrimination and respect for nature. == Activities ==