It was a liberal, centrist political movement, founded for the purpose of rallying more technocratic-reformist (right-wing) government supporters.The movement attracted the sympathies and interests of many prominent members of the ruling elite of Russia, and NDR was thus nicknamed "the party of power".Together their platform would promote "freedom, property, and legality", and would favor such policies as reducing the state's role in the economy, support for small businesses, privatization of agriculture, and military cutbacks.However, after Chernomyrdin's candidacy for a second term as prime minister was in 1998 rejected by the Duma, Our Home – Russia declined the other parties' bid for cooperation.Although it was critical of the war in Chechnya, Viktor Chernomyrdin and NDR played a central role in supporting Yeltsin in his 1996 bid for re-election as President of the Russian Federation.