MOSCOW. Sept 27 (Interfax) - United Russia leader and State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov has said members of his party know what mistakes a party should not make in order to retain political leadership.

"When our faction held the first meeting at the State Duma after the summer vacation, I warned that we have no right to resort to populism during the election campaign," Gryzlov said in an interview with Interfax.

Meeting with members of the international debate club Valdai in Sochi on September 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin called United Russia the leading political force in the country. Still, Putin also noted that United Russia would only be able to retain its leadership position if it avoided making political mistakes.

United Russia believes devotion to populism would be the most serious danger for the party, Gryzlov said. "I understand that when a politician who is not very confident in himself or the political group he represents speaks to an audience of 100 or 200 voters, he is tempted to try to make them like him and he starts to say what the audience wants to hear. This is a mistake," Gryzlov said.

"We are orienting our members and activists toward promising only what we can really do. This is what distinguishes us from others. This is what a policy of real deeds means," Gryzlov said.

The full version of Gryzlov's interview will be available at www.interfax.ru later.