 There, he began raising funds for a newspaper, "Iskra" (""Spark""), a new organ of the Russian Marxist party, now calling itself the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP).In July 1900, Lenin left Russia for Western Europe; in Switzerland he met other Russian Marxists, and at a Corsier conference they agreed to launch the paper from Munich, where Lenin relocated in September.Containing contributions from prominent European Marxists, "Iskra" was smuggled into Russia, becoming the country's most successful underground publication for 50 years.