Russian Bloc (party)
Russian Bloc Руський блок | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Gennady Basov[1] |
| Founded | March 2001 |
| Ideology | Russification Pan-Slavism Federation with Russia |
| Website | |
| http://rusblok.net/ (in Russian) | |
Russian Bloc (Template:Lang-uk, Ruśký blok; Template:Lang-ru, Russkiy blok) is a currently (since 13 May 2014) banned political party in Ukraine that was registered in March 2001.[1][2]
The party associates itself with the Russian Federation and employs the Russian tricolor. It promotes the idea of a united, Pan-East-Slavic state. The former name of the party is the Party For One Rus' (Template:Lang-uk, Za Rus' yedynu).[2]
History
The history of the party began with the creation in June 1999 of the "Russian Movement of Ukraine".[1] It was formally registered as a political party in March 2001[1] under the name "For One Rus".[2]
During the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party (still called "For One Rus'") was part of the Russian Bloc (Template:Lang-uk) that got 0.73% of the votes and no seats.[2] It did not participate in National elections until 2012.[2] In the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea the party was represented after the 2006 Crimean parliamentary election as it is part of the Crimean political alliance "For Yanukovych!" (Template:Lang-uk) with the Party of Regions.[3] In the 2010 Crimean parliamentary election the Party of Regions and the Russian Bloc run separately.[4][5] During this election the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Sevastopol.[6] In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party won 0.31% of the national votes and no constituencies (it had competed in 10 constituencies[7]) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.[8] The parties best results were in constituency 233 (in Sevastopol) with 27.80%, constituency 223 (in Kyiv) with 8.22% and in constituency 43 (in Donetsk) with 4.23% of the votes.[7]
Banning
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the District Administrative Court in Kyiv for the ban of activities of the party (and also for a ban on the party Russian Unity) on 23 April 2014.[9] On 20 March 2014 in Odessa local party leader Valery Kaurov was arrested on suspicion of separatism during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine.[9]
On 13 May 2014 the District Administrative Court in Kyiv banned the party "in connection with calls to overthrow the constitutional order and the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine".[1] The party appealed the sentence, but on 17 June 2014 the Kyiv Court of Appeals confirmed the decision and terminated the party.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) The court banned the party "Russian bloc" in Ukraine, Ukrayinska Pravda (13 May 2014)
- ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) Short bio, Центр политической информации "Дата"
- ^ "Archived copy" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), Росбалт.RU (06/10/2009) - ^ Local government elections in Ukraine: last stage in the Party of Regions’ takeover of power, Centre for Eastern Studies (4 October 2010)
- ^ (in Russian) О партии Archived 3 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Russian Bloc
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Официальные результаты голосования по выборам в Севастопольский городской совет, SevNews (5 November 2010)
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Candidates, RBC Ukraine
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Proportional votes Archived 30 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine & Constituency seats Archived 5 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Justice asked the court to ban the party "Russian Block" and "Russian Unity", UNIAN (22 April 2014)
Justice Ministry of Ukraine wants to ban two pro-Russian parties, Focus Information Agency (23 April 2014) - ^ (in Ukrainian) Appellate Court banned the party "Russian bloc", NBnews (18 June 2014)
External links
- Russian Bloc (in Russian)
- Russian Bloc in Crimea (in Russian)