Russian Unity
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Russian Unity (Ukrainian: Руська Єдність; Russian: Русское Единство) was a political party in Crimea, registered in October 2008.[1] A Kyiv Court banned the party "from activity on the territory of Ukraine" on 30 April 2014.[2] Party leader Sergey Aksyonov was instrumental in making possible the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[2][3][4] The party was based in Crimea, which has a Russian-speaking majority. The party was dissolved on 5 May 2014.
Although the party took positions on a number of issues, the party's main focus was
History
The party was founded in
In the
In 2014 the party was involved in protests and the seizure of government buildings, including the
The
In August 2014 the party signed a cooperation agreement with
The party was dissolved and merged into United Russia on 5 May 2014.[12]
Party leaders
- 2008–2010: Maksym Kovalenko[6]
- 2010–2014: Sergey Aksyonov
References
- ^ a b Політична партія "Руська Єдність", Database DATA (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Ukrayinska Pravda(2 April 2014) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ a b c d "Russia and Ukraine: Edging closer to war". The Economist. March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ ITAR-TASS(15 April 2014)
- ^ Программа политической партии «Русское Единство», Program of the Political Party "Russian Unity" (in Russian)
- ^ a b Партія “Авангард" змінила назву та лідера організації, «ОГО» (17 September 2010) (in Ukrainian)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(8 November 2010) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ RBC Ukraine(in Ukrainian)
- ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
- UNIAN (22 April 2014), Focus Information Agency (23 April 2014) (in Ukrainian)
Justice Ministry of Ukraine wants to ban two pro-Russian parties Archived 1 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine - ^ "Pro Russia party signs major deal with Crimea group".
- ^ Запрещенная судом партия крымского премьера решила самораспуститься (in Ukrainian). Sobytiya. 5 May 2014.
External links
- Official website (in Russian)