Russian Unity

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Russian Unity
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Website
russ-edin.org (inactive)
russkoe-edinstvo.com

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

Ukrainian relations with Russia[5] before the 2014 Crimean Crisis, in which it became supportive of secession from Ukraine to join Russia; after this occurred, it merged into the Russian political party United Russia
.

History

The party was founded in

In the

Feodosiya) 4.11% and in constituency 10 (in Bakhchysarai) 2.28%.[8]

In 2014 the party was involved in protests and the seizure of government buildings, including the

2014 Crimean crisis.[3] Party leader Sergey Aksyonov was named Prime Minister of Crimea on 27 February 2014, and then called for a referendum on Crimea's autonomy.[3] On 11 March Crimea adopted a declaration of independence and held on 17 March the 2014 Crimean status referendum that lead to the 21 March 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[3][4]

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 Bloc) on 23 April 2014.[10] On 30 April (2014) the Court banned the party "from activity on the territory of Ukraine".[2] The Court stated that the signing of Aksenov of the treaty that formally sealed the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation was evidence of "encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine".[2]

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

References

  1. ^ a b Політична партія "Руська Єдність", Database DATA (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^
    Ukrayinska Pravda
    (2 April 2014) (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^ a b c d "Russia and Ukraine: Edging closer to war". The Economist. March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ^
    ITAR-TASS
    (15 April 2014)
  5. ^ Программа политической партии «Русское Единство», Program of the Political Party "Russian Unity" (in Russian)
  6. ^ a b Партія “Авангард" змінила назву та лідера організації, «ОГО» (17 September 2010) (in Ukrainian)
  7. Ukrayinska Pravda
    (8 November 2010) (in Ukrainian)
  8. ^
    RBC Ukraine
    (in Ukrainian)
  9. ^ Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (12 November 2012)
  10. , Focus Information Agency (23 April 2014) (in Ukrainian)
  11. ^ "Pro Russia party signs major deal with Crimea group".
  12. ^ Запрещенная судом партия крымского премьера решила самораспуститься (in Ukrainian). Sobytiya. 5 May 2014.

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