Russian Bloc ( uk, Руський блок, Ruśký blok; russian: Русский блок, Russkiy blok) is a currently (since 13 May 2014) banned political party in Ukraine that was registered in March 2001.The court banned the party "Russian bloc" in Ukraine
Ukrayinska Pravda (13 May 2014) The party associates itself with the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eight ...

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' ( uk, За Русь єдину,

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries * Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and p ...

: За Русь единую).

History

The history of the party began with the creation in June 1999 of the "Russian Movement of Ukraine". It was formally registered as a political party in March 2001 under the name "For One Rus".Short bio
Центр политической информации "Дата" During the

2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 31 March 2002. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 The Our Ukraine bloc emerged as the largest faction in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 111 of the 447 seat ...

the party (still called "For One Rus'") was part of the

Russian Bloc The Russian Bloc (, Russian: Русский блок) was a former political alliance in Ukraine. It consisted of: * Rus'-Ukrainian Union * Union Party * For Russian Unity

that got 0.73% of the votes and no seats. It did not participate in National elections until 2012. In the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea the party was represented after the

2006 Crimean parliamentary election The 2006 Crimean parliamentary election were held on 26 March 2006. These were the first elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, which were conducted on the proportional election system. In order to gain representation in the Parliament of the ...

as it is part of the

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a po ...

n political alliance " For Yanukovych!" with the Party of Regions. In the

2010 Crimean parliamentary election The 2010 Crimean parliamentary election were held on 31 October 2010 as a part of the general 2010 Ukrainian local elections. Unlike the 2006 Crimean parliamentary election, previous election to the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, they were conducted ...

the Party of Regions and the Russian Bloc run separately. During this election the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Sevastopol. In the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.constituencies An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

(it had competed in 10 constituenciesCandidates
RBC Ukraine) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.Proportional votes

,

Central Election Commission of Ukraine The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( uk, Центральна виборча комісія України, commonly abbreviated in Ukrainian as ЦВК (''Tse-Ve-Ka''); sometimes referred to as the Central Electoral Commission of Ukrai ...

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.

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.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) On 20 March 2014 in

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

local party leader Valery Kaurov was arrested on suspicion of separatism during the

2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine From the end of February 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in major cities across the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity, which resulted in the succe ...

. 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". The party appealed the sentence, but on 17 June 2014 the Kyiv Court of Appeals confirmed the decision and terminated the party.Appellate Court banned the party "Russian bloc"
NBnews (18 June 2014)

References

External links

Russian Bloc

Russian Bloc in Crimea
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