Russian Unity ( uk, Руська Єдність; russian: Русское Единство) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or po ...

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 ...

, registered in October 2008.Політична партія "Руська Єдність"
Database DATA A

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

Court banned the party "from activity on the territory of Ukraine" on 30 April 2014. Party leader

Sergey Aksyonov Sergey Valeryevich Aksyonov (russian: Сергей Валерьевич Аксёнов, uk, Сергій Валерійович Аксьонов, ro, Serghei Valerievici Aksionov; born 26 November 1972) is a Russian politician serving, since ...

was instrumental in making possible the

annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv ...

.Putin signs order appointing Aksyonov interim head of Crimea

ITAR-TASS The Russian News Agency TASS (russian: Информацио́нное аге́нтство Росси́и ТАСС, translit=Informatsionnoye agentstvo Rossii, or Information agency of Russia), abbreviated TASS (russian: ТАСС, label=none) ...

(15 April 2014) The party was based in

, 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 Russian language rights and promoting Ukrainian relations with Russia 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 United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Russian conservative political party. As the largest party in Russia, it holds 325 (or 72.22%) of the 450 seats in the State Duma , havi ...

History

The party was founded in

Simferopol Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is ...

under the original name ''Vanguard'' ( uk, Авангард) and registered by the

Ukrainian Ministry of Justice The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство юстиції України) is the main body in the system of central government of Ukraine that regulates state legal policy. It is often abbreviated as "Мinjust" f Ukraine I ...

in October 2008. In August 2010 they were renamed Russian Unity.Партія “Авангард" змінила назву та лідера організації
«ОГО» (17 September 2010) It won 3 seats (of the 100 in total) during 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 ...

in the

Supreme Council of Crimea Verkhovna Rada of Crimea or the Supreme Council of Crimea, officially the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea ( uk, Верховна Рада Автономної Республіки Крим, Verkhovna Rada Avtonomnoï Respubl ...

. 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 ...

(seats), all of them located in the

Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,

;"Russian Unity" candidates

RBC Ukraine The RBC Group, or RosBiznesConsulting (russian: Группа компаний «РБК» РБК, РосБизнесКонсалтинг), is a Russian media group headquartered in Moscow. It was established in 1993. The company holds an infor ...

but it won in none and thus missed parliamentary representation. The party's best result was in constituency 1 (located in

) with 9.12%. In constituency 2 (also located in Simferopol) it scored 4.12%, in constituency 6 (in

Feodosiya uk, Феодосія, Теодосія crh, Kefe , official_name = () , settlement_type= , image_skyline = THEODOSIA 01.jpg , imagesize = 250px , image_caption = Genoese fortress of Caffa , image_shield = Fe ...

) 4.11% and in constituency 10 (in

Bakhchysarai Bakhchysarai ( crh, Bağçasaray, italic=yes; russian: Бахчисара́й; ua, Бахчисара́й; tr, Bahçesaray) is a town in Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the ...

) 2.28%. In 2014 the party was involved in protests and the seizure of government buildings, including the

(the parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea), during the

2014 Crimean crisis In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv t ...

. Party leader

was named

Prime Minister of Crimea The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea is the head of government of the Republic of Crimea (previously the Autonomous Republic of Crimea located in the southern region of Ukraine). Until 2014, the Prime Minister, who ...

on 27 February 2014, and then called for a referendum on Crimea's autonomy. On 11 March Crimea adopted a

declaration of independence A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the ...

and held on 17 March the

2014 Crimean status referendum The Crimean status referendum of 2014 was a disputed referendum on March 16, 2014, concerning the status of Crimea, in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the local government of Sevastopol (both subdivisions of Ukraine) after Russian force ...

that lead to the 21 March 2014

. The

Ministry of Justice of Ukraine The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство юстиції України) is the main body in the system of central government of Ukraine that regulates state legal policy. It is often abbreviated as "Мinjust" f Ukraine I ...

filed a lawsuit at the District Administrative Court in

for the ban of activities of the party (and also for a ban on the party

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

) 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 30 April (2014) the Court banned the party "from activity on the territory of Ukraine".Court banned the party of Aksenov

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukrain ...

(2 April 2014) The Court stated that the signing of Aksenov of the treaty that formally sealed the

was evidence of "

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on the territorial integrity of Ukraine". In August 2014 the party signed a cooperation agreement with

Latvian Russian Union The Latvian Russian Union (LRU, lv, Latvijas Krievu savienība, russian: Русский союз Латвии, Russkiy soyuz Latvii) (LKS) is a political party in Latvia supported mainly by ethnic Russians and other Russian-speaking minorities. ...

, a Russian political party in

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

, to "strengthen the unity of the

Russian world The "Russian world" (russian: Русский мир, lit=Russian world', 'Russian order', 'Russian community, translit=Russkiy mir; la, Pax Rossica, Pax Russica) is the concept of social totality associated with Russian culture. ''Russkiy mir'' ...

." The party was dissolved and merged into

on 5 May 2014.

Party leaders

* 2008–2010: Maksym Kovalenko * 2010–2014:

References

External links

* {{Russian nationalism Political parties established in 2008 Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Political parties in Crimea Russian political parties in Ukraine Regionalist parties in Ukraine Defunct political parties in Ukraine 2008 establishments in Ukraine 2014 disestablishments in Ukraine Banned political parties in Ukraine United Russia Treason in Ukraine Russian minority interests parties