Union of Left Forces ( uk, Союз лівих сил, Soyuz livykh syl; SLS) was a Ukrainian political party led by from its founding to 2019 by Vasyl Volha.Four parties unite to participate in presidential election
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(September 14, 2009) The party was banned by court order on 17 June 2022. The party was never represented in Ukraine's national parliament.

History

At the

2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna ...

, the

Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine ( uk, Соціалістична Партія України, translit=Sotsialistychna Partiia Ukrayiny, SPU) was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Ukraine. It was one of the oldest par ...

experienced a decline in support. Afterwards, Vasyl Volha left the party and created the Union of Leftists.Short bio
Liga.net The party was founded on 8 December 2007 and its goals were empower local communities, provide state support for poor regions, stop the

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of strategic state enterprises and the sale of agricultural land, make Ukraine

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ly neutral and make

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the second

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.Ліві об'єдналися в нову партію "Союз лівих сил"
, NEWSru.ua (December 8, 2007) In November 2008, the party headquarters were the target of

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. According to the party, this was connected to an action against radical nationalism in Ukraine conducted by the party in

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the day before where they burned

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s and flags of some

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parties. The party participated in the

2010 Ukrainian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 17 January 2010. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off election was held between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych on 7 February. On 14 ...

as part of the Bloc of Left and Center-left Forces and supported Petro Symonenko as this bloc joint candidate for the post of

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at the

. The party did not participate in the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014. Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May. The party failed to register its party list for the

2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Snap elections to the Ukrainian parliament were held on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, these elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved parliament on 21 ...

.Union of Left Forces political party biography

Chesno Chesno ( uk, Чесно, lit=honestly, fairly) is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process. It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the Verkhovna Rada (parliame ...

At the 7th Party Congress on 18 December 2021, a decision was made to change the name to the political party For a New Socialism. This name change was not officially re-registered. On 18 February 2022, in the

prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine In March and April 2021, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crimea, representing the largest mobilization since the illegal annexation of Crimea ...

, Goldarb appealed through the US and UK embassies to the leadership of these countries "to compensate for the damage caused to our economy due to the military panic inspired by them". On 20 March 2022, it was one of several political parties suspended by the

National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC; uk, Рада національної безпеки і оборони України, RNBO or RNBOU) is the coordinating state body of the executive power under the President of Ukrai ...

during the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. A ...

, along with Derzhava,

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Opposition Bloc russian: Оппозиционный блок , colorcode = , logo = Opposition Bloc.png , logo_size = 240px , leader1_title = Chairman , leader1_name = Rinat Akhmetov (one wing)Dmytro Firtash & Yuriy Boyko ...

Opposition Platform — For Life The Opposition Platform – For Life ( uk, Опозиційна платформа – За життя; russian: Оппозиционная платформа – За жизнь, OPZZh) was a parliamentary and now banned pro-Russian and Euros ...

Party of Shariy Party of Shariy ( uk, Партія Шарія, russian: Партия Шария, PSh) is a banned political party in Ukraine founded by political blogger Anatoly Shariy. Its official proclaimed ideology is libertarianism.Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine The Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (PSPU) is a banned Pro-Russian National Bolshevik political party in Ukraine led by Nataliya Vitrenko. The party was represented in Ukraine's national parliament between 1998 and 2002. History The p ...

, and the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc. On 17 June 2022, the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal banned the party. The property of the party and all its branches were transferred to the state.The court banned the political party "Union of Left Forces" - the "Chesno" movement
(17 June 2022) On 29 September 2022 the final appeal against the party's ban was dismissed by the

Supreme Court of Ukraine The Supreme Court of Ukraine ( uk, Верховний Суд України, ) is the highest judicial body in the system of courts of general jurisdiction in Ukraine.The Supreme Court banned the "Union of Left Forces", which was headed by the former deputy Volha

(29 September 2022)

References

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