The Dictatorship Resistance Committee ( uk, Комітет опору диктатурі (''Komitet oporyu diktatyuri'')) was an alliance in
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...
formed by several parliamentary factions, political parties and opposition activist groups that opposed the
Ukrainian President
The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of D ...
. Parliamentary members of the alliance joined the All-Ukrainian Association Fatherland (
Batkivshchyna
The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", translit=Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna") referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by Pe ...
) as an umbrella coalition All-Ukrainian Association Fatherland – United Opposition in the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election
The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.People's Committee to Protect Ukraine
The People's Committee to Protect Ukraine ( uk, Народний комітет захисту України) was a political movement in Ukraine formed May 2010. The committee intended to hold a mass protest political campaign, campaign in Ukrain ...
. It was especially designed to promote public and civic actions against the conviction of former
Ukrainian Prime Minister
The prime minister of Ukraine ( uk, Прем'єр-міністр України, ) is the head of government of Ukraine. The prime minister presides over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of th ...
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();the opposition to run the elections on a single-party ticket.Tymoshenko: Opposition should participate in parliamentary elections on single party ticket
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden.
History
American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. ...
(September 27, 2011) In November 2011, the parties of the Dictatorship Resistance Committee chose the candidates who would be on the joint electoral lists for the electoral district ballots in the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election
The Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2012 took place on 28 October 2012.All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland"
The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", translit=Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna") referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by Pe ...
: biggest opposition party led by
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
The Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc ( uk, Блок Юлії Тимошенко, БЮТ; Blok Yuliyi Tymoshenko, BYuT) was the name of the bloc of political parties in Ukraine led by Yulia Tymoshenko since 2001. In November 2011, the participation of blocs ...
(BYuT).
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Front for Change
The Front for Change/Social Pole (Spanish: ''Frente para el Cambio/Polo Social'') is a progressive political party in Argentina.
At the 2005 legislative elections, sections of the party joined the ''Encuentro Amplio'' with other left-wing par ...
: a centrist political party. Until it became a member of the Dictatorship Resistance Committee it had been wary of cooperating with Tymoshenko.
* People's Self-Defense Party: a former member of
Viktor Yuschenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko ( uk, Віктор Андрійович Ющенко, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010.
As an informal leader of t ...
's
Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc
The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc ( uk, Блок Наша Україна–Народна Самооборона, ''Blok Nasha Ukrayina-Narodna Samooborona'', NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) was an electoral alliance active in ...
(OU-PSDB), this party was led by another alleged political prisoner: former Minister of Internal Affairs
Yuriy Lutsenko
Yuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko ( uk, Юрій Віталійович Луценко; born 14 December 1964) is a Ukrainian politician whose most recent post was Prosecutor General of Ukraine from 12 May 2016People's Movement of Ukraine
The People's Movement of Ukraine ( uk, Народний Рух України, Narodnyi Rukh Ukrayiny) is a Ukrainian political party and first opposition party in Soviet Ukraine. Often it is simply referred to as the Movement ( uk, Рух, Ru ...
: a conservative party and former member of OU-PSDB.
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European Party of Ukraine
The European Party of Ukraine ( uk, Європейська партія України) is a Ukrainian political party registered by the Ministry of Justice on August 3, 2006. Its ideology is social-liberalism, when the state should maintain ha ...
: a liberal party and former member of OU-PSDB.
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Reforms and Order Party
Party Reform and Order ( uk, Партія «Реформи і порядок» ''Partiya Reformy i Poriadok'') was a liberal political party in Ukraine.
: a liberal party that was also member of BYuT.
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Motherland Defenders Party
The Motherland Defenders Party ( uk, Партія захисників Вітчизни) is a political party in Ukraine registered in July 1997.All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda": a far right nationalistic party.
Although
UDAR of Vitaliy Klychko
The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform ( uk, Український демократичний альянс за реформи Віталія Кличка; the acronym UDAR ( uk, УДАР) translates to "strike" or "punch", en, Ukrainian ...
did not join the Dictatorship Resistance Committee it signed an agreement on 22 January 2012 on joint actions with the alliance.
Withdrawn members
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Civil Position
Civil Position or Civic Position ( uk, Громадянська позиція) is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2005. It is led by former Minister of Defence Anatoliy Hrytsenko.
History Mighty Ukraine
The party was registered i ...
: a small party led by former Defence Minister
Anatoliy Hrytsenko
Anatoliy Stepanovych Hrytsenko ( uk, Анатолій Степанович Гриценко; born 25 October 1957) is a Ukrainian politician, independent member of the current Ukrainian parliament, former Minister of Defence, member of the Our ...
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden.
History
American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. ...
Interfax Ukraine
The Interfax-Ukraine ( uk, Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian independent news agency founded in 1992. The company does not belong to the Russian news corporation Interfax Information Services. The company publishes i ...
'' (17 November 2011) In the same month of August 2011 in which the alliance was created, it was reported that Civil Position would merge with the European Party of Ukraine soon.
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Ukraine – Forward!
Ukraine – Forward! ( uk, Україна – Вперед!, ''Ukrajina – Vpered!'', Russian: Украина – Вперед!) is a social democratic political party in Ukraine. From its registration in December 1998 until March 2012 it wa ...
Natalia Korolevska
Natalia Yuriivna Korolevska ( uk, Наталія Юріївна Королевська) (born 18 May 1975 in Krasnyi Luch
was expelled from the "Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko– Batkivschyna" faction (formerly BYuT faction) in the
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
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 Ukra ...