political party
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in
Ukraine
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registered in June 2000. On 30 November 2018, the party was dissolved along with other Opposition Bloc members.
Ukrainian Parliament
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numbered 45 MPs and was the second largest entity in the parliament. Serhiy Tihipko was elected party leader in November 2000. The party supported
President of Ukraine
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Leonid Kuchma
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during his presidency.
At the
legislative
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Viktor Pinchuk
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. The party leader was Serhiy Tyhypko. After the 2004 presidential election Tihipko stepped out of Ukrainian politics, resigning as Labour Ukraine leader on April 23, 2005, before returning to it in the 2010 presidential election.
In the 2006 elections, the party failed on its own to win parliamentary representation, winning only 0,09% of the votes.
In the 2007 parliamentary elections the party did not participate. In this election Labour Ukraine members, including party leader Valeriy Konovalyuk, decided to join the Party of Regions election list. Again in the 2012 parliamentary elections the party was absent.
In the
2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
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Kyiv Post
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(Oct. 24, 2014)Opposition Bloc boosts rating by distancing itself from Yanukovych era
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is Ukraine’s first and most prominent English-language newspaper. It was founded in 1995 in Kyiv by American businessman Jed Sunden.
In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
Kyiv Post
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In 2018, the publication was acquired by prominent Ukrainian businessman Adnan Kivan, foun ...
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