The New Russia Party (), or Novorossiya Party, is a political party operating in

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, and in particular regions of Ukraine annexed by Russia. The organization was founded by pro-Russian separatists, under the leadership of

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, on 14 May 2014. The party is formally known as the Social-Political Movement "New Russia Party" (). It is not registered with the

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. The party was banned from participating in the 2014 Donbas general elections because they "were not able to hold a founding conference".Will the New Russia to make a choice?

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(31 October 2014) Members of the party took part in the election on the election lists of Free Donbas.

Objectives

According to the party, their aim is "the withdrawal of all south-eastern Ukrainian lands from the jurisdiction of the Kyiv authorities based on the principle of

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creating a new, truly fair, scientifically and technologically advanced state."

History

Founding

The New Russia Party was founded on 13 May 2014 in

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. Its creation was announced by

, then acting as "People's Governor" of Donetsk, who stated, "The new party will be led only by those people who in this difficult time showed themselves as true patriots of their Motherland and proved themselves as true fighters and defenders of their Fatherland." The first congress was attended by pro-Russian separatist officials of the

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, Donbas Militia. Notable figures were involved, including:

leader

(former member of the Neo-Nazi

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and Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine), writer Alexander Prokhanov, fascist political scientist and

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leader

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, and Valery Korovin. The congress announced the creation of a new self-declared confederate state called 'New Russia'. The state would, according to Dugin, have its capital city in

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as the state religion, and would nationalize major industries. According to Gubarev the state would also include (the major cities currently not under control of separatists)

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and

Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...

.In Donetsk, created the party "New Russia"

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(23 May 2014)

Donbas elections

On 2 November 2014, internationally unrecognized elections were held in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. The New Russia Party was refused registration in the DPR because it had not held a founding conference. It subsequently stood candidates under the Free Donbas grouping, which received 31.6% of the vote. Ekaterina Gubareva was set to head the election list of Free Donbas party for the People's Soviet of the Donetsk People's Republic of 11 November 2018 but on 29 September 2018 she was excluded from this list after she was hold in custody by unknown people. After this incident she left for

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(in

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Sanctions

As part of the sanctions imposed during the

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, the party was placed on US sanctions lists on 19 December 2014. The

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stated that the party, which had been "created to unite all supporters for the establishment of an independent federal state of Novorossiya and to withdraw all southeastern lands in Ukraine from the authority of Kyiv", was "designated because it has engaged in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine".

References

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