Russian Bloc ( uk, Руський блок, Ruśký blok; russian: Русский блок, Russkiy blok) is a currently (since 13 May 2014) banned

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that was registered in March 2001.The court banned the party "Russian bloc" in Ukraine

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(13 May 2014) The party associates itself with the

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and employs the Russian tricolor. It promotes the idea of a united, Pan-East-Slavic state. The former name of the party is the Party For One Rus' ( uk, За Русь єдину, Russian language, Russian: За Русь единую).

History

The history of the party began with the creation in June 1999 of the "Russian Movement of Ukraine". It was formally registered as a political party in March 2001 under the name "For One Rus".Short bio
Центр политической информации "Дата" During the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party (still called "For One Rus'") was part of the Russian Bloc that got 0.73% of the votes and no seats. It did not participate in National elections until 2012. In the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea the party was represented after the 2006 Crimean parliamentary election as it is part of the Crimean political party, political alliance "For Yanukovych!" with the Party of Regions. In the 2010 Crimean parliamentary election the Party of Regions and the Russian Bloc run separately. During this election the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Sevastopol. In the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election the party won 0.31% of the national votes and no constituencies (it had competed in 10 constituenciesCandidates
RBC Ukraine) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.Proportional votes

, Central Election Commission of Ukraine The parties best results were in constituency 233 (in Sevastopol) with 27.80%, constituency 223 (in Kyiv) with 8.22% and in constituency 43 (in Donetsk) with 4.23% of the votes.

Banning

The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the District Administrative Court in Kyiv for the ban of activities of the party (and also for a ban on the party 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 20 March 2014 in Odessa local party leader Valery Kaurov was arrested on suspicion of separatism during the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine. On 13 May 2014 the District Administrative Court in Kyiv banned the party "in connection with calls to overthrow the constitutional order and the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine". The party appealed the sentence, but on 17 June 2014 the Appellate court, Kyiv Court of Appeals confirmed the decision and terminated the party.Appellate Court banned the party "Russian bloc"
NBnews (18 June 2014)

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Russian Bloc

Russian Bloc in Crimea
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