The Political Party "Socialists" ( uk, Політична партія «Соціалісти», Політична партія «Соціалісти») was a Ukrainian center-left political party founded in August 2014 as Political Party of Workers, Peasants, and Intelligentsia of Ukraine ( uk, Політична партія «Робітників, селян, інтелігенції України»). In February 2015, the party adopted its current name. The party was led by Yevhen Anoprienko since 27 November 2019. The activity of the party was terminated on 19 March 2022 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 ...

due to martial law. On 23 September 2022 after losing its final appeal at the Supreme Court of Ukraine was dismissed, the party was banned in Ukraine.

History

Under its current name, the party was registered by the

Ministry of Justice of Ukraine The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство юстиції України) is the main body in the system of central government of Ukraine that regulates state legal policy. It is often abbreviated as "Мinjust" f Ukraine It ...

on January 28, 2015. Vasyl Tsushko, a veteran of the socialist movement, was elected head of the party. On May 21, 2016, he announced the resignation of his powers and resignation from the party due to another cyclical deterioration of his health. On June 25, 2016, at the 5th congress of the party,

Leonid Kozhara Leonid Oleksandrovych Kozhara ( uk, Леонід Олександрович Кожара, Russian: Леонид Александрович Кожара, born 14 January 1963) is a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. In 2013 he was th ...

, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2012-2014), the acting chairman of the OSCE (2013), the People's Deputy of Ukraine of the

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convocations (from 2006 until 2014), was elected as the chairman of the "Socialists". On November 27, 2019, he submitted a statement to the party's congress about resigning his powers and leaving the party. On November 27, 2019, at an extraordinary party congress, Yevhen Anoprienko was elected head of the Socialists, who was associated with the Committee for the Salvation of Ukraine. On the eve of the 2020 local elections the party announced at a joint press conference a merge with Reasonable Force, All-Ukrainian People's Union and

Union of Left Forces 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.

, but this merge did not materialise. The activity of the party was terminated on 19 March 2022 by the

due to martial law. On 14 June 2022 the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal banned this party. The property of the party and all its branches were transferred to the state. The party was banned because it was seen as a collaborator with Russia. The decision was open to an appeal at the Supreme Court of Ukraine. On 23 September 2022 the final appeal against the party's ban was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Ukraine, meaning that the party was fully banned in Ukraine."SOCIALISTS" political party biography
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Elections

In the 2015 local elections, the party nominated candidates for regional centers and regional councils in most regions of the country, but did not get into any council. In December 2018, the congress of "Socialists" nominated

as a candidate for the presidency. In the 2020 local elections the party nominated candidates for the Sumy City Council.

References

External links

The website of the political party Socialists
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