Vasil Oleksandrovych Volga ( uk, Василь Олександрович Волга) (born March 5, 1968, in

Sievierodonetsk russian: Северодоне́цк , other_name = Severodonetsk , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = , image_flag = Severodoneck prapor.png , image_shield ...

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

) is a

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politician and former leader of the Ukrainian political party

Union of Leftists 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.

.The court banned the political party "Union of Left Forces" - the "Chesno" movement
(17 June 2022)

Biography

Volha unsuccessfully took part in the 2019 parliamentary elections in constituency No 68 located in

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast ( uk, Жито́мирська о́бласть, translit=Zhytomyrska oblast), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna ( uk, Жито́мирщина}) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. The administrative center of the obla ...

. Volha was a candidate in the

2004 Ukrainian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Ukraine on 31 October, 21 November and 26 December 2004. The election was the fourth presidential election to take place in Ukraine following independence from the Soviet Union. The last stages of the election ...

, nominated by the non-governmental organization "Public Control", of which he has been chair since 2000. In the election he won 0.04% of the vote. Born in 1968 he was one of the youngest presidential candidates. From 1997 to 2000 he was chair of the International Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs. The major thesis of his program is great attention to public control of governmental organizations achieved by the creation of labor unions and advisory panels in these organizations. Volha was elected for

Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine ( uk, Соціалістична Партія України, translit=Sotsialistychna Partiia Ukrayiny, SPU) was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Ukraine. It was one of the oldest par ...

in the 2006 parliamentary elections. Volha was a member of the Socialist Party of Ukraine until his exclusion from that party in 2007. He then created his new party

Union of Leftists 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.

.Short bio
Liga.net Volha was appointed the head of the state commission for the regulation of financial services markets on Match 22, 2010 by

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Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент Украї� ...

.Yanukovych dismisses Volha as head of financial service markets regulator

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(July 25, 2011) Volha was detained on July 19, 2011, and charged with

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and 2 months later for

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. He was dismissed by President Yanukovych from the post of the head of the state commission for financial service markets regulation on July 25, 2011. Volha was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment on 24 September 2012. He was released in January 2015, as the remaining part of his sentence was replaced by "". In 2018, Volha apartment was searched by

Security Service of Ukraine The Security Service of Ukraine ( uk, Служба безпеки України, translit=Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy}) or SBU ( uk, СБУ, link=no) is the law enforcement authority and main intelligence and security agency of the Ukrainian ...

officers as part of an investigation into a coup d'état and treason under Articles 109 and 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. In 2019 the party leader of Union of Leftists became . (Since September 2022 Union of Leftists is banned in Ukraine.The Supreme Court banned the "Union of Left Forces", which was headed by the former deputy Volha

Chesno Chesno ( uk, Чесно, lit=honestly, fairly) is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process. It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the Verkhovna Rada (parliame ...

(29 September 2022)) On Russian TV channels Volha has declared that in Ukraine "the concept of a titular nation must be destroyed" and repeated

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.Small biography on Vasyl Volha

Civil movement "Chesno" Chesno ( uk, Чесно, lit=honestly, fairly) is a Ukrainian public campaign that emerged late 2011 to advance a fair election process. It is widely known for its critical analysis and evaluation of politicians and the Verkhovna Rada (parliame ...

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