Nataliya Mykhailivna Vitrenko ( uk, Натáлія Михáйлівна Вітрéнко; born December 28, 1951) is a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician and scientist.

Presidential candidacy

Born in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

, she was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the

Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine The Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (PSPU) is a banned Pro-Russian National Bolshevik political party in Ukraine led by Nataliya Vitrenko. The party was represented in Ukraine's national parliament between 1998 and 2002. History The p ...

, which she has chaired since 1996. In the

2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 31 March 2002. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 The Our Ukraine bloc emerged as the largest faction in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 111 of the 447 sea ...

, her party won 3.22% of the votes. She was a presidential candidate in 1999, when she won 11% of the votes to finish in 4th place. In the 2004 elections, however, she finished in fifth place and received less than 5% of the vote. On October 2, 1999, Vitrenko was attacked and wounded following a campaign rally when two unknown assailants threw two hand grenades at a crowd gathered outside one of her campaign events. Natalia Vitrenko was again nominated by the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine as candidate for the 2010 Ukrainian presidential electionCEC registers two more candidates for Ukraine's president
, Interfax-Ukraine (November 6, 2009) but the CECoU (Central Election Commission of Ukraine) refused to register her for failure to pay the required 2.5 million hryvnya nomination deposit. Vitrenko did not agree with the refusal, submitted a complaint to the judge and before his very eyes tore down the Ukrainian constitution as a protest. On November 11, 2009, Vitrenko said: "Ukraine is condemned either to collapse, or to make a revolution. To Ukrainian government, Constitution of Ukraine is nothing but toilet paper." Vitrenko's 1999 campaign was characterized by ''

The Ukrainian Weekly ''The Ukrainian Weekly'' is the oldest English-language newspaper of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, and North America. Founded by the Ukrainian National Association, and published continuously since October 6, 1933, archived copies ...

'' as "fierce populism, nostalgia for the Soviet era, and strong anti-Western sentiments".

Involvement with Lyndon LaRouche

Andrew Madison, writing in '' Vremya Novostei'', said that Vitrenko's ideological foundations were partially American in origin, because along with the Marxism she was also influenced by the ideas of

Lyndon LaRouche Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2019) was an American political activist who founded the LaRouche movement and its main organization the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC). He was a prominent conspira ...

. On her political website, Vitrenko says that she has very similar views to LaRouche on the sinister role of the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster glo ...

and the dollarization of speculative capital, which she says has become a threat to humanity. She attended a conference in 1995 in Germany, organized by Lyndon LaRouche and Helga Zepp-LaRouche, which passed a "Memorandum of humanity" drafted by Vitrenko.

Political positions

Vitrenko is a member of the

Eurasian Youth Union The Eurasian Youth Union (ESM; russian: Евразийский союз молодёжи; ЕСМ; ''Yevraziyskiy soyuz molodozhi'', ''YeSM'') is a Russian traditionalist political organization, the youth wing of the Eurasia Party headed by Ale ...

, a group led by Russian philosopher Alexandr Dugin.

Personal life

She is a mother of three children. Including Yuriy Vitrenko.Volodymyr Zelenskyy represents the ‘non-Maidan’ section of Ukrainian society

New Eastern Europe ''New Eastern Europe'' is a bimonthly political news magazine based in Krakow, Poland. The magazine covers articles about the news and affairs related to central and eastern Europe. History and profile ''New Eastern Europe'', headquartered in K ...

(29 May 2020)

References

External links

Official web site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vitrenko, Nataliya 1951 births Living people Politicians from Kyiv Socialist Party of Ukraine politicians Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine politicians Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada LaRouche movement Candidates in the 1999 Ukrainian presidential election Candidates in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election Kyiv National Economic University alumni 21st-century Ukrainian women politicians Anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Ukraine Ukrainian collaborators with Russia Women members of the Verkhovna Rada