Russian Bloc ( uk, Руський блок, Ruśký blok; russian: Русский блок, Russkiy blok) is a currently (since 13 May 2014) banned
political party
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in
Ukraine
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Ukrayinska Pravda
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(13 May 2014)
The party associates itself with the
Russian Federation
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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: 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
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 seats ...
the party (still called "For One Rus'") was part of the
Russian Bloc
The Russian Bloc (, Russian language, Russian: Русский блок) was a former political party, political alliance in Ukraine.
It consisted of:
*Party "Rus", Rus'-Ukrainian Union
*Union Party (Ukraine), Union Party
*Russian Bloc (party), Fo ...
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
The 2006 Crimean parliamentary election were held on 26 March 2006. These were the first elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, which were conducted on the proportional election system. In order to gain representation in the Parliament of the ...
political alliance
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International terms
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For Yanukovych! "For Yanukovych!" ( uk, За Януковича!, Russian: За Януковича!) was a political alliance in Crimea (an autonomous republic within Ukraine) between the Party of Regions and the Russian Bloc during the 2006 Crimean parliamentary ...
2010 Crimean parliamentary election
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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
RBC Ukraine
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The company holds an infor ...
) and thus failed to win parliamentary representation.Proportional votes
,
Central Election Commission of Ukraine
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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
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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
Russian Unity ( uk, Руська Єдність; russian: Русское Единство) was a political party in Crimea, registered in October 2008.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
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local party leader Valery Kaurov was arrested on suspicion of
separatism
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during the
2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
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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 Kyiv Court of Appeals confirmed the decision and terminated the party.Appellate Court banned the party "Russian bloc" NBnews (18 June 2014)