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Opposition Bloc
Ukrainian: Опозиційний блок Russian: Оппозиционный блок
23 April 2010 (2010-04-23) 14 September 2014 (2014-09-14) (as Opposition Bloc)
Dissolved
13 December 2018
Merger of
Ex-Party of Regions' members
Ukraine – Forward!
Party of Development of Ukraine
Labour Ukraine
New Politics
"State Neutrality"
Succeeded by
Opposition Bloc — Party for Peace and Development (Akhmetov's wing)
Opposition Platform — For Life (Firtash's and Boyko's wing)
Headquarters
Kyiv, Ukraine
Ideology
Social liberalism[1]
Regionalism[2][3]
Russophilia[4][5][6]
Euroscepticism[2]
Political position
Centre to centre-left[7]
Oligarch association
Donetsk Clan[8]
Colours
Blue White
Regions (2015)[9]
201 / 1,820
Website
opposition.org.ua
Politics of Ukraine
Political parties
Elections
The Opposition Bloc (Ukrainian: Опозиційний блок, romanized: Opozitsiyniy blok, Russian: Оппозиционный блок, romanized: Oppozitsionniy blok) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine that was founded in 2014 by the merger of six parties that did not endorse Euromaidan.[10][11] Legally, the party was created by renaming the lesser-known party "Leading Force".[12] The party was perceived as the successor of the disbanded Party of Regions.[13][14]
In the 2014 election, the party won 29 seats predominantly in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Kharkiv oblasts.[15][12] American lobbyist Paul Manafort acted as political consultant for the party.[16]
By January 2019 two wings of the party nominated two different candidates for the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election.[17][18][19] Yuriy Boyko for the Opposition Platform — For Life alliance[20] and Oleksandr Vilkul for Opposition Bloc — Party of Peace and Development (the recently renamed Industrial Party of Ukraine).[17] Both these two offsprings of Opposition Bloc took part independently of each other in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, with the Opposition Bloc — Party of Peace and Development (also) named into Opposition Bloc.[21]
^Tadeusz A. Olszański (17 September 2014). Centre for Eastern Studies (ed.). "Ukraine's political parties at the start of the election campaign".
^ abcNordsieck, Wolfram (2014). "Ukraine". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019.
^"Anti-recessionary Program of the Opposition bloc". Opposition.org.ua. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
^(in German) Selenskyjs Triumph birgt ein hohes Absturzrisiko, Wiener Zeitung (22 July 2019)
^(in German) Ukraine: Präsident Selenskij steuert auf seinen zweiten Wahlsieg zu, Tageblatt (21 July 2019)
^(in German) Kiew in der Hand der "Diener des Volkes" Archived 2019-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, Schwäbische Post (23 July 2019)
^Yakymenko, Yury (2017). Transformation of the party system: Ukrainian experience in the European context(PDF) (in Ukrainian). Razumkov Center. p. 64-65.
^"Rinat Akhmetov was one of the most powerful oligarchs in Ukraine with his own media empire. Why is he refusing her now?". Meduza. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^Кандидати, яких обрано депутатами рад. www.cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 15 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^Cite error: The named reference FPoR23914 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Cite error: The named reference political forces team up in Opposition Bloc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ab(in Ukrainian) "OPPOSITION BLOCK", Civil movement "Chesno" (2018)
^Kazanskyi, D. Revenge of separatism. 2014 will happen again, the question is when? (Реванш сепаратизма. 2014 год повторится, вопрос — когда?). Argument. 10 May 2017
^Cite error: The named reference KPOBFL91118 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament, Ukrinform (8 November 2014) People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament - CEC, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
^"How Paul Manafort Wielded Power in Ukraine Before Advising Donald Trump". The New York Times. July 31, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ abCite error: The named reference 4055712-vybory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^(in Ukrainian) Opposition split. How Boyko and Vilkul divide the legacy of "regionalists", Ukrainska Pravda (18 December 2018)
^(in Ukrainian) Odd-man-out. Why Leovochkin and Medvedchuk are preparing for the election without Akhmetov, Ukrainska Pravda (20 November 2018)
^(in Ukrainian) Boyko began registering as a presidential candidate, Ukrainska Pravda (17 November 2018) (in Ukrainian) The association of Boyko-Rabinovich was determined with the presidential candidate, Ukrainska Pravda (17 November 2018)
^"Вибори Ради: у списку Опоблоку мери 5 міст". Українська правда.
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