Social Movement "Donetsk Republic" Общественное движение «Донецкая республика» | |
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Abbreviation | ODDR |
Chairman | Denis Pushilin |
Founders | Alexander Tsurkan Andrei Purgin Oleg Frolov |
Founded | 9 December 2005 |
Banned | 12 November 2007(in Ukraine) |
Preceded by | International Movement of Donbass |
Merged into | United Russia |
Headquarters | Universitetskaya 19, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (non-government controlled) |
Youth wing | Young Republic, Zakharovtsy |
Paramilitary wing | Donbas People's Militia |
Membership (2022) | 247,720 (claimed)[1] |
Ideology | Russian nationalism[2] Donbas separatism[3] Social conservatism[2] |
Political position | Big tent |
Colours | DNR Flag colours: Black Blue Red |
Federation Council (Russia) | 2 / 178 |
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The Social Movement "Donetsk Republic" (Russian: Общественное движение «Донецкая республика», romanized: Obshchestvennoye dvizheniye «Donetskaya respublika»; ODDR) is a pro-Russian separatist political movement operating in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Before its annexation, the movement's goal was the creation of a "federation of sovereign Donetsk", which would include seven regions of eastern and southern Ukraine.[4][5] The group was banned in 2007, but this ban was marginal until the 2014 Donbas war. In 2014, it founded the Donetsk People's Republic, which Ukraine's government deems a terrorist organization.[6] The movement won the 2014 Donbas general elections with 68.53% of the vote and 68 seats,[7] which were condemned as illegitimate and a violation of the Minsk ceasefire agreements between Ukraine, Russia, and the OSCE.[7]
In 2023 the movement was merged with the main governing party of Russia, Yedinaya Rossiya. Following the Russian Unity in 2014, it became the second political party from Ukraine that joined the governing party of the Russian Federation.