Donetsk Republic (movement)

Social Movement
"Donetsk Republic"
Общественное движение
«Донецкая республика»
AbbreviationODDR
ChairmanDenis Pushilin
FoundersAlexander Tsurkan
Andrei Purgin
Oleg Frolov
Founded9 December 2005 (2005-12-09)
Banned12 November 2007 (2007-11-12) (in Ukraine)
Preceded byInternational Movement of Donbass
Merged intoUnited Russia
HeadquartersUniversitetskaya 19, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (non-government controlled)
Youth wingYoung Republic,
Zakharovtsy
Paramilitary wingDonbas People's Militia
Membership (2022)247,720 (claimed)[1]
IdeologyRussian nationalism[2]
Donbas separatism[3]
Social conservatism[2]
Political positionBig tent
ColoursDNR Flag colours:
  Black
  Blue
  Red
Federation Council (Russia)
2 / 178
Party flag
Website
oddr.info

The Social Movement "Donetsk Republic" (Russian: Общественное движение «Донецкая республика», romanizedObshchestvennoye 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.

  1. ^ "НАС: 247720". oddr.info.
  2. ^ a b http://oddr.info/o-nas/ О нас
  3. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Donetsk People's Republic". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ^ SBU detained the leader of Donetsk Republic. Espreso. 19 March 2014
  5. ^ Court banned the organization Donetsk Republic Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Ura-Inform. 12 November 2007
  6. ^ "Ukraine's prosecutor general classifies self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk republics as terrorist organizations". Kyiv Post. 16 May 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Донецькі бойовики за ніч порахували голоси: "переміг" Захарченко".