National Corps

National Corps
Національний корпус
LeaderAndriy Biletsky
Founded14 October 2016
Preceded byPatriot of Ukraine
Social-National Assembly
Azov Civil Corps
HeadquartersZoya Gaidai Street, Kyiv
Paramilitary wingNational militia[1]
Membership<20,000 (2019)[2]
IdeologyUkrainian nationalism
Ultranationalism
Euroscepticism
Economic nationalism
Right-wing populism
Antisemitism
Anti-Russian sentiment
Third Position
Anti-Immigration
Political positionFar-right[3]
Colours  Blue
  Yellow
SloganStrength, Welfare, Order
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Website
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The National Corps (Ukrainian: Національний корпус, romanized: Natsionalnyi korpus), also known as the National Corps Party, is a far-right political party in Ukraine founded in 2016 and then led by Andriy Biletsky.[3][4] Biletsky had previously founded and led two far-right groups, the Patriot of Ukraine (2006) and the Social-National Assembly (2008) and played a key role in the Azov Battalion. National Corps was created by veterans of the Azov Battalion and members of the Azov Civil Corps, a civilian non-governmental organization emerging from the Battalion.[5]

During its campaign for the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party formed a united radical right nationwide-party list with the Governmental Initiative of Yarosh, the Right Sector, and Svoboda.[6] This coalition won a combined 2.15% of the nationwide electoral list vote but ultimately failed to win any seat in the Verkhovna Rada.[7] After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, it suspended its political activities.

  1. ^ Bennetts, Marc (13 March 2018). "Ukraine's National Militia: 'We're not neo-Nazis, we just want to make our country better'". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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  3. ^ a b Talant, Bermet (15 October 2016). "Nationalist Azov Battalion starts political party". Kyiv Post.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 561552Biletsky was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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