 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. (September 2018) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
 | |
| Chairman | Rinat Akhmetov (one wing) Dmytro Firtash & Yuriy Boyko (one wing) |
| Founded | 23 April 2010 14 September 2014 (as Opposition Bloc) |
| Dissolved | 13 December 2018 |
| Merger of |
|
| 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 | |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left[7] |
| Oligarch association | Donetsk Clan[8] |
| Colours | Blue White |
| Regions (2015)[9] | 201 / 1,820 |
| Website | |
| opposition | |
| Part of a series on |
| Russophilia in Ukraine |
|---|
 |
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".
- ^ a b c Nordsieck, 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
FPoR23914was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
political forces team up in Opposition Blocwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b (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
KPOBFL91118was 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.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
4055712-vyborywas 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.