Party of Regions

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The Party of Regions was a prominent pro-Russian political party in Ukraine that dominated national politics in the 2000s and early 2010s, particularly under President Viktor Yanukovych.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization
political party
accusations authoritarian tendencies
corruption
electoral fraud
associatedWith Donbas political elite
Ukrainian oligarchs
country Ukraine
declineCause Euromaidan protests
ouster of Viktor Yanukovych in 2014
electoralBase industrial workers in eastern Ukraine
pensioners in eastern and southern Ukraine
regional elites in Donbas
ideology Russophilia
economic interventionism
pro-Russian
statism
languageConstituency Russian-speaking Ukrainians
notableEventInHistory dominance in Ukrainian politics in late 2000s
loss of power after 2014 Ukrainian revolution
notableLeader Borys Kolesnikov NERFINISHED
Mykola Azarov
Rinat Akhmetov
Viktor Yanukovych
notableMember Andriy Klyuyev
Oleksandr Yefremov
Serhiy Lyovochkin
opposedBy Euromaidan movement
Orange Revolution movement
orientation oligarch-backed
pro-business
parliamentaryDominance 2000s
early 2010s
parliamentaryFactionDisbanded 2014
politicalPosition centre-right
conservative
positionOnEU ambivalent toward EU integration
positionOnNATO opposed NATO integration
positionOnRussia favored closer ties with Russia
region Eastern Ukraine
Southern Ukraine
role ruling party of Ukraine
statusAfter2014 de facto dissolved
stronghold Crimea
Donetsk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast
successor Opposition Bloc
Opposition Platform – For Life
supportedPresident Viktor Yanukovych
timeAsRulingParty 2010–2014

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Honcharuk Government ("Opposition Platform – For Life")
hasOppositionParties
Petro Poroshenko
previousPoliticalAffiliation

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