Opposition Bloc
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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]
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Chairman | Rinat Akhmetov (one wing) Dmytro Firtash & Yuriy Boyko (one wing) |
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Founded | 23 April 2010 (2010-04-23) 14 September 2014 (2014-09-14) (as Opposition Bloc) |
Dissolved | 13 December 2018 |
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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 |
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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]