# Russian Unity > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Russian_Unity > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Russian_Unity.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Unity > Source revision: 1328214161 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Political party in Ukraine Russian Unity Ukrainian name Руська Єдність Russian name Русское Единство Chairman Sergey Aksyonov Founder Maksym Kovalenko Founded 28 October 2008 (2008-10-28) Dissolved 5 May 2014 (2014-05-05) Merged into United Russia Headquarters 27th Building, Kirova Avenue, Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, Russia / Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine Youth wing "Youth for Russian Unity" (Молодые за Русское Единство) Ideology Russian nationalism Russian irredentism Russian conservatism Russophilia Political position Right-wing Colours Blue White Red Website russ-edin.org (inactive) russkoe-edinstvo.com Politics of Crimea Political parties Politics of Russia Political parties Elections The **Russian Unity** ([Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language): Руська Єдність, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Ukrainian): *Ruska Yednist*; [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Русское Единство, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Russian): *Russkoye Yedinstvo*) was a [political party](/source/Political_party) in [Crimea](/source/Crimea), registered in October 2008.[1] A district court in [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv) banned the party "from activity on the territory of Ukraine" on 30 April 2014.[2] Party leader [Sergey Aksyonov](/source/Sergey_Aksyonov) was instrumental in making possible the [annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation](/source/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation).[2][3][4] The party was based in [Crimea](/source/Crimea), which has a Russian-speaking majority. The party was dissolved on 5 May 2014. Although the party took positions on a number of issues, the party's main focus was [Russian language rights](/source/Russians_in_Ukraine) and promoting [Ukrainian relations with Russia](/source/Russia-Ukraine_relations)[5] before the 2014 [Crimean Crisis](/source/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation), in which it became supportive of secession from Ukraine to join Russia; after this occurred, it merged into the Russian political party [United Russia](/source/United_Russia). ## History Big board of "Russian Unity" in [Simferopol](/source/Simferopol) 2010 The party was founded in [Simferopol](/source/Simferopol) under the original name *Vanguard* ([Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language): Авангард) and registered by the [Ukrainian Ministry of Justice](/source/Ukrainian_Ministry_of_Justice) in October 2008.[1] In August 2010 they were renamed Russian Unity.[6] It won 3 seats (of the 100 in total) during the [2010 Crimean parliamentary election](/source/2010_Crimean_parliamentary_election) in the [Supreme Council of Crimea](/source/Supreme_Council_of_Crimea).[7] In the [2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election](/source/2012_Ukrainian_parliamentary_election) the party competed in/for 4 [constituencies](/source/Constituencies) (seats), all of them located in the [Autonomous Republic of Crimea](/source/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea);[8] but it won in none and thus missed parliamentary representation.[9] The party's best result was in constituency 1 (located in [Simferopol](/source/Simferopol)) with 9.12%.[8] In constituency 2 (also located in Simferopol) it scored 4.12%, in constituency 6 (in [Feodosiya](/source/Feodosiya)) 4.11% and in constituency 10 (in [Bakhchysarai](/source/Bakhchysarai)) 2.28%.[8] In 2014 the party was involved in protests and the seizure of government buildings, including the [Supreme Council of Crimea](/source/Supreme_Council_of_Crimea) (the parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea), during the [2014 Crimean crisis](/source/2014_Crimean_crisis).[3] Party leader [Sergey Aksyonov](/source/Sergey_Aksyonov) was named [Prime Minister of Crimea](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Crimea) on 27 February 2014, and then called for a referendum on Crimea's autonomy.[3] On 11 March Crimea adopted a [declaration of independence](/source/Declaration_of_Independence_of_the_Republic_of_Crimea) and held on 17 March the [2014 Crimean status referendum](/source/2014_Crimean_status_referendum) that lead to the 21 March 2014 [annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation](/source/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation).[3][4] The [Ministry of Justice of Ukraine](/source/Ministry_of_Justice_of_Ukraine) filed a lawsuit at the District Administrative Court in [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv) for the ban of activities of the party (and also for a ban on the party [Russian Bloc](/source/Russian_Bloc_(party))) on 23 April 2014.[10] On 30 April (2014) the Court banned the party "from activity on the territory of Ukraine".[2] The Court stated that the signing of Aksenov of the treaty that formally sealed the [annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation](/source/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation) was evidence of "[encroachment](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/encroachment) on the territorial integrity of Ukraine".[2] In August 2014 the party signed a cooperation agreement with [Latvian Russian Union](/source/Latvian_Russian_Union), a Russian political party in [Latvia](/source/Latvia), to "strengthen the unity of the [Russian world](/source/Russian_world_(concept))."[11] The party was dissolved and merged into [United Russia](/source/United_Russia) on 5 May 2014.[12] ## Party leaders - 2008–2010: Maksym Kovalenko[6] - 2010–2014: [Sergey Aksyonov](/source/Sergey_Aksyonov) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DATA_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DATA_1-1) [Політична партія "Руська Єдність"](http://da-ta.com.ua/mon_mainnews/2660.htm), Database DATA (in Ukrainian) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-DRUUP304114_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-DRUUP304114_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-DRUUP304114_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-DRUUP304114_2-3) [Court banned the party of Aksenov](http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/04/30/7024081/), [Ukrayinska Pravda](/source/Ukrayinska_Pravda) (2 April 2014) (in Ukrainian) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-econ_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-econ_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-econ_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-econ_3-3) ["Russia and Ukraine: Edging closer to war"](https://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2014/03/russia-and-ukraine). *The Economist*. March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GmhCITAR_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GmhCITAR_4-1) [Putin signs order appointing Aksyonov interim head of Crimea](http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/727839), [ITAR-TASS](/source/ITAR-TASS) (15 April 2014) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Программа политической партии «Русское Единство»](http://russ-edin.org/party/program), Program of the Political Party "Russian Unity" (in Russian) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-party_renamed_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-party_renamed_6-1) [Партія “Авангард" змінила назву та лідера організації](http://ogo.ua/articles/view/2010-09-17/22782.html), «ОГО» (17 September 2010) (in Ukrainian) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Results of the elections, preliminary data, on interactive maps](http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2010/11/8/5552584/) by [Ukrayinska Pravda](/source/Ukrayinska_Pravda) (8 November 2010) (in Ukrainian) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-canRUGEU12_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-canRUGEU12_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-canRUGEU12_8-2) ["Russian Unity" candidates](http://apk.rbc.ua/ukr/vyboru2012/party/p84/okrug), [RBC Ukraine](/source/RBC_Ukraine) (in Ukrainian) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Party of Regions gets 185 seats in Ukrainian parliament, Batkivschyna 101 - CEC](http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/126937.html#.UUzMyKnCus0), [Interfax-Ukraine](/source/Interfax-Ukraine) (12 November 2012) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-MoJweRB23414_10-0)** [Justice asked the court to ban the party "Russian Block" and "Russian Unity"](http://www.unian.ua/politics/911404-ukrajinu-zaklikali-zupiniti-viyskovi-diji-i-pereyti-do-dialogu.html), [UNIAN](/source/UNIAN) (22 April 2014) [Justice Ministry of Ukraine wants to ban two pro-Russian parties](http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2014/04/23/333920/justice-ministry-of-ukraine-wants-to-ban-two-pro-russian-parties.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181101023759/http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2014/04/23/333920/justice-ministry-of-ukraine-wants-to-ban-two-pro-russian-parties.html) 1 November 2018 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), Focus Information Agency (23 April 2014) (in Ukrainian) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Pro Russia party signs major deal with Crimea group"](http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/35355/#.VA97mRbgJHU). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [Запрещенная судом партия крымского премьера решила самораспуститься](http://www.sobytiya.info/news/14/40816) (in Ukrainian). Sobytiya. 5 May 2014. ## External links - [Official website](http://russ-edin.org) (in Russian) v t e Political parties in Crimea In parliament Party of Regions Qurultai-Rukh Union Party Communist Party Russian Unity Unrepresented Russian Bloc Defunct Milliy Firqa Republican Party of Crimea Electoral Bloc of Kunitsyn For Yanukovych! Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Crimea v t e Political parties in Ukraine (list) Official factions Servant of the People (240) European Solidarity (27) Batkivshchyna (24) Holos (20) For the Future (20) Parliamentary groups Platform for Life and Peace (25) Smart Politics (25, inside SN) Dovira (18) Restoration of Ukraine (18) Justice (11, inside Holos) Parties without faction status Svoboda (1) Self Reliance (1) Andriy Baloha's Team (1) Bila Tserkva Together (1) Parties with regional representation Servant of the People (305) European Solidarity (283) Batkivshchyna (193) For the Future (183) Svoboda (50) Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv (46) Our Land (43) Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman (40) Proposition (35) UDAR (30) Radical Party (27) Dovira (22) Native Home (19) Cherkashchany (18) Svitlychna Bloc — Together! 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