Left Opposition Ліва опозиція | |
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| Co-chairpersons | Petro Symonenko Nataliya Vitrenko Valery Soldatenko Rudolf Povarnitsyn Heorhiy Kryuchkov |
| Founded | 15 June 2015 (2015-06-15) |
| Banned | 20 March 2022 (2022-03-20) |
| Ideology | Russophilia Left-wing populism Left-wing nationalism Eurasianism Pan-Slavism |
| Political position | Left-wing tofar-left |
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TheLeft Opposition (Ukrainian:Ліва опозиція,romanized: Liva opozytsiya;Russian:Левая оппозиция,romanized: Levaya oppozitsiya) was a Pro-Russian coalition of socio-political organizations and parties in Ukraine established in June 2015.
On March 19, 2022, the activities of the political group were suspended by and banned theNational Security and Defense Council duringmartial law.[1]
The association was headed by 5 co-chairs:[2][3]
The association includes 5 political parties, 13 public organizations and 6 individuals.
Parties:
Public organizations:
Individuals:
It was also announced that the vicegerent of theKyiv Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed), close to the Communist Party of Ukraine, could join the movement. TheSocialist Party of Ukraine and the All-Ukrainian Public Movement "Ukrainian Choice" ofViktor Medvedchuk refused to participate in the association.
Political theses of the organization:
Goals:
On 12 June 2015, the constituent assembly of the political movement was held inKyiv.[citation needed]
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The eponymous socialist organization "Left Opposition" (one of the successors of theOrganization of Marxists, mainly from itsTrotskyist wing; its representatives create a new left party "Social Rukh") accused "representatives of theprevious authorities (KPU), marginalRussophiles ("Kievan Rus") andBlack Hundreds (PSPU), who parasitize on the left movement”, of stealing its name. According to the statement of its activist Nina Potarskaya, their organization is named after the leftists of the 20s with whom they associate themselves (leftists in the Central Rada and theLeft Opposition in theVKP(b) opposing Stalinism).
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