Bohdan Fedorovych Boyko was a candidate in 2004 Ukrainian presidential election. He was nominated by the Movement of Ukrainian Patriots. In 2000 he formed a third Rukh within the Popular Movement of Ukraine

People's Movement of Ukraine

The People's Movement of Ukraine is a Ukrainian center-right political party...

 aimed at reconciling the differences between the two opposing factions. Before 2002 he was a national deputy of Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Since 2002 he has been chair of the National Movement of Ukraine for Unity, which is one of the branches of former People's Movement of Ukraine

People's Movement of Ukraine

The People's Movement of Ukraine is a Ukrainian center-right political party...

 of Vyacheslav Chornovil

Vyacheslav Chornovil

Viacheslav Chornovil was a Ukrainian politician. A prominent Ukrainian dissident to the Soviet policies, he was arrested multiple times in the 1960s and 1970s for his political views...

. He has never been a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world...

. He follows a nationalist policy, opposed to Ukrainian "oligarchs

Business oligarch

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