Dictatorship Resistance Committee
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The Dictatorship Resistance Committee is an alliance formed by several political parties in Ukraine opposed to President Viktor Yanukovich
It was formed in August, 2011 and came to join some other opposition alliances that were already active. It has specially promoted public and civic actions against the conviction of former PM Yulia Tymoshenko
who is also the leader of one of the member parties.
As of October 2011, the Committee is formed by the following parties:
It was formed in August, 2011 and came to join some other opposition alliances that were already active. It has specially promoted public and civic actions against the conviction of former PM Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko , née Grigyan , born 27 November 1960, is a Ukrainian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010. She placed third in Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful...
who is also the leader of one of the member parties.
As of October 2011, the Committee is formed by the following parties:
- All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland": biggest opposition party lead by Yulia TymoshenkoYulia TymoshenkoYulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko , née Grigyan , born 27 November 1960, is a Ukrainian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010. She placed third in Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful...
. It's also the principal member of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc And it's an observer member of the European People's PartyEuropean People's PartyThe European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of... - Front for Change: a centrist political party lead by former Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk. Until now it had been wary to cooperate with Tymoshenko's forces.
- "People's Self-Defense" Party: a former member of Viktor Yuschenko's own bloc, this party is lead by another political prisoner: former Minister of Internal Affaris Yuriy LutsenkoYuriy LutsenkoYuriy Vitaliyovych Lutsenko is a Ukrainian politician and statesman and former Minister of Internal Affairs, he occupied this post in the two Cabinets of Yulia Tymoshenko and in Cabinets of Yuriy Yekhanurov, and Viktor Yanukovych...
. - People's Movement of UkrainePeople's Movement of UkraineThe People's Movement of Ukraine is a Ukrainian center-right political party...
: a conservative party lead by former Foreign Minister Borys TarasyukBorys TarasyukBorys Ivanovych Tarasyuk is a Ukrainian politician. He has twice served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. He is from Zhytomyr Oblast. Tarasyuk studied international relations and international law at National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, and graduated in 1975...
. It's also an observer member of the European People's PartyEuropean People's PartyThe European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
. - European Party of UkraineEuropean Party of UkraineThe European Party of Ukraine is a Ukrainian political party that has a centre-right/liberal character.-History:In the parliamentary elections on 30 September 2007, the party was part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc alliance, that won 72 out of 450 seats.The party supported Yulia...
: a liberal party lead by Mykola Katerynchuk, a Tymoshenko ally. - Reforms and Order PartyReforms and Order Party-History:The party was organized in October 1997 as a right-wing party, led by ex-vice Prime Minister Viktor Pynzenyk. And it was registered as the fiftieth political party in the history of Ukrainian modern politics....
: a liberal party which is also member of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. It's lead by Serhiy Sobolev. - Motherland Defenders PartyMotherland Defenders PartyThe Motherland Defenders Party is a political party in Ukraine registered in July 1997.-Election results:The party ran independent in the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections in which it won 0.30% of the votes and no seats...
: a former member of Yuschenko's bloc. It's lead by Yuyiy Karmazin. - Civil PositionCivil PositionCivil Position is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2005 . The party did not participate in any parliamentary elections. It is lead by former Minister of Defence of Ukraine Anatoliy Hrytsenko.During the 2010 Ukrainian local elections the parties result where nihilistic...
: a small party lead by former Defence Minister Anatoliy Hritsenko. In the same month of August in which the alliance was created, it was reported that Civil Position would merge with the European Party of Ukraine soon.