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Party of Christian Socialists

Party of Christian Socialists
Партія "Xристиянські соціалісти"
ChairmanArthur Martin[1]
FounderMykhailo Dobkin
Founded15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
Split fromOpposition Bloc
HeadquartersKyiv
IdeologyChristian socialism[2]
Christian left[3]
Regionalism[4]
Euroscepticism[5]
Political positionLeft-wing[3][6]
ReligionRussian Orthodoxy[7]
National affiliationOpposition Bloc (2019)
Colours  Red[8]
  Gold[8]
Verkhovna Rada
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Regions (2015)[9]
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The Party of Christian Socialists (Ukrainian: Партія "Християнських соціалістів" or Russian: Партия "Христианских социалистов") is a Christian-socialist party which was founded on February 15, 2018.[10][11] The party was created when their founder Mykhailo Dobkin left the Opposition Bloc.[10] In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election party members took part on the election list of Opposition Bloc (a party founded in 2019).[12][13] In the 2019 election this party won 6 single-seat constituencies and its nationwide list won 3.23% of the votes, meaning it did not overcome the 5% election barrier.[14]

Before founding the party, Mykhailo Dobkin was known for its pro-Yanukovych and pro-Russian attitude. He took an ambivalent stance towards separatist republics in Eastern Ukraine and the concept of Novorossiya. Some pro-Euromaidan politicians claimed that Dobkin is a separatist. Dobkin staunchly opposed Euromaidan and posed in the uniform of Berkut, Ukrainian special police force infamous for violent measures it took against the protesters. Subsequently Dobkin would distance himself from his perceived stances, and his act of leaving the Opposition Bloc in favor of creating the Party of Christian Socialists is considered a part of his image change.[5]

The party is considered to be Russophilic, as one of the issues Christian Socialists campaign on is protection of the Russian language in Ukraine.[7] However, the party condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Leader of the party, Mykhailo Dobkin, despite being suspected of backing Donbas separatists in 2014, stated in response to the invasion: "Much of what I believed in collapsed overnight... just burned out. May this war be damned."[15] The party then emphasized its desire to focus on local issues and regionalism, and promote regional causes as well as regional cultures, especially those of Southern Ukraine and Eastern Ukraine.[16]

  1. ^ "Михаил Добкин основал партию "Христианские социалисты" » Релігія в Україні. Вера и религия. Философия и религия в Украине". Religion.in.ua. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Добкин создал партию христианских социалистов". M.zn.ua. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b Kuzio, Taras; Zhuk, Sergei I.; D'Anieri, Paul (2022). Ukraine’s Outpost: Dnipropetrovsk and the Russian-Ukrainian War. E-International Relations Publishing. pp. 172–176. ISBN 978-1-910814-60-4.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference local was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "Воскрешение «динозавров». На местные выборы собрались политики эпохи Януковича". argumentua.com (in Russian). 14 September 2020.
  6. ^ Роман Малко (14 May 2018). "Брунькування лівих". tzhden.ua (in Ukrainian).
  7. ^ a b "Political Portrait of the Warring Kharkiv Region: Top 5 Political Transformations".
  8. ^ a b "Добкін створив партію Християнські соціалісти". Ua.korrespondent.net. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  9. ^ Кандидати, яких обрано депутатами рад. Cvk.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 15 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Добкин создал партию христианских социалистов". M.zn.ua. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  11. ^ "Харьковчанин создал новую партию". Gx.net.ua. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  12. ^ "Добкін створив партію Християнські соціалісти". Korrespondent. 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  13. ^ Корж, Антон (2018-02-21). "Добкин создал партию христианских социалистов". Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  14. ^ "Новинський і ще 5 "опоблоківців" проходять у Раду, а Колесніков – ні".
  15. ^ Chazan, Guy (2 March 2022). "Another Stalingrad': assault on Kharkiv shatters ties that once bound two nations". Financial Times.
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2day was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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