Derzhava (Ukrainian party)

The party did not take part in the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election. In 2004, the party joined became part of an electoral coalition in support of Viktor Yanukovych and protested against the Orange Revolution. It participated in the 2006 elections to the Verkhovna Rada as part of the electoral bloc "State – Labor Union". The bloc ran under slogas such as 'faith, conscience, people, unity!' and 'spirituality, work and justice!'. The State – Labor Union spoke for the preservation of economic ties to Russia, retaining the non-aligned status of Ukraine, recognition of Russian as the second state language of Ukraine, and the return of church property to the Orthodox Church. In 2006, it was led by Hennadiy Vasilyev. It did not participate in the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election. On 14 June 2022, the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal banned the party. ==Ideology==

In its program, the party states that its goal is to build a socialist society that provides conditions for the "dynamic and harmonious development" of Ukrainian citizens. It condemns 'parasitism' in the economy and calls for a new state model of labour relations that will "exclude the possibility of parasitism" on workers' labor. The party also has a nationalist tint - according to its declaration, foreigners and dual-citizenship holders are to be forbidden from managing state property. Apart from that, Derzhava also wants to draft a bill that would prohibit privatizing public agricultural land in Ukraine. On Donbas and Crimea, the party argues that both regions are inherently part of Ukraine, but also believes that both regions should have extensive autonomy. According to Derzhava, Ukraine must fulfill the obligations of Minsk Agreements that would provide self-governance. In regards to Crimea, the party calls for increasing the autonomy of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. ==References==