Before the Russo-Ukrainian War The organization was established on 6 December 2005 as a city organization by Andrei Purguin, Alexander Tsurkan, and Oleh Frolov and on 9 December 2005 with support of Hennadiy Prytkov as a regional organization. The main goal of the organization was to grant the
eastern regions of Ukraine a special status. It claimed to fight the "
orange plague" of President
Viktor Yushchenko. Prior to the spring of 2014, the organization drew little support and remained on the margins of local politics. Its pre-2014 rallies were averagely attended by about 30–50 people. Their activities were not supported by the prime minister,
Viktor Yanukovych. At the beginning of 2007, representatives of the organization conducted number of activities in various cities of
eastern Ukraine propagating the idea of
separatism and
federalization of the country.
Russo-Ukrainian War In 2014, the organization founded the
Donetsk People's Republic, which Ukraine's government deems a terrorist organization. In the election campaign prior to these elections only the candidate of Donetsk Republic,
Alexander Zakharchenko, used billboards. This resulted to the only visible campaign advertising in
Donetsk being in support of Zakharchenko. In the days and weeks prior until the postponement of the
DNR October 2015 local elections (to 21 February 2016) 90% of the (campaign) advertising was done by Donetsk Republic.
Following the full-scale invasion On 23 July 2022 the public movement "Donetsk Republic" and the party "
United Russia" signed a cooperation agreement, the document was signed by the secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party
Andrey Turchak and the head of the Donetsk People's Republic
Denis Pushilin. Since September 2022, the acceptance of applications from members of the movement has begun, according to the Donetsk Republic Public Movement, a year later, more than 67,000 of their activists joined the ranks of the United Russia party. == Electoral results ==