Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Party of Regions (Ukrainian: Партія регіонів, pronounced [ˈpɑrtijɑ rɛɦiˈɔniu̯]; Russian: Партия регионов) is a Russophone political party of Ukraine created on 26 October 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine and led by Volodymyr Rybak. The party contains different political groups with diverging ideological outlooks.The party was reformed later in 2001 when it united with several others. According to the party’s leadership in 2002, from the creation of the party to the end of 2001 the number of members jumped from 30,000 to 500,000. The party claims to ideologically defend and uphold the rights of ethnic Russians and speakers of the Russian language in Ukraine. It originally supported president Leonid Kuchma and joined the pro-government For United Ukraine alliance during the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002.Its electoral and financial base is located primarily in the east and south-east of Ukraine, where it enjoys wide popular support. In the Eastern Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast the party claims to have over 700,000 members. The party is supported mostly by people older than 45 years. It also supported by the members of the Orthodox Christian religion.The party won 185 seats in the Ukrainian parliament in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. On 12 December 2012 it formed a parliamentary faction of 210 deputies.During the 2014 Ukrainian revolution on February 20, 2014 several of party members called for disintegration of Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation, among which were Oleksandr Yefremov, leader of Ukrainian parliamentary faction and Vladimir Konstantinov, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. On 23 February 2014 the Party of Regions condemned and disassociated itself with Victor Yanukovych for corruption, "criminal orders", his escape, and "cowardice". Since then more the 50 MP's left the party's parliamentary faction.The party's symbol and activities have been banned in the Chernivtsi,[citation needed] Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.The Party of Regions faction in Zhytomyr announced its dissolution on 19 February 2014, in connection to the crisis of the preceding three months.. }
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- Party_of_Regions abstract "The Party of Regions (Ukrainian: Партія регіонів, pronounced [ˈpɑrtijɑ rɛɦiˈɔniu̯]; Russian: Партия регионов) is a Russophone political party of Ukraine created on 26 October 1997 just prior to the 1998 Ukrainian parliamentary elections under the name of Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine and led by Volodymyr Rybak. The party contains different political groups with diverging ideological outlooks.The party was reformed later in 2001 when it united with several others. According to the party’s leadership in 2002, from the creation of the party to the end of 2001 the number of members jumped from 30,000 to 500,000. The party claims to ideologically defend and uphold the rights of ethnic Russians and speakers of the Russian language in Ukraine. It originally supported president Leonid Kuchma and joined the pro-government For United Ukraine alliance during the parliamentary elections on 30 March 2002.Its electoral and financial base is located primarily in the east and south-east of Ukraine, where it enjoys wide popular support. In the Eastern Ukrainian Donetsk Oblast the party claims to have over 700,000 members. The party is supported mostly by people older than 45 years. It also supported by the members of the Orthodox Christian religion.The party won 185 seats in the Ukrainian parliament in the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. On 12 December 2012 it formed a parliamentary faction of 210 deputies.During the 2014 Ukrainian revolution on February 20, 2014 several of party members called for disintegration of Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation, among which were Oleksandr Yefremov, leader of Ukrainian parliamentary faction and Vladimir Konstantinov, chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. On 23 February 2014 the Party of Regions condemned and disassociated itself with Victor Yanukovych for corruption, "criminal orders", his escape, and "cowardice". Since then more the 50 MP's left the party's parliamentary faction.The party's symbol and activities have been banned in the Chernivtsi,[citation needed] Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.The Party of Regions faction in Zhytomyr announced its dissolution on 19 February 2014, in connection to the crisis of the preceding three months.".