Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic

Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic
Коммунистическая партия Донецкой Народной Республики
Leader Boris Litvinov
Founded October 8, 2014
Headquarters Donetsk
Newspaper Vperyod[1]
Ideology Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Left-wing nationalism
Political position Far-left
Colors      Red
People's Soviet
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The Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic (Russian: Коммунистическая партия Донецкой Народной Республики) is a political faction of the Donetsk Republic organization in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, led by Boris Litvinov, the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Donetsk People's Republic then.[2]

History

On October 8, 2014 it was announced about creation of the party. Boris Litvinov who previously was the headed of a regional branch of the Communist Party of Ukraine in the Kirovsky District, Donetsk[3][4] was proclaimed chairman of the party. In May 2014 Boris Litvinov being a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine also was a member of the Borodai's government.[4] In July through October 2014 Litvinov also headed the People's Soviet of self declared republic.[4] After his dismissal from the post of chairman of People's Soviet, there were rumors that Litvinov was even briefly arrested, yet Litvnov himself denied them.[4]

Litvinov said the Communists would support Alexander Zakharchenko, current Prime Minister of Donetsk People's Republic, to win the Donbass general elections, 2014 for premiership. The Communists have endorsed Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko’s candidature at the 2 November elections for premiership.[2] In these elections the Communists were banned from participating because it "made too many mistakes" in its submitted documents.[5] According to some Russian media, the final party's lists were edited in Moscow.[4] Selected members were allowed to be on the party list for the Donetsk Party.[4] To the Soviet were elected only three members of the political organization and included Boris Litvinov, Vadim Zaibert, and Nikolai Ragozin.[4] Zaibert was later killed in war and not replaced, thus leaving only two members of the party in the Soviet.[6]

In 2016 Litvinov and Ragozin were expelled from the Soviet due to "loss of confidence", thus leaving the party with no representatives.[4]

Program

The party's program is fully copied and is identical with the party's program of the Communist Party of Ukraine.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vperyod. Official website
  2. 1 2 "Communist Party created in Donetsk People's Republic". TASS. October 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ (in Ukrainian) "Parliament" of terrorists of "DNR" led by a communist, Ukrayinska Pravda (24 July 2014)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Communists of Donbass ask Zyuganov for protection. Gazeta.ru. 20 May 2016
  5. ↑ Eastern Ukraine's Fake State Is About to Elect a Fake Prime Minister
  6. ↑ "Donetsk: The Third Extraordinary Congress of the Communist Party of the DNR Took Place". Left Russia. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  7. ↑ Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic program. Vperyod.
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