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Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (United) or SDPU(U) or SDPU(o) (Ukrainian: Sotsial-Demokratychna Partiya Ukrayiny [Obyednana], Соцiал-демократична партiя України (об`єднана) or СДПУ(О)), is a Ukrainian political party. Image File history File links SDPU(o). ...

SDPU(o) was created in 1996 and was originally led by former Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk, head of Leonid Kuchma's presidential administration Viktor Medvedchuk and by Ukrainian oligarch Hryhoriy Surkis. During the presidential term of Leonid Kuchma the party portrayed itself as centrist, social-democratic moderate political force that advocated integration with Europe and supported the president. Its traditional stronghold is Trans-Carpathian Ukraine; the party was closely linked to presidential administration and big business but was nonetheless supported by some Western Ukrainian moderates who opposed mostly nationalist political forces of the region. During 2002 parliamentary elections SDPU(o) won 6.2% of the national vote. Leonid Kravchuk in Kiev, August 1992 Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk (Ukrainian: Леонід Макарович Кравчук born 10 January 1934) is a Ukrainian politician. ... Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (in Ukrainian: Леонід Данилович Кучма) (born August 9, 1938) was the second President of Ukraine from July 19, 1994, to January 23, 2005. ... Viktor Medvedchuk (Ukrainian: ) is a Ukrainian politician. ...

SDPU(o) opposed Viktor Yushchenko's coalition of liberal and nationalist movements and in March 2002 it blamed nationalist elements linked to the pro-Yushchenko "Our Ukraine" alliance for the murder of the vice-governor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, who was an SDPU(o) member. Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the President of Ukraine. ... Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (Івано-Франківська область, Ivano-Frankivs’ka oblast’ or Івано-Франківщина, Ivano-Frankivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast of Ukraine. ...

During the Ukrainian presidential election, 2004 SDPU(o) also took a strongly pro-Russian and anti-Western stand and backed the candidacy of Viktor Yanukovych. In the aftermath of Viktor Yushchenko's "Orange Revolution", SDPU(o) declared itself to be in opposition to the new government. Analysts say that TV channels and other media controlled by the party have started a sharp anti-U.S./anti-NATO campaign in response to Yuschenko's pro-Western policies. The presidential election held in November and December 2004 in Ukraine was mostly a political battle between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and former Prime Minister and opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. ... Viktor Yanukovych Campaign Poster 2004 Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (Russian: Виктор Федорович Янукович, Ukrainian: Янукович Віктор Федорович ) (born July 9, 1950) was Prime Minister of Ukraine from November 21, 2002 to December 31, 2004 and current leader of Ukrainian Party of Regions. ... Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the President of Ukraine. ... Orange-clad supporters of Viktor Yushchenko gather in Independence Square in Kiev. ...

Ivan Rizak, the head of the Trans-Carpathian SDPUo branch and governor of the Trans-Carpathian Oblast, was arrested in May 2005 and charged with abuse of public office and driving a pro-opposition university rector to suicide last year. That same month, the party was accused of involvement in the 2000 murder of Georgiy R. Gongadze, with the journal Ukrayina moloda (April 14, 2005) accusing party members of using the dead journalist's corpse in a plot to discredit President Leonid Kuchma and force early elections, which could have led to party leader Medvedchuk succeeding Kuchma. Districts of Zakarpattia Oblast House of the Council of Zakarpattia Oblast in Uzhhorod with Taras Shevchenko Monument Zakarpattia Oblast or Transcarpathian Oblast (Ukrainian: ; Kárpátalja in Hungarian) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Georgiy R. Gongadze Georgiy Ruslanovich Gongadze (Ukrainian: , May 21, 1969 – September 2000?) was a Ukrainian journalist kidnapped and murdered in 2000. ...

SDPU(o) claims this to be a part of the political campaign of persecution from the new authorities. Supporters of the "Orange Revolution" on the other hand claim what the party enjoyed privileged status under the old regime and was closely associated with big business, organized crime, corruption, and media bias in favour of President Leonid Kuchma.

Despite being one of the most active political parties with a wide range of political activities and a significant number of student and youth members, SDPU tend to lose a significant amount of votes due to the notoriety of its leaders for their business and political practices. Although its political prospects are not quite clear, a hard work is paying off and it seems that this party is unlikely to disappear in the near future.

At the last legislative elections, 26 March 2006, the party was part of the Opposition Bloc "Ne Tak". A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Elections in Ukraine gives information on election and election results in Ukraine. ... The Opposition Bloc Ne Tak, (Ukrainian: ) is a political alliance in Ukraine. ...

See also

• Politics of Ukraine

Politics of Ukraine takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Ukraine is the head of government but shares a lot of these responsibilites with the President of Ukraine, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ...

External links

• United Social Democratic Party of Ukraine official site
• Personal web-site of Viktor Medvedchuk