Russian Unity

Russian Unity
Ukrainian name	Руська Єдність
Russian name	Русское Единство
Chairman	Sergey Aksyonov
Founder	Maksym Kovalenko
Founded	28 October 2008 (2008-10-28)
Dissolved	5 May 2014 (2014-05-05)
Merged into	United Russia
Headquarters	27th Building, Kirova Avenue, Simferopol, Republic of Crimea, Russia / Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine
Youth wing	"Youth for Russian Unity" (Молодые за Русское Единство)
Ideology	Russian nationalism Russian irredentism Russian conservatism Russophilia
Political position	Right-wing
Colours	Blue   White   Red
Website
russ-edin.org (inactive) russkoe-edinstvo.com
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Russian Unity (Ukrainian: Руська Єдність; Russian: Русское Единство) was a political party in Crimea, registered in October 2008.^[1] A Kyiv Court banned the party "from activity on the territory of Ukraine" on 30 April 2014.^[2] Party leader Sergey Aksyonov was instrumental in making possible the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.^[2][3][4] The party was based in Crimea, which has a Russian-speaking majority. The party was dissolved on 5 May 2014.

Although the party took positions on a number of issues, the party's main focus was Russian language rights and promoting Ukrainian relations with Russia^[5] before the 2014 Crimean Crisis, in which it became supportive of secession from Ukraine to join Russia; after this occurred, it merged into the Russian political party United Russia.