Ukraine outlawed the Socialist Party of Ukraine

The decision was taken by the Administrative Court of Cassation of Ukraine, which is part of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, after rejecting the appeal of the socialist political formation. The activities of twelve pro-Russian parties have been definitively banned in Ukraine at the initiative of the SBU,” the security body published on its Telegram.La channel on Saturday “is based on evidence about the party’s destructive activities, collected within the scope of the SBU’s response to threats to national security,” they added. In particular, they cite the party’s support for Russia’s “aggressive anti-Ukrainian policy,” both at the level of the leadership and the “ordinary” members of that political formation. The Socialist Party of Ukraine thus joins a list of a total of twelve banned parties, which also includes the Opposition Bloc, Socialists, Justice and Development Party, Nashi, State, Vladimir Saldo Bloc, Left Opposition, Sharia Party, Union of Left Forces, Platform of Opposition-For Life and the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine. occupation regime in the territories of Ukraine captured by the Russian Federation” and in the “organization and realization of false ‘referendums’ in these territories,” according to the SBU, quoted by the news agency Europa Press. 

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