Ukrainian political parties in the times of war

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Sergei Bielashko

Abstract

  The activities of the Ukrainian political parties are studied in the context of martial law. This article is focused on four main aspects of political process in Ukraine in 2022-2025: political repressions and prohibition of parties, political radicalization, elections delay, and preparation for new political projects. The author argues that Ukrainian political spectrum had been artificially narrowed with the left parties forbidden and the right radicals’ ideas incorporated in the official state ideology. This perturbation caused an increasing demand for the reload of the political system of Ukraine.  

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Bielashko, S. (2025). Ukrainian political parties in the times of war. National interest, 5(19), 34–44. retrieved from https://sc01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/NIT/article/view/241310
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