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Social Movement "Donetsk Republic" Общественное движение «Донецкая республика»
Abbreviation	ODDR
Chairman	Denis Pushilin
Founders	Alexander Tsurkan Andrei Purgin Oleg Frolov
Founded	9 December 2005 (2005-12-09)
Banned	12 November 2007 (2007-11-12) (in Ukraine)
Preceded by	International Movement of Donbass
Merged into	United Russia
Headquarters	Universitetskaya 19, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (non-government controlled)
Youth wing	Young Republic, Zakharovtsy
Paramilitary wing	Donbas People's Militia
Membership (2022)	247,720 (claimed)
Ideology	Russian nationalism Donbas separatism Social conservatism
Political position	Big tent
Colours	DNR Flag colours:   Black   Blue   Red
Federation Council (Russia)	2 / 178
Party flag
Website
oddr.info
Politics of Ukraine Political parties Elections Politics of Russia Political parties Elections

The Social Movement "Donetsk Republic" (Russian: Общественное движение «Донецкая республика», romanized: Obshchestvennoye dvizheniye «Donetskaya respublika»; ODDR) is a pro-Russian separatist political movement operating in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Before its annexation, the movement's goal was the creation of a "federation of sovereign Donetsk", which would include seven regions of eastern and southern Ukraine. The group was banned in 2007, but this ban was marginal until the 2014 Donbas war. In 2014, it founded the Donetsk People's Republic, which Ukraine's government deems a terrorist organization. The movement won the 2014 Donbas general elections with 68.53% of the vote and 68 seats, which were condemned as illegitimate and a violation of the Minsk ceasefire agreements between Ukraine, Russia, and the OSCE.

In 2023 the movement was merged with the main governing party of Russia, Yedinaya Rossiya. Following the Russian Unity in 2014, it became the second political party from Ukraine that joined the governing party of the Russian Federation.

History

Before the Russo-Ukrainian War

The organization was established on 6 December 2005 as a city organization by Andrei Purguin, Alexander Tsurkan, and Oleh Frolov and on 9 December 2005 with support of Hennadiy Prytkov as a regional organization. The main goal of the organization was to grant the eastern regions of Ukraine a special status. It claimed to fight the "orange plague" of President Viktor Yushchenko. Their goal was to create a Federal Republic of Donetsk in Southeast Ukraine. According to a map they published in 2006, this Federal Republic of Donetsk would comprise the Ukrainian Oblasts Kharkiv Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Zaporizhia Oblast and Kherson Oblast.

Prior to the spring of 2014, the organization drew little support and remained on the margins of local politics. Its pre-2014 rallies were averagely attended by about 30–50 people. From 17 to 22 November 2006, its activists were conducting protests in Donetsk and were gathering signatures on creation of the Donetsk Republic. Their activities were not supported by the prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych. At the beginning of 2007, representatives of the organization conducted number of activities in various cities of eastern Ukraine propagating the idea of separatism and federalization of the country.

Russo-Ukrainian War

In 2014, the organization founded the Donetsk People's Republic, which Ukraine's government deems a terrorist organization.

The group's leader, Andrei Purgin, was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine during the 2014 pro-Russian unrest.

The movement won the 2014 Donbas general elections with 68.53% of the vote and 68 seats. The Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic participates in the Donetsk Republic's parliamentary group. In the election campaign prior to these elections only the candidate of Donetsk Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, used billboards. This resulted to the only visible campaign advertising in Donetsk being in support of Zakharchenko.

In the days and weeks prior until the postponement of the DNR October 2015 local elections (to 21 February 2016) 90% of the (campaign) advertising was done by Donetsk Republic.

Following the full-scale invasion

On 23 July 2022 the public movement "Donetsk Republic" and the party "United Russia" signed a cooperation agreement, the document was signed by the secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party Andrey Turchak and the head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin. Since September 2022, the acceptance of applications from members of the movement has begun, according to the Donetsk Republic Public Movement, a year later, more than 67,000 of their activists joined the ranks of the United Russia party.

Electoral results

Head

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
2014	Alexander Zakharchenko	775,340	78.93%			Elected Y
2018	Denis Pushilin		60.86%			Elected Y

People's Council

Election	Party leader	Performance					Rank	Government
		Votes	%	± pp	Seats	+/–
2014	Andrei Purgin	662,752	68.35%	New	68 / 100	New	1st	Supermajority
2018	Denis Pushilin		72.38%	4.03	74 / 100	6	1st	Supermajority

References

1. "НАС: 247720". oddr.info.
2. ^ http://oddr.info/o-nas/ О нас
3. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Donetsk People's Republic". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
4. ^ SBU detained the leader of Donetsk Republic. Espreso. 19 March 2014
5. ^ Court banned the organization Donetsk Republic Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Ura-Inform. 12 November 2007
6. ^ "Ukraine's prosecutor general classifies self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk republics as terrorist organizations". Kyiv Post. 16 May 2014.
7. ^ "Донецькі бойовики за ніч порахували голоси: "переміг" Захарченко".
8. ^ (in Russian) Small bio of Andrei Purgin on Politrada
9. ^ (in Russian) What's "New Russia" and how to be, Ukrayinska Pravda (15 August 2014)
10. Gerard Toal (2017). Near Abroad: Putin, the West and the Contest Over Ukraine and the Caucasus. Oxford University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-19025-330-1.
11. Signature collection for the independent Donetsk Republic. Russia-3.
12. UNIAN: Yanukovych against the Donetsk Republic Archived 12 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Donetsk Republic. 23 November 2006
13. Donetsk Republic presented Ukraine as united but divided Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Ura-Inform. 10 January 2007
14. Список депутатов Народного Совета ДНР созыва 2014 года [List of deputies of the People's Council of the People's Democratic Republic of 2014] (in Russian). 14 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 November 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
15. "Donetsk People's Republic campaign reveals shambolic tendencies". Financial Times. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
16. "Rebel-Backed Elections to Cement Status Quo in Ukraine". The New York Times. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
17. Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine postpone disputed elections, Reuters (6 October 2015)
    Ukraine rebels to delay elections, The Washington Post (6 October 2015)
18. (in Ukrainian) Donbas postpones elections, Gazeta.ru (5 October 2015)
19. «Единая Россия» и движение «Донецкая республика» договорились о сотрудничестве Archived 28 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine // TASS, 23 July 2022
20. 42 тыс членов движения «Донецкая республика» стали частью «Единой России» // RIAMO, 23 September 2022
21. Более 67 000 активистов ОД «Донецкая Республика» пополнили ряды партии «Единая Россия» Archived 28 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine // Донецкое агенТство новостей (Donetsk News Agency), 14 June 2023

External links

• official website
• Truth about the Donetsk separatists. New Region. 14 September 2006.

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