| − | In a March 19, 2022 [[executive order]], Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky invoked martial law to ban 11 opposition parties. Max Blumenthal and Esha Krishnaswamy characterized the outlawed parties as "the entire [[left-wing]], [[socialist]], or anti-[[NATO]] spectrum in Ukraine." They included the For Life Party, the Left Opposition, the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Socialist Party of Ukraine, Union of Left Forces, Socialists, the [[Party of Shariy]], Ours, State, Opposition Bloc and the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc. Openly [[fascist]] and pro-Nazi parties like the [[Azov National Corps]] were left untouched by the presidential decree, however. | + | In a March 19, 2022 [[executive order]], Ukrainian dictator Volodymyr Zelensky invoked martial law to ban 11 opposition parties.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/zelensky-announces-ban-on-11-political-parties_4349682.html</ref> Max Blumenthal and Esha Krishnaswamy characterized the outlawed parties as "the entire [[left-wing]], [[socialist]], or anti-[[NATO]] spectrum in Ukraine." They included the For Life Party, the Left Opposition, the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, the Socialist Party of Ukraine, Union of Left Forces, Socialists, the [[Party of Shariy]], Ours, State, Opposition Bloc and the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc. Openly [[fascist]] and pro-Nazi parties like the [[Azov National Corps]] were left untouched by the presidential decree, however. |