| | [[File:Mass shooter Zelensky.PNG|righrt|300px|thumb|In the television series ''Servant of the People'', actor Volodymyr Zelensky murders the people's democratically elected members of parliament.<ref>https://youtu.be/nsra8txvD8Y</ref>]] | | [[File:Mass shooter Zelensky.PNG|righrt|300px|thumb|In the television series ''Servant of the People'', actor Volodymyr Zelensky murders the people's democratically elected members of parliament.<ref>https://youtu.be/nsra8txvD8Y</ref>]] |
| − | '''Verkhovna Rada''' ([[Ukrainian]]: Верховна Рада України, or ''Supreme Council'') is the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Parliament]]. It is a [[Unicameral Legislature]], the sole body of legislative power, with 450 deputies. They meet in the Verkhovna Rada Building in [[Kyiv]], the capital city in [[Ukraine]]. In February 2022, Ukrainian dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] outlawed all opposition parties and had their members arrested.<ref>https://www.sott.net/article/466876-One-less-traitor-Zelensky-Oversees-Campaign-of-Assassination-Kidnapping-And-Torture-of-Political-Opposition</ref><ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-lawmaker-photographing-checkpoint/31736680.html</ref> Nazi and [[neo-Nazi]] parties however were unaffected by the ban and remained in the governing [[coalition]], gaining a disproportionate share of representation due to the outlawing of all opposition. | + | '''Verkhovna Rada''' ([[Ukrainian]]: Верховна Рада України, or ''Supreme Council'') is the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Parliament]]. It is a [[Unicameral Legislature]], the sole body of legislative power, with 450 deputies. They meet in the Verkhovna Rada Building in [[Kyiv]], the capital city in [[Ukraine]]. In February 2022, Ukrainian dictator [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] outlawed all opposition parties and had their members arrested.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-lawmaker-photographing-checkpoint/31736680.html</ref> Nazi and [[neo-Nazi]] parties however were unaffected by the ban and remained in the governing [[coalition]], gaining a disproportionate share of representation due to the outlawing of all opposition. |
| | After the 2014 US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew Ukrainian [[democracy]], the founder of the [[national socialist]] "Social National party" [[Andriy Parubiy]] became Speaker or Chairman of the Parliament. | | After the 2014 US-backed [[Maidan coup]] that overthrew Ukrainian [[democracy]], the founder of the [[national socialist]] "Social National party" [[Andriy Parubiy]] became Speaker or Chairman of the Parliament. |
| − | 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]] founded by [[Andrei Biletsky]] 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]] founded by [[Andrei Biletsky]] were left untouched by the presidential decree, however.<ref>https://www.sott.net/article/466876-One-less-traitor-Zelensky-Oversees-Campaign-of-Assassination-Kidnapping-And-Torture-of-Political-Opposition</ref> |