| Russian Bloc Руський блок |
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| Leader | Olexandr Svistunov |
| Founded | 2001 |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | None |
| Official colours | White |
| Website | |
| http://rusblok.in.ua/ (Russian) | |
| Politics of Ukraine Political parties Elections |
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Russian Bloc (Ukrainian: Руський блок) is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2001.
During the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002 the party, then called "For Russian Unity" (Ukrainian: За Русь єдину), was part of the Russian Bloc (Ukrainian: Русский блок) that got 0.73% of the votes and no seats. It did not participate in National elections since. In the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea the party was represented after the 2006 Crimean parliamentary election as it is part of the Crimean political alliance "For Yanukovych!" (Ukrainian: За Януковича) with the Party of Regions.[2] In the 2010 Crimean parliamentary election the Party of Regions and the Russian Bloc run separatly.[3][4] During this election the party won representatives in municipalities and did particularly well in Sevastopol.[5]