Russian Bloc (Party)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Russian Bloc (Ukrainian: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿) is a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2001. During the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2002 the party, then called "For Russian Unity" (Ukrainian: ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿), was part of the Russian Bloc (Ukrainian: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿) 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 is represented as it is part of the Crimean political alliance "For Yanukovych!" (Ukrainian: ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) with the Party of Regions. Ukrainian parliamentary election of 2002 took place on March 31. Half of the deputies to Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine) were elected on proportional basis, while the other half were elected by popular vote in single-mandate constituencies. In order to gain any (proportional) seats in Verkhovna Rada a party needed to receive at least 4% of the popular vote.