Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic
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Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic
Коммунистическая партия Донецкой Народной Республики |
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| Leader | Boris Litvinov |
| Founded | October 8, 2014 |
| Headquarters | Donetsk |
| Newspaper | Vperyod |
| Ideology |
National communism, Marxism–Leninism, Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Far left |
| People's Soviet |
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Elected on the election lists of (and participates in) the Donetsk Republic party's parliamentary group |
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The Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic (Russian: Коммунистическая партия Донецкой Народной Республики) is a political faction of the Donetsk Republic organization in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, led by Boris Litvinov, the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Donetsk People's Republic then.
On October 8, 2014 it was announced about creation of the party. Boris Litvinov who previously was the headed of a regional branch of the Communist Party of Ukraine in the Kirovsky District, Donetsk was proclaimed chairman of the party. In May 2014 Boris Litvinov being a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine also was a member of the Borodai's government. In July through October 2014 Litvinov also headed the People's Soviet of self declared republic. After his dismissal from the post of chairman of People's Soviet, there were rumors that Litvinov was even briefly arrested, yet Litvnov himself denied them.
Litvinov said the Communists would support Alexander Zakharchenko, current Prime Minister of Donetsk People's Republic, to win the Donbass general elections, 2014 for premiership. The Communists have endorsed Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko’s candidature at the 2 November elections for premiership. In these elections the Communists were banned from participating because it "made too many mistakes" in its submitted documents. According to some Russian media, the final party's lists were edited in Moscow. Selected members were allowed to be on the party list for the Donetsk Party. To the Soviet were elected only three members of the political organization and included Boris Litvinov, Vadim Zaibert, and Nikolai Ragozin.
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