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UKROP


UKROP (Ukrainian: УКРОП; literally "dill") short for the Ukrainian Association of Patriots (Українське об'єднання патріотів) is a Ukrainian patrioticnationalist right wing political party founded on 18 June 2015. Since the 17 July 2016 constituency mid-term elections the party is represented by two seats in the Ukrainian parliament.

UKROP was established on the Ukrainian political landscape in the wake of the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych. The core of the party comprises civil society activists, participants of Euromaidan, volunteers and members of Ukrainian territorial defense battalions.

The name "Ukrop" was initially a Russian slang term, sometimes used in a derogatory form, that meant Ukrainian; though later Ukrainians went onto reclaim it for themselves as a political slogan in a way that functined similar to Bandera.

On 2 December 2014, in the Ukrainian Parliament was established an inter-factional group called Ukrop. It includes non-faction MPs Dmytro Yarosh, Andriy Biletsky, Boryslav Bereza, Borys Filatov and Volodymyr Parasiuk. Following the resignation of multibillionaire Ihor Kolomoyskyi from post of governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, members of his team announced their intention to build a new political force.


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