Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 29 March 1998. The Communist Party of Ukraine remained the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 121 of the 445 seats, but no party gained a majo
President Leonid Kuchma (on left, pictured here in 1999) and his close allies have been accused of interfering in the 1998 election
Signatures claimed to belong to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982) were among those used by parties to participate in the 1998 election
The inclusion of Mustafa Dzhemilev (pictured here in 2010) on Rukh's electoral list led to widespread Crimean Tatar support for the party
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The Communist Party of Ukraine is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 and claimed to be the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine, which had been banned in 199
1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election
…Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 29 March 1998. The Communist Party of Ukraine remained the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine), winning 121 of the 445 seats, but no party gained a majority of seats, resulting…
Activists of the People's Movement of Ukraine picketing the reestablishment congress of the Communist Party in Makiivka, 6 March 1993
A communist demonstration near the Lenin monument in Kyiv, 2009
A Communist meeting in Luhansk, 2014
A congress of the Communist Party in Kyiv's Spartak Stadium, September 2013