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
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
The All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom", commonly known as V.O. Svoboda or simply Svoboda, is an ultranationalist political party in Ukraine. It has been led by Oleh Tyahnybok since 2004.
Svoboda activists with party flags on their way to a pro-EU rally on European Square, Kyiv, November 2013
A Svoboda rally in Kyiv in 2009
Opposition leaders Oleh Tyahnybok, Vitali Klitschko and Arseniy Yatsenyuk addressing demonstrators, November 2013
Anti-government protests in Kyiv during Euromaidan, 29 December 2013