Party of Regions

…ruling coalition and a resurgent Party of Regions saw the Orange parties swept from power in 2010. Poroshenko resumed his affiliation with the Party of Regions in 2012, when he became minister of trade in the cabinet of Pres. Viktor Yanukovych. After legislative elections later that year, however, Poroshenko returned…

…in October 2012, the ruling Party of Regions emerged as the single largest bloc, with 185 seats. Tymoshenko’s Fatherland party claimed 101 seats, Vitali Klitschko’s Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms (UDAR) won 40 seats, and the ultranationalist Svoboda (“Freedom”) party had a surprisingly strong showing, winning 37 seats. Challenging the…

…president in 2010—headed the popular Party of Regions, which supported stronger ties to Russia. Among the parties that forced Yanukovych from power in 2014 were Fatherland, Vitali Klitschko’s Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reforms (UDAR), and the ultranationalist Svoboda (“Freedom”) party.

In 2006 Yanukovych’s Party of Regions scored a victory in parliamentary elections, and Yushchenko was compelled to name Yanukovych prime minister. However, Yanukovych lost that post in 2007 to Yuliya Tymoshenko, a major figure in the Orange Revolution and, like Yanukovych, a challenger to Yushchenko in the presidential…