"For Yanukovych!" (, Russian: За Януковича!) was a political alliance in Crimea (an autonomous republic within Ukraine) between the Party of Regions and the Russian Bloc , Росбалт.RU (06/10/2009) during the 2006 Crimean parliamentary election.
At the election the alliance won 32.55% of the popular vote and 44 seats out of the 100 seats in the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea (more the 3 times as much as any other contender).Kiev fails to end Crimea's ethnic tension , Oxford Analytica (February 7, 2007) However, according to opinion polls, from then its ratings did fall. У Януковича в Криму проблеми, Gazeta.ua (March 26, 2009) After the elections members of the alliance tried to remove the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea Anatoliy Hrytsenko also a member of For Yanukovych! Соратник Януковича розповів, за що його вигнали з партії , Ukrayinska Pravda (September 15, 2009)
In the 2010 Crimean parliamentary election the Party of Regions and the Russian Bloc run separately.Local government elections in Ukraine: last stage in the Party of Regions’ takeover of power , Centre for Eastern Studies (October 4, 2010) О партии , Russian Bloc The Party of Regions won 80 seats during the 2010 election; the Russian Bloc none.Regions Party gets 80 of 100 seats on Crimean parliament, Interfax Ukraine (11 November 2010)
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