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"Not all Ukrainian left-wing populists oppose Russian imperial domination over their country, however. In 1993, the Communist Party of Ukraine was founded by Petro Symonenko, a former apparatchik of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, an imperial province within the Soviet empire consisting of modern-day Ukraine. Generally, the party is not considered a new party, but rather a continuation of the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine, the same one which oversaw the implementation of the Holodomor. The party primarily opposed decommunization laws, and usually is considered not really communist but rather a kind of conservative pro-Russian party that likes the aesthetic of Soviet communism and the Soviet Union. In this sense, it isn't radically different from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and the degree to which the CPU got its barking orders from the CPRF is somewhat disputed. Following the Revolution of Dignity, the Communist Party of Ukraine lost popular support due to its pro-Yanukovych stance, especially after it voted for the anti-protest laws, which were universally seen as a major step in democratic backsliding. The role of the Communist Party of Ukraine in financing Donbass separatist movements and the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic has been questionable at best, with credible reports of the party providing some materiel support to theses terrorists, though this is denied by the CPU. After showing support for Putin following Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Communist Party of Ukraine, alongside other pro-Soviet or pro-Putin political parties, were banned by the Ukrainian government." 171.232.183.217 (talk) 15:13, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
