Nashi (Ukrainian: Політична партія «НАШI»), translated as Ours, was a political party in Ukraine registered February 2015. Since 2018, the party has been led by Yevheniy Murayev. On 14 June 2022 the party was banned by a court order.[6]
History
In September 2018, former co-chairman[7] of For LifeYevheniy Murayev reconstituted the party under its current name Nashi.[8]
A billboard with an advertisement for the Nashi party and Muraev's image. Kharkiv Oblast, Pervomaiskyi, Oktiabrska street, October 2018.
In the fall of 2021, Yevgeny Muraev presented the New Country Formula on the NASH party TV channel.[15]
In January 2022, the British government accused Russia of seeking to supplant Ukraine's government via military force, and replace it with a pro-Russian administration possibly led by Murayev.[16][17]British Foreign MinisterLiz Truss wrote on Twitter that the UK "will not tolerate Kremlin plot to install pro-Russian leadership in Ukraine."[18] Murayev denied any such plan.[19] Yevhen Murayev rejected the statement since he is under Russian sanctions.[20] Russia dismissed the accusation as "misinformation". The Russian Foreign Ministry said the British accusation was "evidence that it is the NATO countries, led by the Anglo-Saxons, that are escalating tensions around Ukraine."[18] Volodymyr Fesenko, a Ukrainian political analyst, wrote that "Murayev, for all his pro-Russianness, is not a figure who is very close to the Kremlin, especially compared to (Viktor) Medvedchuk."[19][a]
On 14 June 2022 the Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal banned Nashi.[6] The property of the party and all its branches were transferred to the state.[6] (Of all the parties suspended on 20 March 2022 only the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine and Opposition Platform — For Life actively opposed its banning.[24][25])
Ideology
The party declares adherence to the neutral and non-bloc status of Ukraine; respect for history, concern for the development of culture and native language; country's reindustrialization policy; broad decentralization and cultural autonomy of all regions of Ukraine.[26]
In a November 2018 "RATING" opinion poll the party scored 4.9%.[36]
According to a study by Active Group, in February 2022, the rating of the Nashi party was 4.9%[37] and according to the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, the party’s rating from October 2021 to February 2022 ranged from 4.1 to 5.7%.[38] At the same time, the rating of its leader Yevheniy Murayev in many polls was equal to his main opponent Yuriy Boyko.[39]
Many analysts believed that the rise in the party’s electoral rating is directly related to the activities of the NASH TV channel, created in 2018, which was closed in February 2022 due to the sanctions imposed by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.[40]
^In January 2022, the United States intelligence community named Viktor Medvedchuk as a possible Kremlin supported choice to lead a pro Russia puppet Ukrainian government and, in February 2022, the United States intelligence community named Oleg Tsaryov as another possible Kremlin supported choice to lead a pro Russia puppet Ukrainian government.[21]
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