Ukraine is Our Home () is a Ukrainian political party that was founded in May 2021. The party is led by former deputy prime minister and formerElectoral history of Kolesnikov Borys Viktorovych , ukr.vote deputy of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) Borys Kolesnikov.
On 30 May 2021, the party held its first congress. Borys Kolesnikov was elected the leader of the new party "Ukraine is our home", Interfax-Ukraine (30 May 2021)
Ukrainian and Russian media outlets have speculated that the party is a project of Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov and has been created to take votes away from Opposition Platform — For Life. Kolesnikov still creates a party called "Ukraine is our home", Radio Free Europe (4 May 2021) Kolesnikov stated in June 2021 that Akhmetov was "not happy" with the idea of creating the party and "he has nothing to do [with this]." Disagrees with the media version. Kolesnikov said that Akhmetov was "not happy" with the idea of creating a party Ukraine - our home, The New Voice of Ukraine (3 June 2021) Kolesnikov also denied that the party's electorate were pro-Russian Ukrainians living in the country's southern and eastern regions, and instead claims that the party is centrist and has social conservatism at its core. According to RBK Ukraine, the party was created as a "technical project" of the Office of the President of Ukraine. Banking project. The reason for the creation of Kolesnikov's party "Ukraine is our home" has become known, RBK Ukraine (13 October 2021)
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