The Communist Party of Ukraine (renewed) (, KPU(o)) was a political party in Ukraine, formed in November 2000 Комуністична партія України (оновлена), sd.net following a split from the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU). KPU(o) was led by Mykhaylo Savenko, previously a member of Parliament of the pro-president KuchmaThe European Union and Democratization: Reluctant States (Europe and the Nation State) by Paul Kubicek, Routledge, , page 171 Labour Ukraine.Ukraine Political Parties, GlobalSecurity.org On 30 September 2015, the District Administrative Court in Kyiv banned the party. The court banned the two Communist parties, Ukrayinska Pravda (1 October 2015)Kyiv’s Court terminates two Communist parties, Ukrinform (1 October 2015)
History The party was formed in November 2000 as a split from the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU). The first party leader was Mykhaylo Savenko. Savenko had been a Member of Parliament supporting President Leonid KuchmaThe European Union and Democratization: Reluctant States (Europe and the Nation State) by Paul Kubicek, Routledge, , page 171 in Labour Ukraine.Ukraine Political Parties, GlobalSecurity.org
The KPU claimed that the formation of the KPU(o) was instigated by the political establishment to take votes from the KPU. In the 2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party won 1.4% of the popular vote and no seats although only six other parties had spent more on their election campaign.Virtual Politics - Faking Democracy in the Post-Soviet World, Andrew Wilson, Yale University Press, 2005, page 256 In the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the party garnered only 0.29% of the popular vote. The party did not participate to the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Results of voting in single constituencies in 2012 & Nation-wide list , Central Election Commission of Ukraine and the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election.Ukraine Bars Communists From Elections, Radio Free Europe (24 July 2015)Alphabetical Index of parties in 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election , Central Election Commission of Ukraine
In May 2015, decommunization in Ukraine came into effect in Ukraine, banning communist symbols, singing the Soviet national anthem or "The Internationale". Because of these laws, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry stripped the party of its right to participate in elections on 24 July 2015.Ukraine's Justice Ministry outlaws Communists from elections, Kyiv Post, (24 July 2015)Justice Ministry bans three communist parties from taking part in election process as they violate Ukrainian law - minister, Interfax-Ukraine, (24 July 2015) The party did not challenge this ban and was thus on 30 September 2015 terminated by the District Administrative Court in Kyiv.
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