Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine

Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine
Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine
Ukrainian name	Прогресивна соціалістична партія України Prohresyvna sotsialistychna partiia Ukrainy
Russian name	Прогрессивная социалистическая партия Украины Progressivnaya sotsialisticheskaya partiya Ukrainy
Abbreviation	PSPU
Leader	Nataliya Vitrenko
Founded	1996
Banned	20 March 2022; 27 September 2022 (final appeal in court dismissed)
Split from	Socialist Party of Ukraine
Headquarters	Melitopol
Youth wing	Young Guard of the PSPU
Ideology	National Bolshevism; Left-wing populism; Pan-Slavism; Eurasianism; Hard Euroscepticism; Russophilia; Anti-Americanism;
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Left Opposition
International affiliation	Eurasian Youth Union; All-Russia People's Front;
Colors	Red and blue
Party flag
Website
	vitrenko.org (archived)
	Politics of Ukraine; Political parties; Elections;

The Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine (PSPU) is a banned, pro-Russian political party in Ukraine led by Nataliya Vitrenko. The party was represented in Ukraine's national parliament between 1998 and 2002. The party is considered neo-communist and wants to restore state ownership of industry and workers' democracy in Ukraine. Due to ideological ties to Dugin, it has also been described by some observers as being National Bolshevik.

The Progressive Socialist Party was described to have a "clearly leftist" platform. Its campaign slogan was "We shall build a Soviet and Socialist Ukraine!". The party was considered Russophile, and campaigned for a "strategic partnership" of Ukraine with Russia and Belarus, while strongly rejecting the prospect of cooperating with either the European Union or NATO. The party was least popular in Western regions, but it had considerable support in South Ukraine.