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On 17 December 2018 an Opposition Bloc congress nominated [[Oleksandr Vilkul]] as their candidate in the [[2019 Ukrainian presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/oleksandr-vilkul-to-be-nominated-as-candidate-for-president.html Oleksandr Vilkul to be nominated as candidate for president], [[Kyiv Post]] (1817 December 2018)</ref> But a Ukrainian court ruled three days before (in response to a lawsuit filed by People's Deputy of Ukraine for Opposition Bloc [[Serhiy Larin]]) that Opposition Bloc's congress at which Vikul was to be nominated could not "reorganize the party by any means".<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2018/12/14/7201276/ Split "Opoploko": the court imposed restrictions on the party before the congress], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (14 December 2018)</ref> On 18 December 2018 the website of Opposition Bloc stated that therefore all the decisions made at the congress were invalid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gordonua.com/news/politics/v-partii-oppozitsionnyj-blok-zajavili-chto-vilkul-ne-smozhet-vydvinutsja-ot-nee-v-prezidenty-590957.html|title=В партии "Оппозиционный блок" заявили, что Вилкул не сможет выдвинуться от нее в президенты|website=gordonua.com|access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> On 20 December 2018 the website of Opposition Bloc was down.<ref>{{cite web|title=http://opposition.org.ua Server Status Check|url=http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/opposition.org.ua.html|publisher=isitdownrightnow.com|access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> Vilkul was nominated for the presidency again by [[Opposition Bloc - Party for Development and Peace|Opposition Bloc — Party of Peace and Development]] (the recently renamed Industrial Party of Ukraine) on 20 January 2019.<ref name="4055712-vybory">{{in lang|uk}} [https://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/4055712-vybory-prezydenta-kivu-vilkula-ta-hnapa-vysunuly Presidential elections: Kivu, Vilkul and Hnapa have been nominated], [[Korrespondent.net]] (20 January 2019)<br />{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2019/01/22/7204524/ Kiva and Vilkul surrendered to the Central Election Commission], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (22 January 2019)</ref> According to [[Liga.net]] [[Rinat Akhmetov]] had renamed Industrial Party of Ukraine to Opposition Bloc — Party of Peace and Development solely to circumvent the courts injunction of 20 December 2018 (which prohibited any changes to the statute of the (party) Opposition Bloc).<ref name="4055712-vybory"/> The Industrial Party of Ukraine was registered by the [[Ministry of Justice of Ukraine|Ministry of Justice]] on 13 June 2014, and [[Rostyslav Shurma]] was then the chairman of this party.<ref name="liudyna-akhmetova-33517"/> Shurma was at the time General Director of [[Zaporizhstal]].<ref name="liudyna-akhmetova-33517"/> Zaporizhstal is part of the industrial complex owned by Rinat Akhmetov.<ref name="liudyna-akhmetova-33517">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.5.ua/polityka/partiiu-industrialna-ukraina-ocholyla-liudyna-akhmetova-33517.html PARTY "INDUSTRIAL UKRAINE" HEADS "MAN AKHMETOV"], [[5 Kanal (Ukraine)|5 Kanal]] (26 August 2014)</ref>
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Opposition Bloc was one of several political parties suspended by the [[National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine]] during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], along with [[Derzhava (Ukrainian party)|Derzhava]], Left Opposition, [[Nashi (political party)|Nashi]], [[Opposition Platform — For Life]], [[Party of Shariy]], [[Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine]], [[Socialist Party of Ukraine]], [[Union of Leftists]], and the Volodymyr Saldo Block.<ref name="ukrinform-22">{{cite web |title=NSDC bans pro-Russian parties in Ukraine |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3434673-nsdc-bans-prorussian-parties-in-ukraine.html |publisher=Ukrinform |access-date=20 March 2022 |date=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
==Ideology and stances==
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