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Russian-speaking Ukrainian Nationalists

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Russian-speaking Ukrainian Nationalists (RUN) (Ukrainian: Російськомовні українські націоналісти (РУН)) is a Ukrainian organization founded in the summer of 2013.[1][unreliable source?] RUN is a platform for Russians in Ukraine who are Ukrainian patriots and supporters of Ukrainian independence.[2] It has a territorial nationalistic worldview.[1][3] Run is led by Serhiy Zamilyuhin.[4]

History

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The organization is the offspring of a social movement that appeared in the form of groups in social networks and became an NGO in the summer of 2013.[5][3]

RUN stated in November 2014 that it aimed to take part in the October 2015 Ukrainian local elections.[1] But in October 2015 no such party named Russian-speaking Ukrainian Nationalists was registered at the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice.[6] In the October 2015 Kyiv local election the organization took part as a "non-party" on the election list of the Patriotic Party of Ukraine.[7][unreliable source?]

Ideology and stances

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One of the organization's goals is to change the Ukrainian educational system so that children will learn "Russian-Ukrainian" instead of the Russian language since the organization believes the latter one was "historically imposed".[5] The NGO has handed out pamphlets "to debunk the Soviet myths" about the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (in the summer of 2013).[3]

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