Platform for Life and Peace

{{Infobox political party

| name = Platform for Life and Peace

| native_name = Платформа за життя та мир

| lang1 = Russian

| colorcode = {{party color|Platform for Life and Peace}}

| logo = Logo of the Platform for Life and Peace.png

| logo_size = 250px

| leader1_title = Leader

| leader1_name = Yuriy Boyko

| founder = Yuriy Boyko

| abbreviation = PZZhM or PLP

| founded = {{start date|2022|4|21|df=y}}

| banned = {{End date|2025|1|19|df=yes}}

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| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap

| Social democracy{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002031831/https://ua.news/ua/ukraine/lyder-opzzh-rasskazal-kakym-vydyt-svoe-budushhee-posle-zapreta-partyy|archive-date=2022-10-02|date=2022-07-11 |title=Лідер ОПЗЖ розповів, що робитиме після заборони партії |url=https://ua.news/ua/ukraine/lyder-opzzh-rasskazal-kakym-vydyt-svoe-budushhee-posle-zapreta-partyy |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=UA.NEWS |language=uk|quote=Boyko stated that the deputy group headed by him wants to concentrate on the issues of "building the country's economy and protecting people's social and economic rights." "If you want to be more formal, this is the path of social democrats, but without elements of liberalism, which significantly damaged our economy even before the war"— Yuri Boyko}}

| Pro-Europeanism

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| position = Centre-left

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| predecessor = Opposition Platform — For Life{{cite news|accessdate=2022-12-13|title=“Working constructively”. The Servant of the People stated that they are cooperating with the people's deputies of the OPZZH|url=https://nv.ua/ukraine/politics/sluga-naroda-sotrudnichaet-s-nardepami-opzzh-elena-shulyak-novosti-ukrainy-50272110.html}}

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| seats1_title = Verkhovna Rada

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|22|450|{{party color|Platform for Life and Peace}}}}

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| country = Ukraine

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The Platform for Life and Peace ({{langx|uk|Платформа за життя та мир|Platforma za zhyttia ta myr}}, {{IPA|uk|pɫɐtˈfɔrmɐ za ʒeˈtʲːa ta mɪr|pron}}; PZZhM/ПЗЖМ) was a parliamentary group in Ukraine created after the ban on the Opposition Platform — For Life and the dissolution of the parliamentary group of the same name following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/04/21/7341150/ Нардепи з ОПЗЖ вирішили назватись ПЗЖМ], Українська правда, 21 квітня 2022{{Cite web|url=https://nikvesti.com/ru/news/politics/246553|title=Нардепы из "ОПЗЖ" создали группу "ПЗЖМ"|website=Никвести}} On January 19, 2025, it was dissolved and thus ceased to exist due to the application of sanctions by the NSDC of Ukraine against Yuriy Boyko.{{cite news |title=Zelenskyy signed a decree on new sanctions of the National Security and Defense Council: in the "black list" Boyko, Shufrich and Murayev|url=https://lb.ua/news/2025/01/19/656047_zelenskiy_pidpisav_ukaz_pro_novi.html|work=LB.ua|date=19 January 2025|access-date=19 January 2025|language=Ukrainian}}[https://wz.lviv.ua/news/526630-rnbo-zaprovadyla-sanktsii-proty-18-osib-za-prorosiisku-diialnist-pid-sanktsii-potrapyly-narodni-deputaty-yurii-boiko-ta-nestor-shufrych РНБО запровадила санкції проти 18 осіб за проросійську діяльність, під санкції потрапили народні депутати Юрій Бойко та Нестор Шуфрич]

History

After the events of Euromaidan, the Party of Regions de-facto ceased to exist, most of its former members founded the Opposition Bloc.{{Cite web |date=2014-09-23 |title=Чем отличается "Оппозиционный блок" от Партии регионов? |url=https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/ukraine_in_russian/2014/09/140923_ru_s_opposition_bloc |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=BBC News Україна |language=ru-UA}}

In the 2014 parliamentary elections, the Opposition Bloc took 4th place, gaining 9.43% of the votes and receiving 31 seats in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VIII convocation.

In November 2018, For Life and the Opposition Bloc united into the Opposition Platform - For Life, however, disagreements that arose on the basis of this inter-party association led to a split in the ranks of the Opposition Bloc and the exit of Yevheniy Murayev from the For Life party, who created his own political force Nashi.{{Cite web |title=Чем вызван раскол в украинском "Оппозиционном блоке" – DW – 21.11.2018 |url=https://www.dw.com/ru/%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB-%D0%B2-%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B5-%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B/a-46394013 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=dw.com |language=ru}}

In the 2019 presidential elections, the OPZZh candidate Yuriy Boyko took 4th place, receiving the support of 11.67% of voters (2,206,216 votes). In the 2019 parliamentary elections, the Opposition Platform - For Life received 13.05% support (1,908,087 votes) on party lists, and 6 candidates also qualified in majoritarian constituencies. Thus, the party received 44 seats in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th convocation.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, OPZZh took a pro-Ukrainian position,{{Cite web |date=2022-04-29 |title=Остался один фронтмен – Бойко: зачем нардепы из ОПЗЖ решили назваться ПЗЖМ |url=https://24tv.ua/ru/ostalsja-odin-frontmen-bojko-zachem-nardepy-iz-opzzh-reshili_n1965677 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=24 Канал |language=ru}} although collaboration was widespread among party members.{{Cite web |title=Корниенко рассказал о депутатах-коллаборантах в местных советах, большинство которых из "ОПЗЖ" |url=https://www.unian.net/politics/opzzh-kornienko-rasskazal-o-deputatah-kollaborantah-v-mestnyh-sovetah-novosti-ukraina-11811648.html |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=www.unian.net |language=ru}}

Opposition Platform – For Life was one of several political parties suspended by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on 20 March 2022, along with Derzhava, Left Opposition, Nashi, Opposition Bloc, Party of Shariy, Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, Socialist Party of Ukraine, Union of Leftists, and the Volodymyr Saldo Block.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-20 |title=NSDC bans pro-Russian parties in Ukraine |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3434673-nsdc-bans-prorussian-parties-in-ukraine.html |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=www.ukrinform.net |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=As it happened: Ukraine war latest: Resilience making Russia assess reality, negotiator says |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-60802572 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb}}

At the 24 March 2022 parliamentary sitting, five MPs announced their resignation from the Opposition Platform – For Life faction. Meanwhile parliament itself was consulting with the Ministry of Justice on actions against the party's remaining deputies, as Ukrainian law did not provide for a single mechanism for suspending the activities of the party represented in parliament.{{Cite web |title=5 нардепів ОПЗЖ вийшли зі складу фракції |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/03/24/7334209/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Українська правда |language=uk}}

On 14 April 2022, the party's parliamentary group was dissolved in Ukraine's parliament.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-14 |title=Parliament dissolves pro-Russian Opposition Platform faction following Security Council ban. |url=https://kyivindependent.com/parliament-dissolves-pro-russian-opposition-platform-faction-following-security-council-ban/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}

The group was created on April 21, 2022, with Yuriy Boyko as its leader.{{Cite news |title=Нардепы Верховной Рады из ОПЗЖ переехали в ПЗЖМ – Левый берег |url=https://news.liga.net/politics/news/nardepy-verhovnoy-rady-iz-opzj-pereehali-v-pzjm-smi |access-date=2023-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115192128/https://news.liga.net/politics/news/nardepy-verhovnoy-rady-iz-opzj-pereehali-v-pzjm-smi |archive-date=2023-01-15}}

The group explicitly announced that it did not include Viktor Medvedchuk, Vadim Rabinovich, Vadim Stolar, and their supporters, who had belonged to the prior Opposition Platform — For Life party. Some of these politicians had left Ukraine before the invasion started,{{Cite news |title=В ОПЗЖ розповіли, скільки чинних та колишніх її депутатів – поза межами України під час війни |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/31754347.html |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=Радіо Свобода |date=15 March 2022 |language=uk|last1=Свобода |first1=Радіо }} or are perceived as proxies for Russia within Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=Кремль без рук, або Як розвалилась ОПЗЖ |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2022/04/14/7339444/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Українська правда |language=uk}}

Policies

Before its ban, OPZZh was a pro-Russian party and adhered to some premises of social democracy.{{Cite web |title=Що обіцяє виборцям «Опозиційна платформа — за життя». Експертний аналіз програми |url=https://tvoemisto.tv/exclusive/peredvyborna_programa_partii_opozytsiyna_platforma__za_zhyttya_101708.html |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=tvoemisto.tv}}

According to Yuriy Boyko, the group contains "deputies willing to work for protecting Ukraine, helping the people, and rebuilding our country".{{Cite web |title=Twenty-five Ukrainian MPs set up new group called Platform for Life and Peace |url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/78472/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=interfax.com}}

The group supported the accession of Ukraine to the European Union{{Cite news |last=Дорофейчук |first=Ирина |date=2022-06-19 |title=Бойко назвал хорошим сигналом обещание лидеров ЕС дать Украине статус кандидата в члены союза |url=https://ukranews.com/news/863876-bojko-nazval-horoshim-signalom-obeshhanie-liderov-es-dat-ukraine-status-kandidata-v-chleny-soyuza |access-date=2023-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810180533/https://ukranews.com/news/863876-bojko-nazval-horoshim-signalom-obeshhanie-liderov-es-dat-ukraine-status-kandidata-v-chleny-soyuza |archive-date=2022-08-10|quote=Boyko called the promise of EU leaders to give Ukraine the status of a candidate member of the union a good signal (Title Translation)}}{{Cite news |date=2022-05-24 |title=Бойко и посол ЕС обсудили создание органа, который будет заниматься переселенцами |url=https://skeptik.com.ua/boiko-i-posol-es-obsydili-sozdanie-organa-kotoryi-bydet-zanimatsia-pereselencami |access-date=2023-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524100816/https://skeptik.com.ua/boiko-i-posol-es-obsydili-sozdanie-organa-kotoryi-bydet-zanimatsia-pereselencami/ |archive-date=2022-05-24|quote=Boyko and the EU Ambassador discussed the creation of a body that will deal with IDPs (Title Translation)}}{{Cite news |last=Середа |first=Софія |title=Підтримують Зеленського і курс на ЄС та планують ребрендинг: як живе ОПЗЖ після розколу і заборони? |trans-title=They support Zelensky and the course towards the EU and plan rebranding: how does OPZZh live after the split and the ban? |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/rada-opzzh-boyko-stolar-zelenskyi-sluga-narodu/31933389.html |access-date=2023-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101152526/https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/rada-opzzh-boyko-stolar-zelenskyi-sluga-narodu/31933389.html |archive-date=2023-01-01 |quote=}}{{Cite web |title="Путин разрушил мой город", - Бойко из запрещенной партии удивил заявлением о войне. ВИДЕО |url=https://from-ua.com/news/628010-putin-razrusil-moi-gorod-boiko-iz-zapreshhennoi-partii-udivil-zayavleniem-o-voine-video.html |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=From-UA |language=ru}} and Ukraine's accession to NATO.{{Cite web |title=Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України |url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=76305 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=w1.c1.rada.gov.ua}}