Party of Christian Socialists

The Party of Christian Socialists (Ukrainian: Партія "Християнських соціалістів", romanized: Partiia "Khrystyianskykh sotsialistiv" or Russian: Партия "Христианских социалистов", romanized: Partiya "Khristianskikh sotsialistov") is a Ukrainian Christian socialist party which was founded on February 15, 2018. The party was created when their founder Mykhailo Dobkin left the Opposition Bloc. In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election party members took part on the election list of Opposition Bloc (a party founded in 2019). In the 2019 election this party won 6 single-seat constituencies and its nationwide list won 3.23% of the votes, meaning it did not overcome the 5% election barrier.

Mykhailo Dobkin, the founder of the party, is known for its pro-Yanukovych and pro-Russian attitude. He supported the creation of the Kharkov People's Republic, and became the co-chair of the separatist Congress of Deputies of the Southeastern Regions of Ukraine, the Crimea and Sevastopol which was held in Kharkov. Dobkin staunchly opposed Euromaidan and posed in the uniform of Berkut, Ukrainian special police force infamous for violent measures it took against the protesters. He denounced Euromaidan protesters as "freaks" and "clowns", expressing outrage about the demolition of monuments to Vladimir Lenin. After he left the Opposition Bloc in favor of creating the Party of Christian Socialists, he doubled down on his stances, stating: "I became a bigger opponent of Maidan than I was in 2013 and 2014. I would support Berkut more today than I did then."

The party is considered to be Russophilic, as one of the issues Christian Socialists campaign on is protection of the Russian language in Ukraine. However, the leader of the party, Mykhailo Dobkin, despite being suspected of backing Donbas separatists in 2014, stated in response to the invasion: "Much of what I believed in collapsed overnight... just burned out. May this war be damned." At the same time, the party postulates resuming full-scale relations with Russia, restoring the status of Russian language in Ukraine, creating a "humanitarian space" with Russia, joining the Customs Union of the Eurasian Economic Union, and federalization of Ukraine.