Vitaly Zhuravsky Christian Liberal Union Hrystyjanska Liberaljna Spilka HLS - Adheres to the principles of Christian humanism. In the economic sphere, the party endows all forms of ownership with an equal level of importance. Ukrajiny DPU - Ideologically the party s platform has borrowed heavily not only from the neoconservative, but also the social democrat traditions. Yet one of its defining features is a favorable attitude towards Russia.
Reforms are a key slogan for the party.
The party simultaneously supports Ukraine s integration both into the world and the CIS communities. Until 1992 the party stood for a federative structure for Ukraine and granting Russian the status of an official language. With its move to Kyiv in 1992-1993 the party retracted its stance on the Russian language, but continued to support the idea of dual citizenship for Ukrainians and Russians, an idea renounced under the leadership of Oleh Soskin. The party has always been relatively pro-free market, including support for the private ownership of land, but with a dose of state intervention, such as in the case of the development of the country s agricultural sector. The party supports a federal structure for Ukraine with a right to dual citizenship with the Russian Federation, a single information and economic space between Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, as well as the formation of unitary Slav strategic armed forces.