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Self Reliance (political party) Self Reliance (political party) Union "Self Reliance" or "Self Help" (; "Ob'yednannya «Samopomich»") is a political party in Ukraine. It is led by the incumbent mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi. It was founded on 29 December 2012, and identifies with the ideology of "Christian morality and common sense." The name of the party is similar to the name of the NGO, founded by Sadovyi in 2004. The party won 33 seats in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. The name and ideology of the party is referring to the history of Ukrainian cooperative movement, which started in Western Ukraine in the