 It was originally called Volia, and was based in Kharkiv.Businessman Hennadiy Anatoliyovych Fedorovsky was elected the head of the organization.At the end of 2009, the party chairman resigned, and Oleksandr Prognimak, a well-known Kyiv businessman and official, a former member of the Party of Regions faction in the Verkhovna Rada, was elected as a new leader.