Aleksandr Radchenko (; 1943 – 13 November 2014) was an ethnic Ukrainian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

activist from

Transnistria Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a Landlocked country, landlocked Transnistria conflict#International recognition of Transnistria, breakaway state internationally recogn ...

. A former

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

military officer, he was the editor of a small opposition newspaper in

Tiraspol Tiraspol (, ; also /; , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Transnistria, a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the third-largest city. The city is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River. Tiraspol is a regional hub of cul ...

called ''Chelovek i ego prava'' (Man and His Rights). Most of his articles deal with human rights issues. In 1994 Radchenko founded the now-defunct political party Power to the People (''Vlast narodu''). During the February 2001 elections to the

Republic of Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised ...

Parliament his party advocated participation of Transnistrians at those elections and campaigned for the Moldova Communist Party. He was accused by the Transnistrian Minister of Justice of crimes against the state as he was advocating the restoration of Moldova's territorial integrity and, therefore, the liquidation of the separate Transnistrian state. His party was twice banned for short periods. Alexander Radchenko participated in the 9 December 2001 Transnistrian presidential election, running against the incumbent Igor Smirnov and Tom Zenovich. Of the three candidates, he came last with just under five percent of the votes. Between 2000 and 2005 he was a member of

parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

but he failed to win re-election on 11 December 2005. In January 2007 Radchenko founded the

Social Democratic Party of Transnistria The Social Democratic Party of Transnistria () was a Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Transnistria, political party in Transnistria. It was formed on 25 January 2007 by Aleksandr Radchenko, a former member of the ...

, the only political party in Transnistria which is in favor of conditional reintegration into Moldova. He died on 13 November 2014.

References

1943 births 2014 deaths Transnistrian politicians Transnistrian activists {{Moldova-bio-stub

See also

References