The Communist Party of Transnistria (, , ) was a communist party in

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, led by Vladimir Gavrilchenko. It was described by state media as the more "conservative" communist party in comparison to the

Transnistrian Communist Party The Transnistrian Communist Party (, , ) is a communist party in the unrecognized state of Transnistria. The party was led by Oleg Khorzhan until his arrest and imprisonment in 2018. The party newspaper is the Russian-language biweekly ''Pra ...

(PKP).

Overview

The Communist Party of Transnistria maintains close contacts with groups in

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. It was affiliated with the

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led by

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, and it usually refers to itself by its abbreviation KPP-KPSS. However, it had no representation in Transnistria's Supreme Council. It supported independent statehood for Transnistria and opposed the administration of President Igor Smirnov. It provided no candidate to run in the 10 December 2006 presidential

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, but lent its support Nadezhda Bondarenko, the candidate of the competing Transnistrian Communist Party, which obtained 8.1% of the vote. During the presidential elections of 2011, Vladimir Gavrilchenko did not run for president himself. He announced his support for Igor Smirnov instead. He also entered the pro-presidential People's Union, which consists of 20 different public organizations and civic unions. After results of the first round were announced on 12 December 2011, and it became obvious that acting president Igor Smirnov lost the elections, Vladimir Gavrilchenko with other supporters appeared on the special meeting of the People's Union and called to nullify the results of the elections, to change the composition of the Central Elections Commission and to introduce a state of emergency in Transnistria in order to give Smirnov the ability to remain in power. However, as Igor Smirnov decided to step down peacefully, nothing transpired from these demands. On 11 March 2013 Vladimir Gavrilchenko died at the age of 63.Transnistria gives last respect to Vladimir Gavrilchenko - Article of the New Region News Agency
/ref> After his death, the Communist Party of Transnistria collapsed with the majority of its members joining the

of Oleg Khorzhan.

References

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