The Communist Party of Pridnestrovie , "PCP", "KPP", is a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party

Political party

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 in Transnistria

Transnistria

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. Its leader is Vladimir Gavrilchenko. It is seen as a "conservative" communist party, in contrast to the Pridnestrovie Communist Party

Pridnestrovie Communist Party

The Pridnestrovie Communist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Transnistria....

 (PKP).

The Communist Party of Pridnestrovie maintains close contacts with groups in Russia

Russia

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. It is affiliated to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Shenin)

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 led by Oleg Shenin

Oleg Shenin

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, and it usually refers to itself by the initials "KPP-KPSS".

It has no representation in Transnistrian Supreme Soviet

Transnistrian Supreme Soviet

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.

It supports independent statehood

Disputed status of Transnistria

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 for Transnistria but opposes the administration of President Igor Smirnov

Igor Smirnov

Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov , is the President of the internationally unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, also known as Transnistria. He has held this post since 1990.- Childhood :...

.

It had no candidate for the December 10, 2006 presidential election

Election

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 but supported Nadezhda Bondarenko, the candidate of the competing Pridnestrovie Communist Party, who obtained 8.1% of the vote.