Communist Party of Pridnestrovie
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The Communist Party of Pridnestrovie (Moldovan: Партидул Комунист дин Транснистря), abbreviated "PCT" after its Moldavian or "KPP" after its Russian initials, is a political party in Transnistria. Its leader is Vladimir Gavrilchenko. It is seen as a "conservative" communist party, in contrast to the Pridnestrovie Communist Party (PKK).
The Communist Party of Pridnestrovie maintains close contacts with groups in Russia. It is affiliated to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union led by Oleg Shenin, and it usually refers to itself by the initials "KPP-KPSS".
It has no representation in Transnistrian Supreme Soviet.
It supports independent statehood for Transnistria but opposes the administration of President Igor Smirnov.
It had no candidate for the December 10, 2006 presidential election but supported Nadezhda Bondarenko, the candidate of the competing Pridnestrovie Communist Party, who obtained 8.1% of the vote.
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