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Oleg Khorzhan, the leader of the Communist Party of Transnistria, was found dead in his home on Monday morning, government officials said.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria announced in a press release on its website that the body of Khorzhan, 47, was found “with signs of violent death” at his home in Sucleia, a village in the Slobozia district of Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria.
Transnistria is a 249-mile-long strip of landat the border with Ukraine. It is inhabited by some 470,000 people and is internationally recognized as part of Moldova but has been under the control of separatists since 1992.
Khorzhan was found dead by his wife next to an open safe, the Interior Ministry said, noting that the safe was “empty.”
His death was also announced by the leader of Russia’s Communist Party, Gennady Zyuganov, who suggested Khorzhan was murdered…
