Proriv (Transnistria)

Proriv
Прорыв
Leader Dmitry Soin
Head of Communications Roman Konoplev
Youth Wing Director Alena Arshinova
Founded 2 June 2006 (2006-06-02)
Dissolved 8 November 2012 (2012-11-08)
Headquarters 3300 Naberezhny Lane, 1A, Tiraspol, Transnistria
Newspaper Russian Breakthrough
Ideology Liberal democracy
Civic nationalism
Russophilia
International affiliation Proryv
Colors Yellow
Slogan "Russia! PMR! Breakthrough!"
Seats in the Supreme Council
0 / 43
Website
proriv.wordpress.com

Proriv (Cyrillic: Прорыв; Russian for "Breakthrough"), officially the People's Democratic Party "Proriv!", was a political youth movement and political party in Transnistria whose methods were supposedly modelled on pro-Western organizations Otpor!, Kmara and other participants of colour revolutions in the post-Soviet states.

History

Proriv was originally founded in 2005 as a division of the pro-Russian political youth organization Proriv. A year later, on 2 June 2006, the Transnistrian branch of Proriv was registered as a political party. It used yellow as its political color, and the famous B&W photo of Communist guerrilla fighter Che Guevara as a symbol. It was associated with the 'Che Guevara High School for Political Leadership' in Tiraspol, which was established to provide training for young political activists. Its head was Dmitry Soin, a sociologist and former officer of the Transnistrian ministry of state security, who is wanted by Interpol.[1][2]

Roman Konoplev, an obscure Russian strategist and publicist, took part in formulating ideological documents of the party. The youth movement had a mostly slav female leadership, with Alena Arshinova at its head. The organization supported the continuation of the republic's independence which was declared on 2 September 1990, and rejected any talk of potential reunification with Moldova.[3]

The party was dissolved by authorities in November 2012 after the Supreme Court of Transnistria ordered its liquidation. Members of Proriv denounced the decision as political repression.[4]

Electoral results

Parliamentary

Supreme Council
Election year # of seats +/– Government
2010
1 / 43
 Opposition
2015
0 / 43
 Decrease 1 Did not contest

Presidential

Election year Candidate Votes % Position Result
2011 Dmitry Soin 1,441 0.58 5th Not elected

References

  1. ↑ Anika Zeller: Ché Guevara lebt - in Transnistrien, in: Der Spiegel, 12.12.2005. (in German)
  2. ↑ Trans-Dniester's surreal life | BBC News, 2 September 2005. (in English)
  3. ↑ Jail terms sought for teenagers in flag-raft prank "Jail terms sought for teenagers in flag-raft prank" Check |url= value (help). Tiraspol Times. 9 September 2006.
  4. ↑ "В Приднестровье ликвидировали партию «ПРОРЫВ!» | МГЕР". Retrieved 2 October 2018. (in Russian)
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