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| '''Andrey Safonov''', is a ] and presidential candidate from ]<ref></ref>. He lives in ], Transnistria's second largest city. | '''Andrey Safonov''', is a ] and presidential candidate from ]<ref></ref>. He lives in ], Transnistria's second largest city. | ||
| He ran for president against ] ] ] in the election held on ], ], and came in third place with 3.9% of the vote. | He ran for president against ] ] ] in the ] held on ], ], and came in third place with 3.9% of the vote.<ref></ref> | ||
| He is a former teacher of literature and a former member of the parliament of the ] (Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, within the ]. After Transnistria's declaration of independence, ], ], he founded the offical news agency ''Olvia Press''. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Education, Science and Culture, a post which he held until 1999 when he formed an opposition movement to Igor Smirnov and an opposition newspaper, founded in 2000, called ''Novaia Gazeta''. | He is a former teacher of literature and a former member of the parliament of the ] (Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, within the ]. After Transnistria's declaration of independence, ], ], he founded the offical news agency ''Olvia Press''. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Education, Science and Culture, a post which he held until 1999 when he formed an opposition movement to Igor Smirnov and an opposition newspaper, founded in 2000, called ''Novaia Gazeta''. | ||
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Template:Linkless Andrey Safonov, is a politician and presidential candidate from Transnistria. He lives in Bender, Transnistria's second largest city.
He ran for president against incumbent president Igor Smirnov in the election held on December 10, 2006, and came in third place with 3.9% of the vote.
He is a former teacher of literature and a former member of the parliament of the MSSR (Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, within the USSR. After Transnistria's declaration of independence, September 2, 1990, he founded the offical news agency Olvia Press. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Education, Science and Culture, a post which he held until 1999 when he formed an opposition movement to Igor Smirnov and an opposition newspaper, founded in 2000, called Novaia Gazeta.
References
External links
- Novaia Gazeta (in Russian)
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