Alexander Radchenko

Alexander Grigorievich Radchenko (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Радченко; 1943 – 13 November 2014) was a Transnistrian politician and human rights activist. Born to an ethnic Ukrainian family during the Soviet era, he was a military officer until the breakup of the Soviet Union. He then became a state official and activist in the breakaway state of Transnistria, serving in the Supreme Council of Transnistria from 1996 to 2005. He was the founder of two small opposition parties, as well as a newspaper named Chelovek i ego prava (lit. 'Man and His Rights') that was critical of the Transnistrian government.