The party already existed from before the
fall of the Soviet Union as the Transnistrian branch of the
Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union and afterwards as the Transnistrian branch of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and was led by the Minister of Local Economy and Transport of Transnistria, Alexander Saydakov, who was assassinated in 1998. On 1 August 2006, the regional branch of the LDPR separated from its mother party and became a separate entity, known as Liberal Democratic Party of Transnistria (LDPP). On August 2, a constituent congress was held in
Tiraspol, where the party praised the Russian government for its support of Transnistria, while also stating that they "rely" on support from the LDPR and
Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The congress formally elected
Roman Khoudyakov, the LDPR Commissioner in Transnistria, as president, and was attended by sitting members of the
Russian Duma and the
Party of the Regions of Ukraine. At the party's founding congress they outlined their platform as follows: • "Prevent criminal and corrupted elements from penetrating into power bodies" Khudyakov would be expelled from the LDPR in 2016 and shortly after the LDPP's website would shut down and the party would become inactive. ==References==