[5] Khorzhan and Bondarenko were arrested on 11 March 2007 while handing out leaflets ahead of an anti-Smirnov rally, and were sentenced to three days' detention as an administrative punishment.

Two days later on 13 March, a communist demonstration took place in the capital Tiraspol against growing consumer prices and energy tariffs.

[citation needed] During Yevgeny Shevchuk's term as President of Transnistria from 2011 to 2016, PKP legislative members supported nearly all of his initiatives, even unpopular ones such as the reduction of government salaries and pensions by 30%.

[8][9] Several other party members had been arrested by authorities prior to Khorzhan,[10] including his wife, his son, and Tiraspol city council deputy Alexander Samoniy.

[11] On 3 November 2018, the Supreme Court of Transnistria found Khorzan guilty of his alleged crimes, and he was sentenced to four and a half years in prison and ordered to pay a hefty fine.