Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-7431988-20130903205525/@comment-32656-20130906141506

Yes and no. The basic idea they're getting at is true, but the use of that term is a mis-characterization.

The Soviet Union's foreign wing of its party held great influence in such parties - and those it supported were generally in power in them. That is what it is mostly referring to.

Something that is partially accurate, but doesn't tell the whole story at all. They really should not be using it in that context on wikipedia, imo, but it's not wrong, per se.