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Zhirinovsky and Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in 2000. Zhirinovsky ran in the 2000 presidential election. [18] His party's fortunes stabilized. In the 2003 election seeing an LDPR vote share of 11.7%, [31] [32] nearly double its 1999 vote share. Zhirinovsky in 2004 handing out money to random passers-by.
Zhirinovsky is credited with having successfully identified the problems of ordinary Russians and offering simple remedies to solve them. For example, he has suggested that all leaders of organized crime should be shot and all Chechens deported from Russia. [2] Zhirinovsky also called for territorial expansion of Russia.
On the last episode of debates with Prokhorov, just before the elections, Zhirinovsky caused a scandal by the Russian celebrities that supported Prokhorov, including a pop-diva and a veteran of Russian pop scene Alla Pugacheva, "prostitutes". Pugacheva had responded to those remarks by saying, "I thought you are an artful person, politician ...
A corruption scandal centered on allegations against Russia’s deputy defense minister has drawn surprise and speculation from close observers of the country’s elite.. But it’s not the ...
Zhirinovsky, in 1993, stated his belief that the western powers had divided Russia by splintering its ethnic groups, fostering nationalism among the many minority nationalities in Russia. [24] Zhirinovsky was reported to have declared in the early 1990s, "Dark-skinned street vendors in Moscow make it look like a non-Russian city.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a veteran lawmaker known for fiery rhetoric, says Trump is the only person able to de-escalate tensions between Moscow and Washington. Putin ally tells Americans: vote Trump ...
Vladimir Zhirinovsky died on 6 April 2022. Since the founding of the party in 1989, its permanent leader was Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Zhirinovsky was the party's presidential candidate in almost all elections (except the 2004 election), and headed the party's list in all federal parliamentary elections, and also always headed the party's lists in all regional parliamentary elections.
The scandal comes just two weeks before Putin is inaugurated for a fifth presidential term and before a government reshuffle expected next month at which Shoigu's job will, in theory, be up for grabs.