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Zhirinovsky advocated greatly expanding Russia's territory, including Alaska and Finland. [5] [54] [55] In the early 1990s, a frequent backdrop he used for speeches and press events was a map of Russia expanding east through Alaska and west through Finland. [17] Zhirinovsky had a penchant for geopolitical domination.
Zhirinovsky had acquired a broad reputation for corruption by 2000. [4] Zhirinovsky's campaign demonstrated a coziness between him and Putin, having become a favorite "opposition" candidate of Putin's administration. [4] He was seen as, arguably, the most pro-Putin opponent of Putin in the 2000 presidential election. [4]
Zhirinovsky's first political breakthrough came in June 1991, when he came third in Russia's first presidential election, gathering more than six million votes (7.81% of the vote). [20] [21] Zhirinovsky's populist platform included promises to voters that if he elected, free vodka would be distributed to all.
Zhirinovsky campaigning. Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky is a veteran of Russian politics who has participated in five presidential elections in Russia (every election since 1996). Zhirinovsky's campaign slogan for 2012 was "Vote Zhirinovsky, or things will get worse". [11]
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.
The late member of the Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky was known for antisemitic speeches. [1] In 2001, 98 United States Senators penned a letter to President Putin, expressing concern about popular antisemitism, radical extremists (such as former Klansman and Grand Wizard David Duke) in the Russian Federation. [11]
Zhirinovsky alarmed many observers abroad with his neo-fascist and chauvinist declarations. Nevertheless, the referendum marked the end of the constitutional period defined by the constitution adopted by the Russian SFSR in 1978, which was amended many times while Russia was a part of Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union. Although Russia would ...
Zhirinovsky also benefited from the appeal of his energetic rhetorical flair and from having a well-financed and well-organized campaign. [24] In his promise of cheap and universal vodka, Zhirinovsky courted Russia's alcoholics, who had suffered financially from Gorbachev's anti-alcohol programs, which had led to alcohol prices skyrocketing. [1]