The ultra-nationalist veteran of Russian political life Vladimir Zhirinovsky has died at the age of 75, the speaker of the Duma announced on Wednesday. Classified on the far right, Vladimir Zhirinovsky has participated in almost all the presidential elections in modern Russia.
“His personality is so enormous that it is difficult to imagine the development of the political system of modern Russia without him,” Vyacheslav Volodin wrote on his Telegram channel regarding the late troublemaker, who had always taken care not to s once morest President Vladimir Putin. “He deeply understood how the world worked, and predicted many things,” he continued.
His fellow deputies paid tribute to him with a minute of silence in the Duma to this explosive and explosive personality. “Vladimir Zhirinovsky was an experienced politician, energetic, open to discussion and a brilliant orator and polemicist,” Vladimir Putin noted, according to a statement. “Always, regardless of the audience, in the most tense conversations, he defended a patriotic position and the interests of Russia,” he added.
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky had been in agony by many Russian media for weeks following contracting Covid-19. Vyacheslav Volodin reported him a “long illness”. The Ministry of Health told Russian agencies that “great specialists, doctors, fought for his life to the end”. His death “is a blow to Russia, to the army of its supporters”, commented for its part the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), which he led for more than 30 years. This group has always been represented in local and national bodies, playing the role of a vocal but not rebellious opponent.
It is his diatribes, his warlike outbursts and his improbable appearances that remain in the memories of Russians: Vladimir Zhirinovsky notably threw a glass of water in a debate by insulting his opponent and fought in the precincts of Parliament with a deputy. His last feat dates back to December 27, when he predicted that 2022 “will not be a peaceful year. This will be the year when Russia becomes a power once more,” he added, calling for “waiting until February 22.” Coincidence or not, it was on February 21 that Vladimir Putin recognized the pro-Russian separatists of the Ukrainian Donbass, before bringing his troops into Ukraine three days later.
