Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский) (born Vladimir Volfovich Eidelstein; 25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian politician, lawyer and a colonel in the Soviet Army and later the Russian Army.

Works
He was the founder and Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR). He was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.Diary: Campaign circus, BBC News, 20 November 2007Vladimir Zhirinovsky (Russian politician) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Britannica.com (26 April 1946).Russian nationalist Zhirinovsky nominated for president, RIA Novosti, 13/ 12/ 2007Zhirinovsky Beat Russia's top nationalist had a busy week abroad , Time Magazine, 14 February 1994 He was partly of Jewish descent (his father was Jewish).BBC News He was the Liberal Democratic presidential candidate in 1991, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.

Zhironovsky was extremely racist'Racist Vladimir Zhirinovsky expressed hatred towards Caucasians' (YouTube, uploaded 22 June 2011 - Russian audio only)Russian Ultra-Nationalist Zhirinovsky's Anti-US 2002 Rant (YouTube, uploaded 29 March 2007 - Russian audio, English subtitles) and sexist.'Vladimir Zhirinovsky reveals the truth about women' (YouTube, uploaded 23 June 2013 - Russian with English subtitles)'Possibly the world’s vilest politician orders his men to “violently rape” pregnant journalist ', 5 May 2014
2021 speech
Zhirinovsky predicted in a speech on December 27 2021, the exact date when the Russian military invaded eastern Ukraine. He said "At 4 a.m. on February 22, you will feel [our new policy]. I would like 2022 to be a peaceful year. But I love the truth, for 70 years I have been telling the truth. It will not be peaceful. It will be a year when Russia becomes great again."

Death
In February 2022, Zhirinovsky was hospitalized in Moscow with COVID-19. A month later, it was reported he was being treated for COVID-related problems such as sepsis and respiratory failure.

Zhirinovsky died from problems caused by the virus on 6 April 2022, aged 75.

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