Eduard Limonov

Eduard Limonov (, real name Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko, ; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020) was a Russian writer, poet, publicist, and political dissident. He was the founder of the banned National Bolshevik Party and leader of political party The Other Russia. 

He was a critic of Vladimir Putin. Limonov was one of the leaders of The Other Russia political bloc."Kasparov on Voronezh: If This is a Democracy, Let Us March".  The Other Russia. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2009. However, following the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, he has expressed some support for Putin.

Limonov died at a hospital in Moscow of surgery-related problems on 17 March 2020, aged 77.Eduard Limonov, Soviet-Era dissident & writer who shocked Russia, dead at 77

Related pages
List of Russian-language novelists

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