Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Russian: Vladimir Vol'fovich Zhirinovskii) (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. He was partly of Jewish descent (his father was Jewish). He was the Liberal Democratic presidential candidate in 1991, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.
Zhironovsky was extremely racist and sexist.
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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1946 births
2022 deaths
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Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
Moscow State University alumni