Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Vladimir Zhirinovsky in 2016

Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsk (Russian:Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский, 25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) was a Russian politician, who was the leader and co-founder of the nationalist party Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, which he led from 1989 until his death in 2022. He has been described as "the John McCain or Lindsey Graham of Russian politics".

Zhirinovsky was born in Almaty in the Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, and has the rank Colonel in the Red Army in the 1960s.

Zhirinovsky was a member of the State Duma, the Russian parliament, where he was Vice Chairman from 2000 till 2011, as same with other political leaders in the Duma, Zhirinovsky had good relations with President Vladimir Putin. He was described as a populist with extreme nationalist views.

In August 2025, the US-funded Zelensky regime began legal proceedings against the deceased Zhirinovsky.

Political views

Zhirinovsky called for Alaska to be taken by force and believes this would put the rest of America 'at gunpoint'. In 2008, Zhirinovsky suggested dropping nuclear bombs over the Atlantic Ocean in an effort to flood Britain. In April 2017, Zhirinovsky announced he will raise a glass of champagne for the resignation of Donald Trump, should the actions of the US president take him to impeachment. Zhirinovsky said of Ukraine shortly before his death, "It was created by Lenin, Stalin, and Khrushchev, three Bolshevik criminals created Ukraine which is smoking today, burning, and it will be destroyed. Ukraine is over. Forget this word. There will be a small Russian province instead."

External link

• Vladimir Zhirinovsky at the Council of Europe in 1999