Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsk (Russian:Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский, 25 April 1946 in Almaty) is a Russian politician, he is the current leader and co-founder of the nationalist party Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, which he led since 1989. Zhirinovsky was born in Almaty in the Kazakh SSR , Soviet Union, and has the rank Colonel in the Red Army at that time.

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