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[[File:LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky MoscowTass 08-2016.jpg|thumb|200px|Vladimir Zhirinovsky  in 2016]]

[[File:LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky MoscowTass 08-2016.jpg|thumb|200px|Vladimir Zhirinovsky  in 2016]]

'''Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsk''' (Russian:Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский, 25 April 1946 – 6 April 2022) is a Russian politician, he is the current leader and co-founder of the nationalist party [[Liberal Democratic Party of Russia]], which he led from 1989 until his death in 2022.  

'''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.  

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

== Political views ==

== Political views ==

Zhirinovsky has called for [[Alaska]] to be taken by force and believes this would put the rest of America 'at gunpoint'.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4375868/Russian-nationalists-want-Alaska-Moscow-s-hands.html</ref> In 2008, Zhirinovsky suggested dropping nuclear bombs over the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in an effort to flood [[Britain]].<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,538403,00.html</ref> 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.<ref>http://www.pravdareport.com/news/world/americas/12-04-2017/137468-zhirinovsky_trump-0/</ref>

Zhirinovsky called for [[Alaska]] to be taken by force and believes this would put the rest of America 'at gunpoint'.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4375868/Russian-nationalists-want-Alaska-Moscow-s-hands.html</ref> In 2008, Zhirinovsky suggested dropping nuclear bombs over the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in an effort to flood [[Britain]].<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,538403,00.html</ref> 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.<ref>http://www.pravdareport.com/news/world/americas/12-04-2017/137468-zhirinovsky_trump-0/</ref>

== References ==

== References ==

==External link==

==External link==

*[https://youtu.be/hMTpb8WGG4w Vladimir Zhirinovsky at the Council of Europe in 1999]

*[https://youtu.be/hMTpb8WGG4w Vladimir Zhirinovsky at the Council of Europe in 1999]

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[[Category:Russian Political People]]

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