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  Vladimir Zhirinovsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский, born April 25, 1946) is a Russian politician, deputy and vice-chairman of the State Duma (the Russian parliament), and lawyer.
Zhirinovsky was born in Alma-Ata, former capital of the then-Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan.
Zhirinovsky became a focal point of harsh criticism and seemed to be the living embodiment of authoritarianism and militarism in modern Russia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vladimir_Zhirinovsky   (1273 words)

  
 michael specter--review--zhirinovsky
Zhirinovsky's feel-good remedies -- his promises to shoot criminals at the scenes of their crimes, to supply cheap vodka and to find everyone a spouse -- are not going to work.
Zhirinovsky rose to prominence as the third-place finisher in the 1991 presidential election, when people were eager to protest against the horrible lives they were living.
Zhirinovsky was a poor student, a bad lawyer and the type of political leader who wins council races simply because nobody else runs for the office.
www.michaelspecter.com /times/1995/1995_08_13_rev_zhirinovsky.html   (913 words)

  
 Vladimir Zhirinovsky -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (Russian: Влади́мир Во́льфович Жирино́вский, born 25 April 1946) is a Russian politician, deputy and vice-chairman of the State Duma (the Russian parliament), an honoured lawyer of the Russian Federation, and holder of an academic degree, namely Doctor of Philosophy.
Zhirinovsky also made statements in which he called for the re-acquisition of Alaska by military force, the invasion and occupation of Iran, and the construction of large fans to blow Russia's nuclear waste into Germany and the Baltic republics.
In 2005, Zhirinovsky ignited a brawl in the parliament by spitting at a legislator, Andrei Savelyev.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Vladimir_Zhirinovsky   (977 words)

  
 Zhirinovsky Vladimir Volfovich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vladimir Zhirinovsky was born on April 25, 1946 in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan).
Zhirinovsky was expelled from Turkey and this ruined his further career in the Soviet Union: despite his graduation with honors and active work in the Komsomol he was denied membership in the party, was not allowed to become a postgraduate student and denied for many years a possibility to travel abroad.
Zhirinovsky devoted most of his speech to the food crisis in the country and said that to cope with the problem the export of sausages to Africa should be stopped.
www.panorama.ru /works/oe/zhirinoe.html   (2842 words)

  
 Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky was born on April 25, 1946, in the city of Alma-Ata.
In February, 1996, Vladimir Zhirinovsky hailed Pat Buchanan's victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary.
In the speech, Zhirinovsky called for an end to discrimination on the basis of nationality and practically ignored the subject of the war in Chechnya (though he did repeat his familiar call for expanding the KGB to a million employees).
www.cs.indiana.edu /~dmiguse/Russian/vzbio.html   (2093 words)

  
 RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: Z :: Zhirinovsky
Vladimir Zhirinovsky was born on 25 April 1946 in Alma-Ata.
According to a biography by Vladimir Pribylovsky of the Panorama Research Center, Zhirinovsky was elected to the board of a group called the Society of Jewish Culture in late 1988.
Zhirinovsky ran in the RSFSR presidential election in June 1991, placing third after Boris Yeltsin and Nikolay Ryzhkov with 7.81 percent of the vote (more than 6 million votes).
www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/z/zhirinovsky.shtml   (855 words)

  
 SHOCK & AWE: The Zhirinovsky Connection
With the "Zhirinovsky Connection", I hope to fully reveal the bogus nature of Zhirinovsky's political career and explain why, in fact, the true powers-that-be in Russia, i.e., those running the military and intelligence services, are orchestrating Zhirinovsky's rise to power as a parallel to Hitler's rise to power in order to achieve critical strategic goals.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky's political party, the "Liberal Democratic Party" (LDP) is a bogus creation of the KGB that was designed to serve the purposes of the Central Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) under Gorbachev.
Zhirinovsky's party won nearly a quarter of the vote in the Dec. 12 parliamentary election, appealing to the anger of Russians over economic disarray, rising crime and the loss of the Soviet empire.
www.spiritoftruth.org.nz /j05.html   (3248 words)

  
 Zhirinovsky, Vladimir Volfovich on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
ZHIRINOVSKY, VLADIMIR VOLFOVICH [Zhirinovsky, Vladimir Volfovich], 1946-, Russian politician, b.
Zhirinovsky later defended the failed 1991 August Coup against Mikhail Gorbachev and was an outspoken critic of Yeltsin, although he did not join the parliament's bid to oust the Russian leader in 1993.
That year, his party won the largest share (about 23%) of the popular vote in the elections, and Zhirinovsky was elected to the new Russian State Duma.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/Z/Zhirinovs.asp   (338 words)

  
 Birds of a Feather at Registan.net
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, deputy chairman of the federal assembly of the Russian parliament, exchanged views Wednesday with President Niyazov of Turkmenistan.
Zhirinovsky, who is known as an outspoken and fearless politician, said that Turkmenistan had created a viable model for state development and its progressive stance was important for global peace and harmony.
Vladimir Zhirinovskiy, “thanking for the opportunity to meet the head of Turkmenistan, expressed his sincere admiration to Saparmurat Niyazov as the author of Ruhnama for the profundity of the philosophical comprehension of the five century old history and fate of the ancient Turkmen nation.”
www.registan.net /?p=6038   (309 words)

  
 michael specter--times magazine--zhirinovsky
Zhirinovsky with his 25 percent of the votes has already surpassed Hitler in 1929 and has achieved the result that the Nazis got in the Reichstag elections of 1930.
Solzhenitsyn denounced Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika, called Gaidar's reforms "brainless" and said that Zhirinovsky was a "caricature of a Russian patriot." He said it was time to stop worrying about the West and develop the soul of Russia.
Zhirinovsky-- who was not interviewed for this article because he charges journalists $5,000 an hour for his time-- knows the power of the camera as well as any Kennedy ever did.
www.michaelspecter.com /times/1994/1994_06_19_mag_zhirinovsky.html   (6507 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Report: Saddam used oil to reward Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Zhirinovsky was responding to a U.S. Senate report alleging that he was among Russian officials and politicians who received millions of dollars in oil allocations from Saddam's government in return for their support in ending U.N. sanctions against Iraq.
Zhirinovsky said he used his close ties with Saddam's government to steer Iraqi oil to Russian companies but claimed he was motivated by patriotism and received no compensation for helping with introductions to Iraqi officials.
Zhirinovsky has been a Russian parliament member for more than a decade but was never in the government.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-05-16-oil-for-food_x.htm   (882 words)

  
 FORWARD : News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Zhirinovsky, deputy speaker of the Russian Duma, or parliament, and leader of the so-called Liberal Democratic Party, again repeated his inflammatory charge that on September 11, 4,000 Jews heeded a call to stay away from the World Trade Center.
Zhirinovsky, who confirmed in an autobiography last year that his father was a Polish Jew named Volf Isaakovich Eidelshtein, explained at the Millennium his personal hatred toward Jews.
Zhirinovsky had some angry words about a few Jewish protesters outside the theater: "They were paid to protest " — by whom, he didn't say.
www.forward.com /issues/2002/02.08.30/news11.html   (666 words)

  
 Internal Front Groups: Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the 'Centrist Bloc'
Zhirinovsky proposed that "from January 1, 1991, the activities of all political parties and organizations be halted, and the rights of nations to self-government, which was proclaimed in 1917, be repudiated."
In July 1991, Zhirinovsky told Novosti that he was forming a "third force" centered around the LDP to challenge Gorbachev in the 1992 elections for the USSR presidency.
Despite this setback, Zhirinovsky brazenly continued to call for the imposition of emergency measures, the establishment of a new State Committee for the State of Emergency, the closure of all newspapers, and the disbanding of all political parties.
intellit.muskingum.edu /russia_folder/pcw_era/sect_07.htm   (2368 words)

  
 Russian Hitler: a stunning election result by Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his ultranationalist party is ringing alarm ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Instead, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, came very close to outpolling Russia's choice, the party said to be favoured by President Boris Yeltsin.
Zhirinovsky is a bruising blow to the hope of a fast track to a market economy.
Zhirinovsky's statements (see sidebar) it all sounds like the ravings of a madman, but a madman who captured 25% of the Russian vote.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3710/is_199402/ai_n8724287   (444 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Vladimir Zhirinovsky: The political entertainer
For example, here are Vladimir Zhirinovsky's latest initiatives: Zhirinovsky suggested changing the abbreviation CIS (the Commonwealth of Independent States) to USR (the Union of Sovereign Republics).
Zhirinovsky was the first (and maybe, the last) Russian politician who congratulated French right-wing radical Le Pen on his 'brilliant victory.' Zhirinovsky is going to France during the period of the second stage of elections; he says that 'the people want nationalists.'
Zhirinovsky does not have to arrange any spectacular show for that (like what happened during his conversation with Boris Nemtsov: Zhirinovsky splashed a glass of juice on him and received the same in response).
newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/04/24/27974_.html   (540 words)

  
 Russian MP Says US To Attack Iran Late March
The leader of the Liberal Democrats Vladimir Zhirinovsky also believes that the Muslim riots were orchestrated by the US to garner European backing for the military strike.
Zhirinovsky told the Russian radio station that, "The war is inevitable because the Americans want this war.
Commenting on the Muslim riots sweeping the Middle East and Europe, Zhirinovsky (pictured above) said that the publication of the offensive cartoons was a planned psyop on the part of the US and aimed to “provoke a row between Europe and the Islamic world”.
www.prisonplanet.com /articles/february2006/070206attackiran.htm   (693 words)

  
 Althouse: "Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention... Such women are very rough."   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vladimir Zhirinovsky is a stupid clown who is probably impotent and sterile.
Zhirinovsky (who also once said that in WWII, Russians should have fought alongside Hitler's army against the West, and has also said that Russia should go to war against the United States to reclaim Alaska) is the candidate of the 'Drinks too much Vodka' party.
Zhirinovsky is not simply a “whackjob,” a “loon,” a “nutcase,” or any other such dismissive term.
althouse.blogspot.com /2006/01/condoleezza-rice-is-very-cruel.html   (8497 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Vladimir Zhirinovsky to make Russian America's second official language
Vice-speaker of the Russian parliament Vladimir Zhirinovsky is to visit the USA once again; as usual, the objective of his visit is special.
That is why Zhirinovsky says it is quite natural to consider the attachment of an official status to the Russian language in America.
It is known that when Vladimir Zhirinovsky planned his meeting with the Russian-speaking diaspora in Boston, he was going to bring two boxes of Zhirinovsky vodka to help organize the presentation of his new book.
newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/08/19/34776.html   (2529 words)

  
 Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, deputy speaker of the Russian Parliament and leader of the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party has suggested that the Soviet Union and its surrogate states would have been justified to kill Pope John Paul II who, he claims, was planted in the Vatican by the CIA to wrest Poland from its pro-Soviet rulers.
In an interview with a Russian radio statio, on the day the Pope's would-be assassin, Ali Agca, was released from an Istanbul jail, Zhirinovsky was asked whether the KGB, had commissioned the attack.
Asked by the presenter of Ekho Mosky radio why a Turk was chosen for the operation, Zhirinovsky said: "A Turk was chosen because the strongest organization in Turkey was the Grey Wolves.
www.axisglobe.com /article.asp?article=590   (1294 words)

  
 Jewish Post - News - Zhirinovsky: "I Am Not Anti-Semite!"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
According to NEWS (C.I.S.), the famous controversial ‘good time lover’ politician, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, today vice-speaker of the Duma (Parliament), objected to the notion that he is an anti-Semite.
Recently, a miracle took place: Zhirinovsky expressed repentance in a letter to Rabbi Lazar, Chief Rabbi of Russia, a ‘repentance Tsadik.’ In the letter he expressed his solidarity with the Holocaust victims.
In the letter, Zhirinovsky also retracted “all anti-Semitic statements that were offensively spread through the Russian media,” and wrote, “In the name of my party, I accept full responsibility for ensuring that our country will always adhere to basic principles of human rights, precluding all manifestations of nationalism or anti-Semitism.”
www.jewishpost.com /jp0809/jpn0809p.htm   (262 words)

  
 Keyword   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, deputy speaker of the Russian State Duma and leader of the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party has suggested that the Soviet Union and its surrogate states would have been justified to kill Pope John Paul II who, he claims, was planted in the Vatican by the CIA to wrest Poland from its pro-Soviet rulers.
Zhirinovsky menaced Ukraine with Apocalypses because of "Viktor Yushchenko is worse than Hitler," who was more honest than Ukrainian President and because of "his wife is the daughter of Banderian who eloped to America.
Everyone owes millions to Vladimir Zhirinovsky Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Vladimir Zhirinovsky totally supports the lawsuit that was filed by Russian-speaking immigrants against the successors of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=zhirinovsky   (3295 words)

  
 Forums - Modern day Russian politicians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Russian politician, Deputy State Duma Chairman Vladimir Zhirinovsky provoked a diplomatic scandal which resulted in worsening the relations between Russia and Latvia.
Zhirinovsky expressed criticism to Latvia"s joining NATO and the reform of Russian language schools in an interview to Latvian TV.
Zhirinovsky was about to be dismissed from his position of Deputy State Duma Chairman for that statement, but State Duma deputies were merciful enough to decide that some different person had been recorded in the scandalous video, not Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
engforum.pravda.ru /showthread.php3?threadid=68394   (2112 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Russian firebrand raps for Iraq
Flamboyant Russian ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, renowned for his controversial views on Iraq, has had his words turned into an anti-war rap song.
The voice on the tape, which Mr Zhirinovsky has denied is his own, uses expletives to suggest making Tbilisi, the capital of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, a target instead.
It remains to be seen whether it will imitate the success of Russian teenage pop duo Tatu, who have spent the past four weeks at number one in the UK charts.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/2801433.stm   (305 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Zhirinovsky: Books: Vladimir Kartsev,with Todd Bludeau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky is widely viewed in the West as an expansionist, ultranationalist, anti-Semitic demagogue and would-be dictator, but in this lame apologia, Kartsev argues that Zhirinovsky's extremist statements are merely a well-orchestrated public-relations ploy to get media attention and to please his constituencies.
According to Kartsev, his boss at a Moscow publishing house in the 1980s, no more scared than we ought to be of numerous potential Russian Hitlers who are ready to exploit the political, economic, and moral breakdown of the former Soviet Union for their own ends.
If Zhirinovsky seems the most frightening, it's because he's the best at tapping into the frustrations of a humiliated nation ever more dominated by organized crime and lawlessness.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0231102100?v=glance   (533 words)

  
 Russia-Saddam Partnership
VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY, one of Russia's most virulent ultra-nationalists, has announced for the first time that his father was Jewish, it was reported yesterday.
Zhirinovsky said that his father's side of the family were Polish Jews but he had "no connection" to them, as they had all died in the Holocaust.
Last June, the State Duma passed a draft bill proposed by ultra-nationalists headed by Vladimir Zhirinovsky calling on the Kremlin to ignore international sanctions against Baghdad.
www.tribwatch.com /russians.htm   (1648 words)

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