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  • 2019-07-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Zhirinovsky tweeted on July 16.Vladimir Zhirinovsky, 73, has been a member of the State Duma (the lower chamber of Russia’s parliament) since 1993. He has run as a candidate in nearly every Russian presidential election since founding the LDPR and registering it as the Soviet Union’s second political party (other than the Communist Party) in April 1991. For decades, Zhirinovsky has rated among Russia’s most popular politicians. According to the most recent poll (July 2019) by the state-owned VTsIOM polling agency, Zhirinovsky was Russia’s fourth most trusted politician, behind President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.EmbedshareResponding to a Threat Not Made, Russian Party Leader Menaced Ukraine’s ExistenceEmbedshareThe code has been copied to your clipboard.widthpxheightpxShare on Facebook Share on Twitter The URL has been copied to your clipboardNo media source currently available0:000:01:250:00​Despite his high public trust ratings, Zhirinovsky is famous for making controversial, often inaccurate claims, as in the recent case involving Ukraine’s Oleksandr Turchynov.Turchynov did not say that it was necessary" to blow up the Russian-built bridge that spans the Kerch Strait between the Black and the Azov seas (en)
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  • Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), Russia’s third largest political party, threatened Ukraine will cease to exist as a state. He said he was responding to a statement by Oleksandr Turchynov, former secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.In fact, Turchynov never made such a statement.Turchynov said that it is necessary to blow up the Crimean Bridge. Perhaps lunatics can be found who will try to do that. In that case (en)
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