Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2018 presidential campaign

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Vladimir Zhirinovsky for President
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Campaigned for 2018 Russian presidential election
Candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Affiliation Liberal Democratic Party
StatusAnnounced:
28 October 2016
Official nominee:
20 December 2017
Registered candidate:
29 December 2017
Lost election:
18 March 2018
Headquarters Moscow
Key peopleChief of staff:
Alexei Didenko
Receipts200,001,004.20 roubles [1]
SloganМощный рывок вперёд (A Powerful Leap Forward) [2]

The 2018 presidential campaign of Vladimir Zhirinovsky , deputy of the State Duma and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, was announced on 28 October 2016. [3] Zhirinovsky was officially nominated on 20 December 2017 at the Liberal Democratic Party's 31st annual congress. [4] He submitted to the Central Election Commission the documents required for registration the next day. [5]

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According to Mikhail Degtyarev, Zhirinovsky planned to hold the largest campaign in the history of the party. [6] The party's objective was to get Zhirinovsky into the second round, and then win it. [7]

Background

In June 2015, Zhirinovsky said he planned to participate in presidential elections, but in July of the same year, the politician said that the Liberal Democratic Party, perhaps "will pick a more efficient person." [8] [9] In March 2016, he announced the names of those who were likely to be nominated as the candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party. This included Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Igor Lebedev or deputies Mikhail Degtyarev, Yaroslav Nilov and Alexei Didenko. However, later, Zhirinovsky said that he will run himself.

Zhirinovsky was running for president for the sixth time. Previously he was a candidate in the elections of 1991, 1996, 2000, 2008 and 2012. His best result was in 2008 when he achieved 6,988,510 votes (9.5%), finishing third.

Campaign

As part of his election campaign Zhirinovsky visited Volgograd and laid flowers on the statue for the Battle of Stalingrad and also met with students. [10] On 24 November 2017, the website of the Liberal Democratic Party published Zhirinovsky's program, which is called "100 Steps: It's Time to Make a Powerful Leap Forward!" [11]

Proposed Cabinet

On 19 February 2018, Vladimir Zhirinovsky presented a part of the shadow cabinet, which would have needed to be appointed in the case of a victory of Zhirinovsky in the election. [12] [13]

In total, the Cabinet includes more than 50 people, in addition to members of the Liberal Democratic Party, the office of three Deputy Prime Ministers reserved for other parliamentary parties, as well as from 3 to 5 vacancies for representatives of other parties and representatives of the professional community.

OfficeImageNameParty
Prime Minister Alexey Ostrovsky 2013.jpeg Alexey Ostrovsky Liberal Democratic Party
First Deputy Prime Minister Al Didenko.png Alexei Didenko Liberal Democratic Party
Deputy Prime Minister – Chief of Staff of the Government Sergey Natarov Liberal Democratic Party
Deputy Prime Minister for social affairs Lyudmila Kozlova Liberal Democratic Party
Deputy Prime Minister Vacant Communist Party
Deputy Prime Minister Vacant United Russia
Deputy Prime Minister Vacant A Just Russia
Minister of the Interior Affairs Sergey Abeltsev Liberal Democratic Party
Minister of Foreign Affairs Leonid E Slutsky RN 09-2013.jpg Leonid Slutsky Liberal Democratic Party
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs LDPR Yaroslav Nilov MoscowTass 08-2016.jpg Yaroslav Nilov Liberal Democratic Party
Minister of Tourism LDPR Mikhail Degtyarev MoscowTass 08-2016.jpg Mikhail Degtyarev Liberal Democratic Party
Minister of Agriculture Pavel Grudinin Moscow asv2018-01.jpg Pavel Grudinin [14] Independent

Position

State structure

Vladimir Zhirinovsky is an ardent critic of the modern state structure of Russia.

In particular, Zhirinovsky criticized the Federal structure of Russia. In his opinion, Russia should be a unitary country that consists of 40 Governorates. [15]

Zhirinovsky is a wrestler with foreign words in the Russian language, so he proposes to rename the office of President to the Supreme Ruler. [3]

Zhirinovsky also proposes to reduce the number of members of the State Duma from 450 to 200 and to abolish the Federation Council. [16]

Foreign policy

In foreign policy, Zhirinovsky intends to pursue an aggressive policy, but normalize relations with the West. [3]

In particular, Zhirinovsky promises to return the Russian border as of 1985. According to him, it will happen through demanding referendums in former Soviet republics. At the same time, Zhirinovsky promises that will be able to normalize relations with the United States. He says he exchanged all options to America agreed that the Russian army will stand on the borders of the USSR as of January 1, 1985. [17]

Other

Zhirinovsky has advocated for Volgograd to again be renamed Stalingrad, not because of his ideological position but out of respect for history. [18]

Trip

In January 2018 Vladimir Zhirinovsky scheduled visits to about 10 major cities. He planned to meet with voters, to visit industrial and agricultural enterprises and sports facilities. In addition, he planned to visit about 30 cities on campaign trains of the Liberal Democratic Party. According to Degtyarev, Zhirinovsky's trips were planned to involve his supporters from the stage, such as a Na Na band, Aleksey Goman, and Katya Lel. [6]

People

Alexei Didenko, campaign manager Al Didenko.png
Alexei Didenko, campaign manager

A campaign manager was appointed the Deputy of the State Duma Alexei Didenko. Deputy campaign manager for the ideological part was Mikhail Degtyarev. Yaroslav Nilov is appointed the curator of special events and projects during the campaign. He will coordinate the work with large social groups, the believers, the disabled, motorists and pensioners. [7]

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  2. ↑ Жириновский озвучил свой лозунг для выборов-2018
  3. 1 2 3 Владимир Жириновский: я буду защищать русских везде | I will protect Russians everywhere. LDPR official website. Published 28 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017. (in Russian)
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  5. ↑ "Жириновский подал в ЦИК документы на выдвижение кандидатом в президенты". РБК. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  6. 1 2 "Жириновский перед выборами президента совершит агитационный перелет". РБК. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
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  8. ↑ Жириновский объявил о своем участии в выборах президента в 2018 году | Zhirinovsky declares his participation in the 2018 presidential election. RBK. Published 15 June 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017. (in Russian)
  9. ↑ Жириновский не исключил, что ЛДПР на выборах президента представит не он | Zhirivonsky does not rule out someone else representing LDPR in election. Life.ru. Published 23 July 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017. (in Russian)
  10. ↑ "В Волгоград с лекцией едет Владимир Жириновский".
  11. ↑ Мощный рывок вперед - 2018 — Официальный сайт ЛДПР, информационное агентство ЛДПР, новости ЛДПР. ldpr.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  12. ↑ Жириновский представил "теневое правительство" ЛДПР
  13. ↑ В состав теневого правительства ЛДПР вошли более 50 человек
  14. ↑ Жириновский рассказал, где будут работать остальные кандидаты после его победы
  15. ↑ Жириновский предлагает переименовать Россию
  16. ↑ Жириновский пообещал сократить число депутатов в случае победы на выборах
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  18. ↑ предложил переименовать Волгоград в Сталинград
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