Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday pay his respects at the memorial service of Ultra-nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who death At the age of of 75 kan announced this week.
hundreds of Ordinary Russians – including many young people – Came to pay last respects the politician who The authorities urged the bombing of Ukraine.
Being an eccentric political showman, Zhirinovsky co-founded and led the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), one of The main forces in Country parliamentsince 1990.
after the liturgy in Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer, the Open Casket Ceremony was held with Putin lays a bouquet of flowers of Red roses near the coffin and bending it head for Moment of Silence.
party took place in Moscow Hall of Columns, where Joseph Stalin was placed in Country in 1953.
late last year Zhirinovsky seemed to expect Russia military a job in Ukraine urged Russian forces to strike the pro-Western country.
“I had a lot of respect for this guy,” said 55-year-old Svetlana Gorodnyatskaya.yearold Member of LDPR party crying. “This is simply an irreparable loss for both for politics And for Our whole country.”
Ksenia Vygovskaya, a 22-year-old graduate student, praised Zhirinovsky for stands up up for Russia’s interests.
“Vladimir Wolfowicz” one of these people who I truly love my country, who sincerely wished She said, referring to him by his name and his surname.
Zhirinovsky was later buried at the prestigious Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
for him critics despise him for Being the Kremlin token opponent who Help channel the discontent. Since the annexation of Moscow of Crimea in 2014 and its subsequent position-off with In the West, Zhirinovsky turned into an anti-Kyiv public Words.
Anti-Kremlin politician observer Sergey Medvedev said that the politician was not like that worth “One word of kind”.
“Given to him by the talented, carefully calculated, and generously paid clown rise to modern Russian fascism.
a favour for His daring, confrontational and eyebrow-raising antics were a fixture in Zhirinovsky on Russian political scene for The past Three decades and flourished on controversy.
Zhirinovsky took bit in everyone of postThe Russian-Soviet presidential election, in which he was a member of parliament Since 1993, when he had a party pioneer record success with nearly 23% of The vote.
Often described as a clown in Russian political circles, it was known for His fiery anti-American, liberal and communist rhetoric.
