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The phrases about washing in Indian Ocean and Russian mom. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.23.178.95 ( talk) 18:52, 18 September 2004 (UTC)
I want to shake the hand of the person who wrote this article and I am referring specifically to the right hand column where "occupation" and "profession" are listed. As an English teacher, I constantly come across people (INCLUDING, might I add, native speakers!) who fail to understand that "occupation" and "profession" are in no way whatsoever synonyms. The person who wrote this part of the article completely understands the distiction between occupation and profession. Good for you! :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bibi999 ( talk • contribs) 11:48, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
This is a very strange article. I don't know if I should remove the part about the alleged rumours that he is supposed to destroy the credibility of the right-wing, so I left it in. I hope someone with more knowledge of this strange individual can add more info... saturnight 10:48, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)
It's the people who don't know them well yet who don't hate jews.
I don't know who wrote the article about him, but Vladimir Zhirinovsky is not Jewish, and in fact violently hates Jews.
Yes, some people claim he's anti-Semitic, but he in fact IS half-Jewish. Whoever wrote that originally was correct. -- JPan 01:26, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
He's actualy more of a performer than a politician. However most call him a 'clown'. His party lacks an actual political course and he himself says that they actually do not oppose the Kremlin's policy or even support it. Such politicians are used to demonstrate that Russia has agressive nationalistic forces within and these forces can be awakened if something... He's known for directly badmouthing George Bush Jr. for Iraq and 'giving him advice' to jointly strike Georgia instead. Many rap-style mixes were created using this speech. No real politician can be taken seriously after declaring such things. Also he once sang a song in Batman's costume... He plays his role as a skillful actor. - tochiro@rambler.ru
The article fails to indicate that Vladimir Volfovich was vice-speaker of Russian Duma for many years, lower House of parliament. I think that in fact, if several Russian leading figures, including the President, prime-minister and speaker of Duma were to suddenly perish, Vladimir Vladimirovich would have assumed head of state position as caretaker.
Whatever claims are made that Zhirinovski is to be considered a mere joke, he is popularly elected representative and his official place in the Russian governing elite has been one of the highest.
-- 82.131.0.25 29 June 2005 07:58 (UTC)
Well from what I can tell reading from a book written by Markia Pruska-Carroll, He is first and foremost a Russian Nationalist. He does not hold his Jewish background as his primary heritage and instead wishes to amplify his Russian heritage. THis is not because he is anti-semitic, he claims to be anti-zionist which is not the same thing. It can be agreed that some things he states are far from realistic, but THe retaking of Alaska could happen in all reality. I am not sure but the USA may be returning some or part of the Aleutian Islands to the Russian Federation. I am not sure on that...and I think it a bad idea. He is a popular man, and he has authority. He bears close watching.
I remember back in 1996-95 hearing about Zhirinovsky appearing on a talk show and telling the host that he ate a limb off his own misscarried daughter so as to make a point to his grieving wife. I have looked everywhere BUT HAVE NEVER been able to find this story. Is this just an urban legend? 69.248.43.27 02:41, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Yes, this is true, it happened back in 1996, he admitted it on tv in a talk show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.196.80.35 ( talk) 08:50, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
Can anyone confirm date of death? Samogitia ( talk) 17:01, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
I knew that since the guy is a nutjob the article might not be in so hot of a shape but I had no idea. I gave it a shot. -- TJive 13:25, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes, it is well known that he is half-Jewish. But he neither indicated himself as Jew, nor was classified as a Jew by Soviet or Russian system, and of course his religion is not Judaism. Thus, I do not think the cat is warranted abakharev 23:58, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
In Russia he'd still be considered 'polavina Russkiy, polavina Yevrey'. Your ethnictiy is your ethnicity, and you can't run away from it. Besides, if self-identification was important, than half the people Wikipedia lists as Jews wouldn't be there. CommanderJamesBond 07:42, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey, wasn't he a Jewish activist? -- 84.234.60.154 ( talk) 10:33, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Is there a source to say he's a Jew? Tallicfan20 ( talk) 01:39, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Does anybody remember his 1993 election video? The video starts with a man and his wife sitting in bed, watching TV. Zhirinovsky shows up on the screen dancing around with a few blondes, after which the husband starts making clumsy attempts at foreplay. His wife slaps him away and says something to the effect of "No, I want a real man like Zhirinovsky!" Any help on this would be much appreciated and I would be very appreciative if anyone had a link to it (if it's even online). No, this isn't vandalism or some kind of joke: Zhirinovsky is just that surreal.
http://tomsk.fm/watch/17153 - That's one of his old election videos, maybe the one you've mentioned (my browser cant play Flash) http://tomsk.fm/watch/16572 - Zhirinovsky tells about some super secret weapon that can destroy continents You can see the rest of them at http://tomsk.fm/tags/single/?find=жириновский - a whole lot of them on that site. It is true that many Russians consider him either a clown or a madman, but more probably he is indeed just a good actor used by Kremlin to compromise the right wing. As for his Jewish heritage, it's a well-known fact, but IIRC he never spoke of it in public. When asked who his parents were by nationality, he replied "My mother was Russian and my father was lawyer". 85.26.161.2 ( talk) 16:44, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
You are removing sourced information, and adding blantant falsehoods. Thats not NPOVing, thats vandalism. Ostap 01:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Miyokan, stop whitewashing the article. Sources clearly refer to him as an ultra nationalist. Perhaps you have a WP:COI problem with this article and should not edit it. Ostap 01:57, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Most of this article is the controversies section hence it is unbalanced. While I don't doubt that he is a colorful figure, we need to present a balanced view as this is a WP:BLP. Pocopocopocopoco ( talk) 04:19, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Zhirinovsky has been widely accused of anti-Semitism (he also suggested that Jews were often to blame for anti-Semitism [1]) for statements in which he accused Jews of ruining Russia, sending Russian women to foreign countries as prostitutes, selling children and organs to the Western world, and provoking the Holocaust. He repeatedly denied his father's Jewishness until he published Ivan Close Your Soul in July 2001, describing how his father, Volf Isaakovich Eidelshtein, changed his surname from Eidelshtein to Zhirinovsky. He rhetorically asked, "Why should I reject Russian blood, Russian culture, Russian land, and fall in love with the Jewish people only because of that single drop of blood that my father left in my mother's body?" [2]
Zhirinovsky is well known for his boasts pertaining to other countries, having expressed a desire to reunite countries of the ex-Soviet " near abroad" with Russia to within the Russia's borders of 1900 (including Finland and parts of Poland), and dreaming of a day "when Russian soldiers can wash their boots in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean" [3] after the Russia's conquest of Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey, and occupation of the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. [4] Zhirinovsky has advocated forcibly retaking Alaska from the United States (which would then become "a great place to put the Ukrainians"), dumping nuclear waste in Germany, and using nuclear weapons and/or naval blockade-imposed starvation against Japan. [5] In July 2007, in response to questions about Russian troops carrying out extensive war games which reportedly included rehearsals of a Baltic invasion, Zhirinovsky, who encourages separatism within the Russian minority in the Baltic states, [6] endorsed the forcible re-occupation of these countries. [7] Among his early threats, Zhirinovsky claimed Russia possesses "Elipton," a weapon of mass destruction suposedly more powerful than nuclear weapons. [8]
Russia’s southern neighbor Georgia has been another frequent target of Zhirinovsky’s rhetoric. He has described Georgians as “an incapable nation” which likes “to eat, drink and play football” and “then can complain, cry and call to Moscow and Washington, receive some gifts and continue enjoying themselves.” [9] He has been critical of Georgia’s pro-Western line, arguing that “the closer Georgia comes to NATO membership, the faster Abkhazia becomes a part of Russia,” [10] referring to Georgia’s breakaway republic of which Zhirinovsky is an energetic supporter. In a high-profile incident in August 2004, he departed on a campaign to promote a tourist season in Abkhazia, accompanied by dozens of his party activists and Russian journalists aboard a cruise ship. It was intercepted by a Georgian coast guard vessel which eventually let the ship arrive at the Abkhazia coast. [11]
Zhirinovsky hailed what he described as "the democratic process" in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, whom he supported strongly. The friendship dated at least until the first Gulf War in 1991, during which time Zhirinovsky sent several armed volunteers from the "Falcons of Zhirinovsky" group to support the Iraqi president. Allegations have dogged Zhirinovsky closely since the fall of Baghdad that he personally profited from illicit oil sales as part of the Oil-for Food scandal, a charge investigated in 2005 by the Independent Inquiry Committee into the Oil-for-Food Programme ( Volcker Commission) and the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI). [12] Zhirinovsky is also close to the Serbian ultra-nationalist leader and war crimes suspect Vojislav Šešelj. [5] He reportedly even praised Adolf Hitler's ideology of Nazism, [5] befriended Edwin Neuwirth (an Austrian industialist and a "proud" Waffen-SS veteran who has denied that the Nazis used gas chambers to kill Jews during World War II), and the German press denounced him as "Russia's Hitler". [8] [6] He also declared Bulgaria should annex the Republic of Macedonia, and said Romania is an artificial state supposedly created by Italian Gypsies who seized territory from Russia, Bulgaria and Hungary. [8]
He has expressed admiration for the 1996 United States presidential election contender Pat Buchanan, and referred positively to a comment in which Buchanan labeled the United States Congress "Israeli-occupied territory". Zhirinovsky said that both countries were "under occupation" and that "to survive, we could set aside places on US and Russian territories to deport this small but troublesome tribe." Buchanan strongly rejected Zhirinovsky's endorsement, eliciting a harsh response by Zhirinovsky: "You soiled your pants as soon as you got my congratulations. Who are you afraid of? Zionists?" [13] Previously, during the 1992 visit to the United States, Zhirinovsky called on television "for the preservation of the white race" and warned that the white Americans were in danger of turning "their country" over to black and Hispanic people. [14]
In 1999, at the start of the Second Chechen War, Zhirinovsky, the ardent supporter of the first war in Chechnya in the mid-1990s, advocated hitting some Chechen villages with tactical nuclear weapons. [15] In 2006, in answer to the Ramzan Kadyrov's support for polygamy in Chechnya, he said it should be applied across Russia. [16] To eradicate bird flu, Zhirinovsky suggested arming all of Russia's population and ordering the troops to shoot down the migrant birds returning to Russia from wintering. [17] He has also threatened to remove restrictions on arms sales to Iran and proposed to sell the disputed Kurile Islands to Japan for $50,000,000,000. [18] In 2008, he was shown shooting rifle at the targets representing his political rivals. [6] Besides expressing his hatred for the Turks and the Caucasians, [4] he also called for the deportation of all Japanese and Chinese from Russia. [19]
In 2005, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan declared Zhirinovsky persona non grata on the territory of his historical homeland, due to the politician's controversial speech about the change of the Russia-Kazakhstan border, in which he questioned the Kazakh people's place in history. Zhirinovsky maintains his view, claiming that his position is backed by a number of academic works on history and geography. [20] As of 2006, Zhirinovsky was persona non grata also in Ukraine following his statements regarding the January 2006 Russia-Ukraine gas dispute (this was revoked in 2007). In reaction to Condoleezza Rice's criticism of Russian foreign policy during the dispute, Zhirinovsky stated that "Condoleezza Rice needs a company of soldiers [and] needs to be taken to barracks where she would be satisfied." [21] In the past, Zhirinovsky has been expelled from Bulgaria for insulting its president. He was also barred from entry to Germany. [18]
On the November 2006 death by poisoning of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko, Zhirinovsky said: "Any traitor must be eliminated using any methods. If you have joined the special services to work, then you should work, but to betray, to run away abroad, to give up the secrets you learned while working - all of this looks bad." [22] [23] Sergei Abeltsev, Zhirinovsky's former bodyguard and State Duma member from the LDPR, added: "The deserved punishment reached the traitor. I am sure his terrible death will be a warning to all the traitors that in Russia the treason is not to be forgiven. I would recommend to citizen Berezovsky to avoid any food at the commemoration for his crime accomplice Litvinenko." [24] In the 2007 election, political patronage from Zhirinovsky enabled Litvinenko murder suspect Andrei Lugovoi to win election to the Russian parliament and thus the formal parliamentary immunity. [25] During the resulting political row between the United Kingdom and Russia, Zhirinovsky accused Great Britain ("the most barbaric country on the planet", he said) of, among other things, fomenting the World War I, the October Revolution, World War II, and the collapse of the Soviet Union, [26] and suggested dropping nuclear bombs over the Atlantic Ocean in an effort to flood Britain. [6]
Zhirinovsky also has a history of igniting personal violence in political contexts. In his notorious debate with Boris Nemtsov in 1995 a "juice fight" broke out. [27] In 2003, Zhirinovsky engaged in a fistfight after a television debate with Mikhail Delyagin. [28] In 2005, Zhirinovsky ignited a brawl in the parliament by spitting at a Rodina party legislator, Andrei Saveliyev. [29]
While some observers were inclined to consider such controversies as stark efforts to drum up nationalist support and should not be viewed as anything more serious than electoral fodder meant for domestic consumption, there was great consternation at the fact that in February 1996, months before a presidential election, Zhirinovsky placed second in opinion polls, behind Communist Gennady Zyuganov and ahead of Boris Yeltsin. In the end, however, Zhirinovsky placed fifth with a 5.7% share in the first round of voting. Since then, the party's fortunes have somewhat stabilized, with the 2003 election seeing a LDPR vote share of 11.7%, while the effect of Zhirinovsky's personality only increased his irrelevancy in successive presidential elections. (In 2004, Zhirinovsky declined to even be nominated by the party, leaving that role to Oleg Malyshkin, who received a nearly negligible portion of the vote.) While some commentators call Zhirinovsky a fascist (or a neo-fascist), [30] [31] [32] some others dismiss him as a mere " clown" [14] [8] [25] and the Kremlin's willing political tool to neutralize the right-wing voter potential - and, for a time being, also a radical " bogeyman" for the West. [6]
All of this cited information was just removed from the article, because of the section title "controversy". It needs to be readded in the correct sections. Ostap 03:13, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
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Should we label Zhirinovsky as a self hating jew? 76.174.204.203 ( talk) 22:31, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
I think he hates only the other Jews ;) -- Captain Obvious and his crime-fighting dog ( talk) 23:32, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
He certainly isn't Jewish at all. He neither practiced(s) or embraces Judaism and didn't recieve Jewish ethnicity through an unbroken Maternal line. His Father however was Jewish. ( 75.118.14.255 ( talk) 02:38, 28 May 2009 (UTC))
Yes, interesting that some people consider such person still as a Jew... I think it's some kind of "One-drop rule". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.73.2.54 ( talk) 07:18, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
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I think at this point I am removing the tag. Nothing has changed with the guy in the last 5 years. All the criticisms and quotes are sourced. No one has found a more pro-Zhirinovsky reputable source. He happens to be an antisemitic, anti-Asian, anti-Arab, bigot. And that POV seems to be as neutral as it can get. 96.238.211.171 ( talk) 05:19, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
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So this chap is a fellow traveller and the LDPR a bloc party? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.104.76.211 ( talk) 07:37, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
I noticed Zhirinovsky completed a doctorate, does this warrant it's use as a title. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anticitizen 98 ( talk • contribs) 14:02, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
Can anyone confirm date of death? Samogitia ( talk) 15:57, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
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Undo all edits done in the past 20 minutes. It's been confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Health that Zhiriniovsky is alive, though in critical condition. Source: https://tass.ru/politika/14182355 Dani the protector ( talk) 09:19, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
https://twitter.com/GazetaRu/status/1507278086559068162
Claims going around that he died, Italian wikipedia page for him has been updated
My account is too young to edit a protected page so someone else should probably do it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hitandmiss ( talk • contribs) 09:56, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
Apparently he's really dead this time. https://tass.ru/politika/14295713 120.21.0.71 ( talk) Guest — Preceding undated comment added 10:10, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
Please update, as he's now died. Article is protected, but it needs to be switched to past tense, etc. [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:CA:874F:BBC1:31B4:28CB:DF53:CC27 ( talk) 10:38, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
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Plase change "Mordovia" to "Moldovia" 212.27.194.162 ( talk) 12:30, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
Announced 6 April, but doesn't mean 6 April. Been reported in March he died, maybe he did die then? Solipsism 101 ( talk) 13:46, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, we are told before we even get to his picture, is "described as a clown." I have heard Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as a clown. I've seen it written in print. Why are we not informed as quickly about this same fact on his page? There's no way this discrepancy should be allowed to stand while both articles are locked to "prevent vandalism." Looks like we're effectively preserving a slanderous double standard! 37.201.225.26 ( talk) 16:02, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
User:Lovemankind83 The characterization of Zhirinovsky as clown / political showman, which you keep removing from the lead, is just a widely accepted fact in Russia. Many Russians when asked who was Zhirinovsky will tell you he was a clown, and plenty of Russian media refer him as such. As well-explained in the BBC article referenced in the lead, the guy made his career always telling absurd non-sense for decades. Well deserved to be called clown in Wiki, removing that is just whitewashing the person. Birdofpreyru ( talk)
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The Controversies paragraph starts with Zhirinovsky also has... It might be more logical to remove the word "also". 2A02:1810:B414:7900:7CC4:B163:8CA7:82A9 ( talk) 16:55, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
I think some of the statements under "other controversies", which were some views he gave and rhetoric, should be moved to the appropriate "views" section. Or the controversy it caused should be explained, if it applies. Mellk ( talk) 19:33, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
According to the article
Other people have confirmed Zhirinovsky was gay, but closeted. [1]
At this point do we have enough evidence to place him in any categories like gay Russian politicians or something? Biography of living persons no longer applies MaitreyaVaruna ( talk) 02:15, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
The examples of his political views seem to be about foreign relations of Russia or Russian military abroad. Has he expressed views about Russian internal affairs? What did he think of Putin or other Russian politicians? What was his vote about, say, Russian budgets? -- Error ( talk) 12:12, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
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In personal life section on the image caption change "Pphoto" to photo (copyedit) 24.44.73.34 ( talk) 19:51, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
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