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Sweet Party

Stampede Disrupts Russian Nationalist Party’s Candy Giveaway

Vladimir Zhirinovsky's candy giveaways ended in tears when crowds were filmed shoving each other for New Year’s gifts.

LDPR

Russian Nationalist LDPR Party Gives Free Tattoos of Party Leader

LDPR's supporters are now sporting the party's emblem or depictions of Vladimir Zhirinovsky's face on various parts of their bodies.

Duma

Male Journalist Accuses Firebrand Russian Lawmaker Zhirinovsky of Sexual Harassment

Davletgildeyev is the first Russian male journalist to allege publicly that he was sexually harassed.

Zhirinovsky

Zhirinovsky Promises 'Brutal Dictatorship' If He Wins Russian Election

Zhirinovsky promised to “punish the oligarchs and everyone who steals."

LDPR

Russian Presidential Election Watch 2018, the Candidates

The main candidates this campaign season.

Zhirinovsky

Russia’s Zhirinovsky to Run for President Next Year

Sixth time's a charm

opinion

Why Ksenia Sobchak Is Running for President (Op-ed)

Mark Galeotti explains how Sobchak's campaign can reshape the Russian presidential election landscape.

opinion

Elizaveta Osetinskaya

Casting the Stars of the Kremlin’s Next Show: Elections 2018 (Op-ed)

Will Vladimir Putin run in the next presidential elections, and if he does, who will the Kremlin handpick to run against him?

Zhirinovsky

Russia Should Celebrate Christmas ‘Like Rest of World,’ Says Zhirinovsky

Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky has appealed to the country's State Duma to return Russian Christmas Day to Dec. 25, the RIA Novosti news agency...

Zhirinovsky

Politician Receiving State Award From Putin Sings ‘God Save the Tsar!’

“This medal is called the Order ‘For Merit to the Fatherland,’” Zhirinovsky told the crowd. “We have had three fatherlands: the Russian Empire...

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