INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The death of far-right showman Vladimir Zhirinovsky last week has fueled predictions that his Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) could meet a
iron grip over the LDPR during his 32-year leadership, and was instrumental in maintaining an unspoken pact with the Kremlin that allowed
the party token independence
the party was ideologically far-right, it was above all a leadership party
deputies in the 2021 State Duma elections, their worst performance since the 1990s
They were beaten firmly into third place by the Communist Party, which has seen an influx of younger, more radical members in recent
disagreements over party management
the party cannot work without a leader, therefore, the decision had to be made urgently
2018 after a number of female journalists accused him of sexual harassment
He passed the claims off as a conspiracy.Also rumored to be in the running for the top spot are 39-year-old deputy Alexei Didenko; deputy
Andrei Lugovoi, who is wanted by U.K
claims that he was interested in the post
LDPR, spokesman Dyupin claimed
likely consequence of the war in Ukraine and the political crackdown in Russia could be a major reworking of the current political
last week.Others believe that parties like the LDPR will see a slow decline, deprived of funding and patronage until they become politically
