Zhirinovsky – a chronic diagnosis of the Russian opposition

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Жириновский – хронический диагноз российской оппозиции

Something fashionable, something out of fashion, but something forever. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, as no one else fits this definition. Moreover, under all his points at the same time. Something in this triad is sacred. For our policy exactly, because to imagine it without the founder the liberal democratic party, perhaps even harder than the Kremlin Palace without a President Putin.

ZHIRINOVSKY IS FASHIONABLE?

27 years of liberal Democrat and showman does not disappear from Russian TV screens, becoming a founder and icon of marginal political style. And not feel sick after all, in droves no! And still live with kolesami that almost daily throwing out five-time member of the presidential election, collected record ratings. During transmission Zhirinovsky allowed with impunity to denounce interlocutors scum, to call for the executions, repression, bombing, genocide and other things for which any other talker would put on the bench for the long haul. And no matter who he faces – the oligarch Prokhorov, the Deputy of “United Russia”, or singer Alla Pugacheva. All received on the nape, and the MP is consistently got away with it.

The poll, timed to the birthday of the policy showed that society, as a whole, through the Deputy speaker with the choleric temperament, reacting to his rants, mainly positive or humorous.

48% of compatriots when choosing from the extensive list of associations from 1 to 3 variants surname Zhirinovsky called positive emotions, 49% chose a neutral answer choices, only 27% were inclined to the negative. And this is considering that we are talking about the policy with the highest disapproval ratings in the country. Another “fireproof Cabinet” Russian politicians by name Zyuganov is inferior to its counterparts on this indicator, at least three times. However, brag about this achievement to the old Communist is not worth it, for him during the life of the monuments in the capital, no one installs.

And Vladimir Zhirinovsky already cast in bronze. Zurab Tsereteli sculpted three-meter sculpture of the birthday boy and set it in the 1st Basmanny pereulok. This honor was not awarded to Yury Gagarin himself! And who then say that Zhirinovsky is “not fashionable”.

Moreover, the LDPR leader himself claims the title of trendsetter. Vodka “Zhirinovsky” appeared on the shelves much earlier “Putinka”. And the perfume, named after the Kremlin elders, began to splash sooner than Cologne, branded name presidential. Itself and the liberal democratic party, built around one wayward leader – is not the model of Putin’s Russia? Maybe not for nothing that the sculptors did whatever. Although it remains to be seen.

 

ZHIRINOVSKY WENT OUT OF FASHION?

That failed to make Vladimir Zhirinovsky for 27 years is a long enough public opinion as a serious contender for the presidency. About a third of a very trusting nature Russians stopped perceiving Zhirinovsky, as a separate and independent policy that, in our political space quite a lot.

And then it started good! At the election of the President of the Russian Federation received not shameful 7.8 per cent, the parliamentary elections of 1993 resulted 22% a triumph and the first place according to party lists ahead of the Communists and Democrats. But the constant calls for radical reforms needed to reinforce the action. And with it the liberal democratic party has always been tight.

A third of Russians still consider Zhirinovsky a truth-teller, at that time, as a quarter of his statement is laughable. This unusual combination allows to stably keep the rating at 7-8%, but no more.

Politicians, describing the portrait of the average voter of the liberal Democrats, came to the conclusion that for him the voice of a young man with secondary or incomplete higher education and a low income. Other electoral category outrageous tyrant in the opposition have already managed to bore. About 60% of the electorate, including its target audience, believe that the passionary for the yellow-blue party flags reached their career ceiling, and anything more is not capable.

What tactics practiced by liberal Democrats, not suitable for the conquest of Supreme authority, recognized by the American imitators of Zhirinovsky from the team of Donald trump. The Republican candidate, which carries a six months continuous and Frank Blizzard once against him and joined Ted Cruz and John Kasich, decided together with the staff to review his own image.

At one point, shocking boring, not bringing any electoral candidate points. This before a glass of water in his face Nemtsov, or the fight with Shandybina could swing the pendulum by 1-2% in either direction. Now – even with the rapper Seryoga sing, even in the “Last hero” participate, even ass beat to a pulp – subcultural 7-8 percent, believe and nothing more. Given the continuous habitat in Prime time-broadcast – not so much.

ZHIRINOVSKY ETERNAL?

Those who think that a veteran of Russian politics career was cloudless, deeply mistaken. Not once, not twice Zhirinovsky was faced with a choice that could bury all his prospects. In August 1991 he supported the coup, opposing Gorbachev, in December of the same year after the fact has criticized the Belavezha accords, and in September-October 1993 was supported by Boris Yeltsin. In the summer of 1996 Vladimir Zhirinovsky was part of the campaign spoylerskie guarantor of the Constitution against Gennady Zyuganov. In December 2011 supported the indignation of the citizens against unfair elections, quickly turning away from the technologically weak and fragmented Marsh. For those who think that Zhirinovsky in his affective behavior, such filigree career management can seem like a revelation.

If the flagship of the liberal democratic party would be an adventurer, like Khodorkovsky, Berezovsky and Bulk, had the ideological clumsiness Yavlinsky, Borovoy and Ampilova to our days such a policy would not have lasted. How many of these were, outrageous, ready to pick up the falling banner from the hands of the elders? Deputies Marychev and Mitrofanov, non-systemic oppositionist Sergei Udaltsov, a shirt-boy Boris Nemtsov, a master of Russian literature, Eduard Limonov, one for each of them to exit the political stage with the exorbitant heat of the debate was a fiasco. To adopt individual methods are too inefficient. Sex scandal with former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov was supposed to provide ill-famed for weeks, but something did not grow together.

Apparently not consistent with this sleek character to the style which was invented and brought to life Zhirinovsky or tablets of Viagra or without them. Maybe that’s why he remains in the political orbit in 2016 and not in a hurry to leave? Replacing it is not visible.

It is in Ukraine “grows” its own Zhirik – the leader of “Radical party” named itself Oleg Lyashko. Also in favour of the poor, also has a scandalous reputation, maybe even abruptly bridled, than the Russian counterpart. Still kept and even claims to a serious role, sometimes replaying, but just catching the essence of his image.

We also have to settle for “old Zhirinovsky” before the advent of the new, who will understand that you don’t have to put his life on the struggle for power. It is enough to entertain, lawfully receiving from the state Treasury about 1 billion rubles for the same 7-8% of the vote. The number of people wishing to try on this role, in contrast to the complex role of “a fugitive prisoner of conscience” type of Khodorkovsky in the next 100-200 years will definitely be off scale for all reasonable limits.

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