No more Gog to lead us on the Last Dash to the South. :( 
https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1511648158757048324
"Crimea, Malorossiya, Novorossiya - these are all Russian lands [conquered from the Turks by Russian force of arms]. If the question of Ukrainian independence arises, it will only be within the bounds of the six westernmost provinces." - Zhirinovsky, 1991.
His views were quite eclectic. E.g., in interview with Dud', he supports gay rights (3:30), speaks highly of Hitler, endorses radical life extension ("better 300 years carrion than 30 years fresh meat"), and says Lisbon is his favorite city. Powerful.
Unfortunately, I only got to see Zhirinovsky in the flesh once, at a 2018 protest against the US persecution of Maria Butina in front of the US Embassy. unz.com/akarlin/moscow… He was certainly a superlative speaker.
As with Zhirik himself, the LDPR party platform has also long been a schizomaxxed amalgamation of all the political quadrants, loosely held together by Russian nationalism and his own cult of personality. unz.com/akarlin/zhirin…
Now that the Russian state has embraced Russian nationalism in all but name and with Zhirinovsky gone, I do not see a viable path forwards for the LDPR. Like most people, I strongly doubt it can outlast the death of its charismatic founder.
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