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LDPR congress with soundbites from Zhirinovsky and Lugovoi

(13 Dec 2007) 1. Wide exterior of venue where Russian Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) Congress takes place 2. Pan left of musicians outside venue 3. Close up LDPR flags 4. Wide interior of party members in the hall 5. Mid shot of Liberal Democratic Party deputy and former security service operative Andrei Lugovoi talking to other LDPR party members 6. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Andrei Lugovoi, Liberal Democratic Party deputy and former security service operative: "Foreign media describes (opposition leader) Garry Kasparov as some God that came down to earth from heaven. Even if there are no other candidates (for presidential elections) not even 0.1 per cent of the voters will vote for Kasparov. That is why I do not understand when Kasparov or (opposition leader Mikhail) Kasyanov are presented to the whole world as fighters for democracy. I think this is the right thing that they (opposition leaders) are being humiliated. And I personally I will continue trying to humiliate them." 7. Close of cameraman 8. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of Russian Liberal Democratic Party: "It is improper to say the name of the future prime minister when the elections were not held yet. And it is even more improper to offer such a position to the acting President. It means that he is so weak that he can take the lower position. So stop these provocations. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin did not ask you to do this. It is the people that surround him are searching for various ways to lick his boots. When the candidate for president is saying in advance that he is weak and no one will vote for him, and that people will vote for the acting President. If the whole party and the potential candidate (for presidency) from this party is hiding behind the back of the acting president, then shame on them!" 9. Close of Zhirinovsky's book 10. Man and woman looking at books 11. Wide of LDPR congress 12. Reporters and members listening as congress takes place 13. Wide of Zhirinovsky on stage talking 14. Close of Zhirinovsky 15. Wide of congress STORYLINE Liberal-Democratic Party (LDPR) on Thursday chose its leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky as a candidate to run in March 2nd presidential election, Itar-Tass news agency reported reported. It is Zhirinovsky's fourth attempt to run for president. The nationalist leader participated in the presidential election campaigns in 1991, 1996 and 2000, it reported. The Liberal Democratic Party was the largest vote-getter in the 1993 parliamentary elections, but its influence has declined. The party made it into parliament with 8.2 percent of the vote, alongside populist Just Russia who scored 7.6 percent of the vote. Also on Thursday, Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion turned Russian opposition leader, said that the Kremlin has stopped him from running for president by preventing his supporters from meeting to nominate him. Members of the Other Russia coalition, which Kasparov leads, say they had been unable to rent a Moscow auditorium, which they needed for a legally required vote to endorse the opposition leader's presidential bid. Since retiring from chess, Kasparov has become a prominent critic of Putin. He helped form Other Russia, a disparate coalition of nationalists, left-wing activists and liberals. On Monday, Putin announced he would support First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as his successor - an endorsement that almost guarantees his election. A day later, Medvedev called on Putin to become prime minister after the March 2 vote. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...