RUSSIA: NATIONALIST LEADER VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY PRESS CONFERENCE скачать в хорошем качестве

RUSSIA: NATIONALIST LEADER VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY PRESS CONFERENCE

(29 Dec 1995) Russian/Nat Russian ultra nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky celebrated 1995 as the year his Liberal Democratic Party scored another major victory in Russia's political life. Zhirinovsky's party came second in this month's nationwide parliamentary elections. Firebrand Vladimir Zhirinovsky spoke out at a news conference about the success of his Liberal Democratic Party in this month's parliamentary elections. The Communists won the most votes in the nationwide elections but he believes that his opponents have no future in the country. He is already predicting a landslide victory for his party in the next parliamentary elections in 1999. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) "The year 1999 will be the year of the crushing victory of the Liberal Democratic Party when it gains the most parliamentary seats. The Communist Party has no future because young people don't want a regime with the monopoly on power, monopoly on ideology, monopoly on leisure, monopoly on travel, monopoly on clothes and everything." SUPER CAPTION: Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian nationalist leader Zhirinovsky's next step is to seek the presidential seat. The crucial presidential elections will take place in June 1996. Zhirinovsky hopes to become Russia's next president, replacing Yeltsin who is Russia's first democratically elected leader. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) "On January 10 we will ask the Central Election Commission to register our candidate for president and then we'll start collecting signatures. In keeping with law, on April 15, we will start campaigning, two months ahead of the vote, in support of our candidates and against our opponents." SUPER CAPTION: Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian nationalist leader Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin's pro-government party came in third in the parliamentary elections, trailing behind the Communists and Zhirinovsky's ultra- nationalists. 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...