“Liberal Democrats” of Zhirinovsky Before Parliamentary Elections

Authors

  • Andreas Umland National University of Kyev-Mohyla Academy
  • Anton Shekhovtsov University of Northampton

Keywords:

Liberal Democratic Party, LDPR, Zhirinovsky, elections, nationalist moods, nationalism, South, Russian question

Abstract

The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia has chances to be reconstituted as third power in Russia in the upcoming elections. Party is nationalist-oriented and can benefit from creeping nationalistic moods. Though the LDPR party has been part of high Russian politics for twenty years, its leaders openly supported and support neo-nazi activists. The party emphasizes anti-western rhetoric and Zhirinovsky is really concerned about the territories that he calls “South”.

Author Biographies

Andreas Umland, National University of Kyev-Mohyla Academy

  • National University of Kyev-Mohyla Academy
    • PhD in Sociology, PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of Political Science

Anton Shekhovtsov, University of Northampton

  • University of Northampton
    • Cand. Sci. (Polit. Sci.), member of research group “Radicalism and New Mass Media”

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Published

2011-09-01

How to Cite

Umland, A., & Shekhovtsov, A. (2011). “Liberal Democrats” of Zhirinovsky Before Parliamentary Elections. Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes, (5), 123–127. Retrieved from https://www.monitoringjournal.ru/index.php/monitoring/article/view/3243

Issue

No. 5 (2011)

Section

NONformat

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