Russian ultranationalist chief Vladimir Zhirinovsky has died on the age of 75 after “a severe and extended sickness".
The speaker of the State Duma -- Russia's decrease home of parliament -- confirmed Zhirinovsky's loss of life on Wednesday.
The lawmaker was hospitalised with COVID-19 on February 2 and was reported to be "in severe situation" with pneumonia in late March.
Because the chief of the "Liberal Democratic Occasion" for 3 a long time, Zhirinovsky was notorious for making robust statements that alarmed the West.
The senior MP had referred to as for Russia to forcefully regain management of Alaska from america and urged that Russia hit former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s residence with a nuclear weapon.
Zhirinovsky even mentioned he needed a DNA take a look at to see if he was associated to former US President Donald Trump.
In Russia's parliament, his occasion routinely voted to assist measures put forth by Vladimir Putin's United Russia. The Liberal Democrats -- based in 1991 -- received simply 21 seats within the 450-member Duma within the 2021 parliamentary elections.
Putin on Wednesday prolonged his condolences to Zhirinovsky’s household, calling the lawmaker “an skilled politician, an brisk individual open for communication, a brilliant speaker and polemist.”
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