MOSCOW, Mar 25Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky is currently courageously fighting the disease and wished him good health. On Friday, the head of government met with State Duma deputies from the LDPR faction. “We are opening a series of meetings with deputies and, of course, it is not easy to start such a conversation without your permanent leader, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky. We all know that he is now courageously fighting the disease, with a serious illness. everyone present here, wish him good health,» Mishustin said, opening the meeting. He added that he had known Zhirinovsky for many years as a brilliant professional, a bright person and politician, a patriot of his country. «Of course, we all miss him especially now,» the prime minister said.12:48 LDPR will file an application with the Prosecutor General's Office because of the data on the death of Zhirinovsky Earlier on Friday, Senator Alexander Pronyushkin announced the death of Zhirinovsky in his Telegram channel, and then deleted his post. State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin denied reports of the death of the LDPR leader, stressing that Zhirinovsky's condition was really serious and wished him a speedy recovery. In turn, the deputy head of the LDPR faction, Yaroslav Nilov, said that all colleagues also wish Zhirinovsky «a speedy recovery and appearance at the workplace.» «It is also hard for us to be at this meeting without our leader Zhirinovsky. He is in the hospital,» he said. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, answering reporters about Zhirinovsky's condition, said that the politician was alive, was in the hospital in serious condition. condition under medical supervision. The head of the Liberal Democratic Party has been at the Central Clinical Hospital since February 2 with the coronavirus.
