MOSCOW, April 6 he had different views, but one goal — the strengthening of Russian statehood. On Wednesday, Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin said that Zhirinovsky passed away after a serious and prolonged illness.
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«He is a monarchist by conviction, and he never hid it. He supported the policy of (Boris) Yeltsin, but after the default, I convinced him that we need to form a government of people's trust (which was later headed by Yevgeny Primakov)», — Zyuganov told reporters. He also noted that recently he and Zhirinovsky had a lot of discussions about the new policy. «We had different views with Zhirinovsky, but one goal is to strengthen Russian statehood,» the leader of the Communist Party said. He also wished his colleagues from LDPR take a prudent approach to the question of choosing a new leader, «because the core of the work» of the State Duma are factions and committees. «I want to express my condolences to all relatives and friends. We somehow ended up with him in the same hospital, I told him that you need to strengthen your immunity. I would like to wish us all courage and perseverance,» Zyuganov added.