MOSCOW, June 6 LDPR leader Leonid Slutsky said in an interview with RIA Novosti that the liberal Democrats set themselves the task of firmly becoming the second party in the country in the near future, and in the future — the first. «Our task is to improve results. As (Vladimir) Zhirinovsky planned, the LDPR should firmly occupy the niche of the second party in the country, and the first,» Slutsky answered a question from RIA Novosti about how he assesses the party's prospects for elections in the regions in the fall. In addition, he said that the party would place more emphasis on the development of regional branches. «We need not only a powerful central apparatus and a strong federal leadership, but also a strong regional network, feedback from the people on the ground,» the politician said. He also spoke about the ideology of the Liberal Democratic Party. «Zhirinovsky laid a reasonable ideological foundation. «We are neither with the right nor with the left,» was written on the podium from which the party leader spoke. We are with the people, I will add on my own,» Slutsky said.Read the full text of the interview Leonid Slutsky >>May 27, 17:13Slutsky promised to keep the badass and harsh style of the LDPR
