MOSCOW, July 21 The Zhirinovsky neural network will not be able to become a candidate for the presidential elections in Russia in 2024, since it is not a citizen of the Russian Federation, besides For the same reason, she will not be able to become a member of the party, said Alexander Bashkin, a member of the constitutional committee of the Federation Council.
Earlier, LDPR chairman Leonid Slutsky confirmed that the Zhirinovsky neural network can get a party ticket and become a member of the LDPR, he noted that the decision has not yet been made, but this issue will be submitted to the next congress of liberal democrats.
«From the point of view of the legislation, only a citizen of the Russian Federation can be a member of the Russian party — no one else can be: neither a computer, nor a brown bear, nor a Lada Granta car — an inanimate creature or object, a gadget cannot be a member of the party, just like a candidate for any elective position: from president to deputy of a municipality. Only a citizen of the Russian Federation. This is the law,» the senator explained.
Bashkin noted that he personally perceives all this as a PR move, which is «completely reasonable for any party in order to increase interest in their party.» According to him, for the possibility of being elected, the law defines: the need to be capable, a certain age, and there are «other legislative restrictions.»
«No one else can be a member of a party in the Russian Federation except a citizen of the Russian Federation who still meets the conditions specified by law <…>: this, for example, reaching a certain age — once, this is the absence of an occupation, or professions, or other restrictions provided for by law, this particular person, that is, for example, professional ones, has certain restrictions. For example, a citizen of the Russian Federation who has citizenship of another state, or a residence permit, or other other document giving the right to permanent residence (abroad — ed.) — he cannot be a candidate, and even more so, a neural network, a chat bot,» the parliamentarian concluded.
During the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) LPDR presented the «Zhirinovsky» neural network. The algorithm is proposed to be regarded as a student of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. They promise that he will swear in the same specific way.