Russian Maverick Prays for Trump Win to Cement New Global Order
- Zhirinovsky, anti-American firebrand, senses kindred soul
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
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For two and a half decades, Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s extravagant message of xenophobia and nationalism has kept him at the pinnacle of Russian politics. With the rise of Donald Trump, he sees a chance to take that ideology global.
“Everyone would benefit if there was a Washington-Moscow axis,” said Zhirinovsky in an interview in his spacious 10th-floor office in the Russian State Duma, the lower house of parliament. “The world will be a more peaceful place.”