Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, has died, Kazpravda.kz reports citing TASS.
LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky passed away on Wednesday after a long illness. This was announced by the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin at the plenary session of the chamber.
"Vladimir Zhirinovsky died after a severe and prolonged illness," Volodin said.
The deputies honored the memory of the politician with a minute of silence and announced a break in the meeting.
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