Word: ultranationalists
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After hearing statements like these, it comes as no surprise that Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky, the Russian ultranationalist candidate, could call him a "brother in arms" and acknowledge a problem they share. "You say that Congress is Israeli-occupied territory. We have the same situation in Russia. So to survive, we could set aside places on U.S. and Russian territory to deport this small but troublesome tribe...
...will be voting are those who want to see all Chechens killed, and Yeltsin wants to show them he is in control of the situation." For their part, Chechens see in Moscow's current unsettled political climate their last, best chance for independence. In the face of calls by ultranationalist presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky for the immediate napalm bombing of all Chechen bases, the Chechens seem to have concluded that their only chance is to go all out for independence...
Ever prepared with simple solutions to intractable problems, ultranationalist and Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky called on the Kremlin to "Take off the white gloves and rose-colored glasses and stop the war in the Caucasus." Vlad's solution: "Burn all rebel bases with napalm...
...thoroughly vanquished its rivals in parliamentary elections last month. Voters cast two ballots, one for a party and one for a candidate in their local districts. Appealing to impoverished pensioners and others for whom reform has failed, the Communists took 22% of the party-preference vote; Vladimir Zhirinovsky's ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party came in a surprising second, with only 11%, about half its 1993 level. Altogether, the Communists were allocated 157 of the Duma's 450 seats; Our Home Is Russia, the party supporting President Boris Yeltsin, forms the next largest bloc, with only 55 seats. His Duma success...
Taking full advantage of seven minutes of free TV time last week, ultranationalist Zhirinovsky expounded his unique view of the world with all the subtlety of a firing Kalashnikov. Barely taking a breath, he railed against the country's new bankers, threatened to rain napalm down on villagers in the Caucasus region who kill Russian soldiers, and promised every hungry Russian a bowl of soup. "Russian fathers, do you know where your daughters are?" Zhirinovsky asked. "They're selling their bodies to buy clothes and cosmetics...