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Zhirinovsky heads the "Liberal Democrats," who fill 15 percent of the seats in the lower house of Russia's new parliament. What has Alaskans concerned is Zhirinovsky's vision for the future, which includes dividing Poland between Russia and Germany, sending Bulgarian president Zhelyu Zhelev to Siberia and, most important of all (at least to Alaskans), reclaiming Alaska for "Mother Russia...
...Italian gypsies who seized territory from Russia, Bulgaria and Hungary. Outraged, the Romanian Foreign Minister summoned Russia's ambassador in Bucharest to protest "the most insulting statement ever made about Romania," no mean achievement. Turning his attention to his host country, Zhirinovsky went on to declare that Zhelyu Zhelev, Bulgaria's first democratically elected President, should be replaced and that if it were up to Zhirinovsky, Zhelev would be sent to Siberia. As an alternative, he introduced his own choice as "the best person to lead Bulgaria" -- none other than his good friend Stoilov...
That proved too much for Zhelev, who retorted that the Russian government should consider conducting mental-health tests before allowing future candidates to run for parliament. By late afternoon, Zhirinovsky was told he had 24 hours to leave the country. He complied -- but not before promising to someday "return as President," presumably of Russia. His intended holiday finale was to have been an 18-day stay in Berlin. But the Zhirinovsky grand tour ground to a premature halt when German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel turned down his request for a visa, informing him that he was no longer welcome...
Russian ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky was given 24 hours to leave Bulgaria after he called for President Zhelyu Zhelev's resignation. Zhirinovsky, whose far-right Liberal Democratic Party was the top vote getter in Russian parliamentary elections last month, was also denied a visa by Germany...
...spur inflation and unemployment without easing the severe shortages of all consumer goods, including food. Bulgaria at least has enough to eat, thanks largely to the fertility of its soil and the skill of its farmers. It has also made some progress toward political freedom: incumbent President Zhelyu Zhelev, chosen in 1990 by the parliament, won the nation's first direct presidential election last month against an opponent who accused him of trying to impose an "alien" system -- a market-oriented democracy. But economic reforms have been introduced only halfheartedly, just enough to cause inflation and rising joblessness. Albania, long...