"There are many very opposing opinions about who Vladimir Zhirinovsky is. Hardly whether they fully reflect the actual scale of his extraordinary personality.
Many professional researchers have yet to comprehend and evaluate his role and personal contribution to the modern history of Russia and world political system.
But today it is obvious that Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky stood at dramatic origins of our renewed and revived Russian statehood.
He lived and fought, not sparing himself for the sake of realizing his political goals and ideals that never diverged from the goals of the Russian people, Russian state.
He felt Russia, understood its multinational people, realized world fateful historical mission and responsibility.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky is certainly a unique phenomenon in modern political history. He entered politics at the turn of the epoch. Even more precisely, he burst into her. Not from the party-Soviet management and different nomenclature. Formed the party, formulated its program goals, objectives, ideology, selected and arranged personnel. Turned the party into a real one, accepted and an influential parliamentary force supported by millions of voters.

Here it must be especially emphasized that I created the party, in its essence and nature, oppositional. But not engaged in criticism, not calling to the past. And the party that offers all of Russia to move only forward, into a renewed future.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky was never afraid of responsibility and did not admit formal authorities. Confirming this, he repeatedly ran for office. Presidents of Russia.
Vladimir Volfovich did not escape the fate of a public politician. That's why in the mass consciousness he remains more in the image of a shocking politician, polemical, tribune, media type.
But I had a chance to see and get to know him in a completely different way. I will give just one well-known and illustrative example.



Many people remember Vladimir Volfovich's statement that "Russian soldier will wash her boots in the Indian Ocean." They grabbed hold of her. She became an object condemnations and speculation.

At that time we worked as part of a large Russian delegation in the countries of Southeast Asia. In private, without cameras, he told me: “Believe me, Vladimir Alekseevich, the time will come soon. Russia will rise, return here to trade and make friends. We're here for the time it came faster." Then, in the 1990s and 2000s, we seemed rediscovered the World, and he discovered and recognized a new, resurgent Russia.

This is how Vladimir Volfovich saw understood, worked for the future. And what about today? Russia is closely and mutually beneficial, fully cooperates with China, India, and countries of the southeast.
This example makes Vladimir Zhirinovsky stand out among politicians.

When the time comes to scatter stones, people come to throw them starting to collect. I believe that this characterizes the long-term and consistent activities of Vladimir Volfovich.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky passed away, this is unconditional loss. But he did not leave politics, from our history, because he direct and active participant. The motto of his life and the goal of all his work was a great and prosperous Russia."