The Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2012 presidential campaign was the election campaign of Liberal Democratic Party leader

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On the last episode of debates with Prokhorov, just before the elections, Zhirinovsky caused a scandal by the Russian celebrities that supported Prokhorov, including a pop-

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and a veteran of Russian pop scene

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, "prostitutes". Pugacheva had responded to those remarks by saying, "I thought you are an artful person, politician, cunning man, but you are just a clown and a psycho". Zhirinovsky retorted by declaring, "I am what I am. And such is my charm."Жириновский устроил скандал на дебатах с Пугачевой

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Donkey video

A video advertisement released by the campaign received significant attention.

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Zhirinovsky presidential campaign, 2012 {{Candidates in the Russian presidential election, 2012

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Donkey video

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