According to several Russian state-controlled media, the Kremlin-friendly Liberal Democratic Party has put forward a proposal to change the title of President Vladimir Putin.
Instead of “president”, the party proposes to refer to him with the Russian word “pravitel”, which means “ruler”.
“More understandable”
According to Newsweek, which quotes Russian media, the proposal is justified by the fact that the word “president” is humiliating for Russia. It is pointed out that it was the Americans who first used the title at the end of the 18th century.
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– Words like “ruler” or “head of state” are more understandable to Russian ears, the party believes according to Newsweek.
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According to the news magazine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reports that President Putin “has not taken a position on the proposal”.
Nationalists
Despite the misleading name, the Russian Liberal Democratic Party is firmly rooted in the outer right wing of Russian politics.
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The party was strongly centered around its longtime leader, the controversial ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovskywho died of complications after covid-19 in early April this year.
CONTROVERSIAL: Former party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky has come up with a number of very controversial proposals. Photo: Ivan Sekretarev / Reuters / NTB
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Zhirinovsky has repeatedly suggested that Putin be “supreme ruler” instead of “president.”
Controversial figure
He has also marked himself with a number of controversial proposals, including that Russia should take Alaska back from the United States with power, and that Russia should not let go atomic bomb on the house of former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
In a speech in 2017, he threatened to “drive to the Kremlin and shoot and hang” his political opponents, according to the independent Russian newspaper Moscow Times.
TOOK OVER: Leonid Slutsky took over the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party at the end of May after Vladimir Zhirinovsky died of coronary heart disease. Photo: Alexander Zemlyanchenko / AP / NTB
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The party is now led by Leonid Slutsky, who has been a delegate in the talks between Russia and Ukraine during the ongoing war.
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