Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2012 presidential campaign
# Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2012 presidential campaign

* This article is part of a series aboutVladimir Zhirinovsky

Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia

1992–2022

Early life

Political positions

Elections

Electoral history

1991 (campaign)

1996 (campaign)

2000 (campaign)

2008 (campaign)

2012 (campaign; donkey video)

2018 (campaign)

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

## Campaigning

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-diva and a veteran of Russian pop scene Alla Pugacheva, "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."

### Donkey video

A video advertisement released by the campaign received significant attention.

