State Duma Denies Death of LDPR Leader Zhirinovsky

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin denied reports of the death of LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, APA reported on Friday citing Sputnik.

“I want to reassure everyone who is worried about the health of Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky. He is alive,” Volodin said.

The condition of the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party is “really difficult”, “today he underwent a CT scan.” “We are worried about him, the doctors are fighting for him. He himself is a great fellow,” the speaker of the State Duma said.

However, the head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, died in Russia, on Friday, March 25, APA reports citing Perild. The politician died at 10.45 am as he spent the last day in a coma, according to Russian media outlets.

The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party has been in the hospital since early February in the hospital due to the consequences of the coronavirus.