ZHIRINOVSKY RECRUITS PATRIOTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
by Viktoria Sokolova
Translated by Elena Leonova
Source: Izvestia, April 26, 2006, p. 4
Agency WPS
What the Papers Say Part A (Russia)
April 26, 2006 Wednesday
Patriots from Armenia, Malaysia, Syria and other countries meet in
Moscow; LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky has hosted “the world’s
freest congress of free political parties.” The World Congress of
Patriotic Parties was a gathering of nationalist parties from Europe
and Asia. They condemned globalization and came up with a new slogan:
“Patriots of the world, unite!”
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of
Russia (LDPR), has marked his birthday by convening “the world’s
freest congress of free political parties.” The 3rd World Congress
of Patriotic Parties proved to be a gathering of nationalist parties
from Europe and Asia. They unanimously condemned globalization and
came up with a new slogan: “Patriots of the world, unite!”
“American-stlye globalization means the destruction of national ways
of life, languages, cultures, and history.” The congress resolution
was signed by patriots representing the National Mandate Party of
Indonesia, the Chinese Communist Party, the Progressive Socialist
Party of Lebanon, and the Syrian Social-Nationalist Party. The
congress proposed to establish a World Union of Patriotic Parties,
in which Russia, with its special geostrategic status, would play an
important role.
The patriots agreed that Yugoslavia has suffered most of all due to
globalization. Delegates listened with interest to a speech by the
guest of honor: Borislav Milosevic, brother of the former president.
Representatives of the Serbian Radical Party spoke out in defense of
the “murdered” Slobodan Milosevic and their party leader, Vojislav
Seselj, who has been detained in The Hague for some time. The Serbs
wore “Free Seselj” buttons and spoke out in defense of the election
in Belarus. Gordana Pop-Lazic, deputy party leader and deputy speaker
of the Serbian parliament, said: “The election of Lukashenko is the
first serious blow to globalization.”
Sergei Gaidukevich, one of Lukashenko’s opponents in the recent
election, shared his experience of surviving under pressure from
the United States: “Practically all the countries around our borders
joined forces… Huge sums of money were poured into dwarf political
parties.” Gaidukevich talked about techniques of battling for power
with the help of “drunk, drugged-out” young people, and exposed the
plans of the Americans: “Lithuania at the top, Belarus in the center,
Ukraine at the bottom, and the border is closed: Russia will share
a border with NATO.”
All the same, political asylum in Russia – a country that is “still
resisting global dominance,” according to Borislav Milosevic – was
requested by Daniel Fere from Belgium. Fere, leader of the Belgian
National Front, has been found guilty in Belgium of making xenophobic
statements and sentenced to 10 months in prison.
Participants in 3rd World Congress of Patriotic Parties
– Liberal Democratic Party of Azerbaijan
– Armenian Revolutionary Federation
– Republican Party of Armenia
– Liberal Democratic Party of Armenia
– National Democratic Union (Armenia)
– Liberal Democratic Party (Belarus)
– Belgian National Front
– National Mandate Party (Indonesia)
– Communist Party of China
– Progressive Socialist Party (Lebanon)
– United Malay National Organization (Malaysia)
– Civic Courage Republican Party (Mongolia)
– Fatherland Party (Mongolia)
– Serbian Radical Party
– Syrian Social-Nationalist Party
– Progressive Socialist Party (Ukraine)
– Constitutional Party (Estonia)
– Russian Party of Estonia
– Issuikai Party (Japan)