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Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2008 presidential campaign Vladimir Zhirinovsky 2008 presidential campaign The Vladimir Zhirinovsky presidential campaign, 2008 was the election campaign of Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky in the 2008 election. This was Zhirinovsky's fourth campaign for the Russian presidency, as he had previously run in the 1991, 1996, and 2000 elections. During the campaign Zhirinovsky released a video in which he fired a rifle at targets bearing the faces of his opponents. Zhirinovsky generated controversy on the campaign trail by espousing severe and ludicrous proposals. For instance, he suggested that Russia should drop nuclear bombs into the Atlantic in order to create a tsunami