Two months ahead of the State Duma elections the Russian Public Opinion Research Center published the data on the population view on protest movements. It appeared as the most possible protests are considered by supporters of LDPR (37%) and A Just Russia (36%). 75% of United Russia supporters do not believe in them. Potential participants of the protests are LDPR and A Just Russia supporters (45% and 43%). Supporters of United Russia are not ready to join such movements (76%).
Recently the deputy of the Moscow region Duma, Sergey Zhigaryev, shifted from “protest” A Just Russia to “protest” LDPR. He also stated he steps down from deputy office. “I’m the first deputy in the Moscow Region Duma, who leaves office in advance due to political reasons… I entered A Just Russia, being a member of Rodina. A Just Russia was formed on the grounds of Rodina, which joined the Russian Pensioners’ Party and the Russian Party of Life. After the elections of 2007 we saw substitution of principles laying in basis of the party’s establishing… A Just Russia shouldn’t be called so anymore,” Zhigaryev said.
He also comment on the political situation in the Moscow Region ahead of the State Duma elections: “At the moment it is obvious there are three acting political parties, i.e. the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and United Russia. As for A Just Russia, more than 2 000 people have left it in 2011. I’m sure they won’t surpass 5% barrier.”
Zhigaryev decided to continue his political carrier in LDPR. Answering the question on reconstruction of Rodina he said: “As for the issues, which were raised by Rodina, I consider the Russian patriotic issue as significant one. Everyone expects much from Dmitry Rogozin participation in the election campaign.
Excitement at the Congress of Russian Communities confirms it. I believe the issue shouldn’t be by-passed.”
Zhigaryev expressed his position on the problem: “In the country, where Russians are the state forming nation, rights of Russians are derogated from their rights. Today LDPR after untimely decease of Rodina is the only party, which raised this question. I was born in the multinational family, but I think that inter-ethnic rules of culture and behavior should exist. I can’t imagine representatives of Russians in Nalchik or Grozny behave like representatives of the North Caucasus republics behave in Moscow. I can’t imagine a Russian youngster drive his jeep to a Muslim graveyard. They do it. For me the issue is about understanding of culture and respect to each other. LDPR goes to polls with the motto “LDPR for Russians.” Even though there are Jews, Tatars, Belarusians in my family, I agree with this motto.”
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