Sergei Mironov will meet in court with Vladimir Zhirinovsky

The ex-speaker of the Federation Council will defend his honor and dignity from the head of the LDPR, who publicly accused him of corruption. Zhirinovsky is helping to “remove” the opposition from the electoral field to please the party in power, political scientists say.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky about Sergei Mironov

Sergei Mironov will defend his honor and dignity from Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Today the Savelovsky Court will consider the claim of the former speaker of the Federation Council against the leader of the LDPR. On September 15, in Vladimir Solovyov’s “Duel” program on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, Zhirinovsky accused Mironov of corruption.

The proposal to meet in court was made already during the program. A few days later the lawsuit was filed. Sergei Mironov is confident that he will win the case.

“If there were no election campaign, one could simply say that you know, the dog barks, the caravan moves on,” explains Mironov. “Because this is nonsense. But if I don’t take this step, at the next debate the LDPR will say: “We talked, but he didn’t even react.” So, it’s true that I allegedly took bribes for seats in the Federation Council. If you’re not okay in your head, don’t show it in public. answer. All the lawyers looked, his position is absolutely clear. He won’t say that he meant something else. I’m just convinced that in the end, the court will rule that he will have to apologize and say that this is what he meant. lie".

According to experts, by accusing Mironov of corruption, Zhirinovsky is helping the party in power push A Just Russia out of the electoral field. However, the Socialist Revolutionaries are not afraid to get involved in a scandal, says political scientist and vice-president of the Institute of National Strategy Viktor Militarev.

“In A Just Russia, of course, there are entrepreneurs who helped the party, but, in my opinion, it is completely impossible to talk about trade in places,” he says. “Zhirinovsky is always a person close to the authorities, and A Just Russia "fell out of favor. A Just Russia has a chance to remain in politics, but to do this it needs to conduct an extremely radical election campaign.

The first court hearing in the case "Mironov vs. Zhirinovsky" did not take place due to the defendant's failure to appear.

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