Eduard Limonov, after declaring himself a presidential candidate. Photo by Dmitry Borko In the Russian opposition, the last twenty years there was only one type of political existence: the policy was party. In the 90s, ambitious leaders competed inside the parties, and the parties quickly decided on the leaders: Yavlinsky - "Yabloko", Zhirinovsky - LDPR, Zyuganov - Communist Party, Limonov - NBP, etc.