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Russians Vote for New President- ADL Backgrounder (1351 words) |
 | The use of ultranationalism in election propaganda was part and parcel of the campaigns of two leading politicians that have long been known for their anti-Semitic, xenophobic and anti-Western views, Gennady Zyuganov and Vladimir Zhirinovsky. |
| In this campaign, Zhirinovsky who seemed to be an extremist character in previous election campaigns (1991 and 1996) appears to be much more moderate in his orientation and is not seen this year as representing the extreme opposition. |
| On several occasions, Zyuganov also spoke against the proposed legislation which "blockade national self-consciousness of the Russian and other peoples that is being done under the false slogans of fighting Russian fascism." Zyuganov referred to proposed hate crime legislation, which was blocked by the left majority in the previous Duma, lower house of Parliament. |
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