LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky urged to simplify the issuance of Russian passports living abroad by Russians, as it could afford to influence politics in countries where the Russians live, RIA Novosti reports.
“We often underestimate the influence of the Russian diaspora. For example, it is not necessary to go far. Turkey. There are about 120 thousand Russians there, many of them are women who at one time married Turks. And they have formed a fairly influential community there. … And these women are constantly looking for communication with Russia. They also appeal to me, “Zhirinovsky told in his Telegram-Channel on Thursday.
The leader of the LDPR reminded the large Armenian diaspora in the United States. “She is so influential that one day almost put forward his presidential candidate. The Armenian Cocus operates in Congress – this is a kind of subcommittee, which in different years has been more than 100 congressmen! It consisted of a former head of the State Department John Kerry,” the politician reminded.
At the same time, according to him, “Russians in the US are even more than Armenians.” “What prevents our compatriots to provide the same influence? Maybe the Russians there will be free of their president there. But for this, they must feel in touch with their homeland, feel our support. And we refuse it in this, we put in one with migrantarbaters a queue for Russian passports. “,” said Zhirinovsky.
He believes that the documents must be Russian “directly in the consulate, for 2-3 weeks to manufacture.”
“But if all Soviet passports were exchanged in the 1990s in the 1990s – now there would be no 145 million citizens of Russia, but 170 million and more. There would be no problem of Ukraine, there would be no Russophobian policy in the Baltic States, we would Would be more influential in the world, “the LDPR leader believes.