Politician threatens action over tape

  • 2003-02-13
  • Bernard Besserglik
MOSCOWRussian ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky is considering legal action against a television channel which broadcast images of him sitting in a Baghdad bar using colorful language to bad-mouth U.S. President George Bush. Separately, an independent lawmaker tabled a motion in parliament demanding that Zhirinovsky be stripped of his post as deputy speaker. Zhirinovsky, a former presidential candidate renowned for his intemperate outbursts, including against the Baltic states, is facing possible disciplinary action from a parliamentary committee over his description of Bush as an "(ex...
 
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