Gennady Zyuganov
Information about the illness of the Chairman of the CPRF Gennady Zyuganov does not correspond to reality, said the Deputy of the state Duma from fraction of Communists, the press Secretary of the leader of the party Alexander Yushchenko. His words leads TASS on Friday, March 17.
“This is a blatant provocation and utter nonsense. Those who write nonsense, I would like to recommend to participate with Zyuganov in some sporting activities, work schedule and see what great physical and working shape it is”, — Yushchenko said, commenting on the words of the chief editor of “echo of Moscow” Alexei Venediktov about the deteriorating health policies.
Earlier Friday, Venediktov wrote in his Twitter blog that the leader of the Communist party is “under constant medical supervision” because of heart problems. “The Communists and June 12 (2012 — approx. “Of the tape.ru”) concealed a heart attack Zyuganov. It would not have uhoidokalo Secretary General….” — stated in another post, Venediktov.
March 16, Zyuganov has made to the list of candidates for the presidential campaign of the mayor of Novosibirsk Anatoly Lokot and the Governor of the Irkutsk region Sergey Levchenko. The list, compiled by Zyuganov, was 21 people.
March 1, the newspaper “Izvestia”, citing sources in the presidential administration reported that the Chairman of the CPRF can abandon his candidature for the presidential elections to be held in 2018. According to sources, he was asked to pick three candidates younger than 55 years old to participate in the elections.