The Director of the Lenin state Farm Pavel Grudinin and Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist party Gennady Zyuganov
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MOSCOW, December 22. /TASS/. The Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist party recommended to the Congress party to nominate the Director of “Sovkhoz imeni Lenina” Pavel Grudinina candidate in the presidential elections, and party leader Gennady Zyuganov – the head of the Supreme Council of national-Patriotic forces. This was reported TASS the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist party Yuri Afonin.
“The Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist party unanimously decided to recommend to the Congress of the Communist party to nominate Grudinina Pavel Nikolaevich candidate for the position of President of the Russian Federation, Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov was elected leader of the Supreme Council of people’s Patriotic forces, which will be the headquarters of the election campaign,” said Afonin. “The Supreme Council [of people’s Patriotic forces] headquarters, who will lead the entire election campaign and Grudinina of the party,” he explained.