BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

12/07/2007

Chavez, Lukashenko and Fidel become emblems in Russia

Russian communists intend to use in their upcoming presidential campaign the images of Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez and Aleksandr Lukashenko -three characters outstanding for their drastic rhetoric about the West, said the Russian news agency Novosti on its website.

Ivan Melnikov said the Cuban leader, the Venezuelan President and the Belarus ruler could be deemed "symbols" of the campaign the KPRF is waging for parliament elections next December.

Russian Communist Party leader Guennadi Ziuganov in June announced he was willing to run for Russian presidency in March 2008 vote. Ziuganov (63) has run for Russian presidency twice: in 1996, when he lost to Boris Yeltsin, and in 2000, when he was defeated by Vladimir Putin.

"We are going to use their images within the legal framework," he said, adding that Castro's, Chavez' and Lukashenko's "successful practical work shows the validity of our political and economic platform," said Melnikov.

Source:

http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/07/12/en_pol_art_chavez,-lukashenko-a_12A898509.shtml

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