The Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2012 was the presidential campaign of
Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as ...
in the
2012 Russian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 4 March 2012. There were five officially registered candidates: four representatives of registered parties, and one nominal independent. The election was the first one held after constitutional amend ...
. This was the fourth presidential campaign of Zyuganov, who had been a candidate in both the
1996
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,
2000
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, and
2008
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elections.
Campaigning
In September 2011, Zyuganov became the CPRF's candidate for the
2012 presidential election
This national electoral calendar for 2012 lists the national/federal elections held in 2012 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
January
*3–4 January: E ...
. Zyuganov declared that the election would be a referendum on "a 20 year experiment" of the liberalization of the Russian political sphere.
Zyuganov referred to the existing government as a, "gang of folks who...have humiliated the country."
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In the 2012 Russian presidential election on 4 March 2012, Zyuganov once again came in second place by receiving 17% of the vote.the results of the presidential elections in Russia 2012]
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Positions
Zyuganov promised a return to socialism
Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...
and an end to Russia's economic decline.[
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See also
*Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 1996
The 1996 Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign sought to elect the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Communist Party of Russia, Gennady Zyuganov as President of Russia in the 1996 Russian presidential election, 1996 presid ...
*Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2000
The Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2000 was the presidential campaign of Gennady Zyuganov in the 2000 election. This was the second presidential campaign of Zyuganov, who had previously run in the 1996 election (in which he had been a ...
*Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2008
The Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2008 was the presidential campaign of Gennady Zyuganov in the 2008 election. This was the third presidential campaign of Zyuganov, who had been a candidate in both the 1996 and 2000 elections.
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References
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Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as ...
presidential campaign, 2012
Zyuganov, 2012