The Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2012 was the presidential campaign of Gennady Zyuganov in the 2012 Russian presidential election. Zyuganov had also been a candidate for president in the 1996, 2000, and 2008 elections.
Campaigning
In September 2011, Zyuganov became the Communist Party of the Russian Federation's candidate for the 2012 presidential election. Zyuganov declared that the election would be a referendum on "a 20-year experiment" in the liberalization of the Russian political sphere. Zyuganov referred to the existing government as a "gang of folks who...have humiliated the country."
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
Positions
Zyuganov promised a return to socialism and an end to Russia's economic decline.
See also Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 1996 Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2000 Gennady Zyuganov presidential campaign, 2008
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