Recently elected Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) Leonid Slutsky he talked about how he assessed the possibility of changing the party's flag, where there are only two colors – blue and yellow. The deputy outlined his vision for the situation during a speech on June 3 on Komsomolskaya Pravda radio. On the other hand, the LDPR will seek to “erase artificial dividing lines” in this matter. According to the party leader, there is no discredit in the current symbol. He called the party's colors a “historic flag” that has not changed since the political association was founded, and even now there are no reasons for such changes.
“As for Ukraine, we will restore normal good neighborly relations with it,” he said. According to the head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Russians and Ukrainians are “doomed” to normal relations due to their historical, cultural, linguistic and geographical proximity. “That's why we don't have to change colors because of the current situation,” stressed the leader of the Liberal Democrats. Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party on May 27. This decision was made during Extraordinary XXXIV. the party congress, which took place after the death of the previous leader and founder of the political association Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Sluckij said at the time that the strategy of the Liberal Democratic Party would remain the same, but would be slightly adjusted “in the direction of strengthening our social policy.” The candidacy of a member of parliament for the post of party leader was proposed by the Supreme Council of the Liberal Democratic Party. Alexander Sherin tried to become his rival, but the fight for the lead ended with the unanimous nomination of Slutsky as the leader of the Liberal Democrats.