Following the 2012 U.S. consulate attacks in Bengazi, Zyuganov generated controversy when he harshly commented on the Chris Stevens' death at the hands of rioting mob in Libya, by saying that U.S. ambassador was "shot like a dog".
Gennady Rozhdestvensky | Gennady Zyuganov | Gennady | Gennady Timchenko | Gennady Makhnev | Gennady Gagulia | Gennady Alamia |
In the 1996 Russian presidential election, Prokhanov supported the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Gennady Zyuganov.
One of them withdrew shortly before the deadline, so 11 candidates took part in the elections: Vladimir Putin, Gennady Zyuganov, Grigory Yavlinsky, Amangeldy Tuleyev, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Konstantin Titov, Ella Pamfilova, Stanislav Govorukhin, Yury Skuratov, Alexey Podberezkin, and Umar Dzhabrailov.