'Mad Vlad' runs for president again

Flamboyant nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, whose party came a strong third in Russia’s parliamentary elections, announced today that he will run for president in March.

“I hope to get not lower than the second place,” Zhirinovsky told a news conference, punctuating his comments with frenetic gestures that have become his "Mad Vlad" trademarks since he burst on to Russia’s political scene after the 1991 Soviet collapse.