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Famous Russian politician Yegor Gaidar dies

Published: 16 December, 2009, 12:59
Edited: 16 December, 2009, 20:35


Yegor Gaidar

One of the architect's of Yeltsin's economic reforms and prominent Russian politician, Yegor Gaidar, has died on Wednesday aged 53.

 
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Fariborz February 21, 2011, 09:35 quote
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2009 2010 and now 2011 bad years for Celebs.

владимир слуцкер April 30, 2012, 09:54 quote
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That's very sad to know about him. But, the summary mentioned above is very good and cwell described with good info. about him.

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