Former Russian PM dies
December 16th, 2009 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Moscow, Dec 16 (RIA Novosti) Yegor Gaidar, former Russian prime minister and one of the leading architects of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, has died at the age of 53, his aide said Wednesday.
“Yegor Gaidar has died, I cannot currently give any more details,” Gennady Volkov said.
Gaidar served as prime minister in the second half of 1992.
People criticised him for the hardships caused by his “shock therapy” policy to move Russia from the Soviet planned economy to free-market capitalism.
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