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Ex-Russian PM Chernomyrdin dies at 73
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November 3, 2010, Wednesday
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FORMER Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin died early today at the age of 73 because of chronicle disease.
Chernomyrdin died at 04:00am Moscow time (0100 GMT). He had been severely ill and was expected to return home after receiving treatment abroad.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have extended condolences over his death to his family, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
As one of the most prominent Russian politicians, Chernomyrdin served as a prime minister under President Boris Yeltsin from 1992 to 1998, and was appointed ambassador to Ukraine from 2001-2009, over the period of Orange Regime by former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.
After coming back to Russia in 2009, he then worked as a presidential advisor and special envoy on economic cooperation with members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
As a firm supporter of Yeltsin and several reforms including privatization, Chernomyrdin was best known for his ridiculous misuse of words in Russian-speaking world, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
His remark "we wanted the best, but it turned out as always" on the unsuccessful monetary exchange by the Russian Central Bank in the early 1990s has become a popular proverb now.
The body of Chernomyrdin will be buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
Chernomyrdin died at 04:00am Moscow time (0100 GMT). He had been severely ill and was expected to return home after receiving treatment abroad.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have extended condolences over his death to his family, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
As one of the most prominent Russian politicians, Chernomyrdin served as a prime minister under President Boris Yeltsin from 1992 to 1998, and was appointed ambassador to Ukraine from 2001-2009, over the period of Orange Regime by former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.
After coming back to Russia in 2009, he then worked as a presidential advisor and special envoy on economic cooperation with members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
As a firm supporter of Yeltsin and several reforms including privatization, Chernomyrdin was best known for his ridiculous misuse of words in Russian-speaking world, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.
His remark "we wanted the best, but it turned out as always" on the unsuccessful monetary exchange by the Russian Central Bank in the early 1990s has become a popular proverb now.
The body of Chernomyrdin will be buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
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