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Medvedev orders late Russian economic reformer Gaidar honored

Yegor Gaidar

14:31 17/05/2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree to memorialize Yegor Gaidar, the controversial architect of Russia's painful post-Soviet transition to a free-market economy who died last year

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MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Nikolai Troitsky) - The year 2009, it appears, has not yet harvested its deadly crop. On Wednesday, December 16, fifteen days before the New Year, Yegor Gaidar, a statesman, politician and economist died suddenly at the untimely age of 54.
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A leading architect of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, Gaidar died aged 53 in Moscow on Wednesday The day before, Gaidar took part in the Alphabet of Change program in a RIA Novosti TV studio. Gaidar gave his assessment of Russia’s economy in 2009 and forecast for next year.
Yegor Gaidar, architect of Russia's free market transition, dies
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Yegor Gaidar, one of the leading architects of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, has died at the age of 53
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Yegor Gaidar, one of the leading architects of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, has died at the age of 53, his aide said on Wednesday.
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Yegor Gaidar, one of the leading architects of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, has died at the age of 53, his aide said on Wednesday.
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Architect of post-Soviet reform Gaidar dies aged 53

Yegor Gaidar, one of the leading architects of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, has died at the age of 53. A source told RIA Novosti that a blood clot was the cause of death.

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