Yegor Gaidar, one of the leading architects of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, has died at the age of 53
© RIA Novosti . Anton DenisovYegor 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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© RIA Novosti . Anton Denisov
Yegor Gaidar, one of the leading architects of free market reforms in post-Soviet Russia, has died at the age of 53
© RIA Novosti . Anton Denisov / Go to the mediabankGaidar reportedly died of natural causes when a blood clot became dislodged
Gaidar reportedly died of natural causes when a blood clot became dislodged
© RIA Novosti . Anton Denisov / Go to the mediabankGaidar was born March 19, 1956 in Moscow, the son of former Navy admiral and journalist Timur Gaidar and grandson of famous writer Arkady Gaidar
Gaidar was born March 19, 1956 in Moscow, the son of former Navy admiral and journalist Timur Gaidar and grandson of famous writer Arkady Gaidar
© RIA Novosti . Anton Denisov / Go to the mediabankYegor Gaidar was one of the young reformers, including Anatoly Chubais and Boris Nemtsov, that President Boris Yeltsin surrounded himself with in the early 1990s and was acting prime minister during the second half of 1992
Yegor Gaidar was one of the young reformers, including Anatoly Chubais and Boris Nemtsov, that President Boris Yeltsin surrounded himself with in the early 1990s and was acting prime minister during the second half of 1992
© RIA Novosti . Igor Mikhalev / Go to the mediabankChubais, the minister responsible for privatization in the early 1990s, praised Gaidar as Russia's savior
Chubais, the minister responsible for privatization in the early 1990s, praised Gaidar as Russia's savior
© RIA Novosti . Dmitry Donskoi / Go to the mediabankGaidar was vilified by the public for the hardships caused by his "shock therapy" policy to move Russia from the Soviet planned economy to free-market capitalism and left government in 1994, although he was elected to serve two terms in the State Duma, in 1993-1995 and 1999-2003
Gaidar was vilified by the public for the hardships caused by his "shock therapy" policy to move Russia from the Soviet planned economy to free-market capitalism and left government in 1994, although he was elected to serve two terms in the State Duma, in 1993-1995 and 1999-2003
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankChubais, who was also demonized over the economic reforms of the 1990s but unlike Gaidar has remained near the center of Russian power, said the former top official had remained an "intellectual and moral leader for all of us."
Chubais, who was also demonized over the economic reforms of the 1990s but unlike Gaidar has remained near the center of Russian power, said the former top official had remained an "intellectual and moral leader for all of us."
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankYegor Gaidar is survived by his wife, three sons and daughter
Yegor Gaidar is survived by his wife, three sons and daughter