Boris who?
Fyodorov. Boris Fyodorov. Did you know him?
I didn't know him.
Deputy prime minister of Russia. Briefly. Wrote 200 articles. Director of Gazprom. Enemy of corruption. Died at age fifty.
Only fifty?
A stroke. Liked stripy lawns and old buildings.
Then he had something.
Yeah, he did a lot.
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Voice-over
When someone dies, one of the first questions is, what caused it? And how old were they? Then their achievements. Economist, anti-corruption. This is a laudable position. Which precedes the reminiscing about foibles. The preservation of old buildings, okay, but the ecology of lawns. This man had balance.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
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