Showing posts with label Boris Fyodorov. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boris Fyodorov. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Boris Fyodorov

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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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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