Viktor Chernomyrdin

Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (??????? ??????????? ????????????) (born April 9, 1938) is a Russian politician.

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April 9 - 1938 - Russian

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Chernomyrdin was the Prime Minister of Russia from 1992 to 1998. Since 2001, he has been Russia's ambassador to Ukraine. He is also a Russian business oligarch. Le Monde once estimated Chernomyrdin has assets of $5 billion; but Chernomyrdin stated in 1996 his assets totaled $46000.

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Prime Minister - Russia - 1992 - 1998 - 2001 - Ukraine - Business oligarch - Le Monde

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Viktor Chernomyrdin is a target of numerous jokes for his notoriously grammatically incorrect speech. One of his expressions "We meant to do better, but it came out as always" became a popular proverb (?????? ??? ?????, ? ?????????? ??? ?????? in Russian). This was said by him after an highly unsuccessful monetary exchange performed by the Russian Central Bank in July 1993.

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Russian - Russian Central Bank

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