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Former Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar seen in his office in Moscow, Thursday, in this Oct. 17, 2002 file photo. An aide to Yegor Gaidar, Russia's former acting prime minister under Boris Yeltsin and economic reformer, says he has died of a thrombosis on Dec. 16, 2009. He was 53. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Tanya Makeyeva)