15 December 1997 Since being tapped by Russian President Boris Yeltsin to join the government in March, youthful First Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov has consistently finished atop most “who will be the next president” and “favorite politician” polls. In October, he joined such noted politicians as Mikhail Gorbachev, Communist Party leader Gennadii Zyuganov, and nationalist State Duma deputy Vladimir […]
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