Yegor Gaidar, a reformer and Mr Chubais's long-time friend, spelled out Russia's predicament in a book published shortly before his death last December.

叶戈尔·盖达尔，改革家、丘拜斯长期的朋友，在他去年12月去世前不久出版的一本书中解释了俄罗斯的困境。

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Yet a similar mood of alarm attended the departure of Yegor Gaidar from high political office.

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But Yegor Gaidar, an architect of Mr Yeltsin's economic reforms, this week proposed an alternative: Weimar Germany.

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Yegor Gaidar is described as the main architect of Russia's post-Soviet reforms.

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