Viktor Chernomyrdin died

Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Economic Cooperation with the CIS Member States, former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, ex-Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin died on Wednesday night at the age of 73, RIA Novosti reported, citing a source close to the politician .

"Chernomyrdin died today at 4.00 am in Moscow. Viktor Stepanovich has been very ill lately," the agency's interlocutor said. Chernomyrdin from December 1992 to March 1998 headed the Russian government, from 2001 to 2009 he was the Russian ambassador to Ukraine. Recently, Chernomyrdin has been the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for economic cooperation with the CIS member states.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, Chernomyrdin was very worried about the death of his wife, who died in March of this year after a long illness. The couple lived for almost half a century, raised two sons, who gave them four grandchildren.