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Soviet ex-premier Nikolai Ryzhkov, who vainly tried to prevent USSR's economic meltdown, dies at 94

Feb. 28, 2024 13:05 PM EST

MOSCOW (AP) — Nikolai Ryzhkov, a former Soviet prime minister who presided over botched efforts to shore up the crumbling national economy in the final years of the USSR, has died. He was 94. During his six-year tenure, Ryzhkov worked to implement Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's...