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Viktor S. Chernomyrdin

Former Prime Minister (1992-1998), Viktor Stepanovitch Chernomyrdin is Russian ambassador to Ukraine.

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“Whom Does Russia Depend On?”

by Viktor S. Chernomyrdin

23 June 2005

We do not celebrate Independence Day, we celebrate Russia’s Day: a holyday. Our independence must not be questioned, nobody does. Fifteen years ago now, we lived in a sovereign State, quite a short time for a country like ours. A border separates us from Ukraine, but we are together like good (…)