The last prime minister of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) within the Soviet Union, Ivan Silayev, has died at the age of 92. The Sokol Aircraft Plant in Nizhny Novgorod, which Silayev used to lead in the 1970s, said on February 9 that he had died the previous day. Silayev led the RSFSR government in 1990-1991. Shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union, he led a committee within the short-lived government of the Commonwealth of Independent States. He then served for three years as the Russian Ambassador to the European Union. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
