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Egor Gayday is one of the main leaders and ideologists of the economic reforms of the early 1990s in Russia. In 1991-1994, he held high positions in the Russian government, including for 6 months (June-December 1992) he was acting chairman of the government. He took part in the preparation of the Belovezh Accords. Under Gaidar's leadership, the transition from a planned to a market economy began, prices were liberalized, the tax system was reorganized, foreign trade was liberalized, and privatization began.
One of the key participants in the events on the government side during the Constitutional crisis of 1993 and the cessation of the activities of the Congress of People's Deputies and the Supreme Soviet of Russia. Organizer of anti-war rallies during the First Chechen War. Founder and one of the leaders of the parties "Democratic Choice of Russia" and "Union of Right Forces". Head of the "Choice of Russia" faction in the State Duma of the first convocation (1993-1995) and deputy from the SPS faction of the Duma of the third convocation (1999-2003). Participated in the development of the Tax Code, the Budget Code, and legislation on the Stabilization Fund.

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