Former Russian PM Chernomyrdin dies

Former Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, who created gas behemoth Gazprom, has died, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. He was 72.

Chernomyrdin was appointed prime minister by President Boris Yeltsin in 1992 and served until 1998 with a very short spell as acting president while Yeltsin underwent heart surgery. (Reuters)