Former Supreme Soviet chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov dies at 80

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Aniruddha Chakraborty
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Former Supreme Soviet chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov dies at 80

BY A STAFF REPORTER: Former Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), Ruslan Khasbulatov, has died at the age of 80, Shamsail Saraliyev, a member of the State Duma from Chechnya. Saraliyev said, "Ruslan Khasbulatov has passed away in his country house near Moscow." Meanwhile, Khasbulatov's relative said that his funeral will take place in Grozny on January 5.