Media called the cause of death of the first legal Soviet millionaire
The cause of death of the first legal Soviet millionaire Artem Tarasov became pneumonia. About it reports “Russian newspaper” with reference to sources.
According to the publication, the businessman tried to fight the disease on their own. Each Tarasov, who had to bring him medicine, and found him dead.
Informed of the death of the businessman said the party “Yabloko”, in which he was 2016. Tarasov was 67 years old. The date and place of burial of the first Soviet millionaire relatives should report on Monday, July 24.
Tarasov was one of the most famous actors of the cooperative movement in the USSR. In 1987, the entrepreneur created a cooperative, and two years later announced that became the first legal millionaire in the country. In 1990, Tarasov became the people’s Deputy of the RSFSR. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the businessman emigrated to Britain, but later returned to Russia and was elected to the state Duma of the first convocation. In 1996, Tarasov was nominated as a presidential candidate, but in the end did not participate in the election because he was not registered. In 2016 he ran for the lower house of Parliament from the party “Yabloko”. He was the General Director of “Institute of Innovation”.