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What did Yeltsin once order to do with his press secretary Kostikov?

In the summer of 1994, Boris Yeltsin visited Krasnoyarsk, where he was given a boat ride on the Yenisei. During it, the tipsy presidential press secretary Vyacheslav Kostikov began to pester Yeltsin with jokes. He gave the command to the assistants standing nearby to throw Kostikov overboard, which was done.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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