On the eve of the anniversary of Viktor Stepanovich, his son Andrey Chernomyrdin, KP.RU Memories of whether his father could rule the country.
In a conversation, the journalist asked whether Viktor Stepanovich could become president when he went to the operation and received a nuclear briefcase from Yeltsin.
No, I couldn’t. Priest. He had a conviction – the President entrusted the red button and the country to him while he was undergoing surgery. Everything, neither more nor less, ”said the son of the politician.
Andrei Chernomyrdin added that his father could not seize power because he could not betray. He added that if Chernomirdin becomes president, he will lead the country to political, technological and food independence.
Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that the Kremlin did not know about additional plans to perpetuate the memory of Gazprom chief executive Viktor Chernomyrdin.