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Mon 12 Dec 2006Gaidar leaves hospital after illnessFormer Russian Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar was released from a Moscow hospital this evening following a mysterious illness, his spokesman said.Doctors could give a final diagnosis of what struck the 50-year-old economist as early as tomorrow morning, spokesman Valery Natarov said.