Passage: He held talks with Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and newly- appointed first deputy prime ministers Anatoly Chubais and Boris Nemtsov, whom President Boris Yeltsin brought into the cabinet to give new impetus to Russia's sluggish economic reforms. Camdessus said he was convinced that the new government had the necessary determination to tackle the main problems bedevilling Russia, especially inadequate tax collection, the delayed resumption of economic growth and corruption.
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