Boris Yeltsin was once asked to name his greatest goal as president. He answered that more than anything, he wanted tranquillity for Russia. Ultimately, Mr. Yeltsin failed to achieve it. But the ...
“The end crowns all,” William Shakespeare once wrote. On the face of it, Boris Yeltsin’s end was fabulous: Some 20,000 ordinary people, most leading Russian dignitaries, many world leaders and senior ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's former President Boris Yeltsin was a hero for dismantling the Soviet Union but the democracy he bequeathed was dangerously fragile, Russian newspapers said on Tuesday.
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