Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 10. Check what happened ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Valentin Yumashev, the son-in-law of former Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, quit his role as unpaid advisor to President Vladimir Putin last month, two people familiar with ...

Boris N. Yeltsin, the burly provincial politician who became the first freely elected leader of Russia and a towering figure of his time when he presided over the dissolution of the Soviet Union ...

Under President Boris Yeltsin, Russia saw the introduction of capitalism. Some suffered economic hardship as a consequence, while others became rich overnight.

Russian President Boris Yeltsin marveled at the thousands of products available in 1989 — more, he said, than top Soviet leaders could access — and the lack of long lines, an ever-present ...

Boris Yeltsin annouced his resignation on the last day of the 20th Century Russian President Boris Yeltsin's shock resignation speech came in an address on Russian television on 31 December 1999. This ...