Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. During the late 1980s, Yeltsin had been a member of the Politburo, and in late 1987 tendered a letter of resignation in protest. No one had resigned from the Politburo before...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth1 February 1931
CityButka, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.
Thousands of mercenaries, who have trained in camps on the territory of Chechnya as well as come in from abroad, are actually preparing to impose extremist ideas on the whole world
We all have an equal interest in stability and security throughout Europe. The years the OSCE has existed, and particularly this year, have given rise to great expectations and at the same time to powerful disappointments
I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms
There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia's history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were made in some less significant options, problems and so on. But, on the whole, Russia embarked on a correct path and it changed
Our calls, continual proposal (on a peaceful solution to Kosovo) obviously are not getting through
It is not right for us to think about successors. Kings have successors but we don't. It is the people that choose.
I swear, in exercising my authorities as president of the Russian Federation, to respect and uphold the rights and freedoms of the individual and the citizen.
We must gradually arrange things to get rid of foreign (aid) injections,
He is behaving too loudly on this -- too loudly ... Well, now (some are saying) let us flood it all with planes and bombs. No, frankly speaking, it is not like Clinton at all.
Today is the last day of an era past.
The people have already rid themselves of the fear they had several years ago. I call on my compatriots to begin constructive work in order to revive and renew Russia in the name of national unity.
I expect the government ... to carry out a prompt investigation of the causes of the tragedy and find those responsible,
For us the personal support of Helmut Kohl as a world leader is important... on the basis of this declaration investors will not leave Russia.