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
If we withdraw troops, carnage will start in Chechnya.
He (Clinton) is behaving too loudly on this -- too loudly
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.
That doesn't mean that I abandon my constitutional powers to appoint ministers and government members. No, I don't,
My soul aches when I think about hungry soldiers, unpaid officers and their families, who have been suffering for years without a home of their own,
By his actions, (U.S. President Bill) Clinton might run into a world war,
His contribution was invaluable to the formation of a new image of the Middle East, free of stereotypes of confrontation and enmity.
That's a question you have to ask the doctors.
A pause is good, but it's not enough,
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.
I'm thinking in particular of the appeals for humanitarian interference -- this is a new idea -- in the internal affairs of another state, even when this is done on the pretext of protecting human rights and freedoms,
if Russia stays with the path of reforms.