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
The use of force and, the more so, the violation of the international law standards, is dangerous and inadmissible,
to show common sense and restraint and not to allow further escalation of the conflict.
Various rumors have been in circulation in the mass media concerning my trip to Switzerland at a time when we have problems here in Russia which need to be solved. Even if I go on holiday, to have some rest, I will stay on Russian territory.
We have extreme measures in reserve...but we have decided not to use them. We are above that. On the moral level we are superior to the Americans.
We have done a lot in the past, ... I think this meeting will be effective and will bring good results.
Everything that is aimed at countries present here, ... all of those weapons are going to have their warheads removed.
Bill Clinton hopes that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic will capitulate, give up the whole of Yugoslavia. We will not allow this. This is a strategic place.
What can I say? The year was difficult for this country, for many of you, and for me, too. But New Year's Eve is always about new hopes, new dreams, new plans,
Everybody will pay taxes and there will be no exceptions.
Every day new problems which need to be addressed urgently are building up, ... Those that already exist are becoming more acute.
A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.
We should find a compromise which would suit everyone,
Viktor (Chernomyrdin's) main advantages are decency, honesty, and thoroughness. I think these qualities will be the decisive argument in the presidential election,
The revolution of 1917 dramatically changed the destiny of our country, ... Keen not to allow confrontation in the future, in the interests of unity... I declare the November 7 (Revolution Day) holiday to be the Day of Accord and Reconciliation.