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
No, it's not in the constitution. The constitution says two terms.
The use of force and, the more so, the violation of the international law standards, is dangerous and inadmissible,
The aggravation of relations with our neighbors in the name of recreating the old union will turn into tragedy.
That is why...I have to present acting ministers to the president and I am already doing so.
It must include competent, fresh people with initiative.
It's an enormous issue for us, for your businessmen, for us domestically and internationally. We worked long and hard on that tax code and, in the end, we succeeded in getting it through,
I told NATO and the Americans and the Germans don't push us toward military actions. Otherwise the whole of Europe, or maybe the entire world, will plunge into a war,
What we really need is not their money but their trust,
I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it.
You have no right to criticise Russia over Chechnya.
The most important thing is that Milosevic agreed to sit at the negotiating table with the Kosovo Albanians
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