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
I would like to stress here that a lasting peace in the Chechen republic and so-called peace talks with the bandits are not the same thing, and I would ask everyone to make no mistake about that
In Russia, we are shaken by the NATO bombardment of the embassy of the Chinese People's Republic in Belgrade. This is an open outrage, and there is not and cannot be any justification for it,
We remain friends, ... in a very friendly atmosphere.
We lack rubles, and that's where the delays come from,
We believe that gradually, as we have planned, without hurry, this problem can be overcome,
While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare
We are well aware from which countries and through which countries the terrorists are receiving support. In the immediate future I shall be calling upon the leaders of these states to put a stop to this kind of activity.
The clouds of terror and dictatorship are gathering over the whole country. They must not be allowed to bring eternal night.
International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.
I especially love driving down a hill directly at a tree and swerving to one side at the last moment. That's my way to relax.
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 want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya
A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
We Russians are already living, not getting ready to live.