Boris Yeltsin didn’t often speak with foreign journalists, and when he did, it was obvious he couldn’t stand us. In 1993, as Yeltsin hit the campaign trail before a referendum on his leadership, I ...

The former head of the administration of Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Sergei Filatov, has died at the age of 87. Filatov died on August 25, his daughter told the Petersburg Bulletin. Filatov ...

Russia's former president, Boris Yeltsin, has died. We remember him as the man who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union. You might recall visiting from 1991, communist hardliners had just ...

Bored? Depressed? Stumbling and coughing a lot? Fearful your public is tiring of you, but unwilling to gamble on vigorous reforms? Take the Yeltsin Cure: Grab world headlines by firing your whole ...

MOSCOW (AP) – Hundreds of mourners – some weeping, many clutching flowers – filed past the open casket of former President Boris Yeltsin in a soaring cathedral Tuesday, paying tribute to a man who ...

BORIS YELTSIN: (Through translator) I am leaving. I'm stepping down before my time. I understand that I have to do this. Russia must enter the new millennium with new politicians, new faces and ...

“The end crowns all,” William Shakespeare once wrote. On the face of it, Boris Yeltsin’s end was fabulous: Some 20,000 ordinary people, most leading Russian dignitaries, many world leaders and senior ...

Two of the most vivid images of the late 20th century focused on tanks. One picture caught a Chinese dissident standing, briefcase in hand, in front of a communist tank during the siege of Tiananmen ...