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
International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.
We believe that gradually, as we have planned, without hurry, this problem can be overcome,
We remain friends, ... in a very friendly atmosphere.
We lack rubles, and that's where the delays come from,
What we really need is not their money but their trust,
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.
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.
Not a single reform effort in Russia has ever been completed.