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
We lack rubles, and that's where the delays come from,
I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.
The main problem with being president is the constant sense that you are inside a glass bowl for everyone to see, or in a kind of barometric chamber with an artificial atmosphere where you must stay all the time.
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.
I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms
I am satisfied, ... We have dragged our feet a bit. But the main thing is we have decided to approve the budget in its first reading.
Our calls, continual proposal (on a peaceful solution to Kosovo) obviously are not getting through
Foreign investors should feel confident there will be no collapse of financial markets in Russia,
the strength and resources to wipe out terrorism.
At large, our approaches are common, but not always so,
I swear, in exercising my authorities as president of the Russian Federation, to respect and uphold the rights and freedoms of the individual and the citizen.
It is unethical to name names beforehand -- we will talk to everyone first...This is difficult but reliable.
I, of course, will fight so that, literally, in the course of the week he will be confirmed as prime minister,
It is not right for us to think about successors. Kings have successors but we don't. It is the people that choose.