http://www.boris-yeltsin.com Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, first president of the Russian Federation (1991-1999) Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:31:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.boris-yeltsin.com/2007/02/04/boris-yeltsin-pictures/ Boris Yeltsin Resigns. Yeltsin's grand exit UNITED STATES--You can call Boris Yeltsin many things, but don't call him boring. With his customary flair for the dramatic, the former Russian president announced on New Year's Eve, the last day of the 20th century and the second millennium, that he was stepping down, leaving ... http://www.boris-yeltsin.com/2007/02/04/boris-yeltsin-resigns/ Boris Yeltsin's Russia: between reform and realpolitik. Russia under leader Boris Yeltsin has continued to struggle to democratize its social/political life and capitalist economy while coming to terms with its past. Russia's geographic location in Northeast Asia has enabled it to exert some influence though the nation has ceased to be ... http://www.boris-yeltsin.com/2007/02/04/boris-yeltsins-russia-between-reform-and-realpolitik/ Is this any way to run a country? Russian president Boris Yeltsin fired his cabinet on Mar 23, 1998. Yeltsin's advisers feel his unexpected behavior and occasional public mistakes matter less than his ability to govern. Appointing Sergei Kiriyenko, a little-known bureaucrat, to prime minister raises questions about Yeltsin's judgment. Boris Yeltsin ... http://www.boris-yeltsin.com/2007/02/04/is-this-any-way-to-run-a-country/ When Boris banged the table. Yeltsin's dissolution of his government appears incomprehensible, as does his promotion of a 35-year-old junior minister as acting Prime Minister. Yeltsin claims he fired Chernomyrdin so the latter could concentrate on year 2000 elections. Potential consequences of the move are analyzed. OFTEN unpredictable, President Boris Yeltsin's behaviour ... http://www.boris-yeltsin.com/2007/02/04/when-boris-banged-the-table/ Make them truly democratic: Yeltsin's elections. Elections in Russia, which President Boris Yeltsin has set for December, will be conducted according to the government's script, under the government's control and by the government's rules. The Central Election Commission, appointed by Yeltsin and composed mainly of turncoat former deputies, is denying ... http://www.boris-yeltsin.com/2007/02/04/make-them-truly-democratic-yeltsins-elections/ Czar Boris awakes. Yeltsin abruptly fired his entire cabinet, apparently in attempt to bolster his rule and to prevent any coup attempt. Top officials maintain that the sudden decree will not bring any change to Yeltsin's policy. Yeltsin fires his ministers, but can he rule alone? MOSCOW--Only a few close advisers, huddled at ... http://www.boris-yeltsin.com/2007/02/04/czar-boris-awakes/ Boris in Autumn. Pres Yeltsin's failing health fosters uncertainties about the future of Russia's political reforms and its relations with the US. US dealings with Yeltsin over NATO and the former Yugoslavia and Yeltsin's possible successors are discussed. BORIS YELTSIN CALLED IT "THE best meeting, the friendliest meeting, the most understandable meeting" ... http://www.boris-yeltsin.com/2007/02/04/boris-in-autumn/ A presidential portrait. Boris Yeltsin heads the largest country in the world. The decisions that he makes affect us all, directly or indirectly. But what is he like personally? We offer you a glimpse of President Yeltsin, through the eyes of his staff, his family, and himself. This piece is a composite ... http://www.boris-yeltsin.com/2007/02/04/interview-with-officials-close-to-russian-president-boris-yeltsin/ The Yeltsin Legacy. Two days before Boris Yeltsin resigned on December 31, a retired captain in the Russian navy, Alexander Nikitin, was acquitted of espionage in a St. Petersburg courtroom and released from custody. Nikitin's alleged crime was passing information about Russian nuclear submarines to a Norwegian environmental group. The judge ... http://www.boris-yeltsin.com/2007/02/04/the-yeltsin-legacy/