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In memoriam: Boris Yeltsin
Russia's first post-communist president Boris Yeltsin has died.
Although he oversaw a regime that brought out the worst in many of Russia's capitalists and waged bloody wars in Chechnya, he should be primarily be remembered dismantling the countries communist regime.
The Yeltsin era was one of peace dividends that only ended with the terrorist attacks of September 2001 and Bush's subsequent invasion of Iraq.
It was a time when the Russian president refused to get off an airplane during an official visit to Ireland. After waiting for several hours, the hosts were told that the president was "unwell". It was generally accepted that he was drunk at the time, as well as during many other public appearances.
Good times.
April 23, 2007 at 09:05 PM | Permalink
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