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    Boris Yeltsin

    Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia

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  1. 2 days ago · Naina Yeltsina, widow of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, said that Gorbachev "sincerely wanted to change the Soviet system" and transform the USSR into a "free and peaceful state". [624] European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen paid tribute to him on Twitter, as did the UK's prime minister Boris Johnson , former US secretary ...

  2. 5 days ago · This was also the era of Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin. As one of Radchenko’s colleagues, Mary Elise Sarotte, memorably observed, Yeltsin’s fondness for vodka was deemed a price worth paying ...

  3. 1 day ago · The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was the site of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces during the Battle of Chernobyl on 24 February 2022, as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces reportedly captured the plant the same day.

    • 2,600 km² (1,000 sq mi)
    • Ukraine
    • 27 April 1986 (current borders established circa 1997)
  4. 3 days ago · The head of this commission was of course Boris Yeltsin — who in 1990, against Gorbachev’s urging, had been elected the Congress Chairman; Yeltsin led the Congress to break away and to declare the sovereignty of Russia. In 1991 it created the office of Russian President and Vice President, and a constitutional court.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › BelarusBelarus - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Retrieved 16 February 2013. Belarus, [b] officially the Republic of Belarus, [c] is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Covering an area of 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) and with a population of ...

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  7. 3 days ago · Getty Images. Raging war and nuclear fallout: Chernobyl 38 years later. April 26, 1986, was one of the worst days in human history due to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. The disaster ...

  8. 2 days ago · Lukashenko was elected president of Belarus in 1994. Among other things he promoted closer ties with Russia and in the succeeding years signed a number of agreements with Russian Pres. Boris Yeltsin that called for various forms of union between the two countries. In 1996 he persuaded voters to approve a new constitution that gave him sweeping ...

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