As Putin reaches 25 years in power, has he 'taken care of Russia'?
Suddenly there was breaking news: Russia's President Boris Yeltsin had stepped down. His decision to resign took everyone by surprise, including the British press corps in Moscow. When the news...
Putin reaches 25 years in charge of Russia, but has he 'taken ... - BBC
Dec 29, 2024 · Suddenly there was breaking news: Russia's President Boris Yeltsin had stepped down. His decision to resign took everyone by surprise, including the British press corps in Moscow. When the news ...
25 years of Vladimir Putin: When Boris Yeltsin resigned and
Dec 31, 2024 · Yeltsin’s resignation and anointment of Putin as the successor was as symbolic as it was historic. Russia entered the new year, new century, and new millennium with a new leader. The transition from Yeltsin to Putin was also a generational shift in Russian politics. Putin was 21 years younger than Yeltsin.
The 'State Breaker': Putin's Long Rule - Radio Free Europe/Radio …
2 days ago · What’s remembered about Russia on New Year’s Eve in 1999 is Boris Yeltsin’s surprise announcement that he was stepping down and handing the presidency to his chosen successor, Vladimir Putin ...
Putin marks 25 years in power: How the tsar crushed all his rivals
Dec 31, 2024 · Putin's rise to power was unexpected. On December 31, 1999, then-President Boris Yeltsin shocked Russians preparing to celebrate the New Year and the turn of the millennium by announcing his...
Boris Yeltsin - latest news, breaking stories and comment - The Independent
Did Yeltsin’s tenure of corruption and cronyism give rise to Putin? Why did the west waste 20 years getting Putin all wrong? Reds not dead? Document that dissolved the Soviet Union goes...
Boris Yeltsin - Wikipedia
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin[a][b] (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990.
'He is an introvert – a man of deeds, not words': How Vladimir
Dec 30, 2024 · Russian president Boris Yeltsin made the shock announcement on 31 December 1999 that he was resigning, telling television viewers that Russia needed "new politicians, new faces, new intelligent ...
Why People Are Comparing Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin 30 …
Oct 9, 2023 · Thirty years ago this month, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered tanks to shell the parliament—a wedding cake–style building in downtown Moscow called the White House—and then to arrest its...
30 years ago, the Kremlin crushed a ... - Associated Press News
Oct 4, 2023 · The crushing of the parliamentary rebellion against then-President Boris Yeltsin was widely seen as a lesser evil, compared with a possible victory of nationalist and Communist forces that supported it.