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There is also much blood in Yeltsin's legacy. Thousands of dead--in Chechnya, in the Russian parliament's revolt in October 1993 and in other smaller conflicts. The destruction of the Russian parliament was in many ways the turning point in his presidency. As rebels moved across Moscow, meeting...
The West managed for most of his rule to overlook the dark side of Yeltsin's personality and presidency. The 100,000 or so deaths during the first Chechen war were regrettable, Western officials said. His character was sometimes a problem, but things were never boring with Boris, they added...
When I spoke to Boris Yeltsin by phone on New Year's Eve, shortly after he announced his resignation, he conveyed a mixture of relief that a tough choice was behind him and confidence that it was the right choice for his country.
In his statement on Friday he took obvious delight in scoffing at predictions ("lies," he called them) that he would never give up power voluntarily. His critics and rivals wanted to cast him as an autocrat. But the single idea I heard Boris Yeltsin utter more than any other was...
If Russia's new leaders--the generation to whom Boris Yeltsin gave the stage last Friday--endorse this as firmly as he did, they will find in America an eager and active partner.