While there is much debate about the Boris Yeltsin’s checkered legacy, there is no debate about the towering influence he exerted on his country. He was a larger-than-life figure who changed Russia ...

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Hundreds of Russians lined-up on Tuesday outside a Moscow church to pay their respects to former President Boris Yeltsin, the man who dismantled the Soviet Union and led Russia in its first chaotic ...

Lyudmila Telen, a top official at Russia's Yeltsin Center, was fined 45,000 rubles ($560) for reposting an anti-war message on social media. The court ruled her post, shared after Russia's invasion of ...

Beginning in 1924, prominent guests of the publisher autographed leather-bound books during their visits to The Times’s headquarters. By David W. Dunlap A newly declassified analysis argued against ...

Boris Yeltsin, Russia’s first popularly elected president, made a lasting impact on Russian Jewry, though his legacy included its share of controversy and tragic failures. Russian Jewish leaders agree ...

Editor’s note: This essay is adapted from Russia’s Revolution, a collection of essays to be published on Wednesday by AEI Press. What are we to make of the man who led post-Soviet Russia in its first ...

Three decades after Boris Yeltsin was inaugurated as Russia's first president, images made by his personal photographers offer a fascinating glimpse into the Yeltsin presidency -- and Russia -- ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One half of the old "Boris and Bill Show" departed the world stage on Monday with the death of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, leaving former President Bill Clinton with ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Boris Yeltsin, the former Russian president who died on Monday, was the first elected leader of the largest country on earth. That achievement alone ensures he will be remembered as ...