Negative comments on Yeltsin’s role is noticeable among young people, for whom the first Russian president is "no more than a historical personality." MOSCOW, January 30. /TASS/. Over the past ...

Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, died 15 years ago today. He was 76. Still fresh in my memory is an image of Yeltsin on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union. During a failed ...