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It was one of the most iconic images of 1994, taoiseach Albert Reynolds and senior ministers left on the red carpet at Shannon Airport waiting in vain for Russian president Boris Yeltsin to emerge ...

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 ...

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, with the advice of Albert Einstein and other scientists from the Manhattan Project who ...

AP Vladimir Putin became the Acting President of Russia on December 31, 1999. Boris Yeltsin, the then-President of Russia, resigned on the New Year’s Eve after eight years of being in office. The ...

Feeling a bit down when the days become shorter is totally normal, but if your change in mood is more pronounced, it’s possible you have seasonal affective disorder (SAD) — a mood disorder ...

On New Year’s Eve, 1999, Boris Yeltsin handed over Russia’s presidency to an unknown figure—Vladimir Putin—with one request: "Take care of Russia." Now, 25 years later, the question ...

The three and a half minute seasonal message was delivered on Tuesday, exactly 25 years since Putin took over from predecessor Boris Yeltsin, who resigned unexpectedly on the last day of 1999.