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叶利钦Yeltsin-the Russian previous president, the man
(2007-04-24 21:48:18)Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin died
Monday, April 23, at age 76. He died of heart failure, according to
Russian news media. Yeltsin was the first democratically elected
president of Russia, but leaves behind mixed memories of his
tenure. He is survived by his wife, Naina, and two children.
Yeltsin plays a tennis
match in Moscow against cosmonaut Igor Volk in May 1991, two months
before being elected president of the Russian
Federation.
Yeltsin addresses supporters from atop a tank outside the
Russian Federation building in Moscow in August 1991. Yeltsin
denounced an attempted coup against Soviet President Mikhail
Gorbachev by Soviet hard-liners.
An army officer discusses the suitcase
that contains the country's nuclear launch controls with Yeltsin in
December 1991, after the resignation of
Gorbachev.
Yeltsin gestures to
the crowd after visiting a new housing project for Afghanistan war
veterans in April 1993. The next day, voters cast ballots on his
rule; he won.
Then-President Clinton and Yeltsin laugh
during a news conference on October 23, 1995, after Yeltsin chided
the media for stressing U.S.-Russian differences ahead of their
meeting in Hyde Park, New York.
Chechen President
Aslan Maskhadov and Yeltsin sign a peace treaty in Moscow on May
12, 1997. Yeltsin had sent tanks into Chechnya, leading to a
21-month conflict that claimed tens of thousands of
lives.
Yeltsin drinks a glass of champagne during an event in April
1999. The public attributed some of Yeltsin's bizarre behavior to
alcohol, though aides cited jet lag, medication or
illness.
Yeltsin shakes hands with then-Prime
Minister Vladimir Putin on December 31, 1999. On the eve of the
millennium, Yeltsin announced he was resigning and that Putin would
serve as president until elections in March 2000.
Yeltsin congratulates
Russian tennis player Marat Safin at the Davis Cup tennis
tournament in December 2006. After his resignation, Yeltsin
maintained a quiet life at his cottage outside Moscow, appearing in
public occasionally at tennis tournaments.
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