With a chaotic economy, political upheaval, rampant crime and a deteriorating nuclear arsenal, Russia doesn’t exactly need any more problems. But ailing Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who pops ...

3 Yeltsin lunches with Mintimer Shaimiyev, the president of Tatarstan, in August 1994. They are sitting on the bank of the Volga River as their cruise boat awaits. These images were taken by ...

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who died on Monday, developed a penchant over 15 years in high office of jolting world leaders by committing gaffes, cracking off-color jokes or blurting ...

ANNAPOLIS — President Bush and Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin are scheduled to fly to the U.S. Naval Academy today, board a 63-foot converted PT boat and take a short cruise on Chesapeake ...

Boisterous Boris Bill Clinton, Billy Graham, Helen Thomas and others recall Russian President Yeltsin's confidence, rough charm and liberal ways with drink.

Boris Yeltsin, who died Monday at the age of 76, was in many ways a paradoxical figure. ... In one incident, he allowed an aide to fall overboard during a boat ride on the Volga River, ...

Both boats received ample damage, but there were no deaths or injuries. ... James A. Baker, was dispatched to lower the temperature, talk to Boris Yeltsin, and alleviate his anger.

Newly released White House papers reveal that Boris Yeltsin once proposed holding a secret meeting with Bill Clinton on a submarine.. Months before his surprise resignation in 1999, the Russian ...

In 1999, Boris Yeltsin wanted a secret rendezvous with Bill Clinton in a submarine. GERARD FOUET/AFP/Getty The Clinton Digital Library has released more than a 1000 pages of documents related to ...