Russia was there once. At a time when Russia was moving towards democracy, then- Russian President Boris Yeltsin was invited to join the G-7 in 1997, making the group the G-8.

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Kozyrev, who is 74 and lives in the United States, served as Russian foreign minister under then President Boris Yeltsin after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union at a time when a liberalising ...

The grocery store that former Russian President Boris Yeltsin once visited during his trip to Houston in 1989 is now closed for good. The Food Town in Webster, formally a Randall's when Yeltsin ...

‘The Last Tsar’ Review: The Romanovs Reconsidered The dramatic end of Nicholas II’s reign in Russia was one of the turning points of the early 20th century. Could he have avoided his downfall?

Boris Yeltsin (L) announced he would be resigning immediately and handing over presidential powers to Vladimir Putin on 31 December 1999 I will never forget New Year's Eve 1999.

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 ...

We are celebrating a historic moment in the relations between Russia and Belarus," Russian President Boris Yeltsin said at a meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in the Kremlin ...

How Boris Yeltsin's trip to a Houston-area Randall's changed the world The Soviet politician saw some pudding pops and lost his mind.

Yet Boris Yeltsin’s Russia gave way to Vladimir Putin’s, which has traced a path toward ever greater authoritarianism. What went wrong?

On the 35th anniversary of the First Congress of People’s Deputies in Moscow. Ad Policy President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev during the ...