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April 28, 2012

Jury Still Out on Boris Yeltsin

Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs

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Five years have passed since the death of the first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, and twelve years have passed since he quit politics. Yet it’s still too soon to judge Yeltsin and his political era objectively.

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