Articles matching 'boris yeltsin'

Baranez, a retired colonel who was the Defense Ministry's spokesman under former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, asks why Russia should even consider joint maneuvers after being...

In this article: NATO, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Russia, Moscow, Mikhail Gorbachev, Dmitry Medvedev, Eduard Shevardnadze, and Soviet Union

...through Pittsburgh," O'Hallaron says, noting the likes of The Wooden Birds and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, "although there are occasional shows we're pretty much playing for the...

In this article: Pittsburgh, Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer, The Morning Light, and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

...an email. In April 1991 I predicted the USSR would collapse into its constituent republics and that Boris Yeltsin would become president of Russia. Since then most of my predictions have...

In this article: United States, Afghanistan, Richard Nixon, Hanoi, New York Times Magazine, and Boris Yeltsin

He was a presidential adviser throughout his second term. He also served under former president Boris Yeltsin, first as the Kremlin's public relations chief and later as the deputy head...

In this article: Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin, Russia, Interfax, Vedomosti, Russia Today, Boris Yeltsin, and KVN

...who seems more accomplished and significant now than he ever did when he was in office. There's Boris Yeltsin, the Russian president, causing a security alert in 1994 when the...

In this article: Taylor Branch, Bill Clinton, Boris Yeltsin, Monica Lewinsky, Tony Blair, White House, Allegation, and Pizza

...could even dare to mock Putin's predecessor in the Kremlin, the late Boris Yeltsin. "Puppets had quite cruel jokes about Yeltsin," Oreshkin recalled. "He was broad-minded enough not to...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, Channel One, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Sergei Lavrov, Boris Yeltsin, Viktor Yushchenko, and Yulia Tymoshenko

...looked like he was operating out of his comfort zone while getting own with the kids, his late predecessor Boris Yeltsin had no such issues letting his hair down as this display of David...

In this article: Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush, and Ron Davies

...spawned Russian organized crime on a global scale, and by the end of the presidency of anti-communist Boris Yeltsin, Mr. Gorbachev said, 60 percent of Russian industries lay in ruins. A...

In this article: Mikhail Gorbachev, Warsaw Pact, Afghanistan, Ronald Reagan, Soviet Union, United States, Democracy, Socialism, Taliban, and NATO

NEW YORK -- The fact that Don Nelson bears a striking resemblance to Boris Yeltsin is good for a few laughs, and humor is one way to cut through the bickering, hurt feelings, and...

In this article: Don Nelson, Stephen Jackson, Monta Ellis, Warriors, Boris Yeltsin, Keith Smart, NBA, and Knicks

...and independent-minded leaders of Soviet republics, led by Boris Yeltsin. Rossel enthusiastically responded to Yeltsin's call to regional heads to "grab as much autonomy as you can...

In this article: Eduard Rossel, Boris Yeltsin, Dmitry Medvedev, United Russia, Vladimir Putin, Sverdlovsk, and Moscow