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Npr Special Series: Nelson Mandela, 1918 2013
Photograph of South African President Nelso Mandela and Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1999.
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Boris Yeltin Dancing on a Stage
This article is dated December 31, 1999, Yeltsin before Yeltsin surprised the world by resigning from the presidency. It talks about the problems that Russia Yeltsin under Yeltsin, and how unpredictable his behavior had become. There is...
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Little Is Known About Mr Putin's Kgb Career
This is the BBC report on the news that Boris Yeltsin had resigned and named Vladimir Putin to replace him as Russian president, from Jan. 1, 2000. It provides biographical background and a summary of Putin's political career.