Boris Yeltsin

Yeltsin's contribution should not be forgotten

27 Apr 2007

Boris Yeltsin was a democrat, but it is as a revolutionary that he will be most remembered.

1 Jan 2000

Once again Boris Yeltsin, that great maverick of Russian politics and master of the unexpected and dramatic gesture, caught everyone by surprise.

And once again the 68-year-old...

Message for Yeltsin

20 Nov 1999

The Charter for European Security and the treaty to limit conventional forces in Europe signed in Istanbul yesterday by 30 countries including the United States and Russia are being hailed as...

Russian roulette

12 Oct 1999

Conspiracy theorists are having a field day with Russia's war against Chechnya. Cynics allege the bomb attacks blamed on Chechen Muslims may, in fact, be the work of agents of Boris Yeltsin's...

A failing state

4 Sep 1999

There have been times in Russian history when its leaders yearned to join the outside world; the age of Peter the Great comes to mind, and perhaps the early presidential years of Boris Yeltsin...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Yet another spy

The most obvious thing about Russian President Boris Yeltsin's sacking yesterday of his latest prime minister - the fourth one he has fired in 18 months - is that it is a sign of weakness, not...

Wavering Yeltsin

The United States and Russia are back in business, President Bill Clinton's national security adviser declared.

Ill-equipped for battle

Before carrying out the threat he made last week to Nato, Boris Yeltsin should remember Russia's past experiences in both Afghanistan and Chechnya. He should especially recall Chechnya, as he was...

The danger from Russia

A DECADE ago, the news that the president in the Kremlin had ordered nuclear missiles to be re-targeted against Nato countries involved in the bombing of Yugoslavia and had spoken of the danger of...

Leading the way with a new image

In this information age, no world leader can afford to ignore the power of television. At 68, Russian President Boris Yeltsin is no exception.

Russian roulette

From the Asian perspective, it is easy to see the future in terms of whether China will hit its growth targets, if Japan will finally expand and whether Indonesia surmounts its economic and...