Could Putin Be Sick with Some Sort of Disease? History Explains Why the Rumors Never Fade – There is an old joke from the ...

You may have thought that right after the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, there would be no chance of combat between the ...

Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, died 15 years ago today. He was 76. Still fresh in my memory is an image of Yeltsin on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union. During a failed ...

According to the declassified documents, Boris Yeltsin suggested making a "gentlemen’s agreement" that no former Soviet republics would enter NATO WASHINGTON, July 10. /TASS/. Ex-Russian ...

Famous as the first freely-elected leader of Russia, Boris Yeltsin stood by his country for better or worse – in politics as well as his favorite pastime, tennis. But last week, the world lost ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he thought Vladimir Putin would die soon - but who would replace him at the end of his reign?

Through his close relationship with the longtime chief of staff to Boris Yeltsin, Berezovsky became part of the former president's inner circle. In 1996, he led Russia's most powerful tycoons to ...

In what was largely a formality, Vladimir Putin was confirmed in office in the Russian presidential elections with 52.9% of ...

Putin wins first presidential term; Saudi King Faisal assassinated; Italian fascists set up postwar trade union; Mussolini protested in Italian parliament ...

The controversial program was administered through auctions, but only select bidders were invited to attend, usually at the discretion of President Boris Yeltsin's daughter. Potanin was among the ...