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In 1996, then-Russian president Boris Yeltsin posthumously decorated Legasov ... being one of the first to respond to the fire at the Chernobyl plant on April 26. Within a few hours, he and ...

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In his first interview with Western media since resigning New Year's Eve, a combative former Russian President Boris Yeltsin tells 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace that democracy is firmly established in ...

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In 1996, when Russian President Boris Yeltsin stood for reelection, the oligarchs feared victory by a Communist candidate who might have undermined their position. "So they rallied behind Yeltsin ...

One day after Russians voted in a national referendum that served as a vote of confidence in President Boris Yeltsin's wobbly presidency, his U.S. counterpart gave him a call. Bill Clinton's April ...