Sometimes known as the "biological Chernobyl", the disaster was covered ... of anthrax that could be weaponized. President Boris Yeltsin later admitted that the military was to blame for the ...

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 ...

Ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many politicians and commentators have rued the day, back in January 1994, when Presidents Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin pressured Ukraine to dismantle ...

Thirty years ago this month, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered tanks to shell the parliament—a wedding cake–style building in downtown Moscow called the White House—and then to arrest ...

(Reuters) -Russia's justice ministry has started investigating a museum dedicated to the late president Boris Yeltsin for possible activity as a "foreign agent", state-owned agency RIA reported on ...

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 ...