Boris Yeltsin

The death of Boris Yeltsin has stirred up old debates about the role of the first President of Russia has played in the history of the country. Some say that to him, Russia is obliged freedom and democracy, others lay him responsible for the chaos, corruption, and absolute power of the oligarchs. Someone admires the breadth of his nature, and someone who resents the power of the "Family". His era is called the decade of lost opportunities, a time of great hopes and disappointments. But only if Yeltsin's fault that was not fulfilled our aspirations? About this new book by Leonid Mlechin.