Boris Yeltsin

(19 votes)   We are grateful to those who at difficult times showed solidarity with us, with what the people of Russia are going through, and still are doing so.

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(16 votes)   There were no strategic mistakes that could affect Russia's history and it further development. No, there were no such mistakes. Tactical errors were made in some less significant options, problems and so on. But, on the whole, Russia embarked on a correct path and it changed.

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(14 votes)   Let's not talk about Communism. Communism was just and idea, just pie in the sky.

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(20 votes)   International terrorism is throwing down a challenge, and not just to Russia.

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(20 votes)   You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.

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(18 votes)   I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under the pretext of defending human rights and freedoms.

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(18 votes)   One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.

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(18 votes)   Thousands of mercenaries, who have trained in camps on the territory of Chechnya as well as come in from abroad, are actually preparing to impose extremist ideas on the whole world.

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(17 votes)   A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

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(17 votes)   A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.

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(17 votes)   Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges - challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for co-operation.

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(17 votes)   The most important thing is that Milosevic agreed to sit at the negotiating table with the Kosovo Albanians.

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(17 votes)   We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it.

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(16 votes)   We all have an equal interest in stability and security throughout Europe. The years the OSCE has existed, and particularly this year, have given rise to great expectations and at the same time to powerful disappointments.

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(16 votes)   You have no right to criticise Russia over Chechnya.

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