Ex Russian President Boris Yeltsin Dies at 76
23 Apr 2007
Boris Yeltsin, 76, former Russian president, who spearheaded the peaceful end of the Soviet Union on 25 December 1991 passed away today. No cause of death has been announced.
The Interfax news agency cited an unidentified medical source as saying he had died of heart failure.
Yeltsin,
who succeeded Boris Yelstin, is credited with having taken
Russia on the path to a market economy as the country''s first post-communist president.