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date: 07 February 2025

Boris Yeltsin 1931–2007
Russian statesman, President 1991–99 

  1. You can make a throne of bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.
    from the top of a tank, during the attempted military coup against Gorbachev
    in Independent 24 August 1991; see Inge
  2. Today is the last day of an era past.
    at a Berlin ceremony to end the Soviet military presence
    in Guardian 1 September 1994
  3. Europe is in danger of plunging into a cold peace.
    at the summit meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, December 1994