(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 ...

Boris Yeltsin, the Russian leader who defied Red Army tanks and helped bring about the end of the Soviet Union, has died at age 76. He served as the freely elected president of Russia for nine years.

Two of the most vivid images of the late 20th century focused on tanks. One picture caught a Chinese dissident standing, briefcase in hand, in front of a communist tank during the siege of Tiananmen ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One half of the old "Boris and Bill Show" departed the world stage on Monday with the death of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, leaving former President Bill Clinton with ...

Lyudmila Telen, a top official at Russia's Yeltsin Center, was fined 45,000 rubles ($560) for reposting an anti-war message on social media. The court ruled her post, shared after Russia's invasion of ...

With Boris Nemtsov, a different Russia was possible. Political choices a country makes are often defined by personalities — but few have been as marked by personal contrast as the choice for Russia’s ...

President Boris Yeltsin failed Wednesday in his second attempt to oust Russia's top prosecutor, a defeat that underscores Yeltsin's growing political weakness and leaves the leadership of Russian ...

MOSCOW (AP) – Hundreds of mourners – some weeping, many clutching flowers – filed past the open casket of former President Boris Yeltsin in a soaring cathedral Tuesday, paying tribute to a man who ...