Subsequently, President Boris Yeltsin appointed him as head of the powerful Security Council. After Boris Yeltsin sacked Sergei Stepashin in August 1999, he became Russia's prime minister. On the last day of the 20th century, Boris Yeltsin resigned and appointed him as acting president. ... Putin seen it as a threat to leave the "Lazie-faire" economic theory of Yeltsin around during his administration. ... Putin has made some enemies by being an authoritarian, namely an ex-Oligarch named Boris Berezovsky. ...

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Subsequently, President Boris Yeltsin appointed him as head of the powerful Security Council. After Boris Yeltsin sacked Sergei Stepashin in August 1999, he became Russia's prime minister. On the last day of the 20th century, Boris Yeltsin resigned and appointed him as acting president. ... Putin seen it as a threat to leave the "Lazie-faire" economic theory of Yeltsin around during his administration. ... Putin has made some enemies by being an authoritarian, namely an ex-Oligarch named Boris Berezovsky. ...

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On December 25, 1991, the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Mikhail Gorbachev, resigned, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russia. ... On 4 April 1985, Yeltsin received a call from Gorbachev summoning him to take up position as Head of the Construction Department of the Party's Central Committee. ... Unlike Gorbachev who hoped to change the Soviet Union, Yeltsin wished to dissolve it. ...

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A citing from shockingly one of Gorbachev's rival, Boris Yeltsin, was a truth that even he could not refuse when he said, "everything Gorbachev has initiated deserves much praise. ... He started by climbing a mountain whose summit is not even visible" (Yeltsin 402). ...

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Why Was Official Revolutionary Rhetoric No Longer Able To Conceal The Reality Of The Authoritarian One-party State In Eastern Europe In The Late 1980s? On the night of November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall-the most potent symbol of the cold war division of Europe-came down. Earlier that day, the Commun...

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1. Introduction The collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991 sparked a wave of marketization in Russia Federation and Eastern Europe during which the term ˜transitional economy' was coined. Economic liberalisation in Russia was initiated by Boris Yeltsin who was given special power by the Rus...

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