Remembering Boris Yeltsin

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In The Media

Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center

Remembering Boris Yeltsin

By Dmitri Trenin

Published on Apr 24, 2007

Source: CNN International

Dmitri Trenin, senior associate and deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Center appeared on CNN International’s Your World Today to discuss the life of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

Please click here to read the transcript.

About the Author

Dmitri Trenin

Former Director, Carnegie Moscow Center

Trenin was director of the Carnegie Moscow Center from 2008 to early 2022.

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Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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