The grocery store that former Russian President Boris Yeltsin once visited during his trip to Houston in 1989 is now closed for good. The Food Town in Webster, formally a Randall's when Yeltsin ...

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The Webster Food Town, once a Randall's Grocery visited by former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, has recently shuttered. A large sign reading, "This location closed," could be seen on the store ...

A newly declassified analysis argued against “shock therapy” for the former Soviet Union. The warning wasn’t heeded.

This past New Year’s Eve marked 25 years since Boris Yeltsin resigned as president of the Russian Federation. Vladimir Putin, then prime minister, stepped into the position on an acting basis ...

Following a pact hatched in Davos, they intervened heavily to help secure the re-election of president Boris Yeltsin in 1996. That led to what was called the semibankirshchina — or rule of the ...

When Vladimir Putin took over the Russian presidency from Boris Yeltsin 25 years ago, on New Year’s Eve 1999, he was seen as a man with whom Washington could do business. President Bill Clinton ...

When President-elect Trump held a press availability after speaking to Republican governors last week he rattled off several big names who'd made the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring of ...

Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, died 15 years ago today. He was 76. Still fresh in my memory is an image of Yeltsin on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union. During a failed ...

In Russia 30 years ago, the oligarchs of the staggering post-Soviet economy were concerned. The people were furious with Boris Yeltsin; it looked as if the communists were going to win the 1996 ...