In October 1993, an armed confrontation broke out in Moscow between the executive and legislative branches. The details of these events, which were called the “storming of the White House,” the “October Rebellion” or “Black October,” are now little known and almost forgotten, the BBC reports. Each side had...

Translator Viktor Prokofiev had the opportunity to literally become a participant in major historical events. As an employee of the Russian Foreign Ministry, he carried out translations at the highest level - for such figures as Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Richard Nixon...

Russian President Vladimir Putin at an open lesson in the framework of the All-Russian Forum of Professional Navigation "Proektory" in Yaroslavl told how the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin invited him to participate in the presidential elections. Yeltsin told Putin that he wanted to present him as a candidate for the post of prime minister of Russia, and invited him to participate in the presidential elections in the future. According to…

The first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, in conversations with his American counterpart Bill Clinton in 1999, explained in detail why he chose Vladimir Putin as his successor. A transcript of the talks between the two leaders has been posted on the Clinton Presidential Library website. Press Secretary of the President ...