Question by Whootziedude: How did you feel about Yeltsin?
No doubt he made many, many mistakes, but I will always remember Boris Yeltsin standing astride a tank to oppose an attempted coup by Communist hardliners in the summer of 1991.
He was far from perfect, but it’s nonetheless sad to hear that he has died. He was as good a friend to democracy and liberty as Russia has had. May he rest in peace.
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Answer by Negro Holmes
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jpferrierjr says
I like him.
I wish there were some people like him around in our government!
docscholl says
Wish I could have said he was my drinking buddy.
So, I'll just wish him the best in the afterlife:
"Na zdorovje"
David S says
No. Lenin and Trotsky were friends of democracy and liberty.
xenypoo says
He was a dork. He claimed to be the new leader of a new democracy, but I never saw it. He was interviewed by an American reporter, and by PBS. All he did was cut down America, who wanted to be Russia's ally. If he was in a bad mood, he should have turned down the interview. He called America crap, then said "Put that in your pipe and smoke it." How the heck would he know what America is like? At that time, he had never even visited the USA. He needed an education, then, as he did when he was 2.
All people die. It's just a matter of when and how. I don't miss him. He did nothing for Russia, and nothing for the world.
cvq3842 says
I agree with you!
Too bad Putin is uprooting democracy there.
Dude1988 says
Who is Boris Yeltsin??????????????????
Clair says
He was the best lover I ever had,
I shall never forget him.
[email protected] says
Boris Yeltsin tried – he really tried.
What bothers me are all the (so-called) FREE people in this and other free countries that WON'T try ANYTHING to make their world better…!
ironspike-pub@sbcglo says
I don't know.
Schmorgen says
2 things come to mind when I think of Yeltsin: the guy waving the Russian flag on the tank and thus ending the cold war and the guy who got testy when asked why his government continued to slaughter chechnyans with a remark to the effect of "Russia still has all of our missles." He was flawed, indeed, but without him there is still a USSR.
wingshooter08 says
I don't feel anything about him…he was a Russian!
bjornthefellhanded says
He tried to do the best for his country.