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Apr 23, 2007
Boris Yeltsin Dies
Boris Yeltsin helped engineer the final collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed his country towards a market economy. Russian news agencies are reporting Yeltsin died of heart failure today. Larry talks with Robert English, Professor at USC's School of International Relations, about the life and legacy of Russia's first ever democratically elected leader.

Boris Yeltsin helped engineer the final collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed his country towards a market economy. Russian news agencies are reporting Yeltsin died of heart failure today. Larry talks with Robert English, Professor at USC's School of International Relations, about the life and legacy of Russia's first ever democratically elected leader.

Boris Yeltsin helped engineer the final collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed his country towards a market economy. Russian news agencies are reporting Yeltsin died of heart failure today. Larry talks with Robert English, Professor at USC's School of International Relations, about the life and legacy of Russia's first ever democratically elected leader.

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