Vladimir Putin extended his greetings to the staff of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre Foundation (Yeltsin Centre) on its 10th anniversary.

Twenty-five years ago this week, Russia’s first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin, formally handed over power to a hand-picked successor. “Take care of Russia,” was Yeltsin’s final ...

Lyudmila Telen, a top official at Russia's Yeltsin Center, was fined 45,000 rubles ($560) for reposting an anti-war message on social media. The court ruled her post, shared after Russia's invasion of ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin was appointed acting prime minister on Aug. 9 1999 by then president Boris Yeltsin. He has been in office as president or prime minister ever since, ...

When Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia in 2000, his legitimacy was paper-thin. The country had defaulted on its debt two years earlier. Pensioners were protesting in the streets. Putin’s ...