Lantos Notes Yeltsin Set Stage for Reforms in Russia, Yeltsin Presidency Remains One of Russia’s Most Democratic Eras

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 23, 2007. It is reproduced in full below.

Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the passing of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

“I am saddened to hear of the death of Boris Yeltsin. His nine years in office set the stage for significant political and economic reform in Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Given the unfortunate backslide in recent years from the initiatives he introduced, the Yeltsin presidency remains one of the most democratic eras in the country’s history."

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Source: House Committee on Foreign Affairs