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Hospital. he was increasingly rarely seen. when he was seen he was thought to be increasingly erratic. there were increasingly worries about the drunk boris problem. then surprise, new year's eve 1999. americans are all worried about y2k and russians are worried about do we have a democracy? and this was their first democratically elected president. but yeltsin had a plan for his succession. he announced that he wanted his prime minister to take over. and that happened. and now those of us who follow, you know, world affairs and world history, we don't have to worry about learning or memorizin...

Had been elected president of russia. before that, all soviet leaders had just been picked by the communist party. they had just been chosen internally by the party up to and including mikhail gorbachev. he was elected as the leader of the new russia after the end of the soviet union. yeltsin was a fascinating i think sort of frequently underestimated figure. in the west, i think we disproportionately remember him for being publicly drunk especially at inappropriate times. but he was a formidable person. he was occasionally brilliant, he could be incredibly cunning and intimidating and he was ...

Had been elected president of russia. before that, all soviet leaders had just been picked by the communist party. they had just been chosen internally yby the party up to and including mikhail gorbachev. he was elected as the leader of the new russia after the end of the soviet union. yeltsin was a fascinating i think sort of frequently underestimated figure. in the west, i think we disproportionately remember him for being publicly drunk especially at inappropriate times. but he was a formidable person. he was occasionally brilliant, he could be incredibly cunning and intimidating and he was...

1996 he was up for re-election. this is a new problem for a russian, right? but it turned out his re-election was really something to worry about. the country was kind of a mess, the government was broke. yeltsin was broke in terms of the assets and money he needed to mount his re-election campaign. and by '96, by the time he was running for re-election, there was this ongoing process of the former soviet union selling off what had been government-owned enterprises. they were deep into the process of privatizing what had been a totally state-run economy. but in order to finance his re-election...

Hospital. he was increasingly rarely seen. when he was seen he was thought to be increasingly erratic. there were increasingly worries about the drunk boris problem. then surprise, new year's eve 1999. americans are all worried about y2k and russians are worried about do we have a democracy? and this was their first democratically elected president. but yeltsin had a plan for his succession. he announced that he wanted his prime minister to take over. and that happened. and now those of us who follow, you know, world affairs and world history, we don't have to worry about learning or memorizin...