Reaction to His Resignation
President Clinton
“I liked him because he deplored communism. I liked him because he was always forthright with me.”
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Tony Blair, British prime minister
“The world is more stable and more secure as a result of Boris Yeltsin’s leadership.”
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Gennady Zyuganov, Communist Party Chief
“The Yeltsin party of power has fallen. This is the result of a decade-long struggle by Russia’s Communists and patriots.”
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Jacques Chirac, French president
“I want to salute the tenacious will you have always shown in reinforcing Russia’s links with its principal partners.”
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Gerhard Schroeder, German chancellor
“President Yeltsin led Russia out of the Soviet past during this decade and played a crucial role in helping the country develop democracy. . . . .”
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