Russians bid final farewell to Boris Yeltsin
(Reuters) Updated: 2007-04-25 06:49

A woman holds a portrait of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin as she
stands in front the Christ the Saviour Cathedral where Yeltsin's open casket
lies in state in Moscow April 24, 2007. Hundreds of Russians filed past Boris
Yeltsin's open coffin on Tuesday to pay their respects to the former president
who dismantled the Soviet Union and led Russia in its first chaotic years of
independence. [Reuters]

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