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Former Russia President Yeltsin dies at 76

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-04-24 06:00

Russian President Boris Yeltsin drinks white wine from German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's homeland, Rhineland - Palatinate, during a visit to Deidesheim May 12, 1994. Yeltsin, who buried the Soviet Union then led Russia through its chaotic first years of independence, died on April 23, 2007 aged 76, the Kremlin said. [Reuters]