The Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg organized a trip for the British Ambassador to Russia, Nigel Casey, who is in the city on an unofficial visit. The agency reports that “Ura.ru” With reference to sources.
“Nigel Casey first visited the Yeltsin Center,” the agency said in a statement.
It was noted that the diplomat, as seen from the video leaked to the internet, was accompanied by the British Consul General in Yekaterinburg, Amir Kotecha. The publication suggests that British diplomats heard the truth about Yeltsin’s reign and his path to power.
Before that, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov statedThe Kremlin preserves the memory of President Boris Yeltsin as part of Russian history.
In contrast, director Nikita Mikhalkov in the name Shut down the Yeltsin Center over a cartoon depicting the history of Russia, where “all the filth, the abomination, the betrayal, the slavery, the horror, and the light in the window is the only one who comes and changes all that.” He described the animated film as “terrible”.
During Yeltsin’s reign, Russia experienced shock therapy, two Chechen wars, the 1993 White House shooting, and a 1998 default. In 1993, with Yeltsin’s active participation, the Constitution was adopted, which consolidated the broad powers of the president in the Russian government system. Attempts were made to remove the politician from office in 1993 and 1999.
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