EP6: Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin served as President of the Russian Federation from 1991 until 1999. Yeltsin's political career spans the decline and fall of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, and Russia's difficult transition to capitalism and democracy in the 1990s. Though initially very popular in Russia, his approval rating reached single digits by the time of his resignation, which led the way for the authoritarian presidency of Vladimir Putin. My guest for this episode is Dr Marc Berenson of...

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Kissinger said that ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad name. Each week, a guest and I discuss the life and legacy of one politician from recent times. Some are well-known, others obscure; all have left an indelible mark on our world, and often for the worse. Join me, Tom Leeman, in a journey through the corruptible and the controversial.