The thread about Yeltsin was closed, but I can’t help but comment on this. Yes, Yeltsin was an alcoholic, he stole, and he made many mistakes, but he gets a pass for taking the country out of the dying Soviet system. He was the first president of Russia and left his mark on history.
And here are a few facts, you can take them however you want:
I have a friend who is obsessed with Diablo; he recently finished it and said: “Today, two great people died – Baal and Yeltsin.”
While they were showing the live broadcast of Yeltsin’s funeral on Russian television, the reality show “Dom2” was airing calmly on TNT.