After years of heart problems, former Russian leader, Boris Yeltsin passed away today. Due to his drastic measures in reformation, Yeltsin was responsible for breaking up the USSR and introducing democratic values to the people of Russia. He was 76 years old.
Although he kinda left Russia in an economic meltdown, I truly admire Yeltsin's work, and the risk he allowed himeslf and his nation to take in order for democracy to be established. Unfortunately, Putin, his successor has been taking measures to ensure that Yeltsin's work toward democracy has come to a waste with his dictatorship styles, and power hungry ways. I hope that with Yeltsin's death, his ideals will be able to live on somehow.
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