boris the fighter

Last Wednesday I participated the funeral of BorisYeltsin. While I had known him for last eight years, he had made an effort toward two objectives, the Russian never again return to communism and that it makes a good partnership with the West.
He improved relationship among the former Soviet Republish and he made the Baltic state give up nuclear weapons. He also anticipated the group of 7 in his country's industrial future.
Although he had a lot of burden and he had heart problem, he had his trade mark bear hug and smile until the end. Although his successor Vladimir Putin was intelligent, he was not as comfortable with or committed to democracy as BorisYeltsin. BorisYeltsin was not perfect, but he was intelligent, passionate, emotional and strong-willed. Russia and the world were luck to have him.