I told NATO, the Americans, the Germans, don't push us towa… - Boris Yeltsin

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I told NATO, the Americans, the Germans, don't push us towards military action. Otherwise there will be a European war for sure and possibly world war.

Boris Yeltsin

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About Boris Yeltsin

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin [Бори́с Никола́евич Е́льцин] (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Russian and former Soviet politician who served as the first President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990, he later stood as a political independent, during which time he was viewed as being ideologically aligned with liberalism and Russian nationalism.

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Native Name: Борис Николаевич Ельцин

Alternative Names: Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin • Yeltsin • Eltsine Boris Nikolaevitch

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