Yeltsin to be given a state funeral
[ 2007-04-25 09:35 ]
A man reacts holding a newspaper showing former Russian President Boris
Yeltsin as he stands in a line at Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral to pay
his last respect at Yeltsin's coffin April 24, 2007. Hundreds of Russians filed
past Boris Yeltsin's open coffin on Tuesday to pay their respects to the former
president who dismantled the Soviet Union and led Russia in its first chaotic
years of independence. The headline reads: 'Yeltsin visited holy places before
his death". (Reuters)
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