Yeltsin to be given a state funeral
[ 2007-04-25 09:35 ]
A man holds a portrait of the late former Russian President Boris Yeltsin as
he stands in line to pay his last respects at Yeltsin's coffin on display at the
Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow April 24, 2007. Russians were to pay
their last respect to Yeltsin on Tuesday before a state funeral for the man who
dismantled the Soviet Union and led Russia in its first chaotic years of
independence. (Reuters)
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