MOSCOW — In a final gesture of defiance toward the Soviet system that he had demolished, Boris Yeltsin was laid to rest yesterday after Russia’s first Orthodox state funeral for more than a century.

Lyudmila Telen, a top official at Russia's Yeltsin Center, was fined 45,000 rubles ($560) for reposting an anti-war message on social media. The court ruled her post, shared after Russia's invasion of ...

They came by the tens of thousands, some bearing posters depicting the jubilant face of Boris Yeltsin, others holding placards demanding the removal of Mikhail Gorbachev. By noon on a chilly Sunday, ...

Beginning in 1924, prominent guests of the publisher autographed leather-bound books during their visits to The Times’s headquarters. By David W. Dunlap A newly declassified analysis argued against ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - He was a hero to some and a villain to others, but for reporters working with him, Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first president who died on Monday, was an ideal newsmaker -- always open, ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Following is a selection of reactions to the death on Monday of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who presided over the demise of the Soviet Union and Russia's transition to a ...

Russia is clearly testing the NATO alliance with its drone attacks in Poland and on the border of Romania. Russia is pursuing interests that run directly counter to those of the United States, the ...