Boris Yeltsin 1931-2007

---

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin passed away yesterday at the age of 76. Few among us would have envied his life--running a country beset by economic, social, and political turmoil from 1991 to 1999. However, Yeltsin lead with a robustness and charisma that even fewer among us could have matched. He was both endeared and loathed, and it's safe to say that world would not have been the same without him.

Rest in peace.