My Life with Boris

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Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 2,915 articles in the main category, and specifying |topic= will aid in categorization. Russia's Puppet Master". Time. 23 August 1999. Archived from the original on 12 July 2007 . Retrieved 15 May 2007. Naina Yeltsina was rarely seen in public. She accompanied her husband on some of his foreign visits including 1997 visits to Sweden [1] and Finland [2] and a 1999 visit to China. [3] As a rule, Naina Yeltsina never interfered in her husband's political work; however, in the 1996 election campaign, she met with voters and gave interviews to the media. [4] She made a major public appearance in April 2007 at her husband's state funeral in Moscow.

embarked on a completely new development scenario, a period of economic freedom for the country, with all the The leaders of European countries and the U.S. understood the difficult situation our country was in and tried helping the new Russia. Later Helmut Kohl told me how Germany sent us humanitarian aid, including entire shipments of female undergarments. I admitted that we were obviously grateful for their goodwill, although we did not feel that life had improved. A total of 12 foreign leaders, 16 former leaders, 4 governmental delegates and 3 multilateral leaders attended the funeral. In total, 50 countries and 3 organizations was represented.In those years Russia began to participate in summits of world leaders. First it was the G7, in which Russia was invited. Later, Russia was also included in the informal club of great powers: the G7 became the G8. Boris could not wait and went out to meet the public. Vladimir Nikolaevich then had to explain my delay to the journalists. He did not invent anything. He told them the truth. When we returned home my former classmates were calling me: "Naya, how could you confuse the faucets; our profession is water supply and canalization!"

The coffin was taken down and opened again. Metropolitan Juvenal called Yeltsin's family to approach the body one last time, first Yelena Okulova, then Tatyana Dyachenko, and finally, widow Naina Yeltsina. After that a final memorial was performed by Mn. Juvenal, with Mns. Kirill and Kliment assisting, while "Eternal Memory" was sung by a female chorus from the Novodevichy Convent. Metropolitan Juvenal then put a small wreath on Yeltsin's brow. By about 16:30, the coffin was closed, adorned with flowers and lowered into the grave. An artillery salute of three volleys rang out and a military band played the Russian anthem. Naina Yeltsina (C), enjoys an outdoor tea ceremony with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's wife Kumiko (L) in 1998. Source: ReutersYeltsin made her his personal advisor in 1996 when his re-election campaign was faltering. [5] A memoir written by Yeltsin, as reported by The New York Times, [6] credited her with advising against "banning Communist Party, dissolving Parliament and postponing presidential elections" in 1996. She was particularly influential as Yeltsin recovered from heart surgery in late 1996. She became the keystone in a small group of advisors known as "The Family", although the others ( Alexander Voloshin and Valentin Yumashev) were not Yeltsin relatives. [7] Boris Berezovsky and other oligarchs were often included in the group as well. The ceremony was attended by more than thirty foreign visitors. These were the heads of state and government and other representatives of various countries, as well as many former heads of state and government, who had worked with Boris Yeltsin. On 25 February 2022, Yumasheva criticised the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [12] Personal life [ edit ] Anastasia „Naina“ Iossifowna Jelzina (russisch Анастасия "Наина" Иосифовна Ельцина; * 14. März 1932 in , Oblast Orenburg, Russische SFSR, Sowjetunion als Anastasia Iossifowna Girina) war von 1956 bis 2007 die Ehefrau des ersten russischen Präsidenten, Boris Nikolajewitsch Jelzin. Als solche war sie vom 10. Juli 1991 bis zum 31. Dezember 1999 First Lady Russlands. (de)