BORIS YELTSIN DEAD AT 76 IN MOSCOW

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, shown in this 2006 file photo, died at the age of 76 on April 23, 2007 in Moscow. Yeltsin pushed Russia to democracy and a market economy after helping in the collapse of the Soviet Union communist state in 1991. In this file photo, L-R: Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexi II, Former President Boris Yeltsin, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and Director of Russian Federal Security Service Nikolay Patrushev attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Regiment in Moscow Kremlin on May 7, 2006. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov/FILES)