Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, shown in this 2000 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 June 21, 1997 file photo, Yeltsin is shown in Denver, Colorado. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen/FILES)