boris yelstin is dead.

[Sheridan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6584481.stm

[V Knid esq]

I doubt he's noticed TBH

[big raff]

at last, a new 12" from L.A style

[emef]

lol

[thepigjockey]

Just been reading his obit. God they can type fast at the BBC ;)

It's scary how the BBC's description of Russia in 1994 sounds quite similar to Russia in 2007:

By 1994, Russia was mired in blood and confusion. Its security forces botched an attempt to put down a rebellion in the wayward southern republic of Chechnya.

Indiscriminate fighting laid populated areas to waste and killed many civilians. Liberal Russians said it was inhumane; nationalists called it ineffective.

Crime and corruption in Russia became endemic, with contract killings almost an everyday occurrence.

[Dask]

at last, a new 12" from L.A style

hahaha that is quality. :)

[ivan]

ressstaaah peace bro!

[WON'T DO IT]

yes mr. raff.. bang on haha

[thembuzz]

i won't be shedding any tears

[Loz]

i won't be shedding any tears

why not?

[thembuzz]

he made putin possible

[thepigjockey]

Bring back Gorby, I mean Stalin, no, Lenin was the nice young man with the beard wasn't he? All beardy and happy. Or was it Ivan the Terrible
? I get so mixed up these days :/

[Jeniffer Mills]

Did`nt he die years ago? aah well--

[JonnySpeed]

who said there was no good news in the papers?

[ivan]

yeltsin was cool... he made a ass of himself in front of the camera more then anyone!

[thepigjockey]

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[Loz]

OH NO!

A WORLD LEADER HAVING FUN!

WHATEVER SHALL WE DO?

[thembuzz]

yeah, what a card! leaving millions of russians poor and hungry, castrating the duma, invading chechnya, signing the country over to vladimir wifedrugger... zany character, he was. i'll miss him

[fortycoats]

he had his moments

"Last spring he welcomed Nelson Mandela, who had just arrived in Moscow on an official visit, with the words, "How are things in Yugoslavia?" And he assured the South African leader that he had been closely following events in Kosovo. Mandela, expecting questions about South Africa, was speechless. Embarrassed for the president, he merely answered with a smile"

"The former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, on a state visit to Ireland in 1994, failed to make it off the plane having drunk too much vodka."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/65000/images/_68619_shanno150.jpg

[soulcheck]

Yeah, he drank more vodka in one day, than most of us during entire life.