Russia in severe crisis – Boris Yeltsin’s presidency (1992-1999)

12 page evaluation of Boris Yeltsin’s time as Russian President and the nation’s troubled (arguably incomplete) transitions to capitalism and liberal democracy.
The Russian Federation despite formally gaining its independence from the Soviet Union in December 1991 stuttered through to the end of the decade despite grave economic, political, and social problems, which President Yeltsin seemed incapable of dealing with.