20 years ago today (12th June 1991): Boris Yeltsin became the first directly elected President of Russia. (Inaugurated 10th July)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
20 years ago today (12th June 1991): Boris Yeltsin became the first directly elected President of Russia. 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