The Russian 1996 presidential election: referendum on democracy or a personality contest?1Partial support was provided by the National Science Foundation grants #SBR-94-11643 and #GER-94-54045. We…

List of international presidential trips made by Boris Yeltsin

[[File:Yeltsin presidential international trips.png|thumb|500px|World map highlighting countries visited by Boris Yeltsin during his presidency.

Boris Yeltsin circling over Shannon diplomatic incident

On 30 September 1994, Boris Yeltsin, then President of the Russian Federation, was scheduled for an official state visit to the Republic of Ireland but failed to get off…