A boost for Yeltsin. (Boris Yeltsin, Chechen leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiev agree to June 1996 cease fire in Chechnya; includes other international political news)(Brief Article) Posted: Mar 27, 2008 09:00:42
Russia's president, Boris Yeltsin, and the new leader of rebel Chechnya, Zelimkhan Yandarbiev, agreed that a ceasefire should start on June 1st. Without a peace deal in Chechnya, Mr Yeltsin has said, he would fail in his ...