“I express the very deepest condolences to the family of the deceased on whose shoulders rest major events for the good of the country and serious mistakes.”

—  Mikhail Gorbachev

On the death of Boris Yeltsin, in "Russia's former president Yeltsin dies: Kremlin" in Reuters (23 April 2007) http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2330837320070423?src=042307_1016_TOPSTORY_boris_yeltsin_dies
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