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Today, in Moscow, was the funeral for B. Yeltsin - the world's most famous alcohilic (76 years old he died last Monday).

But he wasn't just a "funny", hard drinking person..

He was also responsible for major political/war crimes.

For example:

1991:  While more than 75 per cent of the people in the Soviet Union/SU (except Moldavia, Georgia, Armenia and the Baltic Republics) voted for the preservation of the USSR, Yeltsin forced the complete destruction of the SU. ->(aka)THE REAL BEGINNING OF THE RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY!!

♦The reaction of the western "democracies" - NOTHING

1993:  Yeltsin, after he was trying to get the total power over the Russian Federation, unconstitutional declared the dissolution of the Russian parliament.
The parliament was trying to resist, but Yeltsin ordered the army (several tank units) to crackdown the (actually democratic) resistance. Oct. 4 the army broke the resistance with extreme violence (the parliament B/D was bombarded by the troops).
At the same day more than 100 oppositionals were killed in a small stadium behind the parliament B/D (Berliner Zeitung, 4.24).

♦The reaction of the western "democracies" - NOTHING

1994: Yeltsin started the war against Chechniya. At least 80,000 people, mainly civilians were killed.

♦The reaction of the western "democracies" - NOTHING

Related stuff:

☞ The Rise and Fall of the Drunken Czar (Der Spiegel)

☞ Yeltsin: A man with a complicated legacy (Asia Times/RFE)