Boris Nikolayevich YeltsinAugust 1998
Faces a severe financial crisis marked by default, banking failures and a sharp devaluation of the ruble.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Faces a severe financial crisis marked by default, banking failures and a sharp devaluation of the ruble.
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