Russian President Boris Yeltsin (R) shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien before the final G-8 Summit declaration in Cologne, Germany in this June 20, 1999 file photo. Former Russian president Yeltsin, who clambered on to a tank to bury the Soviet Union, then led Russia falteringly through its first years of independence, died on April 23, 2007 aged 76. (Reuters)

（英語點津 Annabel 編輯）