As one of the few remaining people with frequent access to the increasingly volcanic President of Russia, Valentin Yumashev knows when to step lightly. So it was with careful planning–and a slightly queasy stomach–that the Kremlin chief of staff decided to present an important document to Boris Yeltsin one day this spring. Read more »
Yumashev
My Boris
July 26th, 1998 | Posted in Articles, New York Times | No CommentsTags: New York Times, Russia, Yumashev
Michael Specter has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998.