This man's memoir Midnight Diaries describes how his second term was reinvigorated by the  "Chubais Team", named for his privatization chief. Acting P
This man's memoir Midnight Diaries describes how his second term was reinvigorated by the  "Chubais Team", named for his privatization chief. Acting Prime Minister Gaidar pursued an economic policy of "shock therapy" during his tenure, and this leader gave the black box of KAL  Flight 007 to Roh Tae-Woo. He resolved one crisis by arresting Ruslan Khasbulatov and Alexander Rutskoi. After the Battle of (*) Grozny, his government signed a ceasefire agreement in the First Chechen War. This man helped prevent a coup by hardliners against his predecessor, Mikhail Gorbachev. For 10  points, name this first president of a post-Communist Russia.
This man's memoir Midnight Diaries describes how his second term was reinvigorated by the  "Chubais Team", named for his privatization chief.
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin